Project - Val

[IanPGonzaga]

Seeing a couple of Audi's pop up (in the for sale section) so thought i'd put mine up.

Been a bit of a project car which i thought i was going to sell but got attached. Was a little neglected when i first got him (and by the looks of things the previous owner) but the car looked clean and just needed some TLC. So, when i was searching, i originally wanted a TT. Brother mentioned he had a friend who was selling a car - so i checked it out and noticed "hey wtf it's got the same engine. What is this!?" I'd never even heard of the S3! So checked it out and a couple days later - drove him home.


• missing foglight grilles, hazy headlight


• blown LED's, no spoiler, no badge


• scuffed up interior bits, broken cupholder (headlining was completely falling off too)


• i was lucky to find it to be pretty clean under the bonnet with the bonus of a silicone TIP and silicone boost hoses (don't know why i cropped them out, probably didn't realise they were aftermarket). When i first drove him i didn't notice it but there was a noticeable lack in power after about 3000rpm

When i finally got time to fix things up i started sourcing things online. stuff from overseas comes in heaps less than brand new at dealers so i was able to fix those little bits up. I like my music sounding GREAT so out went the stock system and now...


• shark fin antenna instead of the HUGE aerial (still spoiler-less), x-over for the German Maestro front stage, pioneer H/U w/time alignment, hidden amps & installed a rear reversing cam (awesome for getting that fat ass into those tight spaces!)


• spoiler on! Full view with original S3 Ronals


• wanted 18 inchers so got these A8 rims that i liked...


• i obtained VCDS as the more i found out about the car the more i wanted to know. VCDS revealed misfires due to a bad coil pack, dead lambda and some other various codes. Set out on fixing the power issues first. The cam cover had leaked oil onto coil pack 1 so off it went for new gaskets and while i was at it - paint


• blue and black theme is coming on along with 2.0 coil packs installed with spacers

Then that was it for a while. Car was still unregistered. A whole lot of nothing again for a bit as studies kicked back in and then...


• Val was born! Dodgiest panels got some new paint, darker tints and found some TT reps (they're not perfect but will restore...)


• Low light shots - black cars at night

... and the focus is now back to the engine...


• IE catch can to (hopefully) keep crap out the engine

So far it's been a rewarding experience fixing him up. Will be better when there's time in a couple weeks to REALLY get stuck into it all!!! Best thing is i did some logs through VCDS and it looks like there's a tune on him - makes sense with the uprated silicone piping! BONUS!!!

Can't wait!