Yello all thought id post up progress of my S2 rs turbo as im basically bringing it back to life bigger and better than it was when it died of a oil leak about 6months ago. Ive had the car a year now and since it died i have got to work on it (when i could be assed lol) replacing the sills front panel and cutting out all the unwanted rust on the rear chassis rails etc and replacing the brake pipes so there all good for when the new engine is built. Recently i finally got my pay rise at work and have been able to afford nice new bits for the engine such as ARP con rod bolts new high pressure oil pump new mahle 0.50 oversized pistons new big end bearings and had the crank reground. This week having time off work i finally orderd my new fast road kent cam kit and had the head skimmed. Below are some of the pics i took along the way up to where im at now just needing to put the head on and wait to save up for the expencive bits like a new turbo, intercooler, rad and clutch. Anyway enough of the boring bit now for pictures
Heres when i first got it last year


And after buying some smoked rear lights for my first mod


And My second modd was twin pillar mount with boost and oil pressure gauges


Then De-spotlight the front


Thats pritty much how it stayed untill i started the rust repair replacing both sills shown below Very Very Rusty lol.








Then it was the rear chassis rail above the springs that needed attacking so got to it and replaced the rusty bit with a nice new piece.




I then cut out any rust in the inner wings and painted them black to give them a extra protection.






Then it was time to tackle the front panel as it was showing signs of age.


And trail fit of new panel


Once done then it was time for engine removal so got it in the garage and started to strip!








Then the heavy bit!




Once stripped i pushed the car back outside and had a bit of a degrease of the engine bay to make it look better for the new engine to go into.
Before;


After;


Then it was time to trial fit my new bonnet and new front panel to line everything up before welding it all in.


Once done i then primed and painted the front panel ready for the new engine to go in. Fitted the front panel now so i could spray the engine pay as one and not have two shades of red trying to do it with the engine in the way.