So the painting and rebuild, more pictures
First up POR15
Then a coat of under seal and two coats of body colour,
Then 2 coats a 2 pack lacquer to finish it off,
I didn't think it turned out too bad seen as though this was the first time I had tried to spray. I can say I hate wax oil it was a nightmare to get off loads of petrol then wire brush on grinder to get it back to bear metal.
Next up I thought I cant put the old bits back on so all the parts were powder coated and the bolts zinc plated. Braided brake hoses, new brake lines, bushes, bearings and brakes. More pictures,
Also painted the tank and calipers then 2x Lacquered them turned out well. I went to painted the rear Koni's up and found the drivers side had been leaking and this had caused the shocker to be notchy when pushed in and then out. They were second hand so a new set were installed.
Managed to make it to a couple of shows before the end of the session last year and then parked the car up for the winder. Whilst parked I gave it a good service and once over only to find the head gasket to have gone and a fine spray of water coming out under the inlet manifold when coming off boost.
So this year the car has been off the road, and I though time to make it the car I really want it to be. I hope the owner of this one doesn't mind but I love this one and that's where ive got my inspiration from,
So sold the RS7 and the original Shark Tooth wheels and found these,
Nice set of 18" MO6. I started to look into prices for a engine rebuild and obviously more power. I wanted a reliable 450-500Bhp so I would be looking at around 10k. Then a mate of mine dropped me a message to say he was giving up on his rebuild and was looking to strip and sell car as parts so I went to have a look and came home with everything in the pic lol,
Will go into more detail about the engine later but quickly its a 10x long stud fully forged, new T38, MSD Coil pack conversion. All tanks in pic hoses ets, Air Tec RS500 intercooler and ali rad, fans MSD engine loom and fuel pump loom. All at a very good price.
More to come........