I'm new to here but I thought I would make a build thread on here anyway.


Well I'm picking this up on saturday... a 90 spec RSTurbo in black. Swapped my GTI6 and some cash for it, Ive been looking for an RST and heard about this one.

It is my friends old car and then he sold it too his friend. Heard about it ages ago being for sale for next to nothing as he wanted rid of it. The guy who owned it got some motivation and got it fully resprayed.

He bought loads of new parts for it which are in the boot then lost motivation. Its nearly finished!

Engine and gearbox have been rebuilt recently. It is running standard boost atm.

No rips or tears in the interior. Not one mark!

80k on the clocks with old MOTs present.

Some of you might know the car if your from Clitheroe area.

To say Im buzzing doesn't really cut it, always wanted an RSTurbo since my dad had a 240bhp one. Im ecstatic! Missing a lot of festivals this year for this car so a little sacrifice from myself but I think it will be worth it in the end. Probably save my brain and some of my wallet.


Currently it needs:
Caliper carriers sourcing (lost them!)
Driveshafts fitting.
G/box oil putting in.
2 Brake lines made.
Bottom arms fitted.
All poly bushes fitted.
Rear Lights Bolting on.
Front lights sorting out.
Ford badges on it.
Rear door cards.
Proper seat belts.
A wash.










PS. I know it doesn't have a 90 spec front bumper!

 

Looks a nice one mate good luck with it and enjoy it. Can't wait to finish mine now. P.s get ready to start throwing money at it all the time lol

 

I like this a lot.Keep the updates coming.

 

Looks a nice one that and just down the road from me near enough

 

I will keep you updated as I get through the list!

I throw money at cars all the time so this one will be no different.

Just don't want to have to get a 90 spec bumper sprayed when he could have done it properly. Oh well, it gives me something extra to do.

 

I have a pair of standard caliper carriers in the garage if you are still after some.

pm me if you want pics or anything.

 

Right got it home yesterday but seeing as I was getting taxi'd about I was leathered.

Its much more of a project than I originally thought but they always are.

Wasn't really fit to do anything with it but fell asleep in the recaros!

Went round it today and made a list off stuff I can see that needs doing.

All Ive done is put some plastic trims inside back on that cover the front speakers and emptied all the parts out of it. Oh, also fitted the windscreen wipers.

List I made today:

Refit Headlights
Refit indicators
Exhaust manifold nuts
Rear lights need clusters
Headlining needs sorting
Interior trim needs refitting
Boot Spoiler needs attaching properly
Arch liners need refitting
Driveshafts need fitting
Front brakes need building up
Cambelt needs to be done
Fit front lowering springs
Poly bush bottoms arms need fitting
Poly bush ARB bushes need fitting
Replace water pipe on drivers side.
Numerous hose clips

Parts I need to buy:
Fuel pump, I think its on the way out
Water pipe
Caliper carriers - May have some for free off a mk5 van
Rear light bulb cluster


Thats all ive got to do so far. Very daunting as I normally have all the parts before I start but not this time. Need to wait to save up for parts so after Ive fitted the parts Ive got progress will be slow!

 

Looks like a mint rs in the making always liked the shine on the black rs,s
my journey man in the garage when i was a aprentice mechanic had a black 240bhp 90 spec turbo and it was a beast of a machine liked the sound off it when it went by wheelspining in 5th in the wet

I will be keeping a eye out for the finished article

 

 

Finally got some work done on this yesterday. I've pretty much just looked at it for the past 2 weeks because I lost all motivation when I realised how much more there was too it.

I started off trying to get it going and I knew it was a fueling issue so I checked there was a feed at the fuel pump. There was! So next I tried to remove the fuel pump and its bracket... Not a chance, it won't come off. All of the bolts are rusted together and there is no sign of any threads left on the bolts thats hold it on. Im going to have to cut it off.

I wanted to drain the tank to see if there was anything left in it and to get any s**t out. I had to cut the big pipe to the fuel pump because the hose clip is that rusted it won't turn. The colour of the fuel that came out was a murky brown and it looked like toilet water after a nasty curry.

Realising I couldn't do any more to get it running (couldn't get a pump and don't have a hacksaw at home), I thought I may as well get started on the front end. I was originally just going to fit the poly bush bottom arms to it.

Half way through doing the bottom arm I realised I may aswell just lower it and fit the poly bush top mounts to it. So I cracked on and fitted the springs... I know why it failed on it's MOT for the lowering springs. The springs are that short that when you jack it up they fall out of the cups. It may settle down before it's MOT. I wasn't going to bother fitting the polybush ARB bushes because I couldn't be bothered. I had a change of heart, thought f**k it may aswell while my hands are dirty!

The lad I bought it off came down with the bonnet catch so I fitted that and I started fitting the O/S indicator and headlight. I couldn't work out how the bottom adjuster on the headlight is meant to stay tight so I gave up.

All in all a productive day. Basically polybushed the whole front end and lowered it. Shame that the fuel pump won't come off because I'd like to hear it going without having to tip fuel in the inlet.

Pics to follow.