i havent posted here in forever so i thought my first post back would be to show my current project which will hopefully be done within the month.... what we have so far:

the car





the car is an auto se with a blown engine......

first things first....... manual swap, and removing hvac




for the time being i just jb welded some aluminum to cover the holes



s5 tallights.... of course



im doing this at work, so i have to quit now.... but there will be much much much much more to come later today when i can upload the pics

 

oooo forgot the manual swap picks thus far



thats the only one i have... just put the peddle in really....

here are pics of the dash back in it with my PIMPIN turbo momo steering wheel

 

whyd you pull the hvac? i suppose ur gonna pull the power steering and a/c like every fc? I dont know why people pull that stuff.. guess i like to keep some creature comforts

 

picked up the coilovers (tein hr's) and the wheels for this car..... i still have to swap it all ovwer to 5 lug, but here are the wheels and coilovers....

the wheels are wrapped in 225/45/16 kumho ecsta's which ill have pics of the tires later

 

this car is my toy.... and i dont really have a reason for removing everything other than.... i thought it would be fun.... and im trying to squueze all the n/a power i can out of it

and yes.... the only thing putting a load on the engine is the water pump and alternator

 

those look pretty good for tein HR, those have been long discontinued almost 10 years i think. Hopefully the wheels/tires wont rub the coilovers

 

the header.... i went ahead and wrapped it the othernight cause it was snowing and i was.... well.... bored





this is going to be connected to a racing beat catback.... i dont have pic's of the exhaust yet though

 

yeah i just sent the coilovers off to tein to get them freshened up a bit... the wheels are 7.5in. wide.... they are offset enough to clear the coilovers, but they just barely fit in the rear so im pretty sure they are gonna stick out in the front..... set of 20mm wide fenders will cure the problem though

 

engine before i ripped it all apart




after i set the new one in..... the engine is in for me to weld up a tranny mount because the car was auto before..... so the engine bay will be clean when i finally bolt the engine in for good....





solid engine mounts.....

 

pwetty pink turbo hood

 

all the blockoff plates and the 2ndaries removed, aaaand the TB mod.... all these pics are with the engine in my last car.... she met an untimely end due to a retard sandwiching me between a telephone pole and his primered jetta....





my old love after the accident

 

so um... uh
wheres the turbo?

 

looks good, whered you get the solid motor mounts? i had a pair in my 240, loved em despite the added sound they add throughout the car.

 

sorry to ask a stupid question but is that pretty much a stock turbo steering wheel?

 

all the 88's and up have that wheel

 

its an s5 turbo steering wheel.... made by momo.... the blue car wasnt a turbo.... just had the turbo wheels

header and e-fan are in now.... and a pic of the ecsta spt

 

nice, cant wait to see more progress

i used to have those wheels, in the same size, i loved them!

 

wrong.

 

Nice build!

 

nice project keep us posted coming along nice.

 

i figured it was a stock wheel

never new it was made by momo...

anyways, headers looking good and let me know how those kumhos work out for ya im thinking of getting a set

 

So out of curiosity, why are your front tires on the wrong sides of the car in the shots of after the accident?

 

looks good keep us posted and stay clear of primered jettas from now on

 

the guy that owned the car before me had the tires mounted on the wheels in the wrong direction.... i had the new wheels actually for that car before it got hit so i wasnt overly concerned with the tires on the car......

lets try not to "criticize" that which does not matter now

THE CHASSIS IS BENT ON MY PRJOECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!...... BUT DONT WORRY..... im picking up a good vert this weekend to finish this project with.... pics to come shortly

 

I like how you used a dime and some glue as a block off on the throttle body