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Newbies RS2000

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:34 pm
by philbotley
Hello, Newbie here!!

Just thought i'd get some pic's up of my cars.. Ones undergoing restoration atm, so i'll put that in the projects section..

This is my everyday car which i have had for just over a year..

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Atm she's relatively standard, 3'' Magnex exhaust, K&N 57i airfilter, APS removed heatwrapped exhaust manifold with cat fitted!!, do have some small engine mods on the cards but nothing too major.

Externally she's going to remain the same except for opening rear 1/4 glasses, tinted headlamps & repeater lamps, i'm going to attempt to smoke the rear lamps myself :roll: am also halfway through making a front bumper for the car!! this is basically a standard mk6 bumper but with the vent section of a 90 spec rst bumper glassfibred in :D

Other than that, she's staying the same.

Cheers - Phil

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:40 pm
by lincolnRS2
Nice ya wana swap it :roll:

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 10:11 pm
by S1_daz
welcome matey 8)

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 10:16 pm
by frsjon
nice looking motor ,very shiny 8) welcome to the site 8)

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:48 pm
by Jano_OddKidd
looks mint :shock: lovely

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:36 am
by Jt.
nice rs, loving the soft 7's 8)

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:17 am
by rs_daz
Lovely motor mate :D

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:11 am
by rsdan
looks sweet mate, softlines look mental

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:42 am
by Keelylicious
lincolnRS2 wrote:Nice ya wana swap it :roll:
:lol:



Nice motor looks mint 8) 8) 8)

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:38 pm
by gal_racer666
looking good hun

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:01 pm
by TGTURBO
NICE MOTOR MATEY :) LOOKS WELL CLEAN 8)

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:47 pm
by XR3-keith
I want it I want it :heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

Looks the nuts mate :D :D :D :D

Man I miss mine :cry:

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:56 pm
by lincolnRS2
Keelylicious wrote:
lincolnRS2 wrote:Nice ya wana swap it :roll:
:lol:



Nice motor looks mint 8) 8) 8)


Well no need to swap now :wink:

PostPosted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:27 pm
by spooj
cool RS mate 8)

PostPosted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:58 pm
by philbotley
Thanks for comments ladies & Gent..

Russ.. be those new headlights sir, Did you have the smoked ones before?? if so do you still have them?

Phil

PostPosted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:36 pm
by philbotley
Just some quick pics of stuff i have done to the RS up until now..

Am contemplating putting the standard air box back on with a K&N panel filter, opinions on this would be greatly appreciated tbh, My max power is at about 6.2k revs which is nice along the motorways but i have like no low down torque.. I mean dont get me wrong.. its rapid but my mates standard 2K with 15's absolutely slaughters mine bottom end until about 4k when my car pulls his trousers down and give him a slap :D

Need to try to better my low down torque somehow, the Exhaust manifold has helped a bit, i have a slightly tweaked throttle body arriving on tues & hopefully a superchip in due course..

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One touch leccy sunroof.. has to be done :D



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Had a go at the Manifold myself.. removed the APS pipes, welded up the holes, ground them back smooth inside & out then heatwrapped it..



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Undersealed all the floorpans inc fuel tank & sparewheel well..



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Have wanted opening 1/4 glasses for ages.. loving these :D



Gonna give you a sneak peek at my front bumper i'm making atm, it's on hold as some so called friend damaged it but wont own up to it :(

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This was the vision i had before i started of how i wanted it to look :idea:

The plan was to use a standard mk6 bumper & graft on the lower vent section of a 90 spec front bumper..

These be the bumper sections..

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The start...

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Partway through.

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Getting there..

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One of the last pic's before it got damaged :x

My main aim was to keep it to the RS theme if i could..

Enjoy - Phil

PostPosted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:43 pm
by lincolnRS2
Thats proper phil lovin it 8)

PostPosted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:10 pm
by rsdan25
8) 8) 8) 8)

PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:13 am
by moody1
looks great mate, very similar to one round my way, them soft wheels allways set'em apart

PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:13 am
by moody1
looks great mate, very similar to one round my way, them soft wheels allways set'em apart

PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:57 am
by Jano_OddKidd
good work on the bumper.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:15 pm
by frsjon
top work ,spot on ,want to see more !!!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:47 pm
by s2keir
Ahh! Phil,

I just put a name to a face :lol: I know who you are now.


Nice looking motor 8)

PostPosted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:22 am
by yogurt
that looks very nice m8 ilike what you did witht the bummper doffo a 1 off.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:32 am
by philbotley
Ok.. So after months of threatening the RS with an Airbox in an attempt to drag back some low down torque, i did just that!!

I have never driven the car with an airbox fitted as it came with the 57i in place & the old airbox in the boot.. which has a great induction noise but the car doesn't spring into life until about 3.5-4K :cry:

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See ya.. !!

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Treated her (well me lol) to a modified t/b..

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Old & New.. new one has the intake machined out & the axle slimmed up.

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In posish.

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All back together with a shiny Roose Motorsport induction hose, Will be getting the coolant and ancillery hoses sometime in the new year!! Airbox was treated to some small & not too many holes drilled into the front & underside to keep a bit of induction noise lol..

Ultimately, my decision has proved to be successful.. the car now accelerates a hell of a lot quicker from pullaway & Keeps pulling like a 2K does best..

Just gotta save up for a superchip now :D

Phil