Figured I'd share on here, this is basically a build thread from the begining of ownership of my '91 200q:
Pics from previous owner prior to me picking it up (9/18/2009):
The first task was the brakes. Pads were metal on metal and UFO rotors were completly shot. Literally paper thin. Finding these parts is not easy! None of the local parts store could even come close to getting me something useful. So, here were my options...german auto parts coming in to $650 or the dealer at nearly $750 or what I ended up doing....
So, I had recently upgraded my B5 S4's brakes up to a Brembo big brake kit and had the stock rotors and calipers laying around. Hmm, free brakes I though... So on to the task I went.
I pulled off all of the UFO junk and got the car down the just the hub/spindles and went to test fit my S4's rotor on the 200's hub...no go. The outside diameter of the 200's hub was ~half an inch larger. Damn! So, being that my father is a macheinst we pulled out the wheel bearing housings, pushed out the hubs and went to town on the hubs with the lathe. Knocked a half inch off of them and the B5 S4's rotors fit like a glove.
Before:
Durring:
After:
On to the calipers. I pushed the hubs back in with some new bearings and when on to fitting the calipers. I bolted the rotor to the hub and placed the S4 caliper over the rotor. I couldn't believe my eyes! Two of the three holes in the spindle lined up perfect with the S4 caliper! The stock caliper uses M12 bolts and the S4 caliper uses M14's so we punched out the holes in the housing to 14mm. The third boss (hole) was in the way so we proceeded to cut that off to make room for the big new calipers. The stock S4 caliper to housing bolts were approx 5mm too long so we modified them cutting them down to size. So, now the S4 rotor and caliper fit hapily on the 200's bearing housing!
Housing mods:
As far as brake lines go, all of the stock S4 brake lines were used and were perfect length. I put the S4's drivers side caliper on the pass side of the 200 and the pass side on the 200's driver side. This was because the calipers sit toward the back of the car on the S4 where as they are in the front of the wheel on the 200. This keeps the bleeders pointing up so that air rises.
One the car:
The cars:
The car stops AMAZING! It is truly ridiculous how well the brakes perform on the car. Also, brakes pads and rotors can be purchased almost anywhere. Only downside is that I have to have pretty 17" wheels or larger on the car at all times
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I hope all of this nonsense makes sense and I will have pics up shortly.
Pics from H2Oi Car Show in Ocean City, MD 2009:
Interior shot:
Had to take some new photos with the 200 sporting it's new rear mud flaps
Pic of S2 steering wheel installed:
Most of the new parts:
Better shot of the S2 wheel:
So that's why it stopped moving??
Dead motor mount:
Flywheel's resurfaced:
Engine before cleansing:
New timing treats installed:
Timing all buttoned up and significantly more clean!:
Still more cleansing to do but MUCH better:
Thanks to Ron @Rhino Racing making custom tools and parts since 2007!
Slide hammer to remove timing idler and crank pulley lock tool:
Machining the crank lock too:
Also...ordered a turbo and some other nonsense! :ninja
