Ant's Cq 20v - rebuild and upgrade

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:11 pm

I bought my Cq about 2 years ago for the bargain price of £700, it was a reasonable condition car, broken air-con and the only really bad point for me was the paint; bonnet, bumper, wings and drivers door have been repainted some time ago a slightly different shade, all pannels are badly faded tho.

the first modification i did was a set of KW variant 2 coilovers, best modification to date on any car!!

I then removed the air con, fitted front and rear superflex wishbone bushes, an Alpine headunit and new speakers.
here are some pictures of its first trip to the Nurburgring with some friends:

It was great fun and surprised me how well it did
Wheni got back i got some 17" Azev alloys, unfortunately these scrubbed badly on hard cornering and i wasn't willing to raise the car up so eventually sold them a few months on.

soon after i fitted a custom full stainless de-cat system from Pro-speed with a tubular manifold and some 034 injectors.

couple of pics from my easter ring trip......after some light offroading Very Happy

For the past 6 months my car has sadly been off the road as i bought my daily driver due to me doing lots of miles for work and the cq just isn't efficient enough surprisingly Laughing

i have however been collecting some parts for its eventual upgrade and restoration, these include:

electric rear windows (fitted)
black quattro script interior
leather interior trim (fitted)
S4 TT 6 speed Gearbox
ABY prop and front drive shafts
S2 hubs
ABY front anto roll bar
ABY steering rack
whiteline rear anti-roll bar
S4 TT 17" Avus alloys
S2 bumper
B4 bonnet and fittings
Torsen rear diff
And others i cant currently remember....

Soon i will be starting to get it back on the road, this will include fitting the hubs, wheels, interior, gearbox and shafts, anti-roll bars and steering rack. hopefully this will be sorted ready to tax and text by march.

i will then be fitting the rest over time through out the year. including front and rear brake upgrades, and possibly a re-spray if i have time.

Hope you like the project and iwelcome anyadvice/opinions
Smile

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:04 pm

very cool looking car! shame about having to get rid of the black azev's Sad

out of interest how much the coilovers set you back?

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:28 pm

Glad you got a thread put up anton, the more there are the better there is to help this site grow.

If you need any help anytime give me a shout, providing I can get up i'll give you a hand Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:35 pm

cheers pete, i might take you up on that when istart on the complicated stuff!

i'm gutted about the azevs but they went t a good home and i'll be buying some cool alloys soon

KW was £900 Sad

Ant

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:36 pm

Main thing to do is just get it road worthy and legal again, this is what madwolf needs to do so you keep interest in the car.

(reminds me I have an s2 that i've done 10 miles in the last 6 months in)

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:16 pm

That sounds a fun CQ - nice one! Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:52 am

how have you got on with the 034 injectors??

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:02 am

yeah thats the plan, to fit as much as i can before my pay check comes in end of april and then i'll tax and insure it.

The 034 injectors are good, its just noticable increase in power, smothened out the flat spots. you do have a slight reduction if fuel echonomy although its not too bad 2-3mpg i think. had issues after fitment as i didnt realise you needed to prime them first Embarassed

but 3 of them birst into life straight away, last 2 needed a 5 min drive to get going....

things on my list still to get are:

235\40-17 tires
10mm spacers
034 offset subframe bushes
superflex front anti-roll bar bushes
034 track density engine and transmission mounts
01E gearbox mounts
Elipsoid headlights

if anybody knows about an of these for sale let me know Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:19 pm

Nice looking car, I love the action shots Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:34 pm

found some more shots of the wheels and thought this might make you lot chuckle.......can you guess where they scrubbed??...

Ant

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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:51 pm

magico

electric back windows? interesting!

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:18 pm

i could have rolled the arches but i was changing to 5 stud so needed to change them anyway,the rally belongs to a friend who walked off with a ported and polished head of mine but forgot to pay for it.... Evil or Very Mad

i'll take a picture of the electric windows when i next hook up the battery

just bought the coupe some new tyres today, toyo proxie TR-1, 225/45-17
also bought my offset subframe bushes and density engine and transmission mounts from 034 so looking forward to getting them delivered Very Happy

thanks for the comments guys Smile

Ant

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:22 am

what about brakes?
#How did the stand ones fair at the ring?

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:05 am

brakes were just okay, you need bigger than 15" wheels tho cos its the heat that kills them, i have track pads on them too.....they really are at the limit on this car. anything heavyer or over 200bhp and you have to uprate...they just cannot cope, i am trying to sort something using the porsche 4 pot gt3 or boxter and about a 345 disc for the front, then try and fit b7 s4 brakes on the rear....

Ant

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:47 pm

Hi Anton could you plz tell me the size of those (belta wheels) and the tyre size and how much they cost m8

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:51 pm

They are 8.5j 17", not sure of the ET as its not marcked, i'd guess there 20. tyres are 235/40-17. i bought them second hand with new tyres for £500
HTH

Also all my parts have arrived Very Happy

should be starting to fit them before too much longer. also started sanding down my S6 wheels ready for painting.

Ant

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:48 pm

Cheers m8 thx pity u arn't selling them Smile

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:40 pm

sold them about a year ago to my housemate, they are my favorate wheels i've seen on a coupe, if i ever see some come upin 5 stud i'm buying them lol

Ant

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:19 pm

lol i've seen them in 5 stud, got offered a brand new set from a shorty for £200 before Laughing

now afaik currently on a silver s2.

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:11 pm

damn it Pete why do you have to always tell me these things after!.....if its too late dont tell me Laughing

tbh all i need is track wheels now so i'm not rly looking for heavy dished wheels unless some happen to come up at a bargain, and also theres not a chance of the Azevs fitting round porker brakes, spokes foul the caliper by about 5 mm Sad

Ant

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:21 am

These one's was on a shorty with porker brakes and now on an s2 with them Laughing

and you should contact me more often the amount of spares I come in contact with.

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:08 pm

ah i know the ones you mean, they are different face design, the dished ones like these wont fit:( Sad

only like them cos of the dish Laughing

i think when i start my job and have some spare cash i'll be bugging you every day about parts ect Very Happy

Ant

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:09 pm

These one's definately had a dish.

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:26 pm

well i started work on the CQ today, fitted the two transmission mounts to the rear diff and gave the interior a bit of a tidy....noticed a few things not working or broken that i had forgotten about or that have come about since its been sat. no big things, just passenger poor handle has a tear, dials not working, arial starting to separate from the roof ect.....obviously these are all things that take time and are issues but since the whole interior and the engine and gearbox are coming out i am counting them as not serious Laughing

The car is mechanically all hooked up now and am just waiting for my friend to have a free evening to trailer it to the university motor club which is where i will be doing the work. once its there i am hoping progress should speed up and i can get this done quickly.

a Friend of mine is organising a track day for his birthday on the 23rd May so i'm using this as a deadline and hopefully it will be sorted and ready by then, however i am going to take my time and refuse to rush things...even if i do miss my deadline Confused

Ant

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:29 pm

where is this happening as I want to get along to another one.

btw thanks to the stig, me and kelly might be getting a track day car over the next few weeks, waiting on pictures of the car then gotta get it back from up north Very Happy

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:54 pm

haha great stuff!!! what car you thinking of?? i've always liked the idea of a golf if i had a designated track toy.

Its Geordie bday bash btw, and its either at brands hatch or castle combe. no guesses as to which you'd rather it was at! haha

btw if you've still got acess to parts from that coupe i think i'll hae quite a few bits i need!!

Ant

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:56 pm

get your ass online i've got pics of the brakes Laughing

and yeah combe all day long, think its closer as well Very Happy

which coupe we on about?

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:59 pm

about time! Laughing

i think thats where Geordie wants to go too as its much closer for him!!

didnt you say you had access to a v6 coupe that was eing broken??

Ant

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:06 pm

Yup a v6 coupe and a 20v coupe atm Laughing