I haven't been too active on PP but this seems like the place to be for project threads. I'm relatively new to the Audi scene but picked up my B4 DD about 3 years ago when I wanted to get into Rally. Realizing I can't Rally my DD I picked up a really rough CQ off a buddy that had been sitting in his Parent's for 5 years after the slave cylinder went.
I knew I wanted a rough CQ because I have no intention of restoring, but instead RallyX, Rally Sprints, and eventually Stage Rally. So for 450 bucks I picked up this '91 CQ and rough might be generous. The interior had sitting water in it for some time so everything made of carpet/cloth is moldy. Interior steel parts are corroding (seat frames, brackets etc.). Mice have made homes in the airbox, muffler and hood lining (at least that's all I've found so far. Every Suspension/underside bolt is corroded or stuck and many are missing, backed off or broken - Car has a really rough maintenance history for only 101K miles.
This past weekend I finally got to start it for the first time in nearly 6 years - I am amazed at how easily the motor started after all those years. The story leading up to that can be found here on my wordpress site. It's written for non-technical folks so it may not be the most interesting to all but it does have lots of pictures!:
[url]davescq.wordpress.com[/url]
Anyway, that's the past. Moving forward, I'll be breaking down the suspension to grind, clean and repaint all structural components, replace all hardware, and all wear items. Once I get to the bottom of the suspension I'll be doing fuel lines and the slave cylinder.
My first question is in regards to Bushing choice. I don't want to go rigid like a track car but I want something that will feel better than OEM. I was thinking Poly bushings for the subframe and OEM Rubber for control Arms. I know the upper strut mount is problematic so looking input there too. Open to suggestions here!
Heres a little image history:
Picking up the car, we had to remove the rear brakes as the rotors, pads, and calipers were all now one corroded nightmare. oh and my girlfriend there being super helpful
The car sat in VT for the summer of '14, this was the first day kind of breaking things down and checking it all out - this is my first coupe, lots of learning
To get the motor unsiezed, I let some oil and PB Blaster sit in it overnight and the next day I was able to break it free but man did it rotate hard... well that'd be because I left it in gear:
This was the only way the car moved around last summer:
I did a timing belt job with all the goodies and generally just started pulling out a bunch of stuff that didn't seem relevant to my plans... oh and I fought bees, spiders, mice, ants others. Nature was well on it's way to reclaiming this car when I got to it.
When winter came around, I found a garage local to the boston area and signed a lease on it, it was time to get a little more serious about the project if I was ever going to get the car going.
The car got rather dirty on the way down to Mass but it's in the garage now and I can get serious about the project!
It does make a lot of things easier to do.
