I could have bought a tested 16v for what I paid for this but a 16v isn't going to match not to mind beat an ITR.

Due to being in collage this is going to take well over a year to complete it and for me to be happy with it me thinks, it's not going to be done in a week like the Vento was. Its gonna be long and expensive

 

Picked up a few bits for this.

First of all I will be going for 16" wheels for this, don't know what yet but definetly 16's as I think they look best on Raddo's.

So picked up 4 Hankook Pro Evo S1's in 215/35/16's which should be fairly nice and grippy for the Corrado during the summer months.

Thanks to Ronan for these.

And also some German plates

Small updates but i'm flat broke!

 

All tucked up for the time and being until I can get a few bits sorted out. Will start stripping out the interior over the next while. Checked a few bits out today and the tilt and slide feature on the sunroof actually works which is very strange for a Corrado

Little bit of a missfire to sort out too but the plugs and leads will be changed to upgraded items anyways so that should sort that.

Pity Bentley never made these in 16's

 

Collected the paint for it this afternoon, fuppin love the colour!!

Very, very similar to this colour.

Should suit the Raddo down to the ground me thinks

 

Made a bit of progress today getting ready for the engine going out and to start smoothing and repainting the engine bay. All fluids drained out. Got rid of the carbon canister as it more than likely is too old to serve any purpose at the moment and tidys up the engine bay a bit. Front panel is taken off, headlights, grill, radiator, as well as all the small brakets around the turrets that I won't be needing. Have the power steering resovoir bottle ready to be relocated to where the intercooler currently sits.

Found a hole from the airbox to the supercharger that i could fit my hand through but was going to be replaced anyways

Up tomorow i'll take the altenator off as it needs to be refurbished with a new bearing added (thank fuck it was that making the noise and not the supercharger!) Will take off the intercooler, disconnect everything else from the engine and get it ready for it to be taken out.

Anybody in Limerick area have a lend of an engine crane for a day?

 

Riiiiiiiiiight!

Backyard engineering at it's finest, thank god its not raining. Got a bit more done today, Loom is fully disconnected now along with all other ancilleries etc.

Just have to undo the shafts and downpipe now and she's ready to come out. Just wd40'd the shit out of the rusted bolts on the dowpipe, all 5, FML

All the loom wired and taped up together out of the way

Nice clean battery tray, the most prone to rust area's on Mk2/3/Corrado's

Front panel just has surface rust, wired brushed it back and had a good poke around and it's solid as fook.

Driverside chassisleg & wing also mint

Gear linkages off

The teeny weeny wing mounted intercooler which will be replaced for something more substantial.

Few pic's of the underside, just spots of surface rust, nothing to worry about, fairly happy with this considering the car lived in England for 13 years of its life

Well theres the cause of my boost leak anyways

Not too bad though it's only the bit from the airbox to the inlet of the charger, was gonna be replacing it anyways.

The dumping ground for now

The driveshafts are filled with dirt and grime, so much so couldn't get a socket anywhere near it, well that and the beeeeer was calling so will leave it til the new year to scrub up and pop off.

So just left it this way until the new year

Another hour or 2s work should see the engine out so I can begin stripping the engine bay further for shaving and painting.

Was onto D1Stylz today and I hope to be dropping up the car for a full respray inside and out in February

So that's it until the new year, i'm off to Dingle to get smashed!

 

Right I got into an OCD mood the other day and decided absolutely everything will either be new, resprayed or cleaned up right down to cleaning all the nuts and bolts. Which is probably rather pointless as it'll probably end up going into the sand traps on its first track outing.

So out came the interior as i'm going to get that resprayed too while i'm at it.

All sound deadening is being taken out as well as the carpet as they either smell or they are stained and not worth putting back into it.

Removed a good 12kg of sound deadening with lots more to go.

The big pile of parts building up rather quickly!

And a few more of how shes sitting at the moment.

The engine is still sittin in there, would much appreciate the lend of an engine crane for a few hours to get it out! Would make it so much easier for me!

Getting there slowly but surely.

 

very cool project. and i love the colour.
when i build a mk1 golf.its going that colour also.

how are the bumpers smoothed? plastic welds or?
how much smoothing are you doing in the bay?

 

Nice project lad, best of luck whit it

 

Looks pretty good best of luck with it

 

QUOTE (ven-to-the-o @ Jan 4 2011, 05:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>very cool project. and i love the colour.
when i build a mk1 golf.its going that colour also.

how are the bumpers smoothed? plastic welds or?
how much smoothing are you doing in the bay?

Bumpers were done by Carmo the man I bought it off, AFAIK he just used fiberglass and fillers. Done a serious job on them, only they're very heavy but no filler has cracked on them yet!

Basically anything in the bay I don't need in the bay, holes and brackets etc will be done away with and the chassis legs smoothed. Will relocate as many things as possible.

Looking for a suggestion as to what to do with the expansion tank?

 

QUOTE (Camillus O' D @ Jan 4 2011, 05:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Looks pretty good best of luck with it

Its just practically a mess nothing looks good about it yet

 

Best of luck. We can compare notes lol

 

Looks good

Will be keeping a keen eye on this

 

about fcuking time.

good to see this project up and running.best of luck with it.

 

QUOTE (Mike @ Jan 4 2011, 06:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Best of luck. We can compare notes lol

Exactly Mike

Before I got it I hadn't a clue about them but have been reading and researching them since September!

 

best of luck with it dec,look forward to seeing the finished product.

 

QUOTE (ventojetta @ Jan 4 2011, 06:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Exactly Mike

Before I got it I hadn't a clue about them but have been reading and researching them since September!

The Bentley manual is priceless. Happy to share anything I discover so don't hesitate to send over a PM.

 

best of luck, is that colour the same as rays caddy van ?

 

Yeah Mike I think I downloaded a version of the Bentley manual online but haven't opened it yet. Would rather get the book although to be honest. Where did you pick up yours out of interest?

If I find a few handy links i'll pass them your way also.

After the respray in January i'll be sending the charger to Gwerks in the UK for a port and rebuild, probably going to go for a stage 5 with a smaller pulley, 65mm or 63mm. Will obviously doing a good few more mod's engine wise once money allows. Chip, FMIC, injectors, high lift cam, p&p head, looking into getting a manifold and exhaust made up also as well as a few other bits to aid cooling. Will probably run it with a CTN box & VR6 clutch and see how it manages that, if I need to change it I will. Polybush all round, braided brake lines and i'm sure the list and bill will grow a lot more as I move along.

@ Simon, not too sure to be honest, is it?

 

Nice project would love one of these or a vr6 storm, but want to wait until I have enough funds to do a proper job like you plan on doing, respray etc.

The smooth bumpers look nice but if you are putting FMIC in and want good air flow, one of the coolest mods I've seen done was on a Uk raddo which i think was owned by somebosy in the Westside club. Basically they drilled a load of small holes in the front bumper in a rectangle in the front bumper to let air through. Will have a look for a pic of it.

 

it was either rays ups van or Dieseldaves vr6 1 of them is a porsche colour

 

nice work Dec good luck with it man...................1 to watch.

 

QUOTE (Damien_GTI @ Jan 4 2011, 07:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nice project would love one of these or a vr6 storm, but want to wait until I have enough funds to do a proper job like you plan on doing, respray etc.

The smooth bumpers look nice but if you are putting FMIC in and want good air flow, one of the coolest mods I've seen done was on a Uk raddo which i think was owned by somebosy in the Westside club. Basically they drilled a load of small holes in the front bumper in a rectangle in the front bumper to let air through. Will have a look for a pic of it.

I have seen that alright with the holes in the bumpers to allow better cooling for the FMIC but I think it looks tack. I'm planning on mounting it as low as I can so it sits in the gap at the bottom where hopefully it'll draw some cold air from. If that doesn't work too well i've another idea in mind for it.

 

QUOTE (Damien_GTI @ Jan 4 2011, 07:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nice project would love one of these or a vr6 storm, but want to wait until I have enough funds to do a proper job like you plan on doing, respray etc.

The smooth bumpers look nice but if you are putting FMIC in and want good air flow, one of the coolest mods I've seen done was on a Uk raddo which i think was owned by somebosy in the Westside club. Basically they drilled a load of small holes in the front bumper in a rectangle in the front bumper to let air through. Will have a look for a pic of it.

Think i saw that raddo in redline mag. Think it was purple?