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Nice to hear the R32 is going back in, it really is an awesome engine in the corrado.What you need now is a set of Brock B2's that used to live on this car... funnily enough I have the very set for sale ;)
Haha! If you check your facebook message requests a man with a dog and a beard has messaged you, sadly not to buy them, but I hope you appreciate my detective skills :bonk:
Oh to have the free space you lucky man. :)It's far from 'free' trust me
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Sorry just seen this reply! I don't get on here often haha. Well about that....I have been hoarding my mk2 in storage simply because I can't bring myself to sell it as it has my beloved 3.2 in it. (Which in my eyes is the corrados engine, yes I could get another in future but this is a mega low milage one and plus I've had it 4 years now so it's got sentimental value, same as the corrado it came from)
So the 1.8t conversion I built up is off in the mk2 so I can sell it on, & I will start on with the corrado soon. Engine bay first so I can get the R32 sat back in after a refurb then go from there really. Just in the midst of self employment and sorting a workshop so once that's done it'll have somewhere nice and dry to be worked on.
The corrado is currently looking VERY sorry for itself in the yard. I am kicking myself for spraying it white, as it just added yet another layer of paint on that I'll have to strip back, ah well such is life! Anyway, just finishing converting my mk2 caddy to a pd130 then i'll start on the corrado! I really can't wait, I bloody miss driving it.
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Seems the way to go doesn't it! Got to have the Vr noise, but 12v's are getting on a bit now and 24v's are plentiful.
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Well hello.
Status update: R32 removed, put it in my mk2 track car- selling that soon.
Corrado recieving a 1.8t in near future (half an a3 sat in the yard ready) whilst I build up my 2.8 24v turbo setup (I will be giving that a slowly but surely approach...). I do these conversions for a living now amongst other things so easy to swap and change (once i get the time). Now some of you may think I am mad to part with the R32 engine, but in all honesty I would rather turbo a 2.8, thicker sidewalls and also- cheap to source in comparison!
Hey, I contemplated putting one of my pd130 conversions in it, but that's just blasphemy right? (Secretly I love the idea, hybrid pd150 turbo = 220bhp 300ft/lb & 50+ MPG) But I am trying to stick with a petrol! Pic below is one of said conversions
So it's sat in the yard looking sad. Plan aside from engine: ABS removal, underside sorting, new rear arches to weld in, new pass door needed, new boot needed, general overhaul and refresh & whole lot resprayed either original blackberry or to gloss black (over time I think, I want to be able to drive it as a rolling project).
Anyway just thought i'd let you guys know it's still alive! I think progress will begin in a few weeks once I get current work load out of the way. Cheers
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Well seeing as the car needs a full respray & i got sick of looking at dents and rust, I cleaned it all up, smoothed out the dents and layed on a few coats of 2k matte white with the gun. It's only to last me till I find a new shell or find the time and money to respray it next year. If anyone knows of a rolling shell with alright standard paint PM me please!
With my other white cars haha, it's my fave colour for a car alongside black.
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Sorry guys I don't get on here much I was expecting PM's which notify my phone! I had seen your shell actually mate bit too far stripped!
Still looking for one, have a trailer ready to collect
Cheers (Please PM me if you have one!)
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Hi everyone, after a corrado rolling shell with good paintwork
Cheers
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Good stuff! Awesome that's what I was hoping to hear, air fed is alot of expense for only a few uses- will look into the ones you used then :) Did you find much rust on the sills or anything?
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That's one giant african boost snail. What're you thinking about using for engine management? Stand alone?
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Looks good! How're you getting on with the other panels? What mask did you use out of curiosity? Looking into buying an air fed one but apparently there are disposable ones you can buy for use with 2k etc
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No it didn't, I couldn't bring myself to part with it! Nope, I had to pay them just under £4,000 in rent for a flat I haven't lived in. Oh well, such is life. My health has improved though so I'm trying not to dwell on that!
Anyway, some car stuff:
Sump back from my mate ready to go on
Put it on!
Got distracted by:
Which turned out to be a complete rust bucket :'(
Cya!
I then put the engine in my mk2 1.8Gl Jetta one weekend out of boredom
So I was distracted with that for a few weeks getting it all fine tuned and MOT'd etc.
Did some ploughing at work:
Remembered I had a corrado in the yard that needed tlc so I went and bought aload of bits it needed!
Bought: 2x front wings, 2x rear arches, front bumper, 50mm splitter, intact headlining, black ABC pillar trims, bonnet, good condition rear bench & a few
other bits.
Did the headliner in some faux suede
Tadaaa
Black ABC trims in, headliner in, new rear bench in (one without a hump)
"sorted interior shot"
Decided I wanted a white corrado:
Cheers!
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It won't let me post my full advert as it because it contains too many characters, here is the link to it over on ED38 http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=541122
Car is my daily so has MOT etc etc, read ad in above link :)
Location: Gillamoor, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
List Date: 5/31/2015
Location: Gillamoor, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
For more info, click here to view the original listing: Corrado R32 ?3250
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On Sale For: ?3,250.00 (Local Pickup Only)
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Mobile friendly version: Corrado R32 ?3250
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Hi mate are the ABC pillar trims in black still available? If so please may you PM me as I'm not far away near scarborough. Regards
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Sorry to hear that. Have you taken any legal advice? Anyone on the forum who could help?I left last year due to ill health, so apparently they can't release me from my contract as I knowingly came back to live there this year. Just one of those horrible big corporate companies that don't give a crap!
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Why the sale - hope all is well? You're making some super progress.http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=538337
Hi mate explanation is at the top of my ad on ed38 :( I am absolutely gutted.
Ouch good job you spotted that Sean, it must have had a fair whack! Mine had only worn through slightly so thankfully no bump!
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Update time:
Upon sanding the bumper down I found it had previously been blue, red & finally purple haha. Sanded through that then got the knife out and scoured it back to plastic around the indicator holes.
All smooth! Primed and blocked down with wet & dry
The holey sump!
Sump pickup checked & not cracked- as advised by sean!
2 wheels painted so far!
Ta daaaaa. Took the 20mm spacers off at the back as don't need them with 10j rears hahaaa. But kept the 10mm ones on the front. Sits much better on them.
More soon when sump comes back as it's at the welders getting armoured up :D Cheers
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Cheers for the heads up mate! I will do. Although seeing as it's worn through rather than a hole smashed in it I'm hoping it won't have affected the pickup, shall check tomorrow! I'm quite glad the 17's will actually raise the car up a bit!
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Nonsense! I don't suppose you got a before & after vid of the cams performance increase? Quite interested to see as they've always been something I wanted to do! Btw how does it drive on the fat fives? People keep saying they tramline alot on 17's so that's the only thing playing on my mind?
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Haha the LM reps suited it really well, but at the time I needed the money from selling them & also they were too shiny shiny for me
Yeah man same here! They came up for sale via one of my mates & I had to have them after pestering him about them on his S3 haha
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OI, picture updates are required good sir!
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So I'm not putting it back on the road til start of march, so in the meantime I'm cracking on with bodywork issues. First up, the massively stone chipped front bumper!
Got some tyres on the rear brocks. 215/40 stretched onto 10jx17.
Put a quick coat of black on top of the primer to see if I liked black- yes, yes i do :D
and this little bugger is what caused me to lose so much oil. Had worn through my sump via speedbumps etc. I'm doing a half inch or so raise on the front engine mount when I fit my vibratechnics competition mount. Also I've removed the sump & taking it to the ali welders next week or so to get it plated up & armoured haha.
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Aye arches are already flared an inch at the back as I did that last summer to fit previous wheels so I just need to flat them back & paint them again as the laquer has a petrol stain in it.
Chuggs they were 16x9j IIRC with 195 45 tyres, et 15 ish off the top of my head. Can't fully remember as that was when the previous owner first had them on. It's on GAZ coilovers now not sure what it was on in that pic!
The paintwork looks so nice in that photo, how many years ago was that? It's so rough now :(
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Bought myself some new wheels! Some staggered Brock B1's, Rears 10jx17 & fronts 8.5jx17 :)
Initial fitment on the rear:
Tyre profile there is 225/45 but I'll be changing to 235/40.
tyre stretch anyone? For all the scene kids :bonk:
1 of the rears after all the kurbing was filed out & filled. Just with a quick coat of acid etch.
In need of a full refurb, just sorted one. 3 to go! Abit marmite but I've decided to spray them gloss black. Mainly to stick with my purple & black theme on the car (My fave sweets are blackcurrant liquorices haha). Gave the rado's paint a good going over and realised it's not as bad as I thought so don't want to spray it just yet :) But plenty of areas of paint correction to do!
Std 15" speedlines will be up for sale soon to make way for some tyres for the brocks haha. Cheers
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Looking great! How has the paint come up? I am debating on cellulose or 2k paint when I get to mine, has your paint hardened well? My father sprayed his 1930's ford with 2k and it seems quite soft, scratches easily?
The brake idea is good, what's stopped you going 5 stud out of interest? (For the greater array of oem/aftermarket brake upgrades etc)