TomBarker1991

Yeah that was my thinking by the time it's actually in and wired with all the covers on!

Been a while since I have updated this but been busy trying to get it ready for its move to a new home in a few weeks time. The engine setup is 90% there just need to get a timing belt and bits sorted and start to throw the few remaining bits back on, but picked up a nice crackle black smoothed rocker and intake manifold for a reasonable price which had saved me a lot of time and work! When the illusive pay day comes I will be sending my wiring looms off to Vagtronic to be spliced and extended and hopefully in the next week will be laying some paint down in the bay and getting the gearbox cleaned and finished off. Still debating whether I should have painted my cylinder head but by the time everything has been bolted back in and sat back in the bay not sure how much of it will be visible, also awaiting on my intercooler setup and mocal oil cooler to turn up

Not far off dropping the engine in now and wondering what engine mounts people are using as I am hell bent on keeping the early spec bonnet on the car. Did look at the competition mounts from vibratechnics but wondered if there any alternatives to standard?

Awesome car mate love the wheels... kind of makes me want to get rid of mine haha

After being ill as hell for the past 4 days finally managed to drag myself out of bed and get a bit more done. Got the block cleaned off ready for paint and gave it 4-5 coats of compound black it will do for now until next time it comes apart and I'm planning on a bare block rebuild where ill get it blasted back Also made a start on cleaning up a few of the brackets and rocker cover was pretty set on keeping them black to hide them against the block but quite surprised how well they are coming up! Had planned on welding up the remaining gaps in the bay but the MIG welder stopped working and i couldn't get any depth in the welds so nothing would hold so bay will have to hold off a while longer :(

Can you recommend anywhere mate?

Yeah I'm not planning on using my back seats got a few other bits to fit in the back and it's not going to be my every day driver

I'm unsure on whether to go half cage or full to be honest

Anyone know the best place to source a cage for a Corrado or is it going to be a case of some custom work?

There is a guy called rallye20VT who is selling a few bits at the minute and he is really good to deal with but other than that just keep trawling the classifieds on here and a couple of other VAG forums

Yeah it's just the Girling 54 Calipers and 280mm carriers did actually buy a set this morning funnily enough haha

I kept looking for G60's but then these came up....It's the first real project I have had and it's got a little bit out of hand but it's all good now I'm starting to build stuff back up hopefully have some bigger updates soon!

Yeah that was me must be the third person who has asked me that haha but if they don't I'll drop you a message dude!

Things have been a bit stop start with the car over the past few weeks, mainly welding up the bay and starting to strip stuff back ready for sand blasting and paint.. But however I did managed to pick up a full set of fully manual grey leather Recaro seats with the larger side bolsters and manual knee support from the classifieds. Thanks to dickie on here who is awesome to deal with if anyone wants parts from him! It should hopefully set off the interior once I get the roof liner and carpets re-done not 100% on whether I will use the rear bench or leave it out for later plans, but here is a quick pic.. Stil be a bit of time before they get dropped in as I need to Dynamat the inside of the car first off.. Gave myself a bit of break from doing the bay before I go insane and decided to tackle a bit of engine work and some painting. Got my subframe, wishbones, ARB and front brackets back from sandblasting gave them a quick rub down and got them hung up for paint and for 24 years old was pleasantly surprised how well they came up have gone light with the paint in places so I will give them another coat before they go on but still pleased with them.. Started to get the engine & MK3 TDI gearbox cleaned up for paint and a rebuild, at some point in its life it had sprung an oil leak somewhere and caked the front of the block which took some shifting but degreaser, cloths emery cloth and a compressed air line to blow it off has brought it up pretty well so got on with masking it up for spraying the black up gearbox still needs a fair bit more cleaning before its near ready! Still a long way to go but things are starting to head back towards the right direction by building stuff back up TDI box will get getting a G60 flywheel and VR6 clutch by the new year hopefully as well as a coat of paint! Late christmas present turned up today, didn't want to go down the G60 route so when these came up I couldn't say no! Pair of HI-Spec Motorsport twin pot calipers Ill have to give them a test fit with my wheels on to check clearance but they should be fine. I'll be running them with either 256mm or 280mm discs once I get the right adapters, They will be getting a rebuild and repaint to match the wheel and bay colour at some point.

Up early again this morning down at the workshop for 8 freezing my a**e off to try and get a full day on the bay before I lost the light. Main aim for to day was to get as much of the sealant off as I could and start to flat back some of the rougher areas where I have chopped old brackets out as well as removing the battery tray... it went mostly to plan only went through in one spot removing the battery tray and managed to not light the back of the dash up with the burning gear Few more standard update pictures, tomorrow I will be treating myself so a bag of wire wheels to help get the rest off as there is only so much I can scrape off by hand before Ill go insane :blink: tomorrow Ill hopefully be getting my wheels back after being acid dipped to remove the neon pink that bad been caked on them and getting a bit more done on the bay, but If I can get some new work lights sorted I might treat myself to a late night session sizing up the arches for pulling and getting it sitting wide Another solid run at the corrado armed with a few wire wheels on the advice of Shammy from UK-MKIV's to start tidying up the bay a bit more and get the bare metal protected with a quick coat of spray & it looks a million times better already.. Another update is that the wheels are back from being acid dipped and thankfully not damage at all to them so when I get a couple of tyres sorted to run a test fit ill then get them painted up to prevent any damage to them whilst constantly testing tyres Past few days been trying to decide on how get the pontiacs to sit right so did some reading about pulling the arches out on a corrado and decided to get the arch roller and hot air gun out and with a load of help with my mate Dan who has been guiding me through the build so far we managed get an extra 2-3" on the rear arches which means the wheels should sit flush with no camber and minimal stretch Managed to get a few more hours in on the corrado over the past few days in between a couple of call outs at work & got up to see a mate who hooked me up with a couple of test tyres so I could get a gauge for what size I will beed to run and decided to start on a 195/45 which should ride well and give me just enough stretch to get the fitment somewhere near and although the coilover needs to settle a bit more with some weight back on I really couldn't be happier with how its sitting for now using to really poor adapters and the front still on stands.. Before I start to weld up the bulkhead thought it best to remove the dash and all others bits of insulation as best as possible to prevent anything igniting, also have plans to do a double din unit conversion on the dash so with it out I can measure up what needs to be done, after getting the dash out all seemed pretty much as new no nasty surprises Whilst I was at decided to strip down the door cards and absolutely horrendous head liner to start getting stuff ready for re-trimming seemed like someone has had them off previously and slung a load of tape back on the insides which will be getting replaced with some decent sound proof matting come next pay day, still unsure on what to do interior wise which is bugging me a bit.. I missed out on a set of smoothed up audi TT baseball stitched seats so any other inspiration would be much appreciated!

From memory they have a tapered edge round one corner where it slopes making it kind of look like a shard

Yeah that was the other alternative I have been having a hunt around for a set VW heritage have the bulb holders I need but only have the RH side repeater in stock :(

Did think that was the case unfortunately so looks like they will be staying, was going to take a light apart tomorrow and see what could be done with regards to re routing the front indicator

Making a start on my bodywork and plan on removing the front bumper lights and indicators on the wings, for the fronts I had planned on removing the side light bulb and re routing the indicator there similar to what's done with MK1 caddys but didn't know if anyone knew if there were any implications to removing the side repeaters?

Ill be taking the sealant off re-weld the turrets grind them back them literally just plate up unneeded holes prime and paint

Im not looking for OTT smooth want to keep the original lines but all unnecessary brackets and holes will be gone hopefully get the remaining sealant off tomorrow

More bodywork updates & things are starting to move on, removing the unwanted brackets and grinding back to bear metal and so far in the bay things are looking ok. But on the rear arch did leave me with a little bit of a surprise in the form of some filler and rust But a bit more grinding back and poking with a screwdriver the worst of it was all off and cleaned out Im not too worried about how the arches are looking at the minute as there is going to be a lot of pulling going off to try and get my wheels to sit properly which will hopefully being started over the next few days. Also progressing with smoothing the bay today in between fitting new discs on my daily, got the unwanted brackets removed bar the battery holder and got the spot welds flatted off. Also managed to give the bulkhead a bit of a wipe down and flat off the odd bit of surface rust. Its all very rough at the minute but starting to get there slowly. Got a parcel today and couldn't help but give it a quick test fit and picture...

Another day and another delivery courtesy of Jabba sport with a full set of Elring gaskets and head bolts. As far as spending go's this is pretty much it until I get some more cash back in as I still have a weekend away to pay for and a day at R-tech for the daily to have a stage 1 map and some software removed. But here is a quick picture of what postman had for me...

Awesome GTI came through with a small delivery today to start building the engine back up and getting it up to scratch, started with ordering a shallow sump after cracking one on my MK4 decided this was the only way to go as well as going for a 911 oil filler to replaced the horrible standard one.

Payday and more time off means a little more progress, picked up my pontiacs yesterday which will be going to be acid dipped this week to remove the horrendous neon pink paint job and come back in a Kia gun metal grey. But whilst I have them I decided be rude not to give them a test fit to try and gauge how much work they will need to get sitting right, hoping no real arch work other than rolling and just a little stretch with a 185 or 195/45/16 on the 8J should get me somewhere near then a couple degrees of camber.. I have also been in contact with concept-wheels.be with regards to getting some new adapters made up Also making progress with smoothing the bay out, tidied up and flatted off the cuts where I removed the scuttle tray and made a start removing the sealant where the ECU and wiper motor used to live ready for weld and paint Still plenty more hours to go but still aiming for having the engine in and firing by christmas so when my next set off parcels arrive the engine should be all set with new gaskets and shallow sump.