Jim Bowen

i know what you mean, i may even just do the clutch and put engine back and see how long it lasts while i save up. Am sure just doing the clutch and taking engine out i will spend a fortune on bits, new mounts etc

must admit at the moment i'm liking the idea of a Vege engine and just swapping things over. Would give me a good chance to clean up the bay with engine out, and check out the steering rack etc.

a proper search is showing them about the £2k price instead. this may be a very interesting option.

thats thousands of pounds though isn't it? £3800 or £3600 am sure are the figures that cropped up while searching around the site

any friends/family i ask for advice from, they just think i'm crazy and that i should of got rid of it 6months after buying it :brickwall:

Been stood in my garage today wondering what to do still. Am thinking now, R32 or an engine swap is out of question, unless i found a really good 12v VR6 (rebuilt or low milage) or a VRT ready to drop in. But i don't see that happening. So really i'm left with taking out the existing engine, doing chains & clutch and putting it back in car. Or take it out and rebuild the whole engine at same time or maybe just the head. I don't really know what condition its in or what work will need doing (knowing me it'll end up being everything) Sell the car as is, with all the mods and slipping clutch, high miles and not get much money for it. Splitting it would be the most money in my pocket, just adding up 15 items off car i was over £2k, wheels, suspension, interior, all the nearly new engine items, lights, brakes, wipers etc But i know i would regret it if i split it up. If i try fixing this myself i will buy an engine crane and an engine stand. But what other major/special tools might i need and what is worth doing while rebuilding it? Flowed head? better pistons? am i right in thinking people buy a 2.8 head and get that bored out etc?

can you do mine next? :lol: i'm am going to read back through most of this thread as i may well be in the same situation soon. is the R32 280bhp standard?

is the 2.8 the 24v one i assume? is that easier to convert to than the r32 lump?

The clutch has started slipping now. Its a VR6 so people will say do the chains too while your there. Also its just approaching 180,000miles and the engine isn't perfect, still drives and accelerates fine, but can be a be noisy on startup somedays. So i can see me needing the head rebuilt too. My mechanic skills began when i got the corrado, i'm no expert but willing to give things a try. But what do i do? Just rebuild whats there? or would it be cheaper/quicker to source another engine? Or maybe even an R32 upgrade? Really stuck now as to what i do, or if i carry on at all........i think all the value in my cars is in the bits and pieces on it, not the actual car

rhubarb & custard :pukeright:

am think i should really get the chains done at the same time, car is nearly on 180,000 and they have never been done i can see this mounting up into another big wedge of money

i concur

been searching around as i remember mic_vr thread. On my drive home just now i have the same feature :lol: my clutch is slipping :( did you get round to doing yours mic? i might try having a go at mine myself :|

i just don't like it, but that me. If it was real carbon and on a 500bhp jap motor i wouldn't mind it being there...... but the corrado is too classy for a painted or vinyl black bonnet

http://www.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/1110 not sure what to believe about the barn find

"No one wanted to go to the extra expense in having the welds removed to see what was in the barn and then consequently pay to have the doors re-welded if they decided not to go ahead with the purchase." wow, that would cost all of about £60

nice job on the wheels... what colour/type paint is that? i want to spray a few things that sort of colour

thats boths types of mount and plate ^^ (shiny one is the early plate, rusty one above it is the late plate, the late mount is rubber thing with a separate bearing)

apparantly people use them with the late style top mounts (which you have), they are quite a bit different looking to the late plates. i have photos somewhere

the smaller late pate only just sits on the springs, will a slight knock it will just fall through the spring

well i wouldn't of driven it any further i have it booked in the garage for monday already, so will cancel that with an embarrasing phonecall. probably did about 15miles after picking it up, and felt something was wrong

omfg, just checked the wheel nuts like suggested and they were all loose :eek: that'll be my fault again. am having a few silly mistakes like this, like drawing a diagram to remember how the ht leads go, and realising after much annoyance i'd drawn the diagram wrong to start with

i didn't take pics of it, i would like to forget i did it. :sleeping: UPDATE: Just got car back from having exhaust fitted and noticed a knocking feeling now, when driving, seems worse the faster you get, gets better when turning one way and goes away under braking, but with the odd quite loud knock/clonk/dunk etc thinking/hoping its a wheel bearing, but you can feel it in your feet when driving, i.e: the floor around pedals

is the original film any good? never seen it, or know what its called

lol, thats what i have ^^^^ it was one of those jumping kerbs, leapt out at me