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Just done a dry assembly... I'm also in the middle of cleaning up the engine bay.. not a great job [emoji20] Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk

added the pictures as attachments... DAM YOU photobucket!

I cant get my head round tapatalk... I'm a tech and I find the app dire....

Yeah - he can be a bit slow, but seems to do an ok job.

Really odd....

Bugga I was using Google photos again... Anyone got a hosting recommendation? Adrian could you see them?

That grey leather recaro would look good in my car! lol ;)

Just thought I'd do a quick update on the build... not much to report really.. Bits have come back from powder coating - chap did a pretty good job I've spent ages flatting down and wet painting ball joints and track rod ends - they all come as bare steel which I'm not keen on. I've also pressed the bearing, hubs and R32 bushes. I wet painted the hubs as I didn't really want a shot-blaster knocking layers off the bearing seat, so a days soaking in hydrochloric acid otherwise know as path and patio cleaner and they were back to bare metal before a few good coats of Eastwood extreme chassis black. came up really nice. Just look at that magnificent engine! - no not the F40 one! the VR6 in boxes below it! lol Thats going off this week along with the head to have all the bits done, my next job is cleaning and getting the engine bay ready. - the aircon has gone... how they can ever of called that an option is beyond me... it definitely doesn't pass my OCD fitting standards, if things are there they have to look right as well as work ;)

I'm sure you and Delfinis are building Corrado's in your lofts from spare parts! :D

Go for it easypops ;-)

Very interested.. any chance of a picture? Are they clean?

What brand is it?

Tell me more?? MK4 tensioner?

Is the automatic servo and cylinder the same as the manual?

My shifter is boxed up with your address on it Dave... just seem to keep forgetting to post...:(

Theres more to bonding as well... how old is the house and the concrete portion of the job... if it's a 50's, 60's and indeed some 70's the house will have no DPM - all they did back then is 'black-jack' the floor and then lay tiles over it.... if you directly bond to this without applying a DPM before latex it will draw up the damp and your expensive floor will end up in a pile outside your front door. I'd still go 22mm engineered and Timber Mate Gold if the floor is already flat. (ex floor layer)

More questions! Anyone know what brand would of been the OEM Main and Big end bearing supplier?

Likewise vr6monkey, I joined up here a while ago but never actually got round to buying a Corrado until this year :D - I was always a VW chap, but seemed to have a lot of Golfs. I'm in the same boat on Facebook as well, I was sick of the general cr@p people put up... I don't need to see what people have had for dinner or how cool their (probably not) wonderful life is. This place is great, very helpful I'll update my build thread soon too ;)

Spend the money you'd of spent on CDX and float 22mm engineered oak on Timber-Mate Gold - there is no tapping or hollow sounding from that ;)

AUM is 150bhp AUQ is the 180 motor ;) Purely the map, both ran the KO3S turbo. I'd say Jabba Sport for the remap....

Cheers Dox, yeah could be worth a shot! ;) Are the poly ones this sorta thing? https://www.vwheritage.com/wc40785280-front-lower-engine-mounting-bush So you replace rubber and keep the metalwork on the stock mount?

Geessss they're pretty expensive!

Morning GF - much appreciated, I think I'll head down a similar path ;) - really dont want to compromise cabin comfort, to old for that nowa days! lol

Anyone run vibra-technics engine mounts? or do other items such as R32 ones fit? Wondering if its worth uprating them, but don't want to shake the windscreen out...

I was wondering this?