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Hope you have had a good mechanic do your work unlike me, cos I tested mine out at (well) over 77mph round the M25 and it blew the 4th cylinder apart :censored:

Currently putting in a 2.0 16v Golf engine from a mk3 gti . . . Will add that it's very do-able but you need lots of spare time or a few helping hands - have encountered a couple of hurdles which are yet to be overcome but i'm hopeful that with some help from here it might get finished sometime this summer. The government scrappage scheme has put a lot more spare parts into circulation so there are a few places with ABF engines in stock - try Stevens VW breakers for a price, I paid £300 for my new lump.

Further progress report: Have bought a replacement engine, came out of a mk3 Golf GTI - 2.0 16v :grin: Had the electrics on my truck pack up on the way back from picking it up from Essex :censored: Cheesed off cos I was finally starting to make headway on the C project and will now be landed with a big bill from the commericial stealership which could have been used to get the bits I need to finish but things are never meant to be easy are they :( Anyway, i've had the day off wok cos i've had no work transport so have started to convert the Golf engine to fit my C, all seems to be working well as it's the same block but with different add ons - have found that the alternator assembly is completely different and there was no power steering pump on the Golf lump, have changed the required bits but have come to a grinding halt on replacing the pulleys for the altenator and power steering & water pumps. The Golf ones are wider with grooves as supposed to the thinner ones from the KR lump, have replaced all that I can but am stuck on one pulley wheel that connects the cam belt to the altenator & water & power steering pumps (pic to follow as even my craptop has packed up at the mo :bad-words: ) Have been doing really well but really didn't want to have to touch the cam belt at all - I think I have no option but to remove the grooved pulley from the Golf lump and replace with the one from the C. Can anyone give me some do's and don'ts for removing this pulley? :help: I'm presuming that as long as I mark the exact positions of the pulleys before removal then I can't go wrong - can someone give me a heads up on retensioning the cam belt and should I replace it while i've got the chance? Also cos the engine is out of the car when I try and get the bolt out that holds the pulley the enging turns over and I can't get any purchase on the bolt - stuck a metal bar in the top pulley on my old KR lump to get the pulley off my old lump cos it's knackered and doesn't matter if it gets damaged but is there a more correct way of doing this? Hope someone can help cos my whole restoration poject hinges on getting this pulley changed :pale:

I did, but they only offered a 12 month warranty so i'm stuck with it - noticed that my barge plate has got acne as well now and they did that at the same time :censored: Cars getting a re-sprayed next month so i'll see what the guy thinks and may just bite the bullet and get a new wing put on . . .

The only bit of bodywork ever replaced on my C is the same wing, done via similar circumstances and repaired via an insurance crash repair place and the f'kin wing is rusty as f'ck, absolutely terrible round the side indicator and worse where they rolled the arch - it's the only bit of rust on my C and it's on the newest panel so make sure you get a genuine VW part rather than a cheapo sh't pattern piece of crap that a repair place will fob you off with . . . :Rant over:

Wow! :notworthy: Yep, that's the fellas and seeing as they have done 115,000 I think it's time for a new set broken or not - was reading up in http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=89364 about using Merc injectors cos as you say K jet have a poor spray pattern - will replace with the same :thumbleft:

Having taken apart my engine I have 2 of my injectors that have cracked casings and are probably damaged (due to flying metal content during blow up!) - need to replace them plus t'other 2 . . . Has anyone got any reccomendations of any performance replacement injectors that they use or is a VAG part that I need?

Quick progress report: Have removed my old KR engine - found a nice hole in the back of the block on cylinder 4 so it's a new engine for me, gonna stick in an ABF lump as it makes little sense to put back a 20 year old 1.8 when I can have a 13 year old 2.0 in it's place - looking at around £300 - £350 for that. Separated the engine from the gearbox and have been busy cleaning up old parts for re-instalation, even painted up my rusty old manifold with some 650 degree heat proof paint :norty: Have spent most of the weekend taking the opportunity to clean out 20 years of gunk from the engine bay using degreasant and a toothbrush, very time consuming but you could almost eat your dinner out of the engine bay now. Went to town with the black smooth hammerite on loads of bits, re-sprayed the engine bay with colour coded paint and undersheild. Now looking for some decent fabric electrical tape to re-insulate all the wiring loom as all the old stuff has perished away. Have compiled a list of bits to get from VW, loads of odd bits - does anyone know if you can get the bonnet foam inserts replaced? mine have perished away and need replacing? also I bent the metal gaitor on my driveshafts when taking out the old lump :censored: so if anyone has a couple spare for a 1991 16v 1.8 let me know :help: It's nice that I have the spare time and motivation to make sure everything is brand new before the new lump goes in, really wanting to make the car as brand new as possible as I still want it on the road in good nick in 10 years time 8)

Probably just as well you missed out cos it looked a bit bent to me . . . :shrug:

Link us up the e-bay page as I may be interested in this, unless you are bidding for it in which case I won't force up the price! Cheers 8)

"There's nothing more chicken s**t than messing up a mans motor, they should be put straight to death with no trial or jury" Bad luck mate, that really sucks - hope Kama swerves them into a tree :bad-words:

Great stuff, much appreciated - planning on doing a ABF conversion so hose requirements may change slightly . . .

Been looking up and can't find a supplier for the blue Samco hoses for a 1.8 16v I'm presuming that a Mk2 golf hose kit will suffice for most but fear the radiator postion may be different and theerefore not the same Any advice most gratefully received Woodsy H26 GPM

I did a Google search under "Chromers & Metal platers" - came up with 3 in my local area - all of whom were advertsing that they undertook automotive component plating . . .

A very big hello to everyone on here, I'm a long time owner of my 1.8 16v, had it for over 12 years now but unfortunatley my C has been off the road for most of the last 5 years and for the past 2 years due to a major engine malfunction - see pic for the chunks of metal that came out of the air manifold :shock: I had spent a good £600 getting the head done but it lasted 60 miles and then the 4th cylinder disintegrated in a huge way - :censored: of a garage washed their hands of blame and refused to rectify the problem so i'm having to do it all by myself. Tbh it's a bit of a daunting prospect as i've never embarked on such a major mechanical challenge but having been down to my last £1 and still not sold my C I want to get it back on the road the hard way. Expect loads of stupid questions, no seriously expect schoolboy questions on basic car mechanics cos i've not really got a clue what i'm doing when it comes to refurbing/re-installing my lump - have succesfully stripped out the engine bay in prep for taking out the old engine so it's going well so far Will hopefully be taking the opportunity to uprate many aspects of the engine so i'm finding the forums a very usefull tool - Hope you will bear with my limited terminolgy and knowledge as I am a true Corrado worshipper Best wishes to all Woodsy H26 GPM Chunks out of my lump :shock:

Have seen this Barry mod on another forum and still can't beleive someone would go to the trouble of modding up a 106 to this extent . . . Where's the logic when you could buy an infinately better motor for the same money with better spec standard - I mean it's a 106 FFS! Nice peice of machining for those spacers but wtf! seriously would never pass an mot let alone turn a corner - this car will be a legend if it ever sees the light of day :epicfail: