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Thanks all! Been a bit inactive due to the Christmas period, but back to it now. Lower chains are on!: However, the million dollar question is, does anyone know what this little grub screw is from?! I've bagged and labelled every damn screw except this one apparently! I distinctly remember carefully taking it out as well, and then must have put it on the side to continue taking apart whatever it was I was removing at that time before forgetting about it. Now for the life of me I can't remember; I am hoping it presents itself as obvious when the time comes but would be great if anyone has any ideas!

Thanks! Yeah I know... I don't do big miles in it these days so the run in period might be quite drawn out! Have to plan a few long cruises... From memory, I'm sure Vince said they are bored out to a true 2.9l rather than 3.0l, but I'm not hundred percent sure now. The stock size is 2860cc I think, and the boring for the 82.5mm pistons takes it to either 289Xcc or just over 2.9l, so 29XXcc. I'll have to check with Vince again. You'd think I'd remember that, but the memory doesn't appear to be what it used to be. Got some 263 cams lined up, and the vibratechnics front mount! No other performance parts to go on. I have looked around, and from what I've read and speaking to Vince, I'm not sure there really are any others, apart from maybe a BMC air filter, that will bolt straight on to the NA engine and make much difference performance wise. Edit: Yep, just done the sums. Stock is 82mm x 90.3mm stroke or thereabouts which gives 2861cc. Bored to 82.5mm gives 2896cc. So more a true 2.9l

Right, engine is back from Stealth and on the stand: Bores rebored and honed, with oversized Mahle pistons, and new bearings. And block cleaned and smartened up with new paint job. Just hammerite black, but it actually looks a bit gun-metal grey which I quite like, rather than a full gloss black. Head also back and smartened up: Had another reskim, the areas of pitting will remain isolated. Had a full rebuild, valves cleaned up and re-seated, guides re-done. Plus a few bits which I've been cleaning up ready to go back on: Still plenty to go! Major items still to get replaced/reconditioned are: - alternator to be refurbed - new starter - injectors refurbed. But these won't be needed for a while. Otherwise all pretty well ready to go back together. Going on holiday for 2 weeks though, so unfortunately will have to wait a while to get going on it!

Yeah, exactly. That's what I found when removing it, it was pretty cracked up where it had dried out. Traps the dirt as well. Having said that, most of the tray was in decent nick in fairness so the waxoyl had done it's job, was just the areas bashed by the battery and the bracket for the slam panel that were bad.

I feared the words time and effort might be marching confidently over the horizon... Ah well, best get the wire wheels out! Colour looks really good, really freshens the Corrado up I think. Must be a great feeling to have it back on the road with all the hard work you've put in.

Some fine work going on here. That engine bay refresh looks wonderful, and that colour really is lovely. I would have fancied redoing the whole bay, but don't really have the time, space or inclination to really go for it so am settling for just touching up. That respray looks the business though. Always nice to see the results people can get at home without spending thousands at a body shop. Just a quick question, how did you get the corrosion off your gearbox before spraying it? I've been cleaning up some other alloy parts and it's been a struggle - I had planned to do my gearbox but with the effort involved with the other parts had decided not to bother. Seeing yours like that though has made me think I really should!

Thanks! I am undecided on this to be honest... seems a shame to cover it up, but as you say added protection. On the other hand I am expecting to use it a lot less than over it's previous life so it might be ok and it's got a good few protective layers on: covering of Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80 initially just to neutralise any remaining rust but it seems to create a pretty tough barrier (as I found trying to sand down a couple of runs!). Then overcoated with a few layers of Hammerite stone chip which I have found pretty good in the past. Easier to keep clean as well!

Engine is ready at so need to go and pick it up! Exciting times. In the meantime I've been making some progress on tidying bits and pieces up. Finished the battery tray recently: To: Got rid of all the dirt, bits of old wax and dealt with all the rust. Not a perfect job, not going to bother flattening it or anything as it's just the battery tray, but a lot nicer than it was and something that has always bugged me so pretty happy.

Ah I meant the part number for the V5 starter motor - like the idea of having a bit more oomph to start. Will definitely give QX a go for the alternator though, thanks for the tip. Noticed you'd used Amos motors for some bits, never heard of them before but might give them a shout as been struggling to source a replacement radiator support.

Cheers, for the info and apologies for hijacking the thread - think I'll give the V5 starter a go, and get the alternator refurbed. Typically the dealers were no help, reckoned the part number from the link above was for a 1990 golf, not the V5 and as I didn't have a Mk IV reg that was that. Put the Bosch part number into a few other places though and they seem to be readily available for not ridiculous dollar: https://www.motor-doctor.co.uk/products/1157162-starter https://www.autodoc.co.uk/bosch/1157162?search=BOSCH%20Starter%20%20(0%20986%20017%20000) Interestingly both say it fits a Corrado.

Hi fella, understand you're keeping the rado. Good to hear! Always wonder if I am doing the right thing keeping hold when a regular sells up... Anyway, was just wondering how you've got on with the JP Starter Motor? Noticed you had it in your parts list at the beginning of the thread. I was looking at replacing mine (it used to make a screeching noise on startup and I discovered on removal the brass collar around the shaft had broken in two - the two may be related) and can only really see the JP option from VW heritage for reasonable money. Their site lists it as "good quality" rather than "top quality" so was unsure... but on the other hand they don't tend to list anything really poor and options are limited!

Still on the lookout for one of these, if anyone can assist?

I'm posting them from my onedrive account. I have a Windows phone which automatically uploads all my photos to onedrive, and then that gives me the option to generate html code to embed into the post with the img tags. Works quite well.

Spent a couple of long evenings re-wrapping the entire wiring loom in the engine bay: Looks an absolute mess but hopefully will look smart once it's all back in. Although already noticed some ends of the tape coming off which isn't great. used a Tesa tape which seemed good quality so bit disappointing. Have wrapped those bits with extra again so hopefully holds. Also been de-rusting some of the battery tray on the right of the photo, I have to say very impressed with the Bilt Hamber Deox Gel - A rust remover that actually seems to work. Had a big spot under the lip at the back that I couldn't sand off, so shoved some under, left it for a day, and it's just shiny metal there now. Was genuinely surprised!

Ah cheers, how much are you looking for? Would you be able to upload a couple of pictures as well? ta

I pm'd you but the forum is a bit wonky at the moment, so not sure it went through. With the Corrados do you have a VR6 lower radiator support member in reasonable condition? I can deal with surface rust, but anything that needs cutting and repairing would be the same as my current one. Thanks,

Slight hiccup in the project. I've set about trying to tidy up the engine bay, dealing with a bit of rust here and there and generally smartening. Came to the rad support, and had a plan to deal with a large bulge of rust that had formed in the middle of the upper and lower sections. It's been there since I had the car, so not a great surprise. Plan was to cut it out and effect a small repair... unfortunately, it was rather larger than hoped. Cut most of it out but it still keeps going and it's in a difficult area to repair that is probably beyond the resources I have at my disposal. So I have decided just to replace the whole member. It was that horrible layered flaky stuff that just keeps growing, that was only going to get worse so I don't have any regrets about removing it, but struggling to find a replacement part!

Looking for a VR6 rad support in reasonable condition. Mine had a massive chunk of rust in the middle, which I had hoped to cut out and weld in a new piece, but having cut some of it out it just goes too far.

Ah nice, they rang me not too long ago so it seemed progress was going well. Hopefully won't be too long now! Currently just doing some tidying of the engine bay, sorting some rust under the battery tray and the rad support and just general cleaning. Had the oil pump apart and all looked in decent condition, no scoring marks so that's good. I've gone for the 263s as well, looking forward to seeing the difference! Did have a look to see if there were other little tweeks here and there that might be worth playing with, but it does seem like the 263s are the only thing that makes a difference.

I'd be happy to pay as well. Some of the suggestions above about having part free access and another part members, and a tie up with Corrado Club GB sound quite reasonable to my mind. It's such a valuable resource. Have to say I don't fully understand how everyone has transferred to facebook. Whenever I've looked at the pages there's nothing on there!

2k paint is a two part paint and contains a hardener so if you're going down the airgun route you may need to mix it yourself which may be one of the reasons it's not recommended. The other, and it's possibly more likely to be this, is the fumes/spray mist is nasty stuff that you do not want to breathe in. The HSE recommends air-fed breathing apparatus for spray booths. As far as I am aware there are no particular issues with drying and spraying. I have used it in aerosol form (so didn't have to mix) and didn't have any issues, and it left a good finish. It is popular for clear coat because it can be harder wearing than a single part paint. I did the spraying outdoors with a breathing mask (albeit I wasn't aware of the 2k at the time) so that probably lessened the fumes as opposed to being stuck in a spray booth. Biggest issue I had was getting a good blend. The bit I did was on the A-pillar but still got a bit of halo effect at the top. Not really noticeable and far better than before when the paint was peeling, but it is there.

To be honest, this might well settle it, thanks. The main reason was to reduce bay temps (with coating/wrapping) so that would be counter productive. Out of interest, which 6 branch did you have? Cheers for the link, might give them a shout, but as above probably gonna knock the idea on the head.

Anyone know of any half decent exhaust manifolds knocking about currently? Obviously Supersprint, but they are a bit silly money. I know the Raceland efforts were popular not too long ago, but they appear to be defunct. Wasn't after any performance gains, and I can't imagine you'd get any, but my reasons were two-fold: - bit of weight reduction as the stock one is quite a weighty lump of iron - I was thinking of ceramic coating, or at least wrapping it, to reduce the temp under the bonnet a touch. It would always get mega hot in there, and could feel it coming into the cabin Now, there are plenty of ebay specials about but I am a bit reluctant about those for obvious reasons. There are some branded ones about TA Technix, Direnza and OBX. Ultimately all look pretty similar, apparently knock offs of the Supersprint. OBX seem to have two types, 1 that appears to match the stock manifold closely with a relatively short 6 section and long 2, as well as the Supersprint type... TA Technix https://www.amazon.co.uk/TA-Technix-EVOFÄVR6-Technix-EVOFÄVR6-Compartments-Manifold/dp/B00DKWF47Y Direnza: https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/350700275892?rt=nc&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3Dd8facee2c94347aa976c3d7ed6ccb59b%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D7%26sd%3D333021301998%26itm%3D350700275892%26pg%3D2385738 OBX: https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/173675648921?rt=nc&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3Dc3c460a5c1ef4c1f908558a09cf2d355%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D113828876834%26itm%3D173675648921%26pg%3D2385738 https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/183690270894?rt=nc&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3D2ecd80d0e454444d8cbbab56a8e964f0%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D173675648921%26itm%3D183690270894%26pg%3D2385738 But I have also found these: https://races-shop.com/golf/88046-exhaust-manifold-stainless-steel-vw-corrado-vw-passat-vw-vento-vw-golf-fmvwfk05.html From a company called Friedrich Motorsport which do seem reasonable, manufacture in their own factory, and they look a bit better quality. Anyone got any experience of the above, or alternatives? I rather suspect I am best off keeping my money in my wallet, but it seems like a nice idea!