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Will let you know a price. And can you get a picture of the sealing flange?

Thanks mate! Yeah hopefully. Might use an AGU loom and ECU so I can run a cable throttle..... not sure yet! Didn't get much done today, helped a mate with his golf and then took the gearbox off of the 2.0l. Will get more done next week.

So I was going to service the 2.0l, buy a new sump gasket etc etc....however then sort of thought "why?" So set about with the main plan, which was to 20vt it :) Figured out how to take the bumper off, really didnt think the whole crash bar would come off with it! Went and bought some new coolant (which will be used for when i convert to the 20vt) and new suspension bolts Then began with removing the engine. Made sure I labelled up all the wiring before removing the k-jet and such Then last night I had some time off, so managed to get the engine out My mate who shares the unit with me has an AUQ engine with a brand new k03s on it and ecu which he's selling me, so need a wiring loom and fuel pump! Will start cleaning up the bay etc this week and figuring out what I need. Will update soon.

What part is this? Might be breaking my 2.0l 16v engine

I might be breaking my 9a engine. It's covered 170k no knocks or bangs and ran fine before. Will let you know if you're interested

Thanks man! Did some more work to the Corrado today...didn't get as much done as intended to though, am Ill at the moment and being a pussy with it haha. I bought a genuine oil filter and sump plug for it today mind, as well as pricing up some parts I need! The plan was to take off the door cards, have a look at the passenger door handle and driver's window mechanism and drain coolant / oil. Began by taking off the door cards. The left side was pretty unmolestered however the right side had been bodged back together... Sorted the door handle, that now opens the door from the outside. You can see from the picture the overspray onto the plastic casing... Driver's door had an attempt at another plastic membrane being cut out and attached to the door. The previous owner said that the window would come off of it's runners..turned out to be the wheel had come off from the mechanism, so re-attached it. I also noticed one of the pins on the connector for the window switches wasnt in properly? It won't push in so will have to get a tool for that I guess... After reading up about rust under the battery tray, I decided to remove it and take a look. Not too bad considering the miles it's done! Then tried to remove the front end. Can't for the life of me work out how the bumper comes off :/ So is currently left like this. This meant the coolant and oil wasn't done either :/ oh and managed to snap a bolt whilst trying to undo the radiator clips Have a few parts coming in to vw on wednesday, however pretty busy with work over next couple of days so will update later in the week.

Started to do some stuff to the Corrado! Took the seats out and vacuumed the carpet. Found many many packaging for cigarette packets under the seats and a load of ash about. The car absolutely stinks of smoke (I dont smoke) so have fully fabreez'ed the car now and left the windows etc open. Took the rear seats out, some paint has been spilled down the back of the seat at somepoint so will get all that off this week. Also noticed that this wasnt connected so screwed it back in Need to replace the gear knob and gaitor/surround as its broken and looks pretty gash atm: Headliner seems to have been sprayed black: And for some reason have a different headlight switch? Oh also changed over the indicator stalk as it was a mk2 golf one :/ And random of the engine bay Sorry for the crap photos btw. Also, am sorting out service parts this week. Replacing the oil pressure switch as it's leaking and the sump gasket. I have a large list of things needed to do and parts that I need to order, so will have more updates soon, especially as I am now off from university. Will strip out the rest of the interior this week and getting coilovers off of a mate. Oh, Also have noticed both sides have been resprayed (badly) by a previous owner. They havent bothered to remove the windows and they've got the colour slightly wrong. Also they have resprayed over things and some ****e filler work, but all's good as it will get sorted :) Anyway, it's late and i'm probably not making sense, so will update this week! Cheers Dave

Thanks mate! Will be updated regularly! Cheers Sean! Haha I've already been there today and picked up a few parts ;) will do mate

So I finished my exams for the year and decided it was time to treat myself. So I travelled up to Gloucester and bought this: It's a 1994 2.0L 16v model with 170k on the clock! Picked it up pretty cheap off of "dubnut" on here! It has MOT until september but no tax, needs some TLC. The plans are to take the engine out, fully service it and replace some leaking gaskets, clean up the bay and check for rust under the battery tray etc, then put the engine back in and re-do the brakes etc. Got it recovered back to Plymouth, gave it a quick wash and tidy up. Then tucked it away back in the unit for the time being I have since taken the 17" alloys off and put on some 14" mini G60's for now (spare wheels I had going). I've started making a list of what needs doing to it and what parts I need to order from TPS. Will strip the whole interior out over the next few days, give it clean and check through everything. Heading up to Devon Dub Shack tomorrow to pick up a few parts that I need, like window reg etc. The plan I have is to get it on the road for september time, just after edition38 when the Polo runs out of insurance and I turn 21 and gain 4 years no claims. I hope to run the corrado around for the winter months etc before taking it off the road again to do a 20vt conversion. Hopefully this will give me the time to save up for the parts I will need as will do most of the work to the 20vt before it goes in! Also might see to the bodywork on the Polo whilst it's off the road... Anyway, enough talking! Will most likely update in a couple of days :) Oh, and the Polo: Cheers! Dave

Thanks mate! Oooh, All red rear lenses and scuttle cover I could be interested in? I'm only based down in Plymouth too so could travel up :) Thanks mate! It's going to be off the road until september unfortunately :( Gonna remove engine, clean everything and fully service engine whilst it's out of the bay (and change sump gasket etc as it's leaking) and then put it back in and mot/tax/insure it! Insurance on the polo runs out in september and I turn 21 so would be perfect timing really. Long term plans are 1.8 20vt it!

So finally got a Corrado today :) picked this up from "dubnut" in Gloucestershire! Still have the polo however this is my project! :D

Welcome! Ah see you did phone Daniel at DDS then! IIRC he also has two doors...don't quote me on that though!

check out http://www.devondubshack.co.uk/ or Devon Dub Shack's facebook. Drop him a message / call. Located just outside Plymouth, he might have one.

Wow, great work you've been doing there Sean! All the effort pays off! Some bodges you find are incredible. When I got my polo the window runners were held on by bluetac! :lol: Anyway looking forward to seeing more pictures and progress, hopefully can be all mot'ed and on the road properly soon! :thumbleft:

Just read this all the way through Sean! Great turnaround! I'm sure when its done it will be awesome :) bit strange with the headlight / engine turning off problem though :/ Looking forward to seeing more updates

Good progress mate, looking good! :)

Hi there I'm starting my look for a Corrado. I've decided to go for the 2.0l 16v! (later model, good base for a conversion down the line etc) Anyone got one for sale? Cheers :) Dave

Nope, although I was there when it came in lol. This is the one I took! excuse the gay effect on the photo. I actually have the corrado badges from it in my draw! lol Since then the interior went in the dubshack corrado, and the engine was removed and was going to go in a mk1, but that never happened so not sure what was done with that in the end! Yeah I remember it being advertised for £500! did an insurance quote on it but at the time it was way too high :( Hope you manage to find a decent one soon! And ah good luck and congratulations mate :)

Hi mate, cheers! Yeah going to have a look into that. If not insurance shouldn't be too bad anyway :)

Hi mate, cheers :) I'm actually good friends with Daniel! And was your corrado H222GWP? If so I remember I've got a picture of it down dds on my Instagram, also I remember it from a swdubs meet :) nearly bought it before you did! Haha. Is a shame what happened! Thanks man, you gonna get another corrado?

Thanks mate :) Yeah they're quite nippy! Do love the polo, just need a Corrado now haha. Also a non blurry picture when it's actually clean. Managed to win best polo for swdubs too!:

So still haven't got a corrado yet. However finishing the polo off and taking it to Edition38 this year, then will be straight up for sale and after a 2.0L 16v Corrado :D Decided to go for a later spec corrado. Have read up quite a lot on common problems and such, so look forward to a new project! Polo atm:

Good progress mate ;)

Beautiful :)

Thought so! Yeah I read through it and thought some bits were bound to be missing... has had the front end and side resprayed because the colour was faded apparently! Also had some audi steering wheel on it? Ah right cool! I'm after a late 2L 16v Corrado, gonna use it as a base for a 20vt engine conversion (even though horrendously overdone). Just need to sell the polo first! Anyway will be following this thread! :)