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  1. Itslucy97
    I bought my '93 Corrado VR6 in May 2017 - with very little knowledge of the car and the engine. After speaking to friends who have an interest in VW cars, I found out that the engine is not an original Corrado VR6 engine, it was out of a MK3 Golf. The engine bay has also been partially smoothed...
  2. myfirstcar
    The vr6 was great on the a roads .... its been fun getting the car to this stage.
  3. neuon2003
    Last Thursday was spent changing over the front sub-assembly. As with the rear axle, the aim was to recover the one fitted to the car so it could be refurbished and then refitted, along with all new components, bolts and fastenings. So this work is just an interim position. It was a long day, starti...
  4. neuon2003

    Rear axle refurb

    neuon2003 posted a blog entry in Neuon2003

    Right, on with the refurbished rear axle with new discs, bearings and bushes. This is a temporary measure while I refurbish the axle that was on the car which is not as corroded and will look as new when coated. Then it can all be refitted and the initial one used for the Silver VR. Double the work,...
  5. neuon2003

    And we are off...

    neuon2003 posted a blog entry in Neuon2003

  6. neuon2003
    Decided it was about time to catch up on what has been happening with the VR's. For now, I'll concentrate on the red one as it's easier.
  7. G60_Marc
    Fitted a bump steer kit. Ball joint extenders and tie rod end flip bushes. Fitted some ap racing 4 pot stoppers a few weeks ago also. A very tight fit behind 16" brock b2's, not even room for wheel balance weights. Cant wait to get my 17" RC's back from the refurbisher.
  8. G60_Marc
    Today i removed my Jabbasport turbo exhaust manifold due to it blowing and the car being down on power. This is what i found... 6 years of abuse lol. Apparently the first manifolds that they made were low nickel content and prone to cracking. Anyway, I bought a new manifo...
  9. G60_Marc
    Did some prep work on my new summer wheels to get them ready for a refurb on Monday. BBS RC, 17" x 7", 4 x 100, custom spigot rings, 15mm front spacers, 20mm rear spacers, 4 new genuine center rings, nuts and badges. 4 new tyres. I also have some extra badges on order that have the bbs logo...
  10. G60_Marc
    Past few days: Dropped the subframe and gave it a damn good clean. Fitted some powerflexed wishbones. I stripped down my leaking steering rack and rebuilt it with all new seals, greased it up and fitted new genuine vw rack boots and uj boot (no vw specific tools were required for the rebui...
  11. G60_Marc
    Well, it really has been a busy few weeks. An exhaust manifold to turbo stud snapped due to a worn out rear engine mount which meant that the cylinder head had to come off (again!) to get access to it. While i was at it i stripped the engine bay loom out and removed all of the loom tape, clea...
  12. G60_Marc
    Fitted some brand new late front indicators. So now i finally have the full set, mint late head lights, mint late fog lights, and mint late indicators. :dance:
  13. G60_Marc
    Saturday: Clocked, built up and fitted a new IHI turbo charger. (IHI VF22 hot side, IHI VF34 cold side) On the way home from this years inters the old turbo blew its oil seals and shortly after destroyed its bearings which resulted in one jammed turbo, lots of smoke and oil dripping from the ta...
  14. G60_Marc
    Polished my eibach strut brace up. FItted bonnet bra to my carbon bonnet, had to drill 3 tiny holes into the fibreglass frame to fix the bra hooks into. :eek: The reason for bra is that i had a incident on Monday with a square lump of rubber about the size of a fist bouncing up the fast l...
  15. G60_Marc
    Fitted an eibach alloy front strut brace 8) Struggled and swore a few times taking off the nuts from my old brace. Ended up taking the front shocks off for better access. Fitted a pair of late front fogs (gleaming mint condition pair, cheers asdf) also fitted some sonar clear late indicato...
  16. G60_Marc
    Fitted some genuine VR6 front top mounts, bearings and top plates. Wired my audi LED needles to come on with the ignition. Fitted an audi red led ciggy lighter (cheers Supercharged Junkie) Fitted an Audi R8 oil filler cap. Replaced my smoked EL auto-gauge oil pressure, boost and...
  17. G60_Marc
    Fitted late style headlight glass to the headlights complete with brand new plastic surrounds and smoked lamin-x. (Many thanks StormchargedVR6) Removed eyebrow spoiler. Fitted my wideband gauge into the drivers side air vent. After owning the car for over two years i finally decided t...
  18. G60_Marc
    My old fluro orange painted corrado needles with a uv cold cathode lamp above... (soon for sale) Audi l.e.d. needles fitted. The needles are not as bright and glowing as the picture looks as i took the pic in low light and its the best my camera could manage :shaking: To fit the...
  19. G60_Marc
    Looked at all the dust on the car and decided i couldnt be bothered to clean it again, damn volcano :lol: Fitted VR6 style carbon fibre bonnet. Removed my MTX Audio stealth shelf and Fusion component rear speakers (for sale soon) and fitted an orignal corrado black rear parcel shelf a...
  20. G60_Marc
    Over the weekend i fitted some weitecs , my babys recaro seat :thumbleft: and removed my fk's :shock: 5 year old FK AK coilovers! the dampers inside were fine with no leaks. Picked up some early lights up on eBay for 99p, nearly brand new glass in both and reflect...
  21. G60_Marc
    Fitted new top mounts on the front, repaired the power steering bracket for what seems like the :censored: ing 10th time :lol: Next. :salute:
  22. G60_Marc
    Spent the afternoon out in the sunshine cleaning and polishing inside and out. Removed red and clear in-pro rear lights and fitted some original lights with a red top tint and a high gloss lacquered finish. Fitted some passat rear door handles and latches (cheers chiller1) and also fitted...
  23. G60_Marc
    Removed stock o2 sensor from de-cat pipe and fitted a bosch 4.2 wideband sensor in its place. Wired in wideband controller and gauge. Connected simulated narrowband output from controller to the ecu. Set co pot to roughly 14.7 at idle when the engine is warm. Glad to say that the car seems to be fue...
  24. G60_Marc
    Fitted some new front pads, Ferrodo DS. Gave everything related to front wheel area a good checking over, all tip top. Bled brakes. Fixed a small fuel pipe leak near the FPR. Next :salute:
  25. G60_Marc
    Made some smooth mirrors. Fixed a problem with the radio and then got carried away and decided to removed all of the factory speaker wires as they are not used anymore. Then decided to rewire and tidy up all of my dash mods as it was like a snakes nest in there. Replaced doth door...
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