Sc0rian's 20vt Garrett 500bhp haldex corrado

[Sc0rian 0]

thought i better get a project log going on here too..

 

as some of you know, i used to have a mk2 16v eaton, till i wrote it off..

 

 

 

since crashing it decided that another golf wasnt for me, was kinda fed up of them, always wanted a corrado, so got a mental corrado in the making now.

 

how i bought it from ebay:

 

 

 

 

stripping it

 

 

 

Bought a crappy little pug, used this to take to santa pod, lol.

 

 

going up santa pod

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fuel filler cap for corrado.

 

sold the pug and bought a mk2 diesel!!

 

Went and picked a ton of late bits of my mate

 

 

 

 

i got

2 doors

2 wings

1 bonnet

1 front bumper

1 slam panel

1 dash

all dash parts

carpet

 

in the back of the mk2.. ha..

 

More corrado stripping!

 

time for a update..

 

first off massive thanks to lovely brad (and his g/f) for all his help and time this week :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

 

 

 

engine out.. door on..

 

the next day..

 

 

 

full Milltek exhaust system.. with the corrado B) :D

 

 

 

HR ARBS front and rear :D B)

 

Rolling shell again

 

 

 

wings kinda pushed on.. not held in properly yet.

 

 

FINALLY decided on a colour

 

 

 

got my rims

 

 

 

shamefully the paint is all coming of, gonna colour code them.. although they have only JUST been painted..

 

the colour is pretty awful though..

 

brad pulled the rims apart yesterday for a full re-spray.

 

 

 

spent last 2 days wire brushing and painting

 

 

 

crossmember

 

 

 

subframe:

 

 

 

 

 

my tyres:

 

 

Yokohama Parada Spec 2

205/40/17

 

and bought 2.25" dishes so i have 9" rears.

 

 

and finally

 

got my seats sorted

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mariojoshi 1]

GREAT STUFF!

 

Looking forward to seeing more progress here!

Nice little (big) project you've got going on matey.

[ADZ_VR6 0]

Look like your having fun mate can't wait to see out come :clap:

[__Andy__ 0]

looks like it will be a belter! quick question though, what made you change the doors?

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Welcome aboard chap :D

 

Sure you want fixed seats? Recliners would be better for your back on long journeys! What seats are they out of interest? They look nice and light!

 

Are you sticking the 16V back in?

[Sc0rian 0]

cheers for the warm welcome.

 

i just didnt want audi 80 door handles, not my thing, like the corrado handles.. i have still got these doors for sale :camp:

 

yup, 16v/abf eaton is going back in :)

 

currently they arent fixed seats they just sit in the corrado subframe, but i'm properly gonna hard mount them.

[boost monkey 0]

Wowzer, looks like a fun build. Must have cost a few pennies! :shock:

 

Are you allowed to use a towing vehicle which is lighter than the car being towed? :scratch: Nowt wrong with a 205 though, they're proper workhorses. :salute:

 

Build cost to date? :eek:

[mrbeige 0]

Glad to see you started a build thread on here, Ben! Seeing all the work so far in one long post is mint! Didn't realise you'd got all the subframe etc painted and ready to re-fit! What paint did you use? Hammerite?

 

Those rims look fookin sweet.....seats aren't bad either :wink:

[dirtytorque 0]

Cool thread.

Lots of pics is always nice.

 

:)

 

That pug looks pretty cool too.

Is that its factory paint?

[boost monkey 0]

Yeah they yellow pugs are the diesels or the 1.1 petrols IIRC

[Sc0rian 0]

Yeah they yellow pugs are the diesels or the 1.1 petrols IIRC

 

1.9 diesel of pure muscle 8) 8)

 

and yeah i think its illegal to tow a car heaver than its self, oh well, dont care done it now, dont need to do it again :lol:

 

think thats bad? check this out:

 

 

:norty: :lol: :lol:

 

cheers mr.stu, :) er, i used engine enamel paint, dont rust, thick, perfect stuff. Would of get it powder coated, aint that fussed tho tbh.

 

pfft build cost is properly something stupid, try not to keep track :cuckoo:

[boost monkey 0]

Ahh you nutter! :lol: fair enough, build looks like it'll be a goodun.

 

Paint is better than powder on subframes etc as powdercoat will fracture if a stone hits it hard, whereas paint will just chop off and you can recoat.

 

paint ftw.

[junkie 0]

At last and finally, keep the updates coming.

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

Watched your build with the golf untill it got pranged :( im sure you will love the raddo with the eaton in! :D

[bcstudent 0]

I was watching the Golf build too, but I dodn't realise it got written off. How much power did it make?

[Alexander 0]

Superb! I'm always in awe of people who can "just" pull an engine out of a car and put it back in. That kind of stuff blows my mind!

[staffs_til_i_die 0]

Looking very nice fella! I wish I had the time and money to do this. And a second car to get me to work. And a trailer. And a garage to keep it in. And some decent tools. And the skills.

 

I'm not bitter me...

 

Good luck with it. Keep the pics coming!

[flusted 0]

dont do your corrado that blue colour, its horrible :norty: :lol: :ignore:

[Sc0rian 0]

Watched your build with the golf untill it got pranged :( im sure you will love the raddo with the eaton in! :D

 

cheers mate, yeah wasnt the highlight of my year lol.

 

Looking very nice fella! I wish I had the time and money to do this. And a second car to get me to work. And a trailer. And a garage to keep it in. And some decent tools. And the skills.

 

I'm not bitter me...

 

Good luck with it. Keep the pics coming!

 

lol cheers mate, i lucky enough to know a few people now who will allow me to use there trailer any time, but hopefulllllly will never need it :lol:

 

dont do your corrado that blue colour, its horrible :norty: :lol: :ignore:

 

:lol: too late now mate :cuckoo:

 

its a bit darker than your colour, the mk5 r32 colour you got???

 

bicay blue is the name of the colour i settled on.

 

I love the colour, seriously cant wait to see r36 blue on a corrado.. wheels should be painted by next week:)

 

I'm lucky enough to have a awesome bodyshop guy, who I have to thank, (Brad, or greased_up_deaf_guy on ed38) he owns http://smooth-customz.co.uk and is a total star :notworthy:

[young dub 0]

great work, gonna be sweet when finished!

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

follwed your creation when you built it all up and then smashed the poor girl, :( glad you fitting that into the raddo as a few on here would like to know of any clearance issues with the tall block,and you will find the raddo will handle that extra power with ease :tongue:

[Philuk 0]

looking good so far!. is the car gonna be road legal or just track only? :) how long till she out!

[Sc0rian 0]

cheers mate, hopefully a abf block will fit in fine, i'll soon find out.

 

looking good so far!. is the car gonna be road legal or just track only? :) how long till she out!

 

the car is gonna be road legal, but not gonna be my daily. will use it on track days and stuff

[Sc0rian 0]

got them through the post today, they are perfect fit for me, i love them.

 

 

[Rob Heath 0]

Lookin good dude

 

Are they new centre badges in the wheels, if so, do you know where they can be brought. Ive got the same wheels as those (good choice btw, they look stunning on a corrado's) and one of the badges has come off the centre cap, so need some new ones