PhillT's 20vT project

[PhillT 0]

Been away from C's for a while, but last week I picked up a 1990 red corrado with a pretty messy installed 1.8 16v KR lump.. the plan was to strip it and sell everything but the engine (as that's going in my Mk1)

 

after driving it home in the rain without working wipers, a blowing exhaust and many other little niggles I've decided I want a rado back in my life... but as this is the forth I've had now, I'm venturing away from standard

 

so a 20vT lump should be delivered this week

 

never done an engine swap before! so it's going to be fun and games

 

anyway, onto the pictures

 

picked it up last wednesday.. looked pretty clean from the ebay pic

 

 

back home, it's going to need a respray after the engines installed as it's peeling in places with a little surface rust here and there, nothing major though

 

 

 

Straight onto axle stands! time to start stripping it down

 

 

Battery tray has been horrifically repaired before!

 

 

unfortunately, as I didn't pay much attention to the car itself, I didn't notice this! so I'm on the hunt for someone stripping a shell to hopefully get a replacement section!

 

 

after a casual day of unbolting everything

 

 

 

then started to clean the bay up..

 

 

and that's how it sits at the moment

 

I'm planning... battery install in the boot, smooth and clean inner wings, paint the gearbox and block red (might look rubbish but thought I'd try it out), and everything else silver, going to make my own exhaust and intercooler pipework as well

 

watch this space for updates

 

:D but I'm as happy as a pig in....

 

thanks for looking guys, and I'll apologize for the bombardment of questions that I'm sure I'll be posting

[mrbeige 0]

Nice to see you aren't breaking it! Looking forward to seeing your progress :)

[big ben 10]

looks good fun! keep us updated!!!!

[PhillT 0]

Thanks guys

 

just waiting on the engine to arrive so I can test fit it and measure up the downpipe etc

 

If I get time this weekend I'll make a start sorting the mess out which is the battery tray

[PhillT 0]

Time for an update, although not exactly eventful

 

 

Test fitting the engine + box

 

being an AEB lump I've put a Mk4 exhaust manifold on to shift to turbo but need to make some adjustments so the turbo will clear the bulkhead

 

a local garage is going to weld up the inlet manifold for me when it comes to it, I'm not a fan of welding aluminum so thought I'd get someone else to do it

 

got a list of parts to swap over from the 16v - sump + oil pick up, oil filter/cooler housing (both will be tapped for the turbo oil feed) and thinking about running the 16v alternator/power steering setup as it's convenient instead of sourcing a Mk4 bracket for now and all just bolts straight on

 

hopefully have more updates soon

[Philuk 0]

looking good mate :D is the kr still going in the mk1? get some pics of that up aswell ;)

[PhillT 0]

Thanks mate, yep, KR's still going in the Mk1, but probably won't be until the winter realistically

 

Couple of pics from GTI Festival on sunday