VEEDUBBED

Whenever i've re-built any

vw engine i've never put back

those two bolts hidden within

the gearbox's bell housing

and i've never had oil leaking

from there,the bolts are pigs

to get out,but just try gettin

them back in again without

cross threading the holes.

Not worth the hassle.

Then why did shi@troens

only have 3 bolts holding on

their wheels?....

2.9 corrado's have a bosch 120 amp

alternator.

Maybe the golf 3 AAA code

motor(2.8) got the 90amp jobbie??.

Yep,+15 or 1

on the coil's connectors.

Be extra carefull when

jackin up the front half

of the car,sometimes the

engine mount rips right

out sending stinking hyd? oil

everywere...

I've made my first corrado's

engine using a kkk24 turbo lifted off

an american spec. audi 5000 turbo,

good turbo,quick spool up and easy

to instal using a golf TD moddid ex. mani.

Then i fitted a 16v head to the PG block

and used a Garret T3/4 turbo lifted

off a delta intergrale,exellent preformance

but quite laggy when using a large intercooler.

Now i've built a 2000cc 9A G60.16valver,when

the car comes out of the bodyshop i'll let you

know what differences ther are.

Check the coil connections first,

(green wire),it might be the actual

instrument that's faulty,try tapping

the cluster next time it happens,

may also be a dodgy contact on the

back of the cluster.

When i fitted the entire

inj. system of a lancia

delta intergrale,(IAW/weber),

i got the signal of the green wire,

same went for my previous golf2

16v turbo.

Right,

attach your sling/chain to the

lifting hook located(should be) above the alt.braket

on the cyl. head then either rap it around the exhaust mani.

or directly to the gearbox mount braket.

There are no AF nuts on a corrado,those

exhaust clamp nuts are compleatly rusted on,go get

oxy torch...

Yes,you can jack the front up from that

position,use a block of wood to spread the engine/gearbox

weight and keep an eye on the engine's mount,

once while i was jakin up my G60 with a hyd. engine

mount,it came right out,spraying smelly hyd. oil

all over the back of the engine!.

The difference between the

4x4 and 2wd cosworth is substantial,

50% increase in in size,but there's

an even BETTER 1 than that,Get 1 off

an escort cosworth,inter/charge cooler combined...

No worries about inlet/outlet diameter,i

was pushin nearly 2 bar absolute turbo press.

with previous engine,Don't use crap intercoolers

simuler to the OE corrado 1 such as Ren. 5 turbo,

Fiat uno turbo,golf single pass rubbish,above 1,3 bar

the ends pop off.

!6 vaver golf turbo's can use the Lancia delta intergrale

intercooler because of the smaller water radiator fitted.

You may have a faulty

clutch slave cylinder,any need

to top up the hyd. oil?,have you

tried pumping the pedal?Try bleeding

the clutch line/cyilinder.

Be VERY carefull when timing

up the cams with dots as markers,

sometimes they may SEEM to be aligned

when in actual fact their out by 1 tooth,

result,the engine turns over by hand when

you check but when you start the engine

it sounds like a diesel engine that's been timed

wrong,The valves kiss the pistons but doesen't

do any damage,the pistons will be only lightly

touched and the valves don't bend(1 tooth out,2, goodbye valves..)

It sounds heartwrenching,How do i know?,First hand experience....

Fit an oil catch can?

I've fitted an Iveco TD

Daily van intercooler to my corrado

when i had the turboed' 16valve motor,

compared to the previous Lancia delta intergrale

intercooler there was a significant pressure drop,quite

noticable.

It's not an easy swap,one has to modifiy the front

valance,move forward the radiator,shift the batt. to the

boot,cut some framework...all in all not really worth the major

hassle.

1 intercooler i tried was ok,it came off a Renault 21 turbo,

I connected it under the car with minimal fuss,the 1 itercooler that is

exellent is the sierra cossie 4x4 intercooler,but is quite difficult

to find,over here in Rome that is.

Allright peeps,

I've just removed all the glass

from my corrado,i noticed on the

windscreen about 5 small plastic

spacers inbedded in the screen's

mastik,does one have to re-use these

fragile afterthoughts??,chime in anyone,

Cheers,Andrew.

I had a vr on an engine stand,

to loosen that bastid of a bolt

i had to use a 4ft breaker bar

with a 1 inch scquare drive,

then it STILL took all my weight to

get it cracked,remeber, it's a

strech bolt-one use only.

Hi alan,

Right,

The blue/white wire normally

found near the dist. is a spare

wire used for an optional oil

press. gauge,the wire goes to the fuse box.

The brown/white wire should be for

the fan/Temp. switch located on the left side of

cam cover.

Blue wire's for the Alt. signal to dash LED.

Brown socket's for fuel temp/pressure sender located

on the end of Injector rail,hope this helps mate.

Regards,Andrew.

Sorry,

wrong forum...

Up 'till now i'm on my 4th

corrado,on all of them the

brake pedal has always slowly

sunk to the floor when pressed

continiosly,engine running or not

does'nt make any difference,

the cars all had ABS,quite strange...

Yes the systems all worked/braked

perfectly,no air in system,no fluid loss

I can understand 1 car having a defective

ABS block after 15 years but 4???.

Anybody else experience this?.

Hey potatonet,

I've finished my

9A g60.16v motor with a g60

compressor,i've left the engine's

compression ratio stock,i still haven't

had time to fit it back in my car yet.

Anyway,if your interested i've got loads of

1800 'KR' pistons/rods+G60 piston/rods,

you could use the 'KR's' pistons and stock rods,

mill 2mm of the top of the piston to form a small

bowl shape then offset the small end bushes in the

con-rods,you then have ~8.1CR.

Has any one else had to

change their corrado's engine

and gearbox mounts as often as me?,

this is the third bloody pair i've had to

change in little less than a year,always

the same damage,ripped open bolt holes.

Granted,my motors were often used in anger

but why always the same thing?, the rubber parts

are always sound it's the bolt holes that are found cracked...

And yes they were bolted down tight.Anyone?.

Strange,i've never encountered

any problems on other engines

when using 84mm pistons in 81mm

bores,and i'm talking about heavily boosted

small engines,the difference with,say, a fiat

uno turbo engine(1301cc) and a Vw 8v block

oil ways,coolant galleries is not a lot,their

quite similer.

One could say that about trying to turbocharge

an M3 bmw(new shape),that can't be done

because that engine's bores are maxed out already,one has to use the

2.8 block,not the 3.2.

Anyway,if you do go ahead and use these pistons

the most important thing is that the boring work

has to be done very accuratly prefrebly using a

heated deck plate.

I've checked the clearance

with a G60 metal head gasket,

there's plenty of saftey margin,

I used to fit Lancia Delta intergrale

pistons(84mm) into fiat uno turbo engines(81mm),

1301cc into 1500cc,using a normally asp.

delta head gasket with no probs,exept broken

gearboxes...

Struan,that you mate?,

if you do decide to fit the pistons

try to get hold of a deck plate,

heat the block/deckplate THEN

bore the block, plateau hone/flex hone etc,

You will have NO oil/blowby probs.

And the piston/rings will hold 1.8 bar turbo

press. no problem(with correct tuning..)

Drain the filter housing

first by un-doing the allen key'd

metal nut located in the center of

the black plastic filter housing,

this avoids oil spillin out the moment

you remove the canister,the metal nut

is usually quite tight.Also check it's small

rubber 'o'ring.

....Which reminds me,I still

have a spare gear box off my 4th

corrado left...

If the damage turns out to be un-economical

to repair consider my spare 'box off a 16valver

that i bought that has stood 8 years still,

66000km(32000miles?) on the clock.

I don't need it 'cos i used the engine to

turn into a 16vg60,so i used a TD 'box,I can assure you it's perfect.

Let me know if you need it and we can work something

out.Cheers,Andrew.