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It wasn't a great show... nice VR... same colour as mine.. Alpine White. Yeah I was wondering why he went for the Lotus... he even said his son liked classic VWs and he was buying to spend time with him... instead he went for the upside down fish pond. Still I expect he just wanted to drive around a bit more with the bit of totty!

Small sub, spend your money on the front speakers. Alpine or similar rear replacements will be fine for rear fill, just connect them via the head unit and amplify everything else.

Look very good!

Welcome Ron!

Unless that has broken into the water jacket that could be devcon'd - its only got to hold the head gasket flat - and the MLS gasket covers it - most VR6 heads will have some degree of corrosion at that exact point. mine was pitted, not to that degree but was devcon'd and skimmed, in some cases they can be welded. Does the block have a wear mark? rust and dirt don't matter as it will be hot tanked. Also not far from "the man in the shed" is "Knight Engines" they actually work together, I took my block down and Dave examined it offered to hone it and put oversized rings in, but advised larger pistons which I went for. Are you keeping the car?

Chances are the engine you buy will be in need of an overhaul, hone, rings, bearings at a minimum... personally I would do that to my own engine. It surely cant be so far gone that its scrap? The block can be bored if the wear/rust is so far gone its past honing... cylinder heads can be devconed, skimmed and new valves - "the man in the shed" is very close to Stealth actually and he did my cylinder head as above (which had stood outside for 4 years) and ported and polished it at the same time.

I'd want one! for sure! ;)

Hi Red Mine is also an auto... we ll kind of, started life as one... that part comes up if search for a coil pack for it. G.

Its still available new from motor factors.. https://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Volkswagen_Corrado_2.9_1993/p/car-parts/engine-parts/ignition1/ignition-coil/?413440251&1&1d4b45db1d70881618445c7f376f1d6bc9fed5fb&000197&type=shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjw7vraBRBbEiwA4WBOn7jCLeEP4KpQlBZd26nCfmpy83RzyQZCKeUwjkcS6kaVCzo3iaFS5BoCOn4QAvD_BwE I'd wait for a GSF or Euro weekend code and get 50% off.

Pretty sure a 'Pack A' is just ported... done by 'the man in the shed'

Yep... it is... https://www.ebay.de/itm/VW-Corrado-Nebelscheinwerfer-Blinker-US-beige-fog-light-535947699B-535941700B-/162996724813?oid=162858297912 They look good but aren't glass as far as I can see...

Pretty sure it's 'Sprinter' on this forum ;)

Open the window and drive faster... I removed mine, I'm sure there are good installers but mine was awful, if something is there it has to look right as well as work for me... mine looked lashed and had been mullered by the last owner to get to the gearbox.

Upgrade to coil pack? My Corrado is a 93 also and came with coil pack...

Yes it a large part that's all spot welded together, mask and spray it? One forum member plastic textured the whole part to match the grill and it looks really good IMO - makes it look like a modern slam panel. Red VR6 badges are long since discontinued... I've managed to get a rear in red and there is a chap on Facebook that remakes them, which I will probably buy if I can get my house finished and get back to the Corrado at some point. Grills are still available new, speak to Anna on here she works for VW Heritage and is really helpful. Another no from me regarding painting the door handles I'm afraid... OEM+

£20 for a half thorough check! gesssss... I can see as an ex-panel beater that every panel is the original, as is most of the paint and all the chassis parts I had powder-coated were date marked the same year as the car, I doubt the car has any finance on it and I know where its been for the past 19 years ;) Think I'll spend that 20 spot on beers :D

I'd like to fit a DAB aerial in the place of the standard one, but I'd like it to fit/look the same.. anyone tried one? maybe from a newer VW?

Stealth import Shimmel 263's - you can walk in and buy them over the counter, think they were £400 Standard springs are fine.

Oooeerrr - not nice, heat, age, oil makes them go brittle - my engine was around 130k and bits had started falling off the tensioners. Have you got the head off yet? - you might of got away with it..

Hiya - the head gasket is Victor Reinz and the later MK4 Golf/Sharran item, its MLS (Multi Layer Steel) so really only advisable to use it if you have the head skimmed. Its very good quality and I believe used by VW. Its also considerable thinner and increases the compression ratio - not sure on the actual gains but I measured it with a vernier and its a millimeter thinner than the standard one so will definitely do something. Like you I like to only use the best spares available when building cars. I think my re-bore, deck, pistons, bearings, crank/rod balance came in at £1800 but a big chunk of that was the pistons as the 82.5mm ones I originally wanted the engineering company couldn't source at the time so I went for 83mm forged items giving 2931cc. - I could of got away with a hone and oversize rings but I'm a bit OCD on that front so went the whole hog, I dont intend selling the car so wanted it right.

Thanks Neil, Its really hit a wall at the moment unfortunately due to a change in life... I did strip and clean all the front lights a couple of weeks ago, but its not progressed in a while. The engine is at a mates place in Silverstone along with the gearbox, and the car is at my Mums on axle stands waiting for me to put the suspension and engine back in... hoping to get a bit done on it before the end of the summer, but I wont be running around in it as I expected to be :( I need to update this thread as well - I've been taking pictures but its a bit more tricky to add them now..

Dam - thats a bit of a blow... it would be the clanking noise that would concern me the most, low compression due to wear is fairly straightforward.. strip engine, hone or bore, rings or pistons, clean block, skim head and back together with a steel head-gasket. Like you say could be a number of things... but for 3 pots to fail at the same time I'm also thinking timing, but you wont know till you get going on it. Few bits I bought for mine that might save you some time.. Big end bearings... Glyco as the ones I ordered from the dealer (I like genuine bits) were awful! look liked they had kick around someones tool box for a few years. these were great and the OEM brand https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Big-End-Bearings-GLYCO-V6-VR6-R32-R30-2-8L-2-9-L-3-2L-Turbo-AAA-AES-ABV-axj-/282966674347?hash=item41e220cbab Cam alignment tool https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VR6-Camshaft-Alignment-Engine-Repair-3268-Cam-Tool-VW-Golf-Corrado-AAA-V6-12V-/263555088242?hash=item3d5d1b7f72 Head-gasket I got from Stealth Main gasket set head and bottom end I got from Heritage - again all OEM or nearest to it. Good luck

I'd probably mask the whole area that you need to cut... draw the shape onto the masking tape as it will show better that way as well ;)

I'd go high speed and a good lashing of masking tape on the surrounding areas, the body colour paint with a touch-up should be fine as its a dry non rust prone area and will hide it a bit better than Hammerite

Price? Details? Would probably help the sale....