drewiee99

After the engine was out i shipped it over to Graham DG autotech and removed the cylinder head for inspection and found a lot of oil build up on the top of the pistons and head and vertical score marks on the cylinder liners letting oil round the piston rings. We concluded when i changed the cylinder head a few years previously there must of been debris particles left on the pistons which caused these score marks, there was also significant wear at the top of the bore a pronounced ridge more than what would be expected for a 50K engine. With this in mind i started to clean the piston and all the bottom end was also stripped and the crank removed then the block went to the 'man in a shed'(local old engineer) who re honed the block for me.

Hi all i hope all is well been over 3 years since drove the corrado last so thought i would update you people, i know a few folks have seen it over the past few months so whats been happening? Sept 2011 was the last time i used the car so put it away in storage and really didnt get time or the money to use it as trying to keep the business afloat, but 1 day got board so decided to do a proper OCD clean and remove the engine ETC as this is the only way i would be happy with the car. So after advice from Graham @ DG autotech got my trusty halfords tool kit out and started removing parts, in hindsight i should of took a lot more info of where pars go. Never the less after a few weeks all brackets,charger,radiator etc all off now just get the crane to lift the engine out,it was a bit of a ball ache to be fair on my own not knowing what to do but managed it now the hard work begins. Ill try and keep the tread going with more updates i really wanted to get it to stanford hall but it didn't happen as uncovering many paint issues so may be 2015 so looking for a repaint but more on this later.

here are some pics

Hi I have a few bits to sell that are not required any more Schrick sump and windage tray been on car for less than 2k all cleaned like new £120 collected BBM charger outlet and hose straight to standard intercooler pipe, this was specially made so 1 piece hose so no need for the metal connector. £100 collected Standard new hook type centre box ISMAF i believe from germany £90 collected Supersprint centre box hook type new never fitted £60 collected ill try and get pics up asap any question please ask.

Check this detail out of a necleted VR6 amazing results. http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=237216

hi a long shot but anyone in midlands near stourbridge got a g60 v belt and a pas belt, can collect tonight or first thing sunday morning so i can get to stanford hall.

a few more pics from tonight started to put things back on i suprised myself i knew were it all went. just waiting for new braided hoses and s2 calipers get coated next week and maybe get the sump anodized.

i brought it from bilt hamber direct it was good for bolts etc but most of ot was sand blasted. ive just had the stuff back and i have a few bits missings like the fittings for the mudflaps which is not good, (if anyone has any ill take them) and the anodizing colour looks like camo green, and i wanted silver. the black pasivate had come up nice though. just got to remember were it all goes

hi im after a set of mudflaps and fittings any condition

hi all a few updates been a little quiet as work is picking up and getting busy, dont worry i wont be ready for stanford hall got to much to do. I started to take the front end apart again as got board, there were a few bit like the calipers and brake hose clips corroded which were bugging me and also the hubs were bad to. I knew i was not going to get them looking there best without blasting them, but i found deox gel from bilt hamber a thick paste which will lift corrostion away so i gave it a go. I used it on the hubs and lots of bolts you paste it on cover with cling film leave 24 hours and rinse, i was amazed it turns a brown colour lifts the rust off, saved me buying new bolts. I also got a few bits blasted reay for coating.just deciding on colours

good work are you going to colour sand the car like the corrado?

ok little confused with these light weight crank pulleys, those bartek ones are all one piece the origianl ones that come off there is a big round heavy weight that sits inside the crank pulley, can you tell me what its purpose of it is, and what gains will be had by light weight ones. found a pic of a VW motorsport set up off a rallye it used a toothed belt but still uses the heavy weight?

nice rims shaun but a bit scene, follow the link a set of 343mm alcon monoblock calipers brand new and a fair price. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Alcon-Extreme-Bra ... 27b85104ab

another good quality colour pic.

nice pulleys did you get these made as a one off?