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  2. Posted · Edited by Fanjita
    Car Sold

    ***SOLD***

    R32 1993 Dark Pearl Burgundy Corrado - £3500 ono

    With regret, I need to pass my beloved car onto a new owner. It's a fantastic drive, and has been extremely fun in the last few months on the occasion I've chosen to take it for a spin.

     

    Vehicle Mileage: 188,000

    Engine Mileage: ~25,000 (Seller of engine claimed 10k, no reason to disbelieve this, 15k covered since)

     

    Engine

    MKV R32 3.2l 24v VR6 - Remapped by Vince at Stealth Racing to 290.8 BHP!!

    BMC CDA intake

    Poly front engine mount

    Dubpower 6 branch stainless manifold

    Magnex (standard VR6) exhaust

    New parts including MAF, Lambdas, Radiator, ECU, Throttle Pedal

     

    Suspension & Drivetrain

    288mm Brake upgrade

    MKIV Rear Calipers

    KW V2 Suspension

    Upgraded control arm bushes (R32 golf)

    All subframe & drivetrain components replaced over the last 3 years, including wheel bearings, brake discs/pads, suspension bushes, rear beam bushes and complete brake overhaul, handbrake cables.

     

    Body & Exterior

    Restoration work on boot around windscreen, number plate surround, both wings, sills (done in 2014)

    Inpro lights all round, not to everyone's taste and unfortunately do not have any standard parts (bought from previous owner this way)

    Upgraded headlight loom

    Black BBS RC 17" wrapped in Toyo T1Rs (genuine wheels)

    Spoiler has been serviced and works.

    Sunroof hasn't been serviced but still works!

     

    Interior

    Momo steering wheel

    JVC stereo

     

    Used as a daily by me for a number of years both before and after the new engine. Had a lot of love and care over the years, with all work completed to a high standard by myself or others

     

    I took it off the road from September 2015 until November 2018. Since November, it's regained an MOT and has been used on weekends and evenings and when not in use it's garaged.

     

    Whilst I've been using it these last few months, I've had various things done including;

    New Battery, Alternator and starter motor (all bosch/varta)

    New front offside outer CV

    New clutch slave cylinder

    (in the last 3 months alone, it's had around £1300 spent on it!)

     

    Negatives

    The windscreen has a crack on both sides. It's not in a position to cause a failed MOT, but it will need replacing.

    There are two areas of rust that will need sorting;

    One spot is on the inside of the A-Pillar approximately 1 or two inches, it had always been my intention to get the windscreen replaced and fix this rust at the same time.

    Underneath and adjacent to the rear badge are two spots bubbling, approximately the size of a 20p piece each.

     

    Rust wise, this is pretty much it. There is none in the usual other places, like under the filler cap, wings and sills. These have already been restored around 4 years ago to a high standard.

     

    Reason for sale: This needs to go on to someone who has the time to make it perfect. I have put a lot of time and money into this car, but want to hang up the hat. It is a fantastic car and I will miss it greatly, it will give the new owner a great amount of enjoyment.

     

    £3500 ono

    Located in Leicester. Contact me on here or by email: [email protected] with any questions!

     

    Recent video of it running:

    [video=youtube_share;5dFu_Dt0SzY]

     

    48722348748_4097dcf383_o.jpg20190625_171849 by Fanjita2009, on Flickr

    48722685881_0ab1149173_o.jpg20190326_135711 by Fanjita2009, on Flickr

    48722857992_9f6cced2ee_o.jpg20190326_135757 by Fanjita2009, on Flickr

    48722347123_5666bbabcf_o.jpg20190815_122551 by Fanjita2009, on Flickr

     

    Build thread below

    http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=43612

  5. Posted

    "pedal drop outs" i had a problem with my pedal intermittently cutting out after a set time, only way to make it work again was to switch engine off and it would work for a short period again but that period was dramatically reduced the more you restarted, , i hooked up the mk4 brake and clutch switch to ecu and that sorted that,

    I recall you mentioning, this was degenerative over a year (or so) of having the new ecu. Pretty sure the water caused it! But I'll keep an eye on it, thanks mate

  9. Posted

    So about a week ago, I left the corrado parked outside. On my return it had decided to create a nice big puddle of brake fluid under the rear offside wheel.

    Going to take the leap and upgrade to mk4 calipers.

     

    Also my offside dipped and full beams have stopped working. I have the relay kit, is this likely to be at fault?

  13. Posted

    Ergh.. Not what I wanted to hear! I'll get on the phone to Vince, just a lot more work trailering up there!

     

    Cheers

     

    Baz

    If Mark actually works on the car itself, then maybe it will work out of the box. The issues I've had were completely avoidable had he have done the wiring properly.

     

    It got to the point where I actually got the wiring diagrams and rewired my lambda sensors, which were all wrong. Maybe it was lost in communication (wired it for a mk4 when mine is a mk5).

     

    There were other issues too. He might be alright now mate!

  16. Posted

    great stuff.. good to see this still going strong!

    Did vince just map the car or tweak anything else?

     

    Are you still happy with the loom work swict did? I'm about to commit to buying OEM ecu etc for mine and need to contact Mark about dropping it all off to do the conversion stuff. Happy with the bits he did before, but wasn't full conversion that time, just tidying the mess caused by the others!

    To be honest Bristol, I'm a bit annoyed at swict... Mark caused me this mess in the first place!

     

    I have contacted him and didn't seem to really get a resolution from him. Vince was the one that really sorted things. I would just get him to do the wiring.

  17. Posted

    Vince was very surprised by it. He said he had to do a couple of runs as he did a 'double take'!

     

    But yeah, he gave me the impression this isn't a common occurrence, and given that, I wouldn't be able to find another one like it down the line!

     

    Still not sorted, going to do a process of elimination soon (with a friend helping with his own conversion that doesn't do it!)

     

    Can m8, very good one mate! Just phone them and ask them for an analogue rpm converter.

  22. Posted · Edited by Fanjita

    Well it never sold, so I decided to shelf it until I had the funds available to get her up and running again.

     

    Well that time came a few weeks ago, and I have finally managed to fix her up and get Vince@Stealth to fettle it fully.

     

    Fitted new bearings and hubs at mine (Pic from just after), then had it in for various electrical bits doing, and finally a remap.

     

    With Vince's expertise, it produced just over 290 bhp! My jaw dropped!

     

    19279784309_60fe6da8e6_z.jpgIMAG0113 by Fanjita2009, on Flickr

  23. Posted

    Any pics of the short runner intake please

    As for the cats, I'm being led to believe that in an exhaust you want minimal back pressure with lot of velocity??

    This is an awful vid of mine off iphone

    Scorpion vr6 exhaust with a single cat

    Air filter is on back above the gearbox away from manifold

     

    Just a short pipe, nothing really to see. Probably used the wrong term, I still have the standard R32 intake mani and throttle body. Sounds good, a little quiet if I'm being critical though? Could just be the recording quality?

  24. Posted

    It's an original 2.25" vr6 magnex exhaust, although I'm tempted to get a 2.5" built for it.

     

    Intake is a short runner to a bmc cda on the battery side.

     

    Not sure of the gains mk3, I suspect I might have a negative effect on mine owing to the lack of cat.... I hear r32 engines are fussy when it comes to cats

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