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Cheers boys.. But yes, BBS RC 041's and 042's. Stud adapters are needed too but they are ET friendly so it's all good!

Little teaser of an update..

I have an immaculate early spec black cloth interior.. all seats and door cards. £150 ono. Or a good condition early spec grey leather interior.. Once again all seats and door cards. £350 ono. Located in Sheffield

Got mine today! Thanks sweetie! x

I'm looking at fitting a oil catch tank as my inlet pressure valve is leaking.. It's £40 for a new valve (ford item) so I'd rather pay a little more and get a catch tank. I'd just like to see yours for inspiration please!

Just sent a request.. rperkins12 I'm having a real hard time building a decent A class Corrado.. Any pointers? Thanks!!

Can anyone confirm if my compression readings are ok or not? Pweeeaaasse!

Had the car compression tested today to try and solve the smoking/tapping issue. The car was warmed up to 85°C oil temp before the test was done. A dry then wet test was performed. Cylinder 1 - Dry 160 / Wet 185 Cylinder 2 - Dry 180 / Wet 200 Cylinder 3 - Dry 145 / Wet 160 Cylinder 4 - Dry 175 / Wet 190 Cylinder 5 - Dry 170 / Wet 180 Cylinder 6 - Dry 160 / Wet 170 I've done a bit of research and 160psi is factory standard with an upper limit of 189psi and a wear limit of 109psi. A 44psi max difference across the range. So i'd say mine are all within tolerance. If anything for a standard, original engine with the original headgasket with 130k on the clock is pretty damn good.. Although the Cylinder 3 does concern me though being lower than the rest... Any thoughts? I also changed the oil from the 5w40 Motul xcess 9100 back to Synta Silver 10w40 and the smoking seems to have stopped, or at least to the point where I can't see it out of the back window any more. The tapping is still there though. I think a cylinder head rebuild is on the cards really. At least I don't have oval bores anyway.. phew!

Yeah, it was water when I drained it. i just went by this threads advice: http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?51329-VR6-Oil-amp-Spark-plugs the Synta has improved the smoke but the tapping is still there :(

Righto.. Had the car compression tested today. The car was warmed up to 85°C oil temp before the test was done. A dry then wet test was performed. Cylinder 1 - Dry 160 / Wet 185 Cylinder 2 - Dry 180 / Wet 200 Cylinder 3 - Dry 145 / Wet 160 Cylinder 4 - Dry 175 / Wet 190 Cylinder 5 - Dry 170 / Wet 180 Cylinder 6 - Dry 160 / Wet 170 I've done a bit of research and 160psi is factory standard with an upper limit of 189psi and a wear limit of 109psi. A 44psi max difference across the range. So i'd say mine are all within tolerance. If anything for a standard, original engine with the original headgasket with 130k on the clock is pretty damn good.. Although the Cylinder 3 does concern me though being lower than the rest... Any thoughts? I also changed the oil from the 5w40 Motul xcess 9100 which was recommended on here to Synta Silver 10w40 and the smoking seems to have stopped, or at least to the point where I can;t see it out of the back window any more. The tapping is still there though. I think a cylinder head rebuild is on the cards really. At least I don;t have oval bores anyway.. phew! :dance:

MT-90 is the daddy! I'll never use VW stuff ever again! Well, I'm going to replace the entire cylinder head... If it is the stem seals anyway.. I'm just going to get a spare one to rebuild so I can keep the car running then do the swap in a weekend. All the bagged stuff is a new rocker, inlet, exhaust gaskets.. I have some polished parts to go on so thought I might as well change the gaskets.

Does anyone have any insight into this? :scratch:

G23 on Edition38 :scratch: I paid £180 posted for x4 adapters. two week turn-around time as they are custom made. PM me and i'll give you his e-mail.

G23 Engineering on Edition 38 seem to be the best I've found. Cheapest and most sizes.

Never had the 'supercharged' badge. have the G60 one though? I dropped you a PM. I don;t have the boot hinge, But have the sensor. I'll PM you again now. ---------- Post added at 12:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:30 PM ---------- Never had the 'supercharged' badge. have the G60 one though? I dropped you a PM. I don;t have the boot hinge, But have the sensor. I'll PM you again now.

I am interested in the short block. Can you do me a favour a check the service history to see if/when the chains were done? Could you also pallet it up or would collection be preferred? Rich.

I have both for sale also. Front subframe, fully powdercoated with powerfex bushes through our and a fully rebuilt rear axel; new bushes, discs, pads, bearings, handbrake cables, clips, MK4 rear calipers and carriers, MK4 conversion Goodridge hose etc etc. all VAG parts. Located in Sheffield but I can deliver.

Where are you located matey? And is it a 4 or 5 stud axel you're after?

Hey man, You get the PM? I'm also interested in the short engine. Can you tell me what exactly it comes with? Sump? Rocker, cams etc.

Just 3.. Makes the world of difference to the fitting of the grill and stops it flapping around. 535853393 - £5.10 +vat for all 3. Cheers man! It sounds lovely! Raw, but not loud at all. Just driving around town or cruising on the motorway you can only just hear a small burble in the back ground - nothing intrusive, but the loud pedal is lush!

A little update: I've given the car a service, new spark plugs, Oil, Filter, gearbox oil etc etc.. The Redline MT-90 is something else.. I had a iffy first gear where sometimes I would have to go into 2nd before 1st otherwise it would crunch.. now that's gone. I have nothing but lovely smooth gears! I've also replaced the grill rubbers so the grill sits nice and tight: A pic of the new grill and VR6 badge: I also fitted my De-Cat G-Werks G60 Exhaust as I preferred the quality over the Magnex and the smaller, more subtle OE style tip. Plus it sounds awesome! Not loud at all, just more purposeful. I also picked up my new wheels. Not the colour combo I like, but they'll serve me through winter and I'll refurbish them come spring to be all silver.. I've spent the last few nights polishing the centre hex as the original BBS centre caps I picked up wouldn't fit in one of the hex's due to the obscene thickness of powdercoat it had. So I decided to try my hand at polishing Hex as they came: After 5-6 hours of polishing.. Not bad for my first attempt: Just need to sort some adapters out now and they'll go on in the next week or so. Finally: The tapping on the car is still here: http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/MrRP/?action=view&current=4ea10a9e.mp4 Sad times.. I've also discovered the car is burning oil after it has done some engine breaking. :shrug: I'm doing a little digging. It could be as simple as a blocked inlet air valve or crank case breather to something a little more serious like valve stem seals, a worn valve or stem or at worse oval bores. I've decided if it's a head issue I'll fix it. If it's the bores I'm going to drive it until it either dies or is un-driveable whilst saving for a replacement 24v.

Wow! I've never seen that before.. Did you experience any loss of power? Is that the inlet or exhaust side? Well, I have an update on mine.. It's burning oil. When I go down hill in gear but not accelerating - engine braking; At the bottom of the hill when I set off again it smokes. It only happens under this circumstance. It has to be related to my ticking; so I'm guessing that on the increased vacuum whilst engine breaking oil is being sucked past the valves or rings, it's sitting not being burnt until I set off again. Unless it's doing it all the time but getting burnt off when driving so I don't notice. I'm going to start with the basics and re-new the Inlet air pressure valve (as it's covered in oil so probably duff) and check out/clean the crank breather just in case either are blocked causing excessive pressure. Then I suppose it's a leak down test is on the cards to see if it's in valves or rings. I took out the spark plugs and well, judge for youself: Cylinder 1: Cylinder 3: Cylinder 5: Cylinder 6: Cylinder 2/4 are like cylinder 6.. So that bank seems good. Cylinder 1/3/5 look iffy. I can't decide if it's burnt oil or over fuelling on them though.. I hope it's not the dreaded cylinder bore oval wear. A cylinder head issue I can deal with.. Thoughts and opinions please guys? ---------- Post added at 08:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:49 PM ---------- Oh.. And the sound it's making.. http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/MrRP/?action=view&current=4ea10a9e.mp4

I have a stage 5 charger rebuilt 6k ago for sale.. Save you rebulding yours. i ****t £600 for it though..

I have an '91 slam panel. Aqua blue. Nice and straight, no dents. Located in Sheffield but I can post if need be.

13.5cm... CM!! not inches.. I thought I was talking about my penis size for a moment then! :awesome: