Nugget 1.8T

[tallpaul1977 0]

Hi everyone, after a few years off from owning a Corrado, I decided to buy this '91 1.8T that I found on Pistonheads. The interior wasn't in great shape and the Bilstein coilovers had seen better days. The engine conversion was carried out by Voodoo Motorsport and is running DTA standalone ecu and K04 turbo.

 

IMG_20120930_135845 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20120930_135824 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20120930_135907 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Edited March 6, 2018 by tallpaul1977

[Sean_Jaymo 0]

Front plate aside, that's quite a cool car! I thought all nuggets were early cars?

 

Welcome by the way!

[tallpaul1977 0]

Stripped the car and bought a late spec interior from a friend, who turned out to have my Corrado about 10 years ago.

 

FB_IMG_1474550781245 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

Didn't really like the rear lights, so went for a set of full reds.

 

IMG_20130203_161056 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

Had a subframe and cross member lying around from a previous Corrado and had it shot blasted and painted black. New ball joints, wishbones, discs etc installed. The car came with Audi S2 front calipers and I fitted a set of HEL braided brake lines.

 

IMG_20130228_213951 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

Full Vibratechnics engine mounts, wishbones and rear trailing arm bushes used, along with Powerflex for the cross member.

 

IMG_20130123_211454 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Edited March 6, 2018 by tallpaul1977

[tallpaul1977 0]

Thanks Sean_jaymo, the plate didn't stayed like that for long! She's a '91, but the previous owner fitted a late spec bonnet and grill.

[Sean_Jaymo 0]

And headlight/indicators :-)

 

I like the all red rears too!

[tallpaul1977 0]

Heat wrapped the K04 downpipe and bought a few Forge goodies - DV008, turbo inlet pipe, EGR blankig cover and carbon engine cover. Also installed Lupo front wipers.

 

IMG_20120916_133331 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20150301_155124 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

To help the suspension, bought Wiechers carbon fibre front & rear strut braces, along with the front lower brace.

 

IMG_20120904_081635 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20120904_081704 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20120916_155425 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

The Bilstein coilovers had seized solid and couldn't adjust the height, so a set of KW Automotive Clubsports coilovers with adjustable top mounts were installed.

 

IMG_20140807_165338 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

8x17" Calibre Vintage with 205/40/17 Kumho V70 track tyres to finish it off. ET30 front and ET25 rear.

 

I do car detailing when I can and gave the Corrado a 3 stage machine polish, topped off with Auto Finesse Illusion wax

 

IMG-20141116-WA0003 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

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[tallpaul1977 0]

IMG_1710 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_0739 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

After doing a few track days at Silverstone and Bedford Autodrome, I managed to strip 3rd gear of some of its teeth

 

IMG-20141215-WA0003 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG-20141215-WA0004 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

I can highly recommend Abbey Transmission Services in Nazing. The gearbox was fully rebuilt with new diesel gears, Peloquin limited slip diff and uprated clutch fork

 

IMG-20141215-WA0001 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20141217_133946 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20141217_133934 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20141201_092047 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20141201_092036 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

Also fitted a Epytec clutch release lever before the gearbox went in

 

IMG_20150115_192812 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20150115_192921 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Edited March 6, 2018 by tallpaul1977

[tallpaul1977 0]

Whilst the gearbox was out, I decided to fit a Forge baffled sump as the car does a lot of track days.

 

_20141118_153114 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20141207_134353 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

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[tallpaul1977 0]

Wanted to make the most of the new refurb gearbox, so bought a GEMA short shifter and will be installing the Gruven short shift for reduced side to side.

 

arz_short_shifter by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

My rear number plate holder was broken, so the Corrado got treated to a carbon one from LWS Design

 

corrado_carbon_number_plate by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Edited March 6, 2018 by tallpaul1977

[rado-steve 0]

:(

 

Sniff.............reminds me of mine!

[tallpaul1977 0]

rado-steve, what happened to your Nugget?

[tallpaul1977 0]

A friend didn't like a set of BBS he bought, promptly snapped up for the Corrado. 8.5x16" 3 Piece with magnesium barrels.

 

ET30 front & ET25 rear with 215/40/16 Kumho KU31 tyres

 

IMG_20150227_220044 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20150227_214842 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

image by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

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image(1) by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

Next job on the weekend is to see how low I can go :)

Edited March 6, 2018 by tallpaul1977

[tallpaul1977 0]

On the way to the ferry for DMPD 2015, I managed to get put a rather large hole in my Forge sump by catching a speed bump.

 

corrado_broken by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

Thankfully one of the guys at Auto Finesse had a sump on one of his cars at home and with minutes to spare we made he ferry.

 

Screenshot_2015-09-23-18-59-04 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG-20150914-WA0000 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20150912_180040 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG-20150914-WA0002 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20150912_135941 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

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[tallpaul1977 0]

Sadly no photos on track at Zandvoort, but got a couple of good pics in the pits

 

IMG-20151110-WA0001 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20151012_132418 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

[tallpaul1977 0]

Bedford Autodrome

 

XSP_0201 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

XSP_0401 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

XSP_0400 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

XSP_0969 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

XSP_0970 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

XSP_0863 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Edited March 6, 2018 by tallpaul1977

[tallpaul1977 0]

On the dyno at work (Evolve Automotive)

 

corrado evolve dyno by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

corrado 18t by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

[fla 9]

Great pics and great power!

[gazvr6 10]

I now want a yellow Corrado...

 

 

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[Dogma 10]

Awesome

 

 

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[GrahamU 6]

Great looking Corrado,

 

my old G60 was a J CUC :)

[tallpaul1977 0]

Thanks for the comments guys, she's a labour of love!

 

rado20vT what intercooler do you use on your 1.8T?

[lilfuzzer 1]

nice wheels

[GrahamU 6]

Thanks for the comments guys, she's a labour of love!

 

rado20vT what intercooler do you use on your 1.8T?

 

 

 

I was running it with a renault traffic cooler but that was very wide so I will be changing to a smaller one, something like this

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FMIC-Front-Mount-Alloy-Intercooler-420-x-160-x-65mm-Core-Universal-2-5-In-Out/332477934391?_trkparms=pageci%3Af16bb16f-23cb-11e8-9b2e-74dbd1809950%7Cparentrq%3A0c21888a1620a8664416cbb5fffd66e2%7Ciid%3A1&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236

[tallpaul1977 0]

Busy time working on the car recently. Unfortunately I had a issue driving 1 day, when the front near side wheel felt like it was going to fall off. A few mechanics told me the gearbox was causing the issue, which was worrying after not long having the gearbox rebuilt. After refurbishing my dirveshafts and fitting new inner and outer cv joints and doing both front wheel bearings, the issue has gone.

 

While the car was on axle stands in my garage, I decided to tackle a few jobs

 

First up, rusty fuel tank straps.

 

IMG_20180210_112540 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

Looking a lot better after being shot blasted and then treated with a zinc coating to help stop rust.

 

IMG_20180303_125957 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20180303_130053 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

Sprayed black with chassis spray

 

IMG_20180310_110213 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

[tallpaul1977 0]

While getting the fuel tank straps done, I had my rear caliper carries shot blasted and coated, ready for the MK4 Golf rear calipers

 

IMG_20180303_130139 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

Gloss red to match the Porsche Brembo calipers

 

IMG_20180310_110000 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20180422_101259 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

IMG_20180422_131649 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

Brembos are a tight squeeze under the 16" BBS

 

IMG_20180422_151822 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Edited May 15, 2018 by tallpaul1977