tombarker1991

Had another day on the car today stripping some more down including the scuttle tray and disconnecting all the remaining pipework and wiring all thats left is to take off the driveshafts and undo the engine mounts and lift the engine out after. I have decided to drop a 2.8 VR6 lump in not really after big power but want that VR6 noise without the R32 conversion price tag, couldn't say no at the price I was offered it all for.. Also made a start on getting the rear stripped down to blank off the rear wiper and sort out the rear wing situation as I'm presuming mine has the raising rear spoiler?S

Right here is my first Corrado, its a 1990 1.8 16v KR in inca blue. I bought this solely as a project I first planned on keeping the KR lump in it and just upgrading the cams and few other bits and tidying the bay up a bit as I was told that the engine had recently under gone a bottom end conversion and full rebuild with a recent complete service including belts, gaskets etc etc.... But as I started stripping it down I realised nothing has been done other than the oil and oil filter and there are a few tell tale signs that its odds on to be nothing but grief, so after some help from a friend h

Finally picked up my first Corrado pretty familiar with the MK4 platform of VW's having owned a bora and currently driving a 1.8T golf on a day to day basis. But the desire for something older finally took hold after helping a mate out with some of his projects and after a few days trawling on the internet and a few texts and a bit of cash exchanged I came home with a 1990 1.8 16v, I had been told that the engine had recently had a rebuild by a former owner but upon closer inspection it definitely hasn't, the closest it has come is an oil and oil filter change so with a little bit convincing