cornishvr6 52 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Looks great pete good work, admire the time, effort and attention to detail thats gone into this, cant wait to see it at some shows Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Looking that way mate! Haha. They are not very fast either! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Here's a few snaps from SantaPod on Sunday! Little one loved it as much as I did! It drove really well, coolant / oil temps good... next on the list is:Stealth Racing RemapStealth Racing "active" 4-wheel alignmentfix my rear spoiler and speed sensor fault (possibly both related as spoiler doesn't raise at 55MPH) oil change for syntha silverBring on the next event Link to post Share on other sites
Woodyman84 3 Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 i think the vr6-dohc bit on the engine needs to be shiny with blue writing to fit in with rest of the bay looks lovely though and ill have to bring my 2 little ones to come play some time Link to post Share on other sites
Trickygti 3 Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Looks very nice pal, how much do stealth charge for a remap? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Will be testing and reviewing a new range of products for Wax Tailor at the weekend on the Corrado! Looking forward to seeing the results! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Well, I've been a little busy on the old Corrado front...Fitted my "tunnel securing kit" that stops the thing waggling about all over the shop as It's a bad design from standard fit. It's quite a neat idea, and its firmly secure again now.I've also fitted new wing mirror glass, which I will create a guide for, as I re-used my existing backing plates to make things easy no point uploading photos as it will just be a reflection of my lovely face These positives are not without a balanced negative though! When I got back from Stanford hall the other day, I noticed that all my oil had been consumed!! Still looked good though Topped up the oil as I wasn't sure how much I had actually put in, nor what grade, put some generic 10/40 semi in there, and didn't drive the car for a couple of weeks after this....Disaster occurred in the form of a massive fuel leak in my garage, I left the car running for a short while and returned to find around £15 worth of fuel on the floor, it had come from where the hard line meets the rubber hose down under the brake servo, the clip had failed, and I ended up buying a new one, simple fix, but needed to get a jerry can of fuel get it running again ! Very lucky for this not to have happened at home, and not actually on the road! So, on Tuesday this week, I woke up bright and early for my drive down to Stealth Racing for the following:Investigate odd noise from drivers wheel4-wheel alignmentoil / filter change remap fix my spoiler / engine speed sensor fault Arrived there just after 9am, fairly effortless drive, checked my oil again and after 90 miles it had used more than id care for..... Started off with investigating the odd noises on the wheel, only to find the drive shaft flapping around, the clip on the outer joint that keeps it in place on the shaft had worn, but, alas, it wasn't to be a quick / cheap fix!! some muppet in a previous life had put the wrong nut on the CV joint and knackered the thread on the CV joint! So, had to get a new outer CV joint after all that! Oil / filter change went fine, nothing fell out apart from half a piston (kidding).... while it was up on the ramp, started her up to inspect the exhaust, as it is 19 years old now, unfortunately it was blowing from pretty much every welding points ! Doh... so I know I need a new exhaust system soon, also, the bolt on the raceland manifold are too long and was pushing the CAT away from the gasket, and was leaking pretty bad there, didn't get time to sort that, however a nice little evening job for me there.Remap time! the car felt really good on the road, and power delivery seemed good, so was hoping for some good figured, but nothing is ever straight forward is it?It only fetched 186BHP before the remap, so something was wrong! Timing was ok, knock sensors were not reporting anything odd and it did blow some smoke out when you took your foot off the peddle, as when I did the head, only did the stem seals, its looking likely that the exhaust valve guides are work, I'm told they start to wear around 80k, and given mines on118k seems a likely culprit. After the remap, it made 193BHP, which wasn't great, we didn't bother pushing it for more power as it clearly wasn't a happy bunny to start with.I'll upload videos when I get chance... So, having a new head built now, and see where we go from there. Vince also fixed the rear spoiler issue where it wasn't raising automagically, it was related to the engine speed sensor fault and it just was a simple case of joining up a wire at the back of the fuse board. happy days, its a pretty neat trick the Corrado has The drive home was still fun, it felt good to drive, but after the alignment it had highlighted another problem, the steering rack..... turns really easy to the left, however is a lot heavier turning to the right.... one for another day that one though! I can put up with it for now given that its not 100% I also had a "moment" on the way home too the pin that holds the steering wheel height adjustment lever in place had popped out, 40 miles from home, so it was flapping up and down, luckily that was a simple fix when I got home, it just needed popping back in, if it comes out again, then I need to look at a more permanent solution.Well, that's it for now, going a local classic car show / steam rally on Sunday with the Corrado, so see you at the Rolling Road Day doesn't look like i'll be winning any trophies, but progress on the old girl never the less. Time to create a new To Do list Hope you enjoyed the update! Pete Link to post Share on other sites
Woodyman84 3 Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Sounds like an interesting day there pete! Looks like your work is never done. But hey at least you wont get bored! Link to post Share on other sites
Woodyman84 3 Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Would be Great to see a dyno plot an torque figures as well :-) Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted May 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 The powergraph isn't that good as It has a slight misfire top end so dropped off the power...Over the disappointment now, but probably won't sort it until later in the year... Torque was 183 Link to post Share on other sites
Radosteve 12 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Gutted to hear about the power loss mate I'm sure you will get it sorted though . What's the Car show your going to . I seen one advertised classic cars and Hotrods that I fancy going to look at Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Ah we will get there with it mate. Just takes time and money haha. Just booked up a holiday so gotta go easy on the corrado spending It's Smallwood car and steam engine rally. Happens every year, good day out. Only down the road too Link to post Share on other sites
chazvr 1 Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Shame you didn't get the figures you were hoping for. How much oil do you think your using? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted May 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 It will get sorted at some point... Oil is excessive, was off the dip stick after 530 miles from being full!So it's defiantly not right..Looking at exhaust choices at the moment, but not much on the market I like the look of. Link to post Share on other sites
4pekatt 0 Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Wow, Pete.. I read through a couple of the first and last pages here, incredibly beautiful Corrado! Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted May 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Cheers mate. A lot of hard work gone into this. I'll revisit the thread and fix the images at some point. Don't know what's happened to them ! Lol Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Reminder for me to update my thread Link to post Share on other sites
Russ_vr6 12 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Where is this update then 'Rado looks like it's coming along nicely-I remember you having the Golf, but then I did join back in 06lol VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Sorry dudes ! Been way too busy with non vr6 stuff recently. The car was dropped off at stealth some 2 months ago for the following:Steering rackDub power Corrado OEM exhaustHead rebuildBut is now having the above plus a new engine build. Looking forward to getting the old girl back, will probably spend the next year running it in! Lol Club Chairman bennyk, Bealieboy and Radosteve 3 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 So.... I've only driven the car once this year, and that's only because I took it Stealth Racing! Here's a pic of my newly machined block, my new head is built too so will post some pics next week of that ! Club Chairman D11PS, Surreyvr6 and daveyboy 3 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Bit more progress !Club Chairman Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Crank in Club Chairman daveyboy, Surreyvr6 and Russvrt 3 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 More progress. Club Chairman Link to post Share on other sites
Reaperx 181 Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 What was involved in converting it to obd2 I have just ordered a conversion for my golf and hope to get it swapped over. Just wondering what I had to do as I don't have the parts yet to get an idea. VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
redborbet 25 Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Looking good how much did you pay stealth for the head rebuild Link to post Share on other sites
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