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well, i couldn't bear to see my corrado sitting in the garage anymore so i called the insurance company a little sooner than i'd planned and swapped policies. the coupe goes under the knife this evening i believe.
there are going to be two distinct stages to this project, one fairly quick the other...well, we'll see.
the first phase consists of strut mounts, bushings etc....and lot's of body love. That may include a B4 hood as i was sent b4 eurolights instead of coupe lighs and sisn't realize till it was too late! Also going to remove the non-functioning AC and make sure all the electrical bits work!!!!
I figure that should only take a month once i get the parts.
the second phase is all to do with the motor. being that it's a 7A and i DO have a fairly tight budget (spending 10K on the engine when the car's worth maybe 6 isn't too brilliant
) things are up in the air. I have a spare '90 engine with headers etc.... and would like to put that in once I get it all cleaned up. Still haven't gotten a chance to bring that to a machine shop to measure the block but it will happen. A number of my friends have seen the insides of a VW 16V and believe the pistons are the same so if i have to bore, it looks like i can use overbore 16V pistons.....much better than 7a overbore as they actually EXIST!!!!!! at any rate much more to find out on that! I'm also going to investigate going to standalone efi. why? well, I want to learn as a basis for future projects i have in my head for a few years from now (my goal is a early to mid 80s jag xjs with a TT'd V12 and a 6-speed trans :mischeif: ) As well, i'd like to see if i can tune it so it's a bit better (ok ALOT!) on gas. to put it in perspective, my corrado VR6 uses between 1/2 and 2/3 the gas as the coupe.
at any rate, will provide pics along the way...including some tonite to show the "before" state. if anyone has any opinions or advice to give me, please don't hesitate!! this project will be more in depth than when i rebuilt my corrado as i didn't get inside the engine last time so i'm an empty glass when it comes to this!
Later
there are going to be two distinct stages to this project, one fairly quick the other...well, we'll see.
the first phase consists of strut mounts, bushings etc....and lot's of body love. That may include a B4 hood as i was sent b4 eurolights instead of coupe lighs and sisn't realize till it was too late! Also going to remove the non-functioning AC and make sure all the electrical bits work!!!!
I figure that should only take a month once i get the parts.
the second phase is all to do with the motor. being that it's a 7A and i DO have a fairly tight budget (spending 10K on the engine when the car's worth maybe 6 isn't too brilliant
) things are up in the air. I have a spare '90 engine with headers etc.... and would like to put that in once I get it all cleaned up. Still haven't gotten a chance to bring that to a machine shop to measure the block but it will happen. A number of my friends have seen the insides of a VW 16V and believe the pistons are the same so if i have to bore, it looks like i can use overbore 16V pistons.....much better than 7a overbore as they actually EXIST!!!!!! at any rate much more to find out on that! I'm also going to investigate going to standalone efi. why? well, I want to learn as a basis for future projects i have in my head for a few years from now (my goal is a early to mid 80s jag xjs with a TT'd V12 and a 6-speed trans :mischeif: ) As well, i'd like to see if i can tune it so it's a bit better (ok ALOT!) on gas. to put it in perspective, my corrado VR6 uses between 1/2 and 2/3 the gas as the coupe.at any rate, will provide pics along the way...including some tonite to show the "before" state. if anyone has any opinions or advice to give me, please don't hesitate!! this project will be more in depth than when i rebuilt my corrado as i didn't get inside the engine last time so i'm an empty glass when it comes to this!
Later
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