24v VR6 Corrado - New Zealand

[VeeDub]

A cool shot of the rado rolling the other day. Needs all red tail lights (coming soon) and delocked handles (this week).

rolling by tbagnz, on Flickr
Rocco is looking like this at the moment - currently converting the front wings & lights to pre facelift. I got an engine stand today to so i'll start cleaning up the KR 16v (ex rado) for use in the mk1. Over the winter I want to make the motor show spec, super polished & painted and want to run a carb setup of some sort.

photo-63 by tbagnz, on Flickr

[OEM G60]

Nice work mate!! I haven't had the time to read through this till now! I remember you asking about RS' a long time ago, and me telling you how rare the 003's were, you done well to find 2 sets in NZ! They are not seen very often. Can't believe you had to buy the whole car for that bonnet!! All good that you sold it on easily though. Good on Stealth Racing for helping you out too, i've dealt with them in the past and they are the #1 guys when it comes to Corrados... I was reading through and thought you were gonna say you went to 5 stud when you did the engine swap and changed the RS' again!! Sounds nice in that vid, looks the dogs dangly bobs too. All red rear lights will look rad, i say get rid of that rear wiper too, neatens up the ass nicely.

Whats the story with that white Rallye i spotted on the vid? Personal Import? LHD still? Only one in NZ??

[Jarred]

loving the updates!

can't wait to see the rocco get some love!

[VeeDub]

My whole idea with the rado was the OEM+ kinda thing and I only wanted to do "reversable" mods. It's not a really common car here and I didn't want to butcher it too far from its original form.

Looking back now to when I resprayed though I wish I had have smoothed the rear wiper. Maybe something I'll do in the future. I only smoothed the front bumper because I had a spare bumper, I have the original still.

That rallye is a 1.8t replica build. The guy spent tonnes importing genuine guards, lights, seats etc and built a quick 1.8t motor for it. It's for sale now for around 20k ono ($NZ).

[OEM G60]

Oh wow he went to a lot of trouble, got a link for the ad?

With the rear wiper, a lot of people just take it off and put a little rubber grommet in the hole, hardly noticeable and reversible easier as that part of the panel is slightly raised where the hole is...

[nacnud]

Slick rick!

[VeeDub]

I've seen the grommet, but i'd rather have the wiper than the grommet. Do it right or don't do it at all. I think i'll end up smoothing it one day.

Check out VASK Forum (VW Audi SportKlub of NZ) - Index - I'm not on the forum anymore so can't see the trading post but it's in there. Go through a few pages and you'll find it, or search Rallye and it'll be the only one! I can put you in touch with him via facebook if you like.

[OEM G60]

Thanks mate, it's cool, just curious to see pics, i wouldn't be able to import it anyway..

[VeeDub]

So the 24v motor seized over the weekend so it's coming out this week. No idea how/why it seized yet until we open it up, but it's time to get on with it and get it running again. On the look out for a Mk4 R32 motor if anyone has one.


photo-81 by tbagnz, on Flickr

[GoLfMan]

So the 24v motor seized over the weekend so it's coming out this week. No idea how/why it seized yet until we open it up, but it's time to get on with it and get it running again. On the look out for a Mk4 R32 motor if anyone has one.


photo-81 by tbagnz, on Flickr

bugger mate. There is one in the classified section as a bare refurbed block and head I think??? Check it out

[VeeDub]

Mmm yeah that'd work, but unfortunately my budget doesn't stretch that far. I can get a complete motor out of the UK for less than that.. I suspect anything in Australia will be out of my reach because supply < demand there, compared to UK anyway.

[VeeDub]

Bought an R32 motor out of Japan. This should be interesting.

[GoLfMan]

Bought an R32 motor out of Japan. This should be interesting.

hell yes! this is going to be wicked!

Stand alone management? Or does it come with an ECU?

[VeeDub]

I have a guru mate here who has the software to load a Viper Tuning R32 map onto my ECU, should be sweet. Will be a nice jump up in power from the BDE motor I had in there.. Even that was a ****load of fun.......

[VeeDub]

Old motor seized because it obviously bottomed out (I know when it happened now) but I didn't feel it touch at all. Sump kissed the ground when I was going a bit quick. The sump smashed the oil pick up into pieces so when I dropped the sump I found a chunk of it sitting there.

R32 motor is in now:

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