Hi John,
How's your '02 coming along?
Good winter, so far, here in Virginia, huh?

Regards,
Randy Bryant
Elkton, VA
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Hey Randy! Yes, it's been a very mild winter. It's also been a busy fall work-wise and the 02 is still sidelined with an electrical problem. If I can't figure it out soon, I'm taking it to somebody who can. Hope all is well.
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Hey I like your 02 project. I got a guestion about about one of your less rusty cars. Hows the g60 in your corrado i've heard its no good unless ur past 3,000rpm, thats when the super charger kicks in... i think. Do you like the motor, what are your thoughts?

Hef wrote:

Hey I like your 02 project. I got a guestion about about one of your less rusty cars. Hows the g60 in your corrado i've heard its no good unless ur past 3,000rpm, thats when the super charger kicks in... i think. Do you like the motor, what are your thoughts?

That couldn't be further from the truth. A G60 motor that is running properly gets good torque down low and holds it through the power band. The last dyno run that I did with mine had it hitting full torque around 2100 and then the plot was almost perfectly straight across to 5500 where it starts to fall off.

The G-lader supercharger gives awesome torque numbers down low, but the 8v head loses efficiency above 5500 rpm. Torque and hp start to drop off about there.

My G60 has quite a few mods done to it. My last dyno tuning session had the motor running 179hp and 190lb/ft. It is still running rich too. I need to dial out the fuel pressure some to improve that. There's another 5 or 6hp in there. With head work, it could do even better. I'm going to finish the body work on it and sell it this summer. I need room and cash for the 2002.

Unfortunately it suffers from the same problem that my 2002 has. The owner has been way overworked. I haven't had time to touch either car for the last two months.

Pete
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1975 2002: Project Rust Bucket
1990 VW Corrado G60
2003 VW 20th Anniversary GTI

Thx for the info that helps alot. If i do get the g60 i think i'll get a 16v head hopefully that'll keep me up on power till about 6,500rpm

Hef wrote:

Thx for the info that helps alot. If i do get the g60 i think i'll get a 16v head hopefully that'll keep me up on power till about 6,500rpm

There are tons of good resources for the 16v head swap. It isn't necessarily an easy thing to do, but if you've got some wrenching skills and don't mind doing some fuel map tuning, you'll do just fine. I've contemplated doing the swap, but haven't had time or resources to put to it.

Pete
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1975 2002: Project Rust Bucket
1990 VW Corrado G60
2003 VW 20th Anniversary GTI

This post is along time overdue. Work and mountain biking season have teamed up to dispose of all of my time. We had a beautiful weekend and I just couldn’t resist spending half a day scraping sound-deadening material out of the inside of my bimmer.

What a horrible process. I started with the floors in the back of the car. That was best done by using the dry ice method. I had three bags of dry ice that I set on different spots on the floor. After they’d been there a few minutes, I moved one and chipped out the sound deadening material from under it. Then I’d move the next bag and chip out what was under it, and so on. I probably would have done better with just two bags of dry ice. Three was overkill.

The part of the car behind the back rest of the rear seat was easier and harder at the same time. The dry ice didn’t really help here. I just took the scraper and scraped it off. The stuff was still gooey, but it came of pretty cleanly. It left some adhesive film on the metal, but I should be able to get that off with some goof-off and elbow grease. It scraped off pretty easily. I got both rear sections of floor done and about 60% of the seat back area. I still need to do the part of the wheel wells that poke into the cabin.

I’m contemplating taking the sunroof framing out. I read the article in Grassroots Motorsports about their spec E30 build and they said it was pretty easy. There are a few spot welds and a bunch of glue to be removed. I looked at the 2002 and it is close to the same. There are metal tabs that come out from the corner of the roof to meet the sunroof frame.

My sunroof panel is currently glued in place with Permatex adhesive silicone sealant. There are a few guide screws that press up on the panel from the sunroof frame. They were mostly there to hold the panel in place while I glued the sunroof panel in place.

Eventually I’m going to weld something in place to cover that hole. Right now I’m going to leave it glued. When I get the body sand blasted, I’ll make a new panel and weld it in. GRM just took a sheet of steel and riveted it to the roof. I’d like something a little cleaner than that if I can.

I’m hoping to get some more time working on the car this afternoon. I know tomorrow I’ll have much of the afternoon to work on it. With two more days of work I should be able to get all of the sound deadening material out of the car. Since both passenger side floor panels are going to be replaced, that should not be too difficult.

I’ll have photos up tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

Pete
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1975 2002: Project Rust Bucket
1990 VW Corrado G60
2003 VW 20th Anniversary GTI

Pete,

How's the '02 project coming along?

Are you coming to the Wolf Trap Farm "gathering" on Oct. 21?

Regards,
Randy Bryant
Elkton, VA
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"It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society." J. Krishnamurti