Twin 1.8T Corrado. Nothing to see, move along

Started by accident as I bought another 1.8t engine identical to the one I already had and it seemed rude not to use it. I bought the Corrado back and the boot floor which had been replaced by the previous owner had to come out anyway as hed fitted the late boot floor. So once the floor was cut back out it was too tempting not to go a little further and fit the spare engine in the back.

Started by trying to adapt the MK2 cage I had to stiffen the shell before fabricating the rear subframe pickup points. The cage had to be lowered because of the roof height of the Corrado and tilted slightly down at the front, it fitted nicely and almost touches the inside of the shell in all the right places

old boot floor on it's way out





starting to fit the cage







start to weld it in after making the new feet







then start and cut the vents in the rear panel for the rear rad and coolers

 

Now this looks very interesting i'll be keeping an eye on this topic methinks for all the updates

 

Wow, seriously cool project. Keep it updated

 

This looks like it's going to be a very interesting thread to follow. Good work!

 

Rear rad? My mk1 had one large radiator that handled the cooling for both front and rear engines. The upside was that when running just the front engine the rear engine warmed up before it was even used. The only thing that your really going to struggle with is the induction to the rear...unfortunately your def going to have to input a scoop, vent or something to get fresh air in (unless your ducting from the front?).

 

loads of vents + it's never just going to run one engine all or nothing

roof vent for the IC and rear qtr glass removed for vents etc

 

OH MY GOD, mate it takes a crazy man to just start chopping holes that big in a car- FAIR PLAY for having the balls to takle such a project.

I soo want a nugget corrado!

 

Going to have to watch that you don't suck in small kids with vents like that

 

start of the rear subframe mountings






cut out the old top mounts and fit MK2 fronts




Strengthen the rear towers with 3mm plate curved round the towers

 

Fair play to you mate, thats a bit more adventureous than the 2.0 swap I'm doing.

I shall be watching out for updates...

any more pics?

 

way hey! can see this being a monster thread...just like the car!

 

watching with much interest looks cool.

 

utter mental keep the updates coming

 

This is going to be awesome. Have you any experience with twin engine'd cars before, or is this your first attempt?

 

rear rad sat on it's mounts, Itll not be seen again as the rad will be inside an aluminium chamber fed with cold air from either side


took 1" out of the O/S VR rear tower to sit the engine level


twin fans move an incredible amount of air, Ill never use std VW fans again


rear inner qtrs removed to fit the fuel tanks


x member and an upper cage brace for the harnesses

...... and the engine

 

Theres got to be a first time for everything

 

Awesome

 

too cool - lol not fair i only want one 20v you've got 2!!!

 

Very cool project be following this one.

 

Nice work man

Neil.