Cerbera inspired dash in a VW Corrado.. show pics

[biggerbigben]

Ok guys,

Thought it was time to post some pics of the car after the Edition 38 show I mentioned a few weeks ago. A few of you might remember the thread about the car and I didn't want to give too much away before I showed it for the first time.. Anyway so here are some pics taken by people at the show.

Just a quick spec list/ project update: Its nearly on the road, only have some wiring to do and then its just the mapping to finish off. The last 15 months has been spent designing and building the rather obscure TVR Cerbera inspired dash. Now even I didn't think it would work but after the re-trim I am very pleased with how it looks! Admittably a lot of you will not like it and thats fine, each to their own and all that. It's made from glass fibre with a skimming of filler to get a good finish. The door cards are also fabricated in much the same way. The 4 button looking objects and the round knob below on the drivers door card are in fact the TVR warning lights, full beam, indicators (left and right) and handbrake, the knob is an Ali boost control I put together. Everything else is pretty much self-explanatory I think. A climate control unit will be position where the work in progress sign is. CD player will be going in a fairly unique place when I get time to do it. The speaker pods are just temporary, as I will be making some from scratch soon. As for the rest of the car, it has a 1.8 20v turbo engine in it. The turbo is an IHI VF34 with internal wastegate on a Jabbasport flowed cast manifold running an after market Haltech engine management system. It has vibra technique engine and gearbox mounts, Mercedes sprinter van intercooler and VR6 rad.. x2 kenlow slimline fans and the usual turbo engine accessories like dump valve etc. Custom boost pipes and exhaust etc etc. The engine is currently running standard internals but soon to be uprated. So although it's not 100% mapped yet I'm hoping for about 350-380bhp. It has a full mk2 golf rallye/syncro 4wd system in it but I hope to have haldex 4wd system in it by Christmas, which is like the system in the Golf R32 and it will have the 6spd gearbox. Obviously it has the normal uprated bits to handle the power, like clutch etc. Externally its pretty much standard. Cleaned and smoothed a few bits up, like removing the rear towing eye, passat de-locked handles, mk2 golf front splitter etc etc. Front bumper has been modded to allow max air flow to the intercooler. It has Porsche 17" 3 piece splits and Porsche brakes. Soon to have 4 pots at the rear and 6 pots at the front :)

Its been a long nearly 4 yrs since I started this project, all I can say is that I enjoyed it, but I will never do it again!!

I think that's a rough spec list, so here are a few pics! Please feel free to comment and say what you think, I'm really not bothered if you don't like any part of it as at the end of the day I built it for myself. But obviously I hope you do like it :)

Cheers all,

Ben

Pics taken from the web and they were taken at the Edition 38 show in the UK 2 weekends ago...

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[BCA]

Thats mad, looks like alot of effort went into it... looks to have turned out rather nicely though, good job

[TT Tim]

Very impressive, not my personal cup of tea, but I have nothing but admiration for anyone that can do those kind of mods, excellent job.

One question... nearside headlight... I assume that's a ram air intake - what do you do about headlights?

Tim

>> Edited by TT Tim on Tuesday 13th September 18:04

[Autonotiv]

Looks good, but WHY??????????

[trackcar]

Crikey .. corking work there! I love this craze for removing a headlamp and sticking a bloody big intake in there .. but how do you go on at night?

[Extra 300 Driver]

Love it!

Can I have some of those seats?

[luckyone]

That is some stunning work there, it's good to see a project in it's final stages, gives me some motivation to get on with some of mine. It's always hard to keep going with it when all you've got is a pile of dirty bits!
I've always liked the Corrado but the front wheel drive put me off, now one with 4WD

[Eddie 4.2]

well done looks the dogs

Ed

[TimW]

passenger footwell looks a bit empty... hmm..

[Pies]

Autonotiv said:

Looks good, but WHY??????????

Why not

[SXS]

lurvleeeee.... now you just need a cerbera coupe body upgrade

[olly]

I'm suitably impressed !

What are those seats though - they look great !

[K1 CERB]

Your the Man!!! The Corrado (like the Cerb) is an understated car, I like the way you have merged the two.


K1 CERB

[biggerbigben]

TT Tim said:

Very impressive, not my personal cup of tea, but I have nothing but admiration for anyone that can do those kind of mods, excellent job. One question... nearside headlight... I assume that's a ram air intake - what do you do about headlights? Tim >> Edited by TT Tim on Tuesday 13th September 18:04

The headlight thing was just a bit of fun really. Going to use it for track days etc but I have a headlight for everyday use... although an MOT for day use only, humm interesting??? lol

[biggerbigben]

Autonotiv said:

Looks good, but WHY??????????

I'm MAD ?

No idea matey, I wanted a challenge? I think I have always loved TVR's, my old man has one and I knew I couldn't afford one myself so the next best thing was to put a dash into an already mad project!

[biggerbigben]

SXS said:

lurvleeeee.... now you just need a cerbera coupe body upgrade

Yeah I know

A TVR is on the cards!

[biggerbigben]

olly said:

I'm suitably impressed ! What are those seats though - they look great !

The seats I found on ebay and have no idea were the came from. They were def built for one purpose though and that was for racing! They are light as hell but put together really badly! All the foam had to be made from scratch as the original stuff was pure crap. Anyway, now they are really nice and comfy!

I will try and find out who they are made by. Its not Recaro etc thats for sure, def a small company.

[biggerbigben]

thanks for all the comments, it makes doing a project like this worth while when I get feedback like what has been said in this thread!

cheers Ben

[Tam Lin]

biggerbigben said:

thanks for all the comments, it makes doing a project like this worth while when I get feedback like what has been said in this thread! cheers Ben

Superb. Love Corrados, love Cerbs. Combination is a wild idea.

If you get 350 bhp and a fat torque curve, it would surprise me if the thing wasn't as quick as some Cerbs.

The only thing that doesn't gel are the Porsche wheels. Some RL17s in black chrome would be just the ticket...

[SXS]

biggerbigben said:

SXS said: lurvleeeee.... now you just need a cerbera coupe body upgrade Yeah I know A TVR is on the cards!

Now you're talking! An enthusiast with an artistic heart will make a proud TVR owner!

If you need help in sourcing a good one when the time comes, just give us all a shout.