water cooling on g60

[GT3 Turbo]

anyone know if i can use the standard water cooling pipes from a 8 valver on the corrado g60 engine in my mk2? i could imagine they dont all fit but could save me a few qud if some do...

think its worth getting a golf rallye rad and intercooler for it as well, anyone know any good rads and intercoolers that they could recommended?

Myles

[...joe]

pretty sure the hoses don't fit. not sure there is any difference between rallye and corrado radiators in terms of function.....

[GT3 Turbo]

o rite, yea im not that sure at the mo, need to look a g60 thats working so i can compare to what i got at the mo, i only got about half the stuff needed for the engine swap when i bought it so gotta do some detective work, lol

[...joe]

good luck with that?!!!!!!! have you got the loom?

[GT3 Turbo]

yeah ive got that, got most bits, so ive figured out that i need:

cable conversion for the clutch, thats if easier than a hydraulic conversion!?!
figure out how to do the cable gear linkage, any idea if the corrado one fits?
waterpipes
supercharger
missing a pulley on the supercharger belt system
rad and intercooler

yea, not looking forward to the loom, gonna be great fun!!

[rubjonny]

Most of the standard 8v pipes will fit onto the G60 engine, remember the G60 is just a fiddled with 8v with a supercharger bolted to it.  The things you'll struggle with though are the pipes to the radiator, as I assume the G60 one is even bigger than the std 8v one?  And any pipes going to the G60 unit itself (does it have water cooling or just oil?)

[GT3 Turbo]

hi, the superchargers is just on the oil system, getting the pipes should be fine, there 18 quid each from vw last time i checked.

yea the rad's gonna be a struggle, i havnt got a rad for it yet, was hoping to get a rallye one for it, not sure if the standard 8v will be enough.

[rubjonny]

Ah ok wasn't sure if it got coolant as well
Think Corrado radiators slot straight in, but you need to get the radiator fan & shroud to go with it, especially if you get a dual fan rad!

[jims13]

what about using a rad from a 1.6gtd. they run the full lenghth of the slam panel and should be up to the job,then jjust use of the shelf hoses to connec tit up
 i also have one with fan and cowling .pm me if your intrested



jim