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Was working on recolouring a set of switches someone sent through at the weekend, and got to thinking, 'wouldn't it be cool to illuminate the spoiler switch'. So I duly set about trying to figure out how to do it, and this is where I have got so far (see below), but now I'm thinking about it, what a pointless task it is - it's not as if it's easily visible :nuts: (will finish it off properly though :dorky: ). Anyway, has anyone else done anything daft to their interior, or had a 'why' moment like this?

Big thank you for Andy665 for the electrical manual. Well packaged up and quick delivery :D

Cheers Nino - time to start using Babelfish again I think :lol: I did find some info after trawling through the VW Vortex site around efficiency, and flow rates, and the effects of porting on flow rate. To be honest though it's difficult to get to the source of where these numbers came from, so I'm not sure how much is pub talk and how much is real....

Hi Monkey, thanks for keeping me up to daye, don't worry we all have those little things crop up (part of the joys of Corrado ownership :lol: ). Actually the late heater controls are the only ones I don't do - best to have a word with kipVR on those - he has organised a buy with the supplier to get laser cut EL sheet in the right shape for late heater controls. Just drop me a PM when you need my details for shipping etc. Jonathan

Hi Stefan, Yep still doing them, so drop me a note in the new year :D

Just had these through from Kempy - cheers mate and glad you like them :D

Here's mine, oil pressure and narrow band afr direct from the lambda. Made the frame out of mdf and covered it in vinyl (this was an early alcantara covered shot btw - must find a newer one :lol: ).

Cheers guys. I'll watch that vid again Leon - been ages since I saw it. Also thanks Yan, I'll take a look at those. Annoying there seems to be some technical plots on G-lader performance on here http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3731903&page=1 about 3/4 the way down but I can't get them to be anything other than thumbnails :(

Ok folks, I'm looking for some proper technical information about specifications of the G-lader (flow rates, speeds they spin at in relation to the rpm of the engine etc, the effect of stage 1 and stage 4 porting on flow rates, effects of different pulley size, efficiency, etc, etc). Basically the more the merrier about how these things work would be great, and there must be some VW technical information out there :D, but I can't find it :( Bring on the geeks :dorky:

Another vote for the Phillips Extreme ones. I've been running them since they were available (either 1 year or 2 years now, damn I'm getting old), and to be honest I haven't noticed them getting dimmer (unlike me :lol:). Good bulb :D

It's 'relatively' simple to rewire the window and mirror switches, rather than mess around changing the whole loom. Then the only other thing that needs doing is to pop the mirrors off and swap round the connections to the motors (this corrects the left-right and up-down motion).

Looks great Leonard - luvin' the numberplate :twisted:

Cheers Leonard. Just drop me a PM when you need them doing. I have green LED's in so should be able to turn them round pretty quick :D

Glad you like them Tom :D

8) Yeah I had spotted your comment flusted, just thought I would emphasize the point for good measure :lol:

Looks like you've blown the idle screw out.

Thats what I did Kev - makes much more sense than individual spade connectors.

Ta, Jon, would be intrigued to see what you come up with. And don't worry Tom, that didn't sound too gay :camp: :lol: and thank you for the feedback on the thread :D

That sounds like a job for Boost Monkey, Toad. Come on Jon time for some modelling.... Cheers for the link Simon - just had a quick look and it looks really interesting.

Not sure on the difference with the 1.9l Toad - hadn't even though of that. I ran the 1.9l with the Piper cam and made 233bhp, then swapped to the Schrick (along with a new map) and it all went to pot :( By the time I checked it on the rr, I had already sold the Piper, but I swapped back to my old chip and advanced the timing, and it seems to be playing ball again. Not had it rr'd again though as to be honest at £45 a pop it was wearing a bit thin. Yep NOS coms on at WOT. I'll set it up to start progessively from the lowest percentage it'll let me and have it set to build over a few seconds. Supply is cut as soon as WOT is lost. It runs off a microswitch attached to the throttle body.

Thanks for the word of caution Simon, especially given your experience. Problem is NOS appeals to the chemist in me, and I really fancy trying it. Live and learn with regards to the cam really though, so c'est la vie. Hopefully being honest on here will make others think about equipment choices before making their minds up...

Strangely enough just before the throttle body was recommended after I spent some time at WoN. This shocked me initially given the G60 recirculation system, but the NOS will only be activated on full throttle when the recirc system is shut off. This location gives it a little more time to homogeneously mix with the air before the air/fuel/nos gets distributed between the cylinders. With regards to the cam, it really comes down to the individual setup. For whatever reason with mine the Shrick was worse than my old Piper. Bear in mind though, my bad experience with the mapping this time round has tainted my view a bit. And there is no doubt that most of the high power G60 systems use Shricks. What it did show me was that you can get very respectable power from the Piper, and that any incremental improvement will be small so perhaps there are better places to spend money.

It's going to be a single injector. My initial thoughts were around direct injection, however after talking with Trev at the WoN his opinion was that the power increases I was after and the layout of the inlet would be fine to work with single point, which makes things much much easier (and means I don't have all the NOS and fuel lines directly above the exhaust manifold). Yep, got the 268-276 in (see about 8 posts up for the saga). To be honest I wished I 'd kept my old Piper as I have not seen any large benefits (or even any benefits at all immediately after install) so would have prefered to spend my money elsewhere.

The engine is a G-Werks 1.9l rebuild (freshly done this year), and (fingers crossed) everything should be up to the job. Initially going to be looking at a 50bhp shot, but coming in very smoothly on the progressive controller. Be quite nice to break 300bhp and 300lbft with a 1.9l 8v engine :D, but hopefully not to break the engine :lol:

Thanks Simon - good to hear it got there safely :D