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Love a stainless hack.... I thought someone recently bought a Supersprint exhaust

That's the encouragement I need 😊

So, now that the bottom of the engine seems fine, should I put the Schrick manifold on, or is there a test I can do in the cylinder head just to make sure that is healthy at 122k. One day the chains will get done, I just want to get some use out of her first for all that she has cost me. Thoughts please 🙈

🤣🤣 if i could have, I probably would have.. 🤣 Honestly I thought they were acceptable!!! But these test figures make ma feel better. I wont do it again incase I get bad results and then stress 😱 I wanted to ask what exhaust you have , was it you that purchased one recently?

Please, not on a Corrado 🤪. Amazing after all this time

The cherry bomb. Last seen on the back of hatchbacks in the late 80s early 90s. Bloody noisy things. My mate had an XR2 and thought this made it as fast as a Ferrari 🤣🤣

This could be a quick hello and goodbye then. Nice looking car, dont lose her in the Snow 😇🤣

COMPRESSION UPDATE So I did the compression test again today, with the throttle fully open 1-175, 2- 177, 3 -175, 4-180, 5-173, 6-173 Zero miles since the last test. Latest figures in blue. Now I'm happy

Nice bit of information 👍

How far on with the car are you Shaun?

Wow, more than I paid for my car. I would only drill them out to fit my cars 5 stud. NOOOO

Welcome to the best forum ever. Damn I am biased too. In 5 years, the help and enthusiasm on this forum has helped me rebuild my Corrado and get her on the road. Small cost but usually money saved on the 1st repair with the help here. Good luck with the door handle

Sorry mate, when I see someone with zero posts and having a link to click on, tempting.... I automatically assume it is Spam.

Someone destroy this please 😇

Nice wheels, but we are wise people here. You need more than that for a for sale ad, like pictures..... or make them a bargain and be ask for cash to be sent to you via western union bank transfer 🤣🤣 GLWS 🤔

Shit, how much!!! Ha ha. Anything that's a left hooker and in Km is not worth that. Still nice though 😊

Love that Merc. A hell of a lot of car for that money

Was off the road for 5 years and has done just 800 miles since roadworthy. I will give it a roadtrip first . I dont know how well calibrated the gauge is , but I am happy with the results. Atleast it isnt on its arse thankfully

BOLLO#, just realised I didnt do it with the throttle open..... for ease I was turning the key through the open window. I may have to redo this now. I suppose it may be interesting to see if it differs. I may also have a Carbon clean, just to see if that makes a difference too..just a thought

And I thought about 120 would have been good for an old engine 😄. Sean, i certainly am no expert at this and it was my 1st time. I had read that if within 20% then not to worry..... I was expecting 1 and 6 to be lower surprisingly..

Now I'm not for 1 minute thinking those readings are accurate and the engine is mint, but she does pull well and does not smoke. The car is on 122,922 miles I think I have done towards 1k miles on the new plugs so I compared them to the old ones I removed And this is the tester I used

Took her out for a warm up today to enjoy the last day of her road tax 😊, then it was time for the compression test. I had purchased a cheap US pro kit which has lots of bits that I certainly did not need. The biggest worry was that the thread adaptor that goes on the end of the hose would get left behind in the cylinder head, damn that would be trouble, but all went surprisingly well. I had never this before, but removing all ignition leads, plugs and the fuel relay 167 was quick and easy enough. (Didnt do the crank sensor Dox, I totally forgot) Bloody immobiliser needs resetting everytime I switched the ignition off 😠 and first attempt I got Zero on the gauge !! Thankfully just a loose joint at the gauge. . Cylinder 1- 148 Cylinder 2 - 177 Cylinder 3 - 165 Cylinder 4 - 180 Cylinder 5 - 162 Cylinder 6 - 175

Quality link. Didnt get chance today, so hopefully will tomorrow. I will post up my findings when I do. Thanks gents

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🤣🤣 cheers dox, hadn't thought or read about the crank sensor 👍