Jay_vr6

N reg Green corrado trying to keep up into Brighton marina sat night anyone ??

mine did the same, when we took the fans off i found a 10mm spanner imprinted on the radiator. had been there for a few years (as it had only ever seen vw servicing before i bought it you can bet your life it was the yts lad) and it finally put a small hole in the radiator after i installed the lower stiffer suspension :( As for no being a single unit, well mine was, I got a replacement from GSF for £125 delivered and thats been running really well ever since. Oh and installation is pretty straight forward for a novice, or a mechanic should have it done in under an hour.

thats the mk5 golf

they are team dynamics motorsport alloys, 5x100 et35 bore 57.1 I believe, tyres are 205/40/17, i see that the golf uses 215/40/17, just run a tyre calc and it's all of 1.8% out, 69.08mph when your actually doing 70, so thats not a problem, at least i could use the tyres till they need replacing.

The time has come for a more economical car now i'm going to be driving large miles, I really want to keep my alloys from the corrado but will they fit a mk4 diesel. I've had a look about and they look like they will, can't find alot on bore size though. Anyone know ?

I paid £650 for a gasket change, head check and top water hose. £300 labour and the rest was parts and Vat. Over half what vw quoted me and it seems to be working 100%

with all the heat generated by the vr6 a 57i kit isn't the way to go, The bmc cda airbox is probably best, I had one and it worked great and still gave a throaty growl (carbon encosed filter £160 with right adaptor), or a carbonio intake and K+n filter which locates in the front bumper recess, thats what i have now but haven't been able to fit due to a busted ankle :( or there are some enclosed kits on ebay for the corrado that may be worth checking out. Alot of people just say use the original box and a k+n anyway :)

I guess as this site is American then the ecu upgrade chip/map is for the 2.8 vr6 engine, they don't have the 2.9 vr6 in their corrados....

elbow and new rubber are £10.44 from vw, I just brough them a few weeks ago, use a decent bit if silicone grease when fitting though :)

I took the strips off of mine, and as you'd expect the very last one i took off, I found some bar steward had superglued the strip back on some years ago :(

you can cable tie the feck out of the springs on the shocks you take off the car but you still need to compress the new ones, clamps are £20 from halfords or around £10 on ebay :)

I thought the slam panel would be the first thing out too :) thanks

Having done the head gasket and the coolant pipes, replacing the sump I now find that I have a mysterious coolant leak, car is only running at around 80 degrees temp and there seems to be a hell of alot of smoke coming from the radiator, it's actually thrown some coolant out on the way home today which hit the fan and sprayed all out of my grill, quite impressive to the public. Anyway I've ordered a new rad but how easy or hard are they to fit ? I've done a search and read that it's abit tricky but not the hardest job. so does anyone have a quick fire guide to replacing the rad ?

thanks guys, I don't fancy throwing £70 away and have to do it twice :) Slow and steady wins the race as it were

I have to replace the my leaky sump this weekend but just need to confirm what the torque setting is going to be for the bolts (vr6 engine), any other tips welcomed :) I did a search but came up wiht 2 different answers

It's always a good idea to check these things before going head first into buying stuff but wheres the fun in that. I just got some nice sony 4" speakers and the adapters for the vw car to save cutting and splicing wires. I've taken the grill out and then the speaker, to be confronted with 2 sets of plugs ??? Now do I need to connect both sets to 1 plug or just use one of the sets ? Anything else to be aware of ?

and does this work with the clifford alarm system and if so what do you need to do ? :)

I have a clifford 950 alarm and the total closure hasn't worked since it was fitted, worked fine with the old scorpion alarm, bet clifford would like to charge extra for their total closure add on for the alarm.

Time for a new oil sump for the vr6 and have found a nice chap who's getting me a tidy vw discount so does anyone know the part number for the red leads or are they always red now (vr6 with coilpack) ? thanks in advance :)

Ok a 4mo sump looks like a good idea but can anyone confirm it's compatabilty ?

ok fair enough but why are some spring sets for corrados 94 onwards ?

Mine seems to have developed a very minor leak and unfortunatly it's not from the sump plug, the whole thing seems to be going porous :( Anyway where to get a replacement ? GSF don't seem to sell them so I guess it's to the Stealer ? and are there any better ones to go for, maybe from the newer vr6 engines ?

I've been looking at various suspension setups for my car but just need to know a few facts, Mine is a really late 94 model and I believe that the front mounts or something is slightly different to the earlier vr6's ?? I have looked at loads of kits but some state Type 53i which i wonder what it is, also how do i know wether I have a plus axle at the rear or a base ? or am I confusing myself and everyone else :)

right isv wasn't plugged in, just plugged it in and the engine revs pulsed from 1.5k to 2.5k untill i drove off. I then stopped and it promptly stalled, and again and again. not sure if this is the isv tuning itself in or is something else the matter and the garage unplugged it ?

just played with vag com, seems the isv is intermitent so if anyone has any ideas let me know