CoxyLaad

forget the syncro system, thats not what I have. I have proper 4motion haldex setup with the proper mk4 controller. feck it I am fitting it, may be a mistake but what the hell. I will certainly need it should I charge the engine. 350bhp through the front wheels is just silly.

Thanks for the input doc. I thin I have to go 4wd, simply for the fact that if I do stick a diff in and its not enough, AND I have sold the 4wd gear I would be devestated!! Thanks guys, you have just added an extra 5 months on my project lol :lol:

aha! and this is the main point that concerns me. The corrado rear axle is very very good, and there is a definately risk I may lose some of the ability of the corrado by removing it and fitting a syncro back axle. but, on the other hand (again) the syncro axle is an indepent trailing arm wishbone setup so by rights should be at least as good as the 2wd back axle, and probablies better. But there is that what if scenario.

Thanks for the replies. I think my heart is saying go 4wd, and my head is saying 'wibble' at the moment.

RWD would be possible I suppose, but then its just as easy as 4wd so theres not much point really, unless you want to crash a lot

Well the setup I have is effectively a 4motion setup not a syncro one, and can provide 100% power to the rear (provided there is 0 grip at the front) I agree the syncro system is pap. and I also agree about lighting the wheels up, but it gets to a point where lighting the wheels up gets easier and easier, and this is what I dont know, how easy is it to spin the wheels in a car with a diff. Also the engine setup that I have is alledgedly good for 300bhp. ok thats 300bhp on AMDs rollers so lets say 285 bhp. Its the same engine that made 255bhp at 4800rpm at stealth while pinking its bollox off, when you look at the map its going to be good for 280 easy. If I new there was enough grip from a diff then I would definately have this kit in the for sale section, but I dont.

ah right, you must be in the same 'lost' room that I am in the lol :lol:

Hello, I know I dont post a great deal on here about my car, so I will give you a bit of history on it before i start. Bought a nugget yellow g60 corrado minus engine, and a 2.8 24v setup to go in it a number of years ago now, I also aquired a mk2 syncro setup at around the same time. The original plan was to have a 4wd 2.8 V6 with a vortech supercharger attached to it for good measure. 2 years down the line I decided that yellow was not me, so, after all the hassle of adding the syncro floor to the yellow corrado I sold it back to its original owner, and purchased a corrado VR auto in bordeaux red. To confuse things a bit further I got the oppurtunity to buy a remapped R32 engine with schrick high lift cams, so I bought that and sold on the 2.8 and the charger that I had aquired. I am now in the position where I have the R32 in the new car, and am currently sorting out all the wiring. The idea was to convert this one to 4wd in a more custom fashion as after doing it the first time, I realised you do not really need to install the syncro boot floor at all. So this was the plan, but I have been told by a number of people that with the setup I am going to have, 4wd will not be worth it, and the car would be better with a pelequin diff fittted. I have also been told that its definately needed as even with a diff it will spin the wheels for fun. Now I have no real basis to make an informed judgement, as I have little experience of either - and this is what's doing me napper in. It would be sort of admitting defeat to not fit it as I have spent ages and a lot of time effort and money into building a syncro rear axle setup to take a haldex diff, polybushed, mk3 VR syncro wide track rear wishbones, 280mm vented rear discs, audi S2 rear calipers, shortened 4motion prop etc etc. Question is, is it worth it? I am not sure, Jay, and mr VRBanana think not, mr Horrocks thinks so I suppose its a case of positives and negatives. 4wd has the weight penalty (which is not that much IMO, probablies a small childs worth) and some hearsay about fictional drivetrain losses. On the upside the level of grip will be more than I ever need, and I will no longer have to deal with understeer (my pet hate). The 2wd plus diff I suppose is the opposite, the car retains its 2wd weight, and maximises grip from the front 2 wheels. But is it enough grip? Horrocks reckons his VR was spinning both front wheels in his black mk2 with a diff. Harra also said he has to feather the throttle to stop it spinning. Jay thinks a diff will be more than enough. My head is in bits, I dont know what to do. Options are: Sell the 4wd gear, to finance a diff and remain 2wd and hope it has sufficent grip. Carry on with the 4wd and hope it works out ok. Need opinions and advice on this as I have changed my mind more times than I change underpants in a week :? Any words of wisdom would be greatfuly recieved. Help [insert white flag waving smiley here]

I fitted a leon cupra box to my mk2, and the gearing was horrendously short. Great for a track car, not so god for everyday use. 4000rpm at 80mph in 6th is a bit short for me

wow that was pretty awesome

Yes my head was battered on the way home. Also I couldnt believe I got within a mile of the place before deciding I had taken a wrong turning and travelling an extra 40 odd miles lol okey dokey I will take some at the weekend thats OK then :lol:

BUMP! Haway man I want to see this 6 speed gearbox!

Jay, your car looked amazing last night, make me sick that all I have is a pile of bits in my garage :( Still changes are afoot ;) possibly the best corrado i have ever seen. But I would get some late spec bumpers though lol :lol:

eh? I paid 40 quid for a mk3 golf vr6 MC from euro car parts a few year back?

lol good point - but you have seen a biker with one arm now!

FECK! Is that his hand that comes off and lands in front of the bike or the piston?!

ah i see - that will be why its so expensive then, as all MCs are around 40 quid that I have bought.

dont worry that is not off a vr6, well certainly not one I have seen. I am certain that the only difference is the outlets, if that. I have used allsorts of MCs and they are all the same.

is that right? surely as the owner of the car you have the choice of a second opinion from another garage if you feel that the one that just failed you was a pile of toss? Its all about choice - as Tony Blair once said

you could possibly get away with it by mounting the steering column at a slightly different angle.

it looks doable to me. Might need some modification of the corrado column, or maybees even fit the mk4 column, as that has a sliding pillar type affair that goes onto the rack output shaft and therefore would be infinately variable. p.s. Jay I did wonder how racks didnt make teh steering lighter the more the engine rev'd lol :lol: y'learn something new every day

ah balls I think my mams VR's rack is on the way out now :( on another note theres a bloke in this months Practical performance car who fitted a power rack to his capri, but then powered it using an electric pump from a marc A class. sounds like a top idea to me, what it was able to do then was have full assistance when doing slow speed manuevres and reduce the effect at speed making it feel more like a no PS car. Obviously this has little to do with this thread topic but I thought I would add it anyway. I will probablies not be going to that meet Jay, our lass is in hospital at the moment with a collapsed lung so I am spending all my time visiting and stuff.

whats the crack with tightening the bolts on onto chrome then? would it not flake off under the pressure?

I will dig out this mk4 rack shortly and take some photos. Only problem I will see is that the longer it is then the more bump steer you will experience. but I think we are only talking about a couple of centimeters in difference.

A Dax Rush would do it for me