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was that the strove induction kit by any chance ??

have to agree with that, i noticed that my acceleration and general performance of the car suffered after fitting the bigger inlet manifold. its likely i will be changing back to the smaller one next time i see one up for grabs

my electric mirrors stopped working on the day i bought my car (two years ago!!) its starting to get to me now and I want to sort it. I have checked all the fuses and they are all fine and I pulled the door card off to see whats going on behind there with the adjuster and it all looked ok (i think). Anyone been in a similar situation ? or got and idea what I should check yet? cheers

i had my jetex system fitted the other day and it was knocking a little bit, however it was fixed by fitting some tougher rubber mounts from powerflex i think. Now it doesnt knock and it sounds well nice 8)

I went up to the local rolling road place today to see what power my car is making as its been feeling a little gut-less on acceleration just lately. The figures I got were quite depressing. It was putting out 115bhp at full whack there is sod all tourque below 4500revs and the losses are phenomenal I managed 80 bhp at the wheels !!! despite having 143000 miles which is a lot I know there are no serious modifications to it other than exhaust, drilled air box and the 50mm inlet manifold from the mk2 golf. i am going to have the compression checked soon to see whats going on there. I have a feeling that top end will need a rebuild. So to get to my point any thoughts on why it could be so bad and whats the average price for a rebuild if that turns out to be the case?? cheers phil :( forgot to mention its a 1.8 16v

i just fitted a jetex system to mine (full stainless) its the only system i could find to fit a 1991 1.8 16v it sounds very nice too...

i started to strip mine off the other day as it looks a bit gash only to find it leaves a load of sticky hard to remove crap under there. woe is me. :cry:

How much does the conversion cost just out of interest ?

instead of this custom down pipe would the cat bypass pipe from miltek do the job ??

just had a look at the magnex site and their range starts from the 1992 models onwards. As I have a 1991 I appear to have dipped out. Same for mongoose. and jetex are cat back systems as well. bugger !!!

I heard that magnex are quite loud tho.

looking for an exhaust system for my 1.8 16v. can anyone with a similar car tell me what systems they have? was going to purchase a milltek one through a mates business but they dont do one for the corrados that dont have cat converters. Most of the manufacturers seem to favour the 2.0, g60 and vr6 models. or am i not looking hard enough?? all help mucho appreciado phil

if they have any left next month i know where my money will be going !!! :-)

You can't get an induction kit for a 1.8 16V! They're K-Jetronic and as such you have to keep the airbox as that's also the metering head! : stroeve motorsport do an induction kit for the 1.8. it is essentially a cone filter with a heat sheild on the engine side and fits under the fuel injection stuff where the air box is at the moment.

stroeve do an induction kit for the 16v its about 120 quid you can get them from eurotek

Friends of mine are selling the road angel complete with the laser detector shipped to your door for the super price of £335 anyone interested can get more info from http://www.performancefx.co.uk or email mailto:[email protected] They can also do a good discount on any bulk buys so if anyone from the forum is interested dont hesitate to contact them. cheers

Hi I got some BK299's. they are sooo nice. Gonna put some pics up of my car when I get the paint sorted out and she looks mint !!

Thanks for the replies people, Lets say that I ignore my budget and put the lot on my credit card whats the all in cost of the 2.1 rebuild inc fitting ?? ta phil

I've got a 1.8 16v and toying with the idea of having it pulled apart and rebuilt up to a 2.1L so it has a bit more grunt and feel it would be a lot cheaper than a complete engine swap. My engine has 140k on the clock is it safe to go down this road or would a rebuild involve replacing the bottom end as well as the top too? One other mod i have heard of is to simply replace the 1.8 head with a 2.0 to improve response. Am I on the right lines here??. Any one able to give me some idea of how much these mods will cost? Im probably going to budget about 1000 to 1200 quid for the job is this enough? Brakes will of course be sorted by then and the suspension is already sorted. cheers phil

I have a 1991 1.8 16v, Its lowered 40mm and is running 17x7.5 BK299's 37 offset. I have no probs whatsoever in fact I have a 1 3/4 inch gap between tyre and wheel arch more on the rear wheels. By the way BK299's look sweet as hell on a corrado check them out I cant stop looking at them :)

This morning I started my car and it sounded quite rough like it was running on 2 or 3 cylinders. I remeber looking through my cars history to find that it has a bill to fix "only running on 3 cylinders" problem. My main worry is that this is terminal and means I have to fork out on a new motor just when I want to get it resprayed !! Its a 1.8 16v with 140000 miles on the clock !! Yeah it is a lot, is it to be expected at this mileage or could it be something simple like plugs and leads? One day I would like to put a 1.8t engine in but not this soon !!! Thanks in advance for any replies cheers phil.

I tinted my rear lights red to get rid of the horrible orange bit on them but my indicator now blinks red instead of orange. Is this legal and can I be failed on an mot for this?? cheers phil

All is well now I replaced the fuse that had blown. I think it happened when I took the car to the jetwash could have forced some water in there somewhere causing something that I probably wont understand. The bulbs I am using are some 60% brighter jobbies not too sure of the make but they are well bright and are a massive improvement over the lame ass standard crap !! buenos noches phil

Thanks for the replies people. Just been out and had a look, all conections are sound it turns out that one of the fuses on the new loom had blown and I diddnt see it first time round. If this happens again am I to assume there is a problem? cheers phil

Just fitted a trimsport uprated loom with great success (everything worked even with my mechanical ineptitude) only to find a day later that I have no main beam only dipped and side lights. When I put the main beam on I just get sidelights !! Like a total fool I binned the instructions and cant contact the guy who makes them any help on this matter is greatly appreciated. cheers phil