vr6banana

original colour, it started life as a G60 but was stolen and stripped, I bought it as more or less a bare shell about 8 or so years ago and rebuilt it into a VR. I ran the car for 6 years and loads of track days before selling the shell and a big pile of bits to Coxylad, but now she’s back with me ready for the 3rd reincarnation :lol: it just gets faster every time

i had a yellow VR6 8) now to be rebuilt with 1.8 20v power

I’ve had a Mercedes sprinter 5 cyl engine in the back of mine and a sprinter complete front axle, VR6 van :)

it’s not about the 2wd vs 4wd theory, it’s about the suspension you are limited with if your using all VW parts. so where would the 2wd vs 4wd theory be if you had a choice of a 2wd well setup car or a poorly handling 4wd car, I know the choices are a bit extreme but there would be a big difference in the outcome. Go 4wd by all means but I wouldn’t do it with the Rallye/Syncro rear end, I’d look at using the rear end (suspension, arms and subframe) off an Audi

nnoooooooo not the boot floor :shock:

but he won’t know what’s it’s like with the 2wd rear beam and will he fit a quaife etc if he’s going 4x4? if he runs it as it is he could have it on the road in a few weeks

sorry I was talking about on the track not under road conditions. I’ve never seen a Scooby with mild understeer, they tend to have massive understeer followed by massive oversteer and a magnetic pull towards the grass :lol:

this is what coxy's Corrado used to sound like http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videclips/fi ... 20ears.MPG

never seen (I’m sure there is one somewhere) a scooby that would live with either the golf or the Corrado in the wet, may seem far fetched but I have got hours of video’s to prove it

to be fair the rear end did very well in the wet, I lapped a nats faster than a Vectra touring car in torrential rail at Donny and lapped all but one car on the day, not bad for a 1.8t with no diff and only 2wd :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: this is what i think of the 1.8t http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/rant.wmv you know I don’t like them but it’s a means to an end :wink:

that’s looks close to everything

not as fun as I’d hoped, almost 6 years of fun in a VR Corrado but the Golf came up short. it was no slouch but I couldn’t see the potential in the car so I called it a day and started new plans

that’s if your running a rear diff but surely that means that the diff is possibly making up for a short coming with the rear suspension, if I went 4x4 I think I’d make the rear suspension and not use the syncro/rallye rear axle I don’t have a problem with 4x4 just the rear axle they use

the Corrado was much better handling than the Golf, rear end gave little or no feel and I couldn’t/daren’t keep up as much corner speed with the golf. I always asked myself why no Rallye had ever put in a good lap time on any of the track days I’ve seen, could it be because they couldn’t drive?? could it be because they didn’t dare push there pride and joy?? or could it be because they don’t handle as well as we think they ought to?? I don’t know the answer but I won’t use the Rallye/syncro rear end again. I could be wrong but I’ve altered the settings and the rear end never felt a patch on the old rear beam and it’s not as if I was cutting costs with the suspension/bushes/tyres etc

http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/in%20car0234.avi 11mb http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/m ... 20car2.mpg 1omb (you need to see the end of this one) http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/banana%20lap1.mpg 21mb http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/c ... orhead.wmv 7.5mb (phatty's car + track golf) http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/mallory%20mix.wmv 5mb (at mallory) http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/rant.wmv what i think of the 20v turbo or you can just look at my web site http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk

Paul, the MK2 was different, I wanted to sort the car out in 2wd (ie setup) before I went 4x4 but it became evident straight away that it wasn’t going to entertain me for long even with 4x4. If I were to carry on with the golf I would have put in a diff first and then the 4x4 after. what did put me off was the rear axle, no confidence in it at all, it may feel different with the rear diff driving but could that not be because it compensates for the poor characteristics of the rear axle???? Not sure without trying it but I didn’t see the point in developing something I wasn’t interested in. Ian’s building something I think he’ll keep so he’s time to alter and develop things bit by bit, if you change everything then how do you know what part of it is wrong if it doesn’t drive and handle like you thought it would, go the same way as they set up cars and bikes for racing, change one thing at a time (not literally but you know what I mean) ps: Mick just tries to kill everything I own anyway :lol:

?????? i had mine off the clock (160+)on the A1 (6spd 02M 1.8t) and it was still going, i was running 15's so i think you need to deduct 6.5% of the speed to compensate for the diff in rolling cir from the TT. i love the 02M but it's just a bit of a lump.

100's but not all of Corrado's, i built a 20v T MK2 for the track but now it's all goimg back in my old Corrado

I’d say (yet again) build and finish it in 2wd with a diff, get the car running and set up as you like and then if you feel you are suffering with lack of traction then fit the rear diff etc, how can you gauge if the 4x4 setup is better if you’ve not run it in 2wd first. As long as you make a diff mount you can still go back to using it as a 2wd car if you don’t like it as a 4wd. if you finish it as a 4x4 then it’s going to take you longer (and it’s about time you got something on the road) and you’ll be forever wondering if you’ve wasted your time and wouldn’t it be better just fwd. By finishing it 2wd then your loosing nothing, you just get it on the road faster and you’ve still got the bits to 4x4 it, you get to use it this summer and if you want you could put the diff in next winter. and as for the “I need 4x4 for where I live” ……..go buy a tractor if you do :lol:

VR6 pushing my brothers Audi S2 untill his brakes give up at Donnington http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/c ... %20off.wmv 1.3MB

another but this one is 33MB.... sorry http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/c ... 20lap1.mpg

in car video from VR6 Corrado on a club track day http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/d ... %20car.mpg 19MB

looks like it may be time for me to start and post on here again. a Corrado owner again :D

come on....get a move on D