steve_16v

Can you buy the Autoglym engine and machine cleaner, or CTFR from the likes of halfords? Anything that means I don't have to spend about an hour cleaning the feckers has got to be worth a try!

If it makes you feel any better the only tools in mine are the standard ones for changing a wheel

Looks a lot better, what colour is that btw?

Interesting, the road I usually drive home on occaisonally floods about a foot deep for 30m or so, always wondered if it would make it through. Never dared to try it though, getting stuck halfway through a load of filthy water (run off from fields) never appealed. As for the cricket, a draw was a pretty fair result, might have been a Pakistan win if they could catch the ball. The bowling was pretty bad from both sides though, hopefully Flintoff will make a difference for us in the next test.

Good lord I hope that's a photochop :shock: Seriously don't know who these people think they're going to impress with that monstrosity! Scarface video was class :lol: :lol:

£325 is still a lot but you get what you pay for and that setup will improve your braking massively, incidentally you can get the hoses on the bay for £64 delivered, here.

£640 is a lot but you don't need to do it all at once, see how you get on with just doing the hoses, fronts discs and pads first. Upgrading the rears discs/pads isn't really worth the expense for the benefits. Kev let us know how you get on with that vento pedal, sounds promising

Looks like it's been done well. Nice and low 8) The bonnet lip is minging though!

As far as I'm aware you can't get the RS15 in any standard VAG sizes. Shame because they do sound like very good pads. At the rate you change wheels I doubt they'd have time to do much damage to them :wink: DS3000s are pretty much race only pads, don't work very well and are horrendously noisy when cold, and they wreck your wheels. However, they are extremely good once warmed up. I think how much anyone likes a particular set of brake pads depends a lot on how they drive, plus it's only worth getting pads like the ferodo or pagids if you do a lot of spirited driving. The roads I drive on are pretty narrow and have frequent blind corners so the brakes get a good pasting, that's why the DS2500 are next on the list (only £75 delivered for 256mm discs). Maybe they just didn't suit your driving style? There must be a reason they're included in the AP package and come so highly recommended.

iirc the standard one from VAG will set you back more than £300 although it is a very good quality system. Loads of garages will be able to get cheap pattern replacements (Bosal etc.) but the quality is pretty suspect. If it does need replacing you'd be aswell getting the miltek to be honest.

RS15's are highly rated but aren't made for standard VR6, you can get the RS19 but they cost about £90 more than the ferrodo and have a lower braking coeff, or the RS4-2 which are £60 more and even lower coeff. What was it you didn't you like about the DS2500's? In terms of value for money I don't know of any better pads. They are fine on the roads as long as you get ones that work well at lower temps, but the compounds used in race pads tend to be more corrosive and chuck a lot out more dust so you need to clean your wheels a lot more frequently. Standard Corrado size discs create plenty of gasses that need venting and are big enough to take grooves without any ill effects. Certainly wouldn't advise them on cars with small discs though. Good call on the air line. Drilled discs are fine if they are good quality thick discs, otherwise they are prone to cracking and shorten the life of the disc, the only reason you can get standard sized drilled ones is people demand them for cosmetic reasons. If a manufacturer didn't do them they would lose sales to someone who does make them. Agreed, putting a set of grippy tyres will also make a massive difference to braking power.

My sentiments exactly, got a lot of respect for you building one of the best corrados in the world (and still used it as a daily driver!). If I'd had the money when you were selling I would have bought it in a flash. I hope you keep us up to date with the porka when you find one.

Do a search for mk4 rear calipers in Drivetrain, there's no doubt loads of threads about them. edit: had a look myself out of curiosity, you can get calipers from GSF (or a breakers), you don't need to change the carriers, and you will need a conversion kit for the rear brake lines (C&R Enterprises, or Stealth will be able to sort this out for about £30. The calipers are about £65+vat and from what I can gather most people do this to improve the handbrake, not the braking.

the mk4 calipers and carriers go on standard corrado rear discs, the fronts are 288mm which apparantly won't fit behind your alloys

Very nice! Those twin inlets really do look the business 8) Probably a stupid question but what's that shiny thing on top of the rocker cover?

There's hardly any weight over the rears so they don't need upgrading, the fronts do the majority of the work. Also, the the rears are perfectly capable as they are, after mine was lowered and the compensator valve was being setup there was a point where there was too much going to the rears and under hard braking the back of the car was skidding all over the place (ABS was disconnected). Unless you've got huge front brakes the only thing worth doing to the rears is putting on mk4 calipers and carriers.

RADO.001, whenever I've looked for brakes http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk have usually ended up the cheapest. They also have information about the coefficient of friction for the brake pads. As far as reading up about them goes your best bet is to look on the net for reviews of any specific component you're interested in. Just remember that there appears to be an inherent snobbery against all things non-Brembo. While Brembo's pedigree cannot be questioned, it must be particularly galling for a manufacturer with the repute of say Tarox or AP Racing to be dismissed as essentially second-rate by comparison by people who seemingly are more concerned with the writing on the caliper. Drilled discs are pretty much always bad news. On Porsches and Ferraris they are cast, not simply drilled. They're also much thicker than on aftermarket applications, even the likes of Brembo. My advise would be to get Ferrodo DS2500 pads, Tarox g88 discs and braided hoses. That set-up will make a massive improvement over standard discs/pads.

hmmm, nothing in it

Good question, trouble is none of the mags review brakes anymore because all the major manufacturers run adverts in their mag and they don't want to risk losing revenue by slating any one manufacturer. The last test was years ago and brake technology has moved on since then so unless you know someone that's tried loads of different brakes you're unlikely to get a good answer. But according to my friend who has worked for Tarox for about 5 years Ferrodo make the best fast road pads, and they are relatively cheap as well. As expected he reckons tarox make the best discs, I've not tried many different brake combos so am not one of the best judges but they certainly made a big difference to the stopping ability. Only trouble is pads don't last too long due to the masses of grooves. Maybe we should have a brake discussion thread sticky?

Unlucky there dinkus, still at least your car came off better than the jap crap, and you've still got your license

Yeah I do love silver rado's ..... but I only chose it because it's harder to make out the details if you choose black :wink:

ziderapple, have to admit mine ended up much like it is now, so then I forced myself to do something different and came up with this

Quality :) About time there was a Corrado one!

No idea how you both got 75kg? 15 gallons of petrol weighs just over 50kg (it isn't as dense as water)

Did anyone ever mention the Clio V6 in this thread? You can get them for less than £15K these days, shouldn't depreciate much either, might be a tad impractical as a daily driver though.