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Will a Mk4 DBW pedal work with the Mk5 R32 ECU?

I have heard that some R32 lumps have been known to do 200k+ miles with only normal services, that's with standard chains and even clutch! I wouldn't worry about doing chains at 60k really, would be a waste of time and money!

These bushes also keep the caster under heavy braking as they are solid rubber as apposed to the design of the standard Corrado ones which lose caster under heavy breaking (more caster means more straight line stability so less squirming under breaking). I can't take credit for knowing that as I haven't got them! Kev told me it :lol:

It's booked in! :clap: The insurance were starting to be barstewards, I rang them up to check progress and they said that they are concerned about the cars age so they need to send someone out to assess it! I dropped the car off at Stylehaus so Steve could go through it with him rather than me as I was at work anyway. And I had some more belting luck, the guy who turned up to look at it was an old mate of Steve's who used to work at VW and once owned a Mk1 Scirocco :clap: So he fell in love with the car, told the insurance company it uber rare and minty mint and it's good, it's gooooood! So we booked her in, unfortunately not until the beginning of April as with the show season just starting Steve is a very busy man! But he's going to order a bumper in the mean time and do that so he doesn't have to hold the car as long. In the mean time I will do some other jobs to it that I need to do to refresh it like bearings, brakes, ball joints etc etc and then start the R32 after it's all repaired and back to minty mint! I can't wait to see it when it's finished, he's going to sort out some bad areas which have bugged me for ages! I'm also getting the rear tow eye smoothed, the rear badges apart from the VW badge removed and smoothed and possibly the rear wiper hole smoothed but haven't decided about that yet!

I'm really looking forward to seeing this car on Sunday! It's so tasty it's now my desktop background :D

Saw it today and bloody hell Sean could your car possibly be anymore perfect!! :lol: Seriously though well done on the feature, it's very well deserved!

Also worth checking out the 'Show Us Your Drops' thread HERE for some idea of heights.

Did you find that on www.lastmonthsnews.com Karl? :lol: It's a stunning manifold! One day I will have one ... one day I might even have the R32 in the car as well :lol:

Nothing's happening at the moment mate :( been waiting for the use of a second car, which I have available now and also the use of a lockup or something to do it in and now have a nice big empty barn with electric and lighting etc available which is all good. I just need to get my arse in gear and order the downpipes and other bits I need and I can start the R32. However I am going to get the damage fixed first before I take it off the road so atleast the bodywork is all good and then just needs the engine!

He's aiming for 800BHP and it has gearing which would permit 226MPH... say no more. He said he'll be happy if he can get it 200MPH. Assuming he's feeling brave enough, and can find a piece of track to do it on (Bruntingthorpe?). He said that, even 4 up, with the boost dialled down and running it in (so never going above 4k), and never using full throttle it'll put you back into your seat. Gotta try and bag me a ride in it next time! :) Fcuk meeee that's going to be a beast!!! :shock:

Yeah i'm really looking forward to seeing it finished as well! :clap:

Well I spoke to the insurance today and it's all go! I told them I'm using Steve Denton at Stylehaus whether they like it or not basically and they said that's fine but they just need to agree the quotation by taking a look at the damage themselves, Steve said that won't be a problem. Then once they say it's all good then she's booked in for the work ... with extra work done tidying it up yay!! Steve couldn't help enough and keeps telling me not to worry it will soon be a really tidy corrado again :lol:

Update, I rang up her insurance lastnight to give them my insurance details and everything seemed ok. However she asked me if I have had the damage assessed and I told her about taking it to Stylehaus and she said that they usually do the repairs :pale: I made my point clear though that the car is not an every day car and that Stylehaus has extensive experience with these cars and I trust them fully and that I would like them to do it. She just had to take his details and they are going to get back to me today .. so fingers crossed! I shall damn well fight my corner with it though, Steve was real top bloke, would be such a shame sending it to a bunch of strangers!

:lol: Sorry, must have been another awesome corrado with beige TT/porsche interior, mx5 wing mirrors, 24v engine and running gear and corvette wheels. My mistake :lol: But seriously, you have one awesome corrado there, made mine look so normal!

Exactly, thats the first thing he pointed out and then asked me if there are any other bad bits, i showed him a few other little bits round the car and he's going to see what he can do :clap: He's currently working on another corrado project so i'm looking forward to what he does to that 8)

Cheers for that Andy, sounds like you had a winner in the end! Mic, yeah it's sh*t luck really and will put the R32 on hold for a bit, don't know if that's good or bad as I'm also trying to buy a house :shrug: Anyway quick update, I got a call from the eeeevil woman who hit me and she has told her companies insurance who have took down all details, she's told them it was her fault and everything, I just need to ring them with my policy number etc and then it's set to go. The best news though, I went to see the legend that is Steve Denton owner of Stylehaus in my lunch break to show him. Turned up only to see Renshaw's (now Vick N's) superb corrado that I had never seen before in the metal, and what a car :notworthy: that's having some work done which i think Vick is doing to make it his own, I won't go saying what's being done in case Vick doesn't want anything said. Anyway told Steve the story and he said as it's her fault I can choose my own bodyshop to do the work, he will do the work and will sort everything out with the insurance company and he is going to do a bit of smoothing as well as patch up few other bits round the car at the same time!! :clap: So as long as the insurance company are cool with me using Steve then this will be the best things that's happened to the car :lol:

That sounds like it might be similar with me as it's not really that damaged, just slight dent in the rear panel and bumper slightly pushed forwards so i'm guessing it would be an easy enough fix. I have just been worried that they will just see it as an old car rather than my pride and joy and a fairly rare modern classic and just write it off. It would be good if I can choose where to get the repair work done, atleast then I can do my homework and build my trust in them rather than someone just turning up and taking it away!

That sounds both scary :pale: but also good :lol: hopefully I can get a similar outcome with mine!

Hi Paul, Yeah I was looking at Judith's thread earlier. The damage on hers looked a lot worse than mine does and the repair work looked top quality so it boosted my confidence a bit as i know mine could be sorted out easily enough. I don't know any repair shops in my area though so I will need to get looking! I know there is Stylehaus and Premier who do a lot of custom bodywork and resprays for VW show cars so I might go and see if they do insurance repairs.

Yeah it was definitely 100% her fault and it was her company car so company insurance will hopefully pay a bit more 8) It is definitely repairable, it's driving exactly the same, the boot even opens and closes (with a bit of a push to close it) so if what you say is true i should be alright. I'm going to go and get a quote in my lunch break and go from there really.

Hi all, As title suggests some silly bint went in to the back of my car at traffic lights lastnight, i'm pretty peed off to say the least :( So i'm just after some advice and opinion really. I haven't got any pics of the damage yet, but it doesn't look very bad, dent in the rear panel which has popped the seal at the side, bumper unmarked but its all slightly pushed forwards so the bumper sticks out in the arch a bit. I have her details and am going to ring my insurance today and tell them about it and give them her details to get it sorted out. I'm just worried that they will see it as too much work for the price of the car and write it off :( my dad seems to think it will be an easy job to correct, slight bit of pulling/jigging and then just some filling and spraying. What do they usually do about getting it sorted, do I need to find someone to do it and get some quotes or are they just going to get the car collected and take it to someone they choose? I'm hoping I can choose the bodyshop myself so I can have a good chat with them and get to know their work so they understand I want it doing as good as possible! And also if they can do few other small bits at same time would be a bonus. Cheers for any advice :) Rob.

I drove my C round europe last summer. I went from UK to France, drove up to Amsterdam through Belgium etc. Then went down Germany stopping in Osnabruck, Wolfsburg, Ingolstadt, Nurnberg, Munich. Through Austria stopping at Salzberg and some random small towns. In to Italy (only top part in the mountains although visited Modena one day), up Italy in to Switzerland stopping in Davos and Geneva. Back in to France and drove south to Gorge du Verdon and then back up to UK. It was awesome and the C is perfectly capable and a great cruiser. Mine however had problems but they were all to do with a supercharger I put on mine that packed up. When I put it back to standard it made the rest of the trip effortlessly. And you get plenty of attention for it as I didn't see another C the whole trip! Highly recommend it!

Dave how much will the CrazyController be? If not too expensive i'll be taking one of them as well please :D

I received mine and Yeti's brackets yesterday and they are a great bit of kit! Dave sir you are a legend :notworthy:

Is that the part number for the bracket or tensioner? I need to get the mk4 PAS bracket for mine so a part number would be rather handy! Do I need to change the tensioner with the bracket or is it just the bracket I need in order to run the VR's PAS pump etc?