The_Dude

Fresh! 8)

Damn straight. And don't even think of seeing your girlfriend until its done. :lol:

Is it an orangish bronze colour with the front end being just a massive intercooler? yeah, that's a big turbo job. Read about it in Redline, think it's over 500 horse IIRC.....in a Tigra :cuckoo: :lol: Better than a Corsa! Mark Gunn's Corrado is awesome, saw it at the Pod last year. Fast as fook. I await more videos showing turbo malarkey. :D

I'm willing to bet someone will step up and be a man. Not sure about the See Also links section at the bottom which references The Third Reich! :hitler:

Rollcage on the outside, off-road style! :lol:

Dark C parked at C&B Skips somewhere between Salisbury and Grateley. Saw it from the train.

Season 15 dude so you haven't missed any.

I wouldn't worry about the engine bay at shows, no one says you have to open the bonnet! You'll get more interest because of the interior anyway. I've found that most VW shows have cars that are pretty much standard, ie no huge bodykits, neons, lairy paintjobs, etc

Its back boys and girls :clap: There's another tea party with a brand new reasonably priced car, Jeremy looks at 3-wheelers and James gives the Hilux one more challenge. I'm glad its back, but they're not exactly pushing original ideas any more. :( EDIT - want a monthly TV guide for new shows? Go here and click on the orange link "add shows to your filter" to choose from a lot of new and currently airing programs. Useful if you are a torrent user and just generally helpful for reminders!

No, just undo the clips and pop the top of the airbox off. You might have to take off the intake pipe just after the maf to be able to lift the lid off.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! For one you'll ruin the lovely lines, and secondly you'll provide nice access to your engine bay to any local scrotes. You can't do that to a nugget pal.

Looking fresh buddy! One thing that did cause it to lose shine was the bonnet foam coming into contact with the top, so maybe watch out for that. Have you got any other engine mods?

mfa1 is for that particular journey, mfa2 is an average of all your driving since you last reset it. you also have average speed, avg. fuel consumption, outside air temp, trip mileometer and timer. the oil temp is a bit high if the water is only reading 70 however and you wouldn't want it going much higher. normal water should be 80-100, going up to 105ish in heavy traffic. check out the "definitive VR6 cooling guide" in the engine bay section of the forum, it should help with troubleshooting. edit - beaten to it!

Glee...now there's a wrongly named programme.... :pale:

Are you sure? :camp:

I think there were 9 of them, on sequential F number plates. And all red?

one of the press cars i see. proper corrado history right there. my mates got a press rado[/quote:2kq8uuct] another one of the press cars i see. proper corrado history right there. :grin:

That was pretty quick!

one of the press cars i see. proper corrado history right there.

Well that's what I thought but if a mod tells me I can then I can. If I've had a bad experience then I should be able to share it regardless. I was initially wary to name and shame as I know that lots of people respect Vince and Stealth so that's why I've only told of my experience and not gone critiquing other work they have done. I should also point out this work was done over a year and a half ago. Karl I think its more about the way you were posting it, it was more anger than criticism. Though I remember and fully understand why you were so p*ssed off and don't blame you. I've had time to cool off and though I'm still angry about it, I can put it aside as time is a great healer.

Yummy yummy! Could you give me hi res pics of numbers 10, 11 and 16 please?

OK, you asked for it. There's making mistakes and there's being sloppy and taking shortcuts. I believe Stealth did the latter when they fitted my supercharger. I'll start with the service. When I rang to get a quote on fitting and mapping I told them exactly what I had (everything that was needed for an install) and they gave me a quote of £600-800 +vat. When I got the bill it was £1200 +vat. I had factored in for an underestimation of maybe £200, but didn't expect it to be almost twice as much. I drop my car off having driven 3 hours from south London and am virtually ignored. I get asked for the keys and a phone number and that's about it and the mechanic starts to walk off. Bearing in mind they are in the middle of nowhere I ask how I can get to a station. I get a grudging "oh I suppose I'd better call you a taxi then" Damn right pal! How the hell did you think I was gonna get home? You didn't even bother to inquire if I had brought a mate in a second car. No, you just walked off. (also bear in mind that DG are also in the middle of nowhere and have no problems giving lifts to and from the station) Two weeks later I go to pick up my car. Again I am ignored when I walk into the garage (having paid for another taxi), I'm looked at by a couple of the people who work there, including Vince, who then go back about their business as if I wasn't there. No "can I help you?" So I walk up to Vince who is remapping and tell him why I'm there. "Ok, be with you soon." About 40 mins later he makes an appearance and then I am presented with the bill. On it is a few things that weren't mentioned when I booked it, which have bumped up the total. Grrrrr. Which is where we come to the install. They fitted the Mocal oil cooler in the nearside wheel arch instead of in front of the radiator, which is where it is in every other Corrado I've seen. Because of this they have to have specially long hoses made (for £50!). I had also supplied what Mocal had told me were the right hoses but Stealth told me were for a 16v? So why didn't they tell me so I could get them replaced for free instead of ordering the extra long ones at my expense? The location of the fit is very curious. Not only has it got coated in water and road grime from the wheel, it smokes in rainy traffic which was very disconcerting the first time it happened as I thought I was on fire, but two winters later and its going rusty and gets really dirty. At the time I had 18" wheels on and the mounting bracket at the top of the cooler only just missed the wheel by about 5mm when stationary and level. I parked on a hill at the time and when I reversed and turned it would catch the bracket and began to tear it open. Once I saw oil appearing on the wheel I had a look and rang Stealth who replaced it for free. Well, when I say free, it cost me £60 in petrol to get there and back and I used 5 litres of oil topping up on the way there. It was also very dangerous as the nearside wheels and brakes where covered in the stuff as I was driving along and I had a couple of hairy moments. The bottom of the car was also utterly coated. "Well you won't have to underseal for a few years" said one mechanic as it was up on the ramps. Ha f*cking ha you muppet. You should have checked the clearance when you fitted it and leave the smart arse comments to yourself. A few months later I am getting more issues, it would stutter and occasionally refuse to rev, especially when I had low fuel in the tank. I take it back up and mention this. It gets taken out and tested for 5 minutes and is pronounced healthy. Vince then tells me that I need a stronger spring in the diverter valve as the one they supply isn't quite up to the job. OK, so why didn't you do this when you installed it? (tho I didn't say this at the time, I was just relieved that it wasn't anything more major. Or so I thought). Another £60 of petrol wasted. I get about 10 miles from home, getting low on fuel again and just about to get off the motorway when it won't rev so I pull onto the hard shoulder and then it won't start. I get towed to a local garage where I describe the symptoms and they say that its probably the fuel pump. Which it is. Another thing missed by Stealth. And now the MAF wiring. As you can see from the picture I have posted they used crimps instead of solder. What the hell were they thinking? They obviously weren't trying to do a decent job. A year later I was having running issues again. More stuttering, hesitation, stalling and the engine would cut out for a second and I would lose all forward momentum, often just as I was pulling away from the lights. I trace this back to maf, located under bumper where I can't see it, but if I wiggle it the problem goes away. Quite embarrassing and dangerous when you have to pull over in traffic and hop out into the road and lie down to do it. I can even make it the revs change by poking the wire. It gets worse and worse so I decide to convert to OBD2 and end these shenanigans once and for all. Up to DG it goes and as Graham is taking it for a drive he can tell something is wrong. He reaches under and gives the wires a tug and 3 of them pop off. I mean come on, even an amateur like me knows that the maf wiring is pretty damn important and should not be extended using crimps. Which lastly brings me on to the head bolts. I now know that it is essential to put on non-stretch bolts to ensure they don't stretch under boost and cause head gasket failure. This was not mentioned when the install was done and sure enough a few months ago I am doing a prolonged high speed run on a private runway when they failed. Luckily I limped home, but that was it. I'd had enough and needed a change. So those are my reasons why Stealth won't ever get my business again except for forum dyno days where they can only rev the engine. If Vince reads this he needs to have a serious think about both his attitude to customers and the attention to detail and quality of work on special installs. Considering the V9 conversion was meant to be something they were pretty much the best at, I have found the quality to be severely lacking.

The water pump I presume was done by the muppets who did the rebuild before I bought the car. Storm in Plymouth. The suspension and water injection was done by Tuning Werkes in Croydon. You may know them, they are a sponsored advertiser on ED38. They couldn't even get the water injection working, when I picked up the car they said, "oh yeah its all working, the lights are flashing on the controller" so I take it out for a drive and don't notice any difference. I look in the manual (which they also had) to check what the lights should be doing and lo and behold they flash when its inactive and are constant when it injects. At no stage does it go constant. I take it back and they say they will ring Schimmel. Two weeks of silence pass and when I ring them the word is "schimmel said its not really worth it for your setup and that the pump can sometimes stick on" Bullsh*t says I, bet you didn't even ring him, but I've had enough and take the car back. So they have charged me for this install, not got it working and then said they can't/won't get it working. I take it to DG who set it up properly no problem. The suspension felt odd not long after it was fitted and the steering quickly started pulling to the left, but I put it down to bad alignment caused by the shocking roads round here. As the car is at DG having the injection looking at I ask them to have a look at it as well. Turns out the nsr top nut wasn't done up properly and the rear bushes were fecked. Again, Tuning Werkes took my money and didn't fit the parts properly. Amateurs. (I actually got them fitted the other way round, suspenders first then injection, but it was quite close together and I hadn't had time to realise how shocking they were) I'll post about the maf a bit later as there was a catalogue of errors in that install and it will take a while to write...I'm not gonna say who did it as its a well respected garage used by many people on here, but if you look back thru my posts in this thread its pretty obvious. Unfortunately some folk won't hear a bad word about them. :roll:

They say two weeks but I think it will take a little longer.... :-( But it will be worth the wait..:D Oho yes indeedy. You're gonna have fun.

That photo makes me really miss my car...its been quite a while since I saw it. I must say its looking a bit sorry for itself. :( I'm glad I decided not to break it for parts, but I don't think my bank account is too happy about it. Anyway, an update.... The supercharger and water injection is sold. :( I have sourced a nice cheap block thru DG (thanks guys!) and a rebuild is in progress as we speak. :clap: There are some bad things I'm finding out about my car though. I'm not going to name and shame the garages responsible, but my god, I wish I had some mechanical knowledge as I could have saved myself a lot of wasted money. Such as the water pump being welded to the block. :censored: And the "custom plate" which was fabricated to hold my water injection pump turns out to be a crap flat bit of rusty metal. 2.8l 24v Climatronic system.pdfIMG_6807.jpg[/attachment:2nw1hxgj] Done by the same garage who fitted my coillies and forgot to do up the nearside rear top nut. No wonder it felt odd. :brickwall: Then there was the maf wiring, source of a lot of my running problems methinks... Crap maf wiring.jpg[/attachment:2nw1hxgj] Its taken me a while to find a garage who I trust and that give good customer service, but DG Autotech get my vote. Nice guys, totally genuine and friendly who want things to be done right and and what's the best for me and my car, and not just to take my cash and do a half-assed job.