The_Dude

Hey, changing your user name is the new 'stretch' :D

Mmm fresh. 8) Nowt like a really red rado. Not sure whether to wash mu car or not. Too worried about rust, dings, scrapes and the fact it will probably rain! :lol:

don't think so...there were a few us queued to buy it tho, mainly for the 6 speed box! why did he not advertise it on here first?

Don't forget any changes you want to do need to be done by Friday night...

next you'll be telling us you're off on a caravan holiday :lol:

yeah, was a 'rocco for sure. __Andy__ didn't you used to be VeeDub21?

check out this dude's thread: http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=54660

What are you doing with those very tasty air vents then? :wink: :wave:

http://www.vwspares.co.uk/ http://www.gsfcarparts.com/ http://www.biggred.co.uk http://www.vagcat.com

Check out the link in my sig (the V9 one, not the F1 fantasy league) for an assortment of pics and two different sets of wheels.

Mine went thru the mot and they sit out from the arches. (see my thread below in sig for recent pics)

Do it....you've only got half the points of Philmo.

Yeah, you can do up to 3 a week, provided you keep in budget.

results in the first post lads and lasses.

I'd say you sold them just in time! :D They don't look that bad a stretch.

1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 644kg 2. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 637 3. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 646.5 4. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 661 5. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 659 6. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 664.5 7. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 650.5 8. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 673.5 9. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 679 10. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 673 11. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 679 12. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 697 13. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 690 14. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 682.7 15. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 690 16. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 697.9 17. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 659 18. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 648 19. Timo Glock, Toyota, 652 20. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 679.5 Interesting when you see the weights next to them too. Hamilton's heavy - is he running KERS? Good to Alonso running very light too, its an artificial grid position.

Dunno mate, sounds like you are running a 6psi V9 with those figures. Philmo has a similar setup on his and gets around 250 i think. Can you see the pulley on the charger (with a small mirror perhaps?) to work it out? With an engine rebuild and 8 psi you'd be looking at 280/290 easy. Or 10psi for a Rotrex.

Also, someone told me (so it might be lies!) the more consecutive runs you do, the more power it will lose due to heatsoak...chargers run very hot and produce a lot of heat, so they may lose a bit of powerrrrrrr after a few runs. What was the first few runs showing power wise or was it down from the very first one? And its deffo an OBD1 engine right? (I do know of a s/c VR which has an obd2, tho this was about 2 years ago and a cat C, I hope its not the same one!)

When he says its getting hot around 50 degrees, what was he referring to? What PSI are you running? As for an FMIC, what charger do you have? I'm pretty sure with my V9 it would be impossible due to the route the pipework would have to go, you should look into water to air chargecooling such as PWR etc, but those really need to be mated to a short runner, so you'd be looking at the best part of a grand once fitted. I don't know about an FPR, I guess its a good idea, tho I can't see what help getting the injectors cleaned would do, unless they are really old and gunked up and not spraying properly. Has it been remapped? Do you have larger injectors? I have FI as well and would be interested to hear others' opinions.

:scratch: But what did you do to your Corrado Jim? :wink:

:D

Qualifying starts in about 12 hours, so you have 11 left to make any changes to your teams. Practice sesh 2 results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/821/6612/

My old man has a Saab 9-3 turbo. Comfy, leather, aircon and a good motorway mucher.

Changed out the aux water pump for a new one. Now to see if my head is warped from the heat...

Well, he denies it totally, apparently its just "coincidence". Ha, yeah right. That is pure weapons grade Baloneyum. I can't say I blame him though, he's not Mr Popular around the boardroom and the past few years must have taken it out of his spirit. MW seems more than capable of taking over and he always comes across more diplomatic than Ron in interviews, so it may be a good thing for the McLaren/FIA relationship.