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That all depends on how well you know the MOT tester :lol:

I can't imagine driving a car with the throttle pedal at the same height as the brake, you'd not be able to heel/toe on downshifts and that's not right :lol:

Had a similar thing years ago with an Astra GTE, turned out the 110/95W headlight bulbs were drawing more current than the dip switch could handle and it was getting hot and smoking.

Hillman Imp with Greetham Engineering 998 engine, twin 40 Webbers, lowered on Spax adjustables, Viva (yes Vauxhall) front disk conversion, 12" 5 spoke slots and real black glass rather than modern stick on stuff. Plus a zillion other mods only my bank manager could possibly tell you about. I'm sure it would seem pretty tame these days but almost 25 years ago it was a flying machine! And you think Corrados are unreliable :lol:

I thought about buying the DIY kit yesterday when I was in Halfrauds as I just bought my daughter a Ka that seems to have very weak aircon but then figured if I spent the £30 or so on the stuff and it didn't work as it needed to be vacced down I may as well have visited the local a/c man. I've spent a bit of money there in the past with a new compresor/regas for the S3 and then a gas job on the Corrado climatronic install so I'm sure he owes me a free check on the Ka! That said, if anyone has any good experience of the Halfrauds kit I'm willing to listen. :)

Yes, I fitted one when I did the climatronic as it was already getting close in there!

Good work Tony, whered you end up taking the supplies from?? Was it a squeeze to get in?? I took the supplies for the controller from the ECU in the end, pins 22 and 23 after reading a post from cheesewire on fitting a schrick. The vacuum was easy as I already have a tank for the climatronic so I just robbed the connection to that, need to get a T piece for it later as the a/c only blows on the screen at the minute! It was a major squeeze to get in though. As you suggested the front panel had to come out to get at some of the bolts, I managed to get the rad/condensor assembly a bit further forwards on the driver's side (maybe 10mm) but then had to mod one of the condensor brackets to get the headlight back in. I also packed the driver's side fan away from the fan bracket by 5mm to stop it rubbing on the schrick, it's about 2mm clear of the rad now though! Last job of course I had to grind a lump out of the bonnet rib for clearance.

Fitting that is a good day's work, still needs a bit of tidying up but I'm hungry! Drives well though 8)

I was looking for a photo on my pc of the condensor/rad install but don't seem to have one. To get it to fit I had to carve lumps out of the front panel by the driver's side headlight and through the top of the slam panel and plastic panel for one of the pipe fittings. Also the driver's side fixing brakets top and bottom of the rad are moved back by approx 40mm. The condensor was originally in a Passat so they must have more room to play with under there. That said the plastic panel is still in the right place, albeit a bit modified so I might be OK.

Can't wait Goldie, just hope I can squeeze it in past the rad as mine sits a whole lot further back than standard due to the huge climatronic condensor I had to get in there last winter, I can see it being something of a challenge! Reminds me that just a year ago the Corrado was abandoned in my garage with plans of selling up and now I'm on the look out for grey recaros, planning an HID conversion and maybe 268s too. It's a bit like when I bought my first valver 12 years ago :lol:

This arrived in the post yesterday from Germany, can't wait til I get home next weekend now to get it fitted 8)

Download vag com from http://www.ross-tech.com/ for free, buy a cable from Ebay (mine cost about £15 inc post from Germany) and get your license from ross tech for $99.

There's an input to the ECU from the A/c that makes the revs jump when you switch on, it's not simply the load on the compressor does it. The gas would be the obvious place to start if it runs but doesn't cool.

Scary, the sort of crash peolpe didn't walk away from a few years ago :shock:

I believe we just saw a piece of history made there. Anyone reckon he'll not go all the way to champion this year??? 8)

I've never owned a G60 although I did drive one way back in the days when I still had my valver, it was one of the reasons I decided to get a VR, not because I didn't like the G, rather that I realised how much better the Corrado felt with more grunt than I had at the time. One thing I did notice when I first bought the VR though was how much less agile it felt than the old one, probably due to all the extra weight hung out over the front end. Never notice it now anyway! It's seven years since I traded up and the VR was a big investment in those days, a fair bit more than a G60 at the time, nowadays the price gap has got a lot narrower so that is less of a consideration. There may be a big difference between standard G60 power and VR6 power but it's not too expensive to get an extra 30 or 40 bhp from the charged motor, the same cannot be said for the VR. Of course no matter how much you spend on a G60 you'll never get the V6 sound track :lol:

Welcome to the forum and Corrado ownership, from Chestefield myself, still live there but work away a lot these days.

Welcome to Corrado ownership and the forum. Started with a 1.8 16V myself about 12 years ago, be careful with these Corrado things as they can become addictive :lol:

I've always used just ATF, no special brand or anything, never heard of any colour other than red/pink colour. Can't see that there is anything special about Corrado power sterring, it's pretty much like any other car.

I didn't buy the OBD2 manifold in the end as there was a an OBD1 one on ebay.de that I bought instead. Can't wait to get it fitted now to see what all the fuss is about :)

Thanks for that cheesewire, I'll have a look into it then.

I have the chance of buying a Schrick manifold but unfortunately it's OBD2. What is the difference between an OBD1 and an OBD2 manifold, and can the OBD2 be easily converted to run with my VR6 Corrado? Welding and machining is no problem for me but I don't know what other differences there might be. Cheers, Tony

I went to look at this C a month or so ago with a plan to transfering the interior and VGI into mine but decided against cream seats in the end, still on the look out for some grey recaros! Well sorted car you've got there with a seious amount of history 8)

What holiday? At work, all weekend :(

You're going to need a new drier too as they don't like fresh air getting into them for more than a few hours apparently, if you don't know how long the pipe has been missing it's sure to be fried.