Andywhammer

Coming late to this thread but I thought I'd add my two penn'orth.. :) I just sold my (Type 85) Audi 90 quattro that I'd owned for 8 years. In it's final guise it had a TSR Pack C head and Schrick cam (a good upgrade), Boge Turbo Gas shocks (excellent) and lowered springs (a mistake!). Even though my quattro had only the old 50/50 split quattro system there was no doubt that 4WD brings big benefits - especially on wet or iffy roads (plenty of those in the UK). It's just so easy to plant your foot and squirt off when the 2WD brigade are spinning their wheels and you can apply so much more power so much earlier in the bends that it has to be faster A to B. BUT, having said that, there are hundreds of things that go together to make a car "handle" and hundreds of things that make it fun to drive and 4WD is not essential to that. I'm currently thinking of a Corrado because I want something that's fun to drive above all, and I still have fond memories of my (original, proper) Mini Cooper S and my Alfasud and my Mk2 Golf GTI.... All that I've read suggests that the Corrado is a good-handling, fun car! So, 4WD will make the car put down it's power better - no doubt about it - but it might not make it "better". :lol: PS - The Audi TT is not a quattro - it's Haldex 4Motion. We quattro snobs think it should be badged as such.. :mrgreen:

Interesting stuff! I'm a Corrado newbie :oops: but I plan to get a G60 and then breathe on it a little. What I have in mind is a pulley and induction upgrade (c.190bhp??) then possibly going Nitrous Oxide to look for around 240bhp. Does this sound reasonable? My last car was an Audi 90 quattro with a TSR Pack C head and Schrick 272 cam. It went well enough (roughly 160-170bhp)but I fancy something a bit more nimble and sporty. How well do Corrados handle high power outputs without 4WD? :shock:

I'm not yet a Corrado owner but I'm thinking of buying one because I've always been a VW/Audi man and I've always liked the Corrado. I fancy a G60 because they're a bit oddball! :D The only thing that I'm not keen on is the look of the front end. None of the mods I've seen improve it to my eyes but there must be something available to make it look better. Does anyone know of a twin round headlamp conversion, like the Kamei ones that were available for Series 2 Golfs?