Sean_Jaymo

I'm interested, will look more into it over the summer! My wife has gone so I can't have her being the only one!

Ah that's a shame! There are only so many hours in the day! To spend more of them sat on here would be a waste :)

I think it is the discussion of the month, most of the forums I frequent have this discussion going on somewhere. Similar story, nobody is particulary convinced.

Do you have a build thread Dox, I'm intrigued as to what you are capable of building!

Will do mate, I've just been out with the tape measure to confirm my measurements, I'll get some drawings made up.

I'll draw you up some basic dimensions later swifty. I've got the workshops at work to make me up some brackets but thanks for the offer, it's very kind of you! I'll look at getting some videos for you over he next few weeks or so Reca.

I would, but the standard exhaust I have is silent at cruise so it would just be a video of a car going down the motorway!

I move around the country a lot with work but yeah you do get to know everyone! It's quite good around here but the UK as a whole is very good for dub stuff. You don't always see the old stuff but on show days, there's tonnes that come out of the wood work!

Yeah, a few hours from Manchester, I'm from the other side of the country, between (the original) Lincoln and Boston about 5 minutes from New York Village (population 180!)

Glad you enjoy the British forums, shame that American forums tend to be rubbish as there is a huge wealth of information over in the states. VW Vortex is particularly childish. That's just my opinion anyway.

Nice one :)

It'll be cool if it were more regular :-)

He does keep saying how much he loves them!

I'll make some up to get the fans to fit but to get the car back on the road I'm going to use those nasty through radiator fitting kits that come with the fan. Should have a set of brackets made up in a few weeks hopefully!

Yeah, I'm going to start a collection!

Does this mean you will have 2 sets for sale then?! Personally I think 16" is the holy grail on a Corrado in terms of the balance between looks and performance. A nice light 16" probably weighs less than a stock Speedline and they're a fairly light wheel to start with!

Well you would like to think everyone would do that to start with :-)

Bridging section will be fine!

You're telling me Chris! I was very slightly concerned hen I saw the state of things! It's an 11" Revotec suck fan, I'm on my phone so don't have exact dimensions, but a quick look on their website will help out with further details if you want. Best price I found was from Burton Power. A nice little side effect is that I get to ditch the half a horse worth of weight that was bolted to the radiator. The old fan and frame assembly isn't very light! I did think about a push fan but a lot of tuners recommend pull fans as being more efficient, that and I don't want to limit myself when it comes to aircon/intercooler fitment in the future!

These cars will test your patients and potentially your wallet. Parts are available on the whole but are a bit more pricey than maybe a modern Focus for example. Engines tend to be reliable and so long as it has had the chains done by 140k or so and it doesn't puff oil on the over run, you tend to be alright with them. Sometimes sensors will go like any engine and it can take some diagnosing to figure out what is actually wrong. There are plenty of active people on here who will help and guide where needed. Problem areas; Some cars are rot boxes and others or similar age or mileage can be absolutely straight, it's one of those things and only a through look around a car will help. The cooling system is pretty over complicated and not really up to spec so make sure the car doesn't run hot, IE above 100 when sat in traffic. Fixes tend to be cheap enough though. The cabin HVAC is weak and prone to failure and a new control panel for instance is £80 second hand or double that new. The window wipers are pretty useless and most upgrade to Lupo aero ones The lights (like mk2's) are crap but its £40 or so from a member on here for a plug in yourself upgrade loom The sunroof is prone to failure. Usually the slide will fail but the tilt will remain working. There are other problems but these tend to be the most talked about ones. Don't let this put you off, it's a great car, unique and quite fun to drive, even by modern standards. Hell, the VR6 will even do 30mpg if you drive it gently! I'm on my second, plenty are on their 5th and considering I've had a 911 and Lotus Elise since I last owned one, this is the only car I've ever bought 2 of! Be patient in your search and don't buy a nail or it will cost you in more ways than you realise!

I think I prefer evil to nice.

Waiting for a new slimline to be fitted!

I had mine done last week and I agree the difference is truly impressive! Grin inducing on the right roads that's for sure!

He didn't get a particularly warm welcome from memory. I personally would just prefer to use V Power or something else of that ilk. Horses for courses though.

Nothing quite like a well setup car :) Always good to find another good garage as well.