Andy Brookes

I have fitted a set, as in I have a clutch, brake and accelerator pedal. This did mean modifing the brake cover to remove the lug that is on the new cover. You could go for 2 clutch pedals as these slip straight on without mods. But you then do not have the piece of rubber hanging down on the brake pedal to stop you catching it with your right foot. The accelerator cover will need staightening as the new cover are curved and the pedal in almost flat. Cheers Andy

GPC do them, I have the Leon Cupra R ones in mine, they will know the part numbers.

http://rayvern.bigfathead.com/shop/index.php Look what I just found on the Rayvern website!!!!!!

Its a pillar Pod

are they good for those little sleeps at the services that you need to take now and again......sorry to take the piss but it made me roll!

i sold 2 leather front seats for £260 on ebay a while back, gives you an idea of what you can sell them for.

I'll second those sentiments Kev.

Cheers, that stuff is so much better than the old plastic sheet.

do you know the part number kev??

Thanks for the info, I did do a search but couldnt find it, found now though, cheers. Does anyone have any ideas on the fan bearing? Cheers Andy

Hi All, I'll be fitting my oil cooler soon......but while i'm at it I have decided to do a whole host of other jobs in the engine bay while I have the front end off. Including checking out the bearings on the second fan and the Aux Belt tensioner. Would anyone have the sizes or part numbers of the bearings that are used so that I can get some from my local bearing supplier before starting the job??

http://www.cult-society.com/_old/firma/heckblende.asp Just found this, avaliable from http://www.eurotek-online.com , though not listed on their website. If I remeber correctly the last time I bought an OEM rear panel is was around £45 from VW, so these are good value at £49.99 for eurotek or 61 euros direct from cult society. Wonder what the quality is like, whos going to get one to see???

We have a pipe bending section at work, but decided it was easier to buy the kit rather than search around for all the bits that are required. I dont think the price is to bad for the quality and amount of bits you get.

Darn, wish I had seen this earlier, bought some standard exhaust clamps from VW today at £32 for 3!!!!!! I nearly fell off my chair. The standard VW ones are good, but not as good as these. Bum bum bum!!

See the second page of this link for my newly installed Turn2 CAI http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?p=126267 PS, makes a nicer noise than the K&N induction kit Cheers Andy

It is the standard plate surround sprayed, looks good to me. Pics od the new exhaust, CAI kit and the relocated Carbon Canister.

Turn2 was second hand (but never used). Its the way forward! and not over priced IMO, the kit is well spec'ed, includes all the bits you need. The only bit that needs a bit of thought is relocating the carbon canister, I have popped mine just in front of the alternator next to the radiator, secured with a tie wrap around the lower headlamp mounting. Fits in there a treat for now. I may reposition it down in the inner wheel arch when I have the bumper off to fit the oil cooler in a few weeks. Rear end looks good dan.

Fitted Milltek Sports Cat, Full Milltek Exhaust and a Turn2 Induction Kit last night to the VR6........ made me late for work this morning as I couldn't stop myself driving the long way. What a combined noise the new stuff makes, the induction kit sounds very different to the K&N induction kit I had on there before. Its a very snarly hard edge sound rather than the deep bellow from the K&N. The sports cat has definitely freed up some ponies, the engine just fells like it breathes more, Similar effect to one of those vic's stick's up ya nose! So very impressed apart from the clamps that Milltek supply are absolute pants, they are too large, when fully tightened they still allow the joints to move about allowing the system to move about. Quick trip to VW this afternoon to get some standard clamps as they seem the best to me. I'll post up some pics later on.

there were some guys at GTI international running a 16v audi engine in the back of a yellow derby, they were running g60 management. It didnt run to well either. Surely this is down to trying to run a NA engine on a Supercharged management????

opps!

An explaination of the PCV taken from http://www.misterfixit.com/pcvvalve.htm PCV - what does it stand for? Positive Crankcase Ventilation. Let's pick that apart a word at a time and see just what this little piece of hardware does. Let's start with the word Crankcase. The crankcase of an internal combustion engine is that portion of the engine that contains the crankshaft (no duh), the connecting rods, the under side of the pistons. It is also connected via passages in the casting of the engine block to the upper engine, the valve train, the camshaft and the timing gears and chain. The most critical part of the above components regarding the PCV is the pistons. Fuel and air enter the combustion chamber on the top side of the piston where the fuel burns and forces the piston down. That motion is converted into rotary motion of the crankshaft via the connecting rods and the crankshaft. That is what drives your car. I mentioned that the combustion takes place in the combustion chamber. Ideally all the combustion gases which are in the combustion chamber stay there until they are exhausted via the tail pipe, however as engines get older (and even in brand new engines) some of the combustion gasses get past the sealing hardware on the pistons, the piston rings. As the engines age, the clearances between the rings and the cylinder walls increases and more of the combustion gasses escape into the crankcase. These combustion gasses contain acids and other harmful by-products of combustion which used to escape from the crankcase via a breather tube which exited into the environment. All that garbage going into the atmosphere makes smog and other breathing problems in our environment. In addition, the moisture in those gasses also caused sludge to build up in the engine, so the PCV system also helps reduce the sludge build up. So the engineers decided to capture all that stuff from the crankcase and ventilate it in a way that it becomes less harmful. Notice I said less harmful, not pristine. Notice also that we have covered the second word, Ventilation. What's so positive about Positive Crankcase Ventilation? It is called positive since there is a positive force that removes the combustion vapors from the crankcase. That force is vacuum - just like the vacuum that sucks the dirt out of your rugs and furniture only this vacuum is derived from the engine, not from a Hoover. Vacuum derived from the engine is a rather sensitive resource, that is you don't want to steal any vacuum from the intake manifold when the engine is idling. However, when the engine is running at highway speed the engine can afford to allow a "vacuum leak" to occur via the PCV Valve. It is a metered flow of air, controlled by a needle valve inside the PCV Valve. When the engine is at idle and vacuum is high the force of the vacuum overcomes the force of a spring inside the PCV Valve and it is closed down to allow a flow of about three cubic feet per minute. When the throttle is opened and the intake manifold vacuum is reduced (closer to atmospheric) then the spring in the PCV Valve forces the valve to open allowing up to six cubic feet per minute of flow to occur. So, what goes wrong? First, the spring can become weak or break and the valve will not open at all. This results in no removal of engine vapors and a build up of pressure in the crankcase. The air will actually flow backwards into the air cleaner. One symptom of this is oil in the air filter housing at the entrance of the PCV tube. This can also occur if the Blow-By is too high. Second, the valve can get gummy and stick in the open position allowing too much flow at idle conditions. This results in a rough idle or a stalling condition.

Thanks for the explaination Phat. I think I will keep the PCV stuff, but will do the throttle body mod. Hoping for good weather tonight to fit my Milltek sports cat and full system, along with a turn2 CAI kit, The C is going to sing after that lot!

have been thinking about binning my headlamp washers, now I have a use for that 7 litre washer tank and the high flow pump (may be a bit noisy though!) Question on the PCV bypass, how's it done and what benefits do you see? I have had a read up on PCV's and it seems that they help to stop sludge build up as well as helping to burn of the crankcase gases. I have also read that a sticky PCV will cause idling problems, maybe a cause of VR idling problems that a few suffer with, including me.

My daily driver is a Ibiza CLX 1.9d, I love it for getting to work and back, makes the C feel really special at the weekends.

Just having surf and found these pics of a Corrado Hotrod..... http://www.andylaurence.co.uk/20040502/