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Long overdue update!!!! Corrado had an MOT today and passed straight through! not bad for a car thats hardly moved in 2 years!!! Started her up and she fired away first time and sounded amazing! Drove like an absolute dream to the test station and back again. Will miss the sound from the engine tremendously but unfortunately she needs to go as I cant justify having two toys and also she is the most expensive of the two to run. So she is now up for sale on ebay as well as this forum. will be a bargain for any one who buys it. Oh and this is my new toy [ATTACH=CONFIG]78623[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]78622[/ATTACH]

As above http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=301188823324 will remove the listings if sold through the forum

Re listed due to information change and update. Corrado now has 12months MOT and asking price is reduced to £3000 [/size] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After Spending all year fighting myself and generally having a good hard think about what I want to do with the car as well as taking everything into account I have decided its time to Part with my Corrado. Its not a decision I've taken lightly but it just feel right, I havnt driven her all year and the year before when she was on the road I hardly drove her and think she deserves to owned by some one who will do what she was designed to do and that is be driven. Originally was a VR6 but had an engine change 2 years ago due to the original engine being scrap. The engine was replaced with a 2.8 24v out of a Bora 4motion. The engine conversion was carried out by Graham from DG Autotech and no expense spared during the process. The car is on about 160K miles (will have to double check) Engine had 60K when installed (I've probably done 2-3K max since then) Whilst the engine was out the steering rack was replaced with a reconditioned one. Custom exhaust manifold with De-cat and Jetex exhaust system. Other mods include Koni Adjustable coilovers, rear strut brace, Generic re-map and de-badged grill. I had her on a Rolling road not long after the conversion was done and she made 199 bhp and 220 lbft of Torque! She is slightly down on bhp due to two things 1. The generic remap, a Revo or Custom Code map would probably see a lot better results. 2. Due to the engine layout the air filter is positioned directly behind the radiator. Relocating the battery and extending the intake hose would solve this problem. Either way this car is great to drive, as soon as you put your foot down the power is there. On the rolling road print out the Torque graph looks like table mountain, it comes straight in and just flat all the way across. Mechanically this car is sound and only upgrade I would consider doing is upgrading the brakes to 288mm. Only thing this car need to make it look its absolute best would be some paint work. For a car of its ages and millage the body work does show it slightly. No visible rust on the car at all. Only problem with the paint are chips along the front, the odd little dent and a few scratches. During my owner ship I found a thread on a detailing website where a professional company done some paint correction on the car and the have photos showing how thin the paint is on the front. Due to this, the scratches cannot be polished out otherwise you'd probably polish through the clear coat. Ian (GlousOx) has recently had the front end on his DBP corrado resprayed for a very reasonable price and the work was really good, I recommend speaking to him to find out more about this. Only other bad point on the car is the sunroof doesn't work On the inside it has Half electric leather Porsche Tombstones in the front. Extremely comfy, nice tight fit which stops you sliding round in hard corners and just look amazing in the car. The rest of the interior has immaculate black leather rear seats which have hardly seen any use and look pretty much brand new. Only thing needed to finish off the inside would be leather door cards as it still has the original black cloth ones. The parcel shelf has some professional fitted 6x9 and the parcel shelf supports have upgraded speakers too. Parcel shelf supports straps are 100% intact. Power, earth, control and RC lines will be left in the car running under the carpet from the front to the back. Only thing needed to make the sound system work at its best would be an amp. She has a set of 16" Cades Eros Wheels with gold centers and polished lip. The wheels real finish off the car and have the perfect amount of dish. 4 good tyres all round with plenty of life in them. I am looking for £3500 for the car which I think is an absolute bargain considering the engine conversion would set you back £3K if you was to have it done and even more of a bargain when you consider the car comes with the best part of another £1k worth of goodies (seat,wheels,sound system ect) and 12 months MOT. Now of course anything this good has a catch and the only catch with this is there is no TAX due to the car being SORN for just over a year. Thanks for looking and feel free to ask me any questions and viewers are more than welcome to come and look at the car. Here are the photos

And mine is for sale ;) Currently at 199bhp but I think thats down to the conservative map on it (getting a Revo or Custom code would defo increase it) also the air intake is right behind the rad. Move the battery and extend the intake into its place it should make a difference too. But currently has 220lbft despite the things mentioned above and the torque curve is like table mountain so tones of power. Pretty confident if the above bits are sorted it will make even more torques :D would imagine it could get round 210-220 bhp with the above things sorted. unfortunately its the AUE so doesn't leave much for tuning options but everything that can be has been done (de-cat, jettex exhaust system, cone filter) just sort the above and itll be quick enough without the extra weight of the R32!!!!

On my conversion Graham from DG Autotech had to get a digital box of some sorts to convert the signal from the engine so the counter would work! Might be worth giving him a call to find out more as I cant really remember much about it

Welcome to the forum mate. Check this link out for a buyers guide http://wiki.the-corrado.net/the_corrado_buying_guide_checklist.html Also I would suggest broadening your search as the only difference between a storm and a normal VR6 are mainly the badges! some will say 2mph quicker in reverse too! You can get some pretty decent standard VR6's which will be better than some storms out there. Best of luck with your search and dont be scared to ask questions

Just watched it on 4OD. My god they are nuts. Had sweaty palms just watching it!!!!!!!

Thanks any way guys :) Dont suppose either of you has a friend that knows their bikes at all that wouldn't mind checking it out for me?

Hahaha I'm glad one of us is switched on :bonk:

This one here mate. Just waiting on a reply as to exactly where it is http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/suzuki-gsxr-600-srad/1044247294#photo-content

Wondering if our Scottish members can help me out at all. Some of you may know i'm selling my corrado as I want to get a bike! There is a bike I like but its all the way up in Perth and Kinross in Scotland. So was wondering if any of our Scottish members nearby knows anything about motorbikes or has a friend that does? And could possible check this bike out for me? I'm willing to cover petrol money and some beer tokens too! :thumbleft:

John button farther to Jenson Button has passed away. Sad news as he always seamed like a really nice guy http://www.f1today.net/en/news/john-button-passes-away

Happy new year every one spare a thought for us lot working tomorrow!

Had a blackberry vr6 follow me down the A38 yesterday at about 3.15 Untill you turned off towards Dursely was as lowered and had tinted front lights.

That sucks dude but the main thing is you're ok. :(

Or buy mine with the conversion already done

Nothing wrong with having 2 toys ;)

Its here mate. It's on page 2 of the for sale threads http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=82995

No not at all! Shame you don't want a modified one as mine is for sale ;)

That looks great

Thanks mate a lot of blood sweat and tears have gone into that machine! Well ill it'll be around till after Christmas that's for sure :)

Nothing wrong with the 2.8 24v engines either it's a great improvement on the vr6 engine just doesn't have the induction roar! Mines for sale in the for sale section ;)

After my off I could do with a front wheel! Maybe a rear shock.

Ya I know what you lot are saying. Will see how this auction goes then if it's still here I'll wait till after Christmas to get it tested. Only thing I know it might fail on is the emissions due to it not having a cat but as the engine is different I'm not sure what the out come would be.

Well I've re-listed the rado. If it doesn't sell this time then I'll wait till after Christmas then I'll get it T&T and try as in