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He's like a magnet for Corrado spare parts!

Hi Jon - could I take dibs on the ignition switch please - postage would be to Dublin, Ireland, so you might need to check it. BTW, what you have down as a PCV valve is a actually a silencer/damper box for the idle stabilization valve. Tehy often crack or fail, leading to air leaks and idle probs.

The "rarity" aspect feeds into my point that a Storm needs to be original. I'm not aware of any Storms having been ordered with any factory extras apart from what was in the brochure, except for the Diavia aircon, which was fitted by the dealers in the UK. The strangest part was that VW were quite happy to supply the badge kits over the counter without needing a chassis number or proof of ownership - over the years we've seen quite a few fake cars, especially in green.

Agreed - and volt/oil gauges and maybe heated black Recaros - but some kind of engine mod would have made them really special. There were quite a few factory extras that could have been thrown at it to max it out and make it stand out. I often dream about what the VR spec would have been like if they had kept making them until 1998 to the end of the Mk3 era, things like proper OBDII, working sunroof, 288 brakes, Teves 20 ABS, maybe 24v/3.0/3.2 engines or even a turbo...

That looks like a lovely example - enjoy. Love the colour. Do you have any more details on the spec and plans or is it pretty much standard?

Ha ha, is the gear shift not faster though because of the one on the center console trim, leading the better 0-60 times?

Spun off from: http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?109962-Corrado-VR6-Storm-deposit-taken/page4 The golden oldie question - why is a a Storm better/more valuable/desirable than a standard late VR, considering the relatively minor and few differences in specification, and considering that you could order a better equipped VR from a dealer? The only way to check that they are genuine is with VW, and they weren't even the last 500 RHD cars off the factory floor. Of course, the Storm badge adds 5BHP. Don't get me wrong, I've looked at Storms and even had a hankering after one, but they were nearly always in worse condition than other VRs out there. IMHO a Storm needs to be kept original and OEM to be worth having - or at least be capable and supplied with the parts needed to get it back to original. If you want to mod/convert, use a standard car. But each owner has their own take on this. Let's see what you think.

But I don't think there's any point at all in having a Storm over a normal VR unless it's an investment or original (why mess with it?) - it's two badges, a painted grille, CD changer and BBS Solitude alloys off a Mk3, and the blue paint was never used on a C, so that's it IMHO. Better not to start a debate on Storm vs VR - that's been done to death. Or we can start a new thread and have some fun! ;)

That's fair enough - I would have sold him the plate on it's own! The trouble with Storms is that they are only really worth that extra premium if they are all original - there's little point in a heavily modded "special" edition, even if all the mods make sense and add to the car.

Nasty stuff. Hate to see this going on. Traders are up to it all the time.

It's only rubber - I might have a spare one - I'll take a look later. Knowing me I bought four just to be on the safe side!

It's not a C specific part, so should be easy enough to come by - the sensors themselves don't fail that often btw, it's far more likely to be something wrong with the wiring or dirty contacts.

Unicorn poo....

Do you mean the three rubber inserts/grommets?

Looking good - what are the plans with the super charging? I was always tempted to fit a small oil cooler myself on the N/A car to keep the temperatures down to more acceptable levels (88-100 would be nice!) - I wonder if renewing the heat exchanger would improve things...

Red 1979 Renault 4 with the dash mounted push/pull gear change - paid roughly £600 for it - scrapped after a year as the brake system was completely corroded.

It could be loose on it's swirl pot mounts at the bottom of the tank - the rubber parts can perish.

This is what we've said already - if you can find a matching 4 bar pump unit, you can keep your old sender and swirl pot and just replace the pump body - the hard part will be finding a correct 4 bar unit, a lot of those owners on the VR6OC will be running 3 bar ones. I've just not been able to source one yet, so went to replace the whole lot.

The Z can be ignored and is not relevant - just a place holder. For example, my VIN is WVWZZZ50ZPK006xxx, where the P and the last four digits are the important bits - mine is a 93, and would be an early VR with a distributor, so red dipstick according to your info above.

A different end letter usually indicates a later revision or update - it may fit, or there might be slight differences. Some of the Google images results look near identical to the VDO one, but you'd have to take a chance on it - main things would be the pressure and the fitting for the supply pipe.

The Pierburg in the 2.9 ABV VR6 is definitely a 4 bar, as is the VDO fitted to later cars. Pierburg no longer make a 4 bar version, just the 3 bar for the AAA 2.8 engine - maybe they were discontinued early on in the VRs life, and this why VW switched to using VDO units?

Have never seen one yet, but I'm sure they're available somewhere. I'll have a look and see if there's a part number on it.

Hey Jon - sorry to hear you've left the fold (for now ;)) - always a pleasure having you on the forum.

Great story - best of luck with the car. Can't be many 16v ones over there - only G60 and SLC.

It just depends on what you want out of the car - they will look good for photos and shows, but if you intend it as a daily or frequent driver you will suffer unless you spend a lot of money getting everything set up correctly to allow for a wheel the car was not designed for. I just stick with 15" myself, happy with Speedlines or the BBS VR6 cross-spokes (which look a little like the LMs) I have on at the moment. VW Motorsport used to do a lovely 16" Speedlines for the Vento Cup cars, but they are very hard to come by. My only reason for ever going to 16s would be for bigger brakes.