Ben-B

Just don't do what my mate did... His Mk2 GTi got a flat battery (he lives at the bottom of a long but not too steep hill), so four of us pushed it up the hill, took 5 minutes... then he rolled it all the way down trying to bump start it... get to the bottom and its still not started. One of the other guys was in an exhausted rage and asked how were you bumping it... *shows him putting it in gear and lifting clutch* That did it, he got in a rage and screamed "YOU'RE SPOSED TO TURN THE F***ING IGNITION ON YOU C***! Don't think I'm pushing it up that hill again" :lol:

Like his music or not, most people I know appreciate that there is a cleverness to his lyrics that you rarely find in songwriters

Well, I'm at my mates in Garforth (east Leeds) the saturday night, so I won't be at the show I don't think, but I'll be on the M1 on the way home, just not sure what time yet :lol: I'm up for a Yorkshire meet some time soon though... And if anyone fancies coming and seeing it let me know and we can organise something Joes old mk2 was rapid when it was only running on 5 cylinders :lol: But with a car like that, they're very light, but they're not the best handling, so I reckon he'd have had me on the 1/4 mile, but I'd have owned him on a track. (In all fairness I do have "dustbin lids" behind those wheels according to Joe) so maybe the track comparison isn't fair You heard his plans for the Vento?

Thanks... took two mates for a spin and one nearly choked on his own tongue when I gave them a demo of how good the brakes are :lol: Bought some car mats (to stick in my old car for when I sell it), thought I'd see how they fit in the Rado, fit pretty good so they're staying. They're not bad for £14, so think I'll get another set of them for my old car when I sell it. Here's some interior pics. Also stuck my AA first aid kit under the arm rest, where the standard one usually goes.

I'll go get some now

Would ruin the look Irrelevant :camp: This guy speaks sense Thanks mate

Oil pressure switch maybe?

It's not often enough that someone bumps a thread that's over 4 years old :lol:

:lol: can't fit a pram in the boot of a Rado, sorry

Gave it a couple of litres of oil, as there is a tiny leak from the sump gasket, and it's also putting out a bit of blue smoke when it gets above 5000 rpm, so it's at the top of the dipstick line now, should give me a bit longer until it gets to the bottom of the dipstick line. Also took my mate out for a quick half-hour blast in the Peak district (From Sheffield down Rininglow road, out to Hathersage, come out at Hathersage, past the Fox House, then back along Hathersage Road back into Sheffield - http://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source ... 8&t=h&z=13) 15 miles... average of 11.9 mpg apparently :lol:

Ben-B - My first pet was a frog I found in the garden. I called it Stephen Hawking, and after a week it had died, possibly due to its diet of fishfood pellets. - I flew a plane without a (flying) instructor before I drove a car without a (driving) instructor, although I got my driving licence before I got my pilots licence. - (Strange when you consider that I am a pilot, but...) I have an irrational and inexplicable fear, hatred and deep suspicion of helicopters, yet I'll still be at the front of a queue to go and fly in one

It's not much, literally just several drops and that was it overnight... there's not much oil anywhere in the bay or on the subframe, so I'm not worried that it's too big an issue.

I can't wait, but realistically it'll be a couple of months. I need to pick the gearbox up, then once I've got the flywheel and clutch, I'm getting someone I know (of) to fit it all for me. It might be October or November, but hopefully it'll be on before Christmas, and if not, it'll just be a case of finding a time to fit it all

The ride is not bad at all for coilovers. At some point I think I might get V2s, I had damper-adjustable suspension on my old car and I'd like it again I think... so I can stiffen it right up for the track, soften it right down for the pot-holed roads round here, and somewhere in the middle for a good blast out in the peak district (just took my mate for a blast out the top of Ringinglow Road, down to Fox House then full circle back down Ecclesall Road, and it handles really well on those roads, just occasionally if you're accelerating out a bumpy corner the wheel will skip a bit, but not badly Yeah that's fine Bill, it's actually my favourite pic that one :) Like I said to Matt, just took my mate out in it, he had a Mk2 golf with the 2.9 VR engine in it and he said he can tell there is miles more torque than his had, but he was begging me to get it remapped cos he wants to know what it'd be like (he's planning on VR'ing his Vento, then charging that later on) Noticed there is a slight leak on the sump gasket, but it only seems to be when the engine is running (there was only a tiny patch after the car sat on the drive overnight, and there's another same sized patch under the car now but it's not got any bigger since 5 minutes after the engine was turned off) The engine burns oil as it gets closer to the redline to, fine until about 5000 rpm then starts to chuck out a bit of blue smoke, so thought best to check the oil and top up... So it's just had a healthy couple of litres of Mobil 10W-40 to take it to the top of the dipstick level line. I'll look at replacing the sump gasket, and when I do, also sticking a baffled sump on, maybe even a baffled alloy one from a 4Motion or R32 or whatever they're off??

Yeah I reckon after I take a few mates out for a quick spin today, it'll be close to empty so I'll fill up and see what the real MPG is. Like you say, I'm not sure whether to trust it or not, I mean, the speedo overreads (compared to my TomTom) by about 4-5mph... so 70 on the clocks is only about 65 on satnav... but that usually underreads by 1-2 I think. I will definitely keep the VGI for now... I'm not sure whether I'd go turbo or supercharger though... I love the whine you get with sc's, but the sheer tunability of turbos can't be written off too quickly That's the main reason I went for this one... because to get it to this spec (and that's what I'd be doing eventually anyway) it would cost so much more, even if I bought a nail Well after yesterday's effort on the motorway, I've decided this car is a real cruiser... a country road blaster, VWs version of a grand tourer almost... and whilst I'm sure it'd do good on the track, I think you're right... Don't get me wrong, I'll still take it on the track, but I might not track-slag it completely... but if I did get a knackered valver and strip that, it'd be a long way off I think :D I know, I was so surprised it wasn't snapped up before I got my deposit down on it :)

I got 27.2 today, bringing my VR back from Billcor who I bought it off. That included around 150 miles of twisty A and B roads, more or less 150 miles of cruising at 90mph on the A1/M1, and a couple of top-speed attempts (I chickened out when I got to 135) I reckon on a conservative 60mph motorway cruise, I'd get mid-high 30s

Cheers Ben, hope you had a good run home, will be keeping an eye on the gallery when you start it :salute: Yeah was a really fun drive back :D Surprised I did it all on one tank too, cos the noise you get above 4000 rpm is addictive Already created my progress thread: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=95819

As some people may have noticed from my signature and his f/s thread, I bought Billcor's tuned VR6 off him. He was selling it at a bargain price, considering the work that's gone into it, and when I saw it I thought it's something I can't ignore, so I spent 10 hours on the train to go view and test drive the car, and put a deposit on it the same day. Then today/yesterday I spent another 5 hours on the train to go collect it... As far as I am aware... here is the specifications... (Bill or someone else may correct me if I'm wrong :lol:, I'll be looking through the vast number of receipts in due course to see if I've missed anything). Here's Bill's thread too: http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewto ... 11&t=46677 - Schrick VGI (variable geometry intake) inlet manifold - Schrick 268 cams - Skimmed and reconditioned cylinder head - Big bore throttle body - Supersprint 6 branch heat-wrapped exhaust manifold - Milltek hi-flow sports-cat - Milltek cat-back exhaust system - BMC CDA - AmD chip - Brembo 323mm 4-pot brakes - KW variant 1 coilovers - OZ Ultraleggera 17x8 wheels - Audi TT front seats, original rear seats retrimmed to match - Vibratech front engine mount - Lupo GTi wiper conversion I've been told by a few people that with a remap it'd be somewhere between 230 and 240bhp. Others say more, some say less, but we'll see... There is a Rolling Road printout from September 2000, when the car had the Schrick manifold and AmD chip fitted. I'll try scan these in at a later date, but for now, the results are as follows: - Maximum Power Speed 5552 Rpm (110.5 Mph in gear used) - Power at Flywheel (Corrected) = 205.3 Bhp - Power at Flywheel (Measured) = 198.9 Bhp - Power at Wheels = 143.7 Bhp - Power Loss (Transmission, Tyres, etc) = 55.2 Bhp - Maximum Torque speed 3668 Rpm (73.0 Mph in gear used) - Maximum Engine Torque (Corrected) = 238.8 lb ft - Maximum Road Speed reached in Test = 124.0 Mph - Maximum Engine Speed reached in Test = 6231 Rpm There's also 2 power and 2 torque graphs, I assume one is the before and the other is after... so if that is the case, then here is the improvement... BEFORE: 188.7 Bhp @ 5558 Rpm, 192.7 lb ft @ 4213 Rpm AFTER: 205.3 Bhp @ 5552 Rpm, 238.8 lb ft @ 3668 Rpm GAINS: 16.6 Bhp, 46.1 lb ft My immediate plans are to fit the two rolled front arches and undented passenger door that Bill supplied with the car, along with general cleaning it up, giving it a good polish, fixing up the interior which has a few issues (heater fan only working on speed 4, loose handbrake cover and dash etc). I want to take it to Awesome GTi for a full service and checkover as soon as possible too, just for peace of mind. Also I want it put on a rolling road (as much to find any hidden faults/problems as to get a power readout) and get it weighed at a weigh bridge. That way I'll have power/torque and weight figures for how the car was when I started MY progress. May even go to a RWYB day at Santa Pod and get some 1/4 mile times too. Longer term, I'm gonna be putting my mark on it, changing a few things, such as the wheels. The bodywork isn't perfect, although it is fine for now, and the intention is to get it resprayed eventually. I'm constantly keeping my eye out on ebay for bargains, and will be looking out for a new smaller steering wheel, perhaps a bargain pair of seats, couple of smaller things, then see what's what. Other plans are to swap out the damaged and polish-stained splitter for a smaller version, that won't catch on pavements and speed bumps, and also get the VW/Corrado/VR6 badges sprayed satin black. In the interest of it running as best it can though, I'm gonna remap it as soon as I can afford to take it to Stealth, not gonna take it to anyone but an expert, and Stealth are about as good as it gets with VRs from what I've been told by VR owners. Also looking at polybushing it sooner rather than later, the standard bushes will no doubt be worn by now. When I can afford to, I'll get a second car, daily driver, and turn this into a less practical car... stripping it to lose as much weight as possible for free, then start the more expensive weight saving, carbon bonnet/boot etc. Eventually I intend to turn this into a track monster. So here is the car from when I went to test drive her. I was looking on the Corrado.net forum and found a group buy from several months earlier on the Wavetrac limited slip diff, so posted in the thread asking for reviews on it. One of the guys who hadn't got round to fitting his (greasegriff) offered to sell me his, as he received it, so thought that was an opportunity I couldn't really miss. I then noticed on VR6 OC that Neal was selling a Gemini 6-speed gearbox... so I put a deposit down on that too. Here's a description of how the Wavetrac diff works, for anyone who's interested: http://www.wavetrac.net/technical.htm The Gemini box uses the same final drive as the standard box, and same ratio 1st & 2nd gears, but 3rd-5th are all shorter than the standard box, with 6th gear slightly longer than the standard 5th. Basically, the Gemini box has fitted an extra gear between 3rd and 5th compared to the standard box. To improve acceleration I could have lowered the final drive ratio, but that means I'd have had a short top gear, the 6 speed box is the best of both... close ratio gears for faster acceleration, but without having to rev bollocks off the engine on the motorway. I won't be fitting them straight away though... I'll get the diff fitted into the gearbox, then I'll wait and get an uprated clutch and lightened flywheel, then fit the whole lot together. Only one full working day after paying, the Wavetrac LSD arrived. I already have a quote, direct from TTV, for a lightened flywheel... now I'm just trying to sort something out with Helix for a paddle clutch. Here's the diff and fitting kit: Here's the pictures from after collecting her: Just under 300 miles from Bill's to mine... did it on one tank, with a final average MPG of 27.2, which included about 150 miles of twisty a and b roads, and a lot of 85-90 cruising when I hit the A1/M1. The way the car pulls is just staggering... even up a rather steep hill in 5th gear, the car will be doing 80 and still accelerate, the torque and power is unbelievable... coming off roundabouts, one burst of throttle and you're already doing over the speed limit... after a few seconds you're getting close to licence-losing speed. I'm just gonna have to get used to being a bit more cautious... in a car like this I could easily rack up points, I've kept my licence clean for nearly 4 years, don't want to start collecting SP30s now!

Billcor... Bought his VR6 off him, really helpful and a genuine guy, top bloke

Paid for it and drove it home :D Keep an eye out for the progress thread in the Members Gallery

Great thread you have there Fay, really liking that blackberry colour too :)

On the website TP/TPFT were both more expensive than I'm now paying fully comp :lol: I have a fairly high voluntary excess, but also I managed to get them to come down on price a fair bit by saying "X company did this" or "Y company have quoted me £300 less than that" etc They're also letting me use 2 NCB, even though my 1 NCB is on my other policy at the moment, and I won't have got 2 NCB until that policy ends in September. Can normally only use NCB on one policy at a time, but if they say it's ok and I've got that in writing, who am I to argue

Thanks :) Yeah I've heard that going round with an instructor on your first few track days is invaluable. It makes sense that experience is worth more than anything else (look at how fast that German lass got the Transit van round the Nurburgring on Top Gear, I sure as hell wouldn't get a VR6 round that quickly yet)

Nice thread, I'll be keeping an eye on this. Sounds like you're very experienced with track days too, got any tips? I'm hopefully looking to get a bit of track time this year, or next year for sure

Will be looking to service my VR fairly soon... so thought now might be the time to put in some decent spark plugs and leads etc Are there any favoured spark plugs and leads for improving performance on a VR6? I've had a quick look on a few sites and found various leads, but was wondering which Corrado VR6 owners think is the best? What difference does the size make (ie between 7mm, 8mm and 8.5mm)?