PhatVR6

I'ts not about the looks......I couldn't care less if my Schrick VGi was bright pink with flowers on it, as long as it still works the same that's fine by me, It makes me laugh when people say they wouldn't buy one because they don't like the look of them....when simply, it's because they can't afford one. :roll:

no, f*ck off and start a swissol thread, ths one is about zymol.

that's me. :-P

you don't add a 6th for top speed. a taller 5th will do just as good. You fit a 6 speed, and change the other ratios too, to make 2nd 3rd and 4th closer together, making 5th a far more useable gear.

http://www.clubgti.com or you can see me on the night and get a membership form.

There's clips under the manifold for the plug leads.

I'm the regional host of the Harrogate CGTI meets now, so I'm there every month.

Show us a power plot first. Need to see where all your torque and power is and how far it revs. also, how do you drive? do you use the torqu in the midrange or redline it everywhere? do you do any track days or drag racing? do you do many motorway miles?

Check out those rims!! Do you fancy a set of Centra's for it? very 80's, Zender used to use them a lot on their demo cars.

is that an SLC front bumper? or a UK one filled in?

That brake lights mings!! why fit one???

get a new ring gear for the flywheel then, it's a seperate peice Is the starter motor OK?

I doubt it, as the golf will be on an 020 rod change box. what's up with yours? can't you have it skimmed? have you considered a lightened one?

Poor corrado :cry: :roll:

No, it's mucky again now! at least the muck will wash off easier now too :D I'm going to do the engine bay, inner arches and floorpan too, the muck won't be able to stick to it. I'll get some proper pics when it's sunny and I've cleaned it again. some that'll show the colour a pit more. and I'll do the wheels and tyres this time too. I had a cracking photo of the Corrado badge reflecting perfectly in the back bumper, but because it was getting dark I couldn't hold the camera still enough for a decent long exposure shot. The paint really is as shiny as the windows, I can't believe how much better and newer it looks, I'm truly amazed that a few tins of liquid (albeit a £100's worth!!) can make such an improvement. If you have a dark car, you need zymol, you really do.

yeah, I know the tyres needed doing, like I said, it went dark, so I gave up. 4 hours polishing was quite enough! I'll never use autoglym again.

I have, but not on this PC, I'll post it up later on in the week.

What can I say...WOW! this stuff is amazing. I cannot belive the amount of filth this stuff just brought out of my paint. The car has literally changed colour too! gone is the mily purpley colour, and now it's a deep gloss black in the evening, and a beutiful deep aubergine in the sunlight. fanatstic stuff, not sure if it was worth te £110 I paid! but it's certainly knocjked a good 5 years off the age of the car, it looks showroom fresh now! I went for a kit, not just the wax. as good as the wax ism, you really need to go throught the cleansing process to get rid of all the tar spotts and oxidisation on the paint. I recommend it highly to anyone who has a dark car, the sheen it's now got is like nothing I've ever used before. I'd take some better pics, but unfortunately it went dark and I had to use the night time mode, which is a bit blurry without a tripod :D :D :D

It sounds to me like the end of youe speedo head has fell off insode the gearbox and is causing you shofting difficulties

mnt, I think that's 18 or 19 sets now! well done guys.

I've done about 4 chain jobs on VR6's. on one of the the chain was making a right racket, eventually it jumped a tooth and bent 3 valves. the anti friction liner was n the sump, all broken up, and the chain had been running on the metal! I never found one of the rivets.... had a lump that'd "allegedely" done 110K. the tensioner on that was wearing out, but the chains were still nice and tight (cam alignment tool still fitted nicey). I changed the tensioner blade and chains as a matter of course when I swapped the cams (the engine was out). then a week later the head gasket went! typical. I've currently got my original 2.9 engine in bits for a new chain job. does anyone want any pics of anything in particular whilst it in bits? never tried the updated parts yet.

Stick it on the mortgage or credit card! they sell for £800 second hand on ebay anyway so if you get skint just sell it on. you can sell yor old 2.9 manifold to some american for a good price too don't forget.

Stevemac is, I'm from York.

A few notes from my own personal experience. When I first fitted it, I noticed a HUGE gain in mid range torque, and found out I didn't have to rev the car hard at all. Note that also fitted 268 cams at the same time and my ECU was already chipped as it hit the limiter at 7200. I went to santa pod in the car (the first day I had it on the road, officially :wink: ) and noticed it felt a bit flat about 4000rpm. I put this down to the cams, but carried on regardless. anyway. on a few roundabouts on the way to the pod I noticed tha car seemed to be really flying, but on others it felt a bit flat, but I couldn't work out what it was. I had a sh1t days racing, only got a few runs in, and my times were poor, high 14's all day. Anyway, on the way home, the sun had gone down a bit and I noticed I could see the light on the schrick controller. and it wasn't changing colour about 4000rpm (i.e, the manifold wasn't switching). I pulled into the services to fix it and my mates carried on. I sorted it (bad connection) and couldn't belive the power! The mid range grunt was still there, but the top end poke due to the cams was now evident and it was flying! I tried to catch my mates up, but got pulled for speeding. Unfortunatley, 4000rpm in top on mine is 100mph, and that's when the power was really coming in. Hd a bit of a play with some pr1ck in a jag who wouldn't leave me alone, and ended up getting pulled at 132.35mph!! Did a track day at Kames, for the clubgti national day. I did most of the track in 3rd gear, using the midrange to smoothly pull me round the corners (as opposed to ringing it's neck and spinning the wheels). managed to get a 3rd place! after the 6 week ban was over, I did curborough too, and again, the torque I had was immense. I could spin both wheels in second gear from one corner to the next (keeping it under control due to the diff). although it was an all out racer, I did drive it daily. and the mid range grunt was utterly fantastic. when I took the cams, schrick and gearbox off the car before I sold it it felt awful. I took it for one last run up the road and I couldn't believe how gutless it felt. It managed a peak of185lbs/ft at 3500 on my 2.9, and gave my mates 2.8 an extra 30lbs/ft at about 3300rpm. he was nearly crying when I took it back off him. all in all, a fantastic peice of kit for the VR6 engine that works wonders with cams, but also gives huge mid range gains. not a horsepower or drag racing mod, but if you drive your vr6 daily you'll not regret buying a schrick VGI. An electronics expert mate of mine is currently developing anew controller, with an adustable dial and digital readout of the switching rpm.

use the genuine VW stuff.