PhatVR6

Just been talking to Chris on the phone. I'm not sure whether I bored him unconcious or what, but he let out a bizarre groan, then I heard a rustle and a thud and it all went quiet!!! I kept saying "Chris, CHRIS???" but no reply!!! then I could hear some woman in the background waffling on. I daren't ring back!! can someone go check on him!! He's not replying to his MSN either!

Skoda Octavia VRS? EDIT: DURRR, didn't read the last page....(and you'd already told me you were getting an S3....)

30 is +12V permanent. IIRC that wire os the power for the lamba probe relay, but I may be wrong. follow it, where does it go? it's a power source for something.

go elsewhere, these are the sort of people who wouldn't pay out in the event of a claim because you've changed the valve caps, or ran it in optimax or something. I had some stupid company like this, and they wanted an engineers report for changing from a 2.8 vr6 to a 2.9. they classed it as an engine conversion....idiots

howdy lovely mk2 that, I think I may have seen it before (maybe in the future, as per your date on the above pic!)

my mate made a mk2 cage fit a corrado. then again, if it won't fit a mk2, it probably won't fit the corrado either! take a few measurements and see how far off it is.

and that will also fail the the MOT, as there doesn't appear to be the rubber clip holding it to the front strut.

damn, that's nasty! I so didn't want it to be true. The only thing that's been keeping me away from the ring is a rollcage. I wouldn't dream of taking any car on that track without one.

I was gonna say! no way would you be spinning them in 4th!! Well done for getting it on the road at last.

No further comments your honour.

Anyone know anything about this? my mate just mentioned it and asked if I'd heard anything about it or if I knew who it was. Anyone we know??

oh really..... So now a "big heavy V6" handles now does it. Shame how the exact same excuse is used when it comes to slagging off V6's and praising the 1.8T. Last year VR6's didn't hanlde for sh1t........ As for the "pub wall". I was 20 years old, and I was driving like a twat at the time, I admit that. I've grown up and learned a lot since then. Obviously you haven't. I'll see you at Croft next year and see what happens.

No, just yet another case of me proving myself, and yet again all the old trolls who can't handle it crawl out from under their rocks and drag up some old story from 10 years ago.

no, I shut him out because all he could do was go fast down the straight and i was sick of being stuck behind him and having to dawdle round the corners.

like I say "I heard a rumour". I don't talk bollocks, I say what I see. And I see you being a fucking gobshite It was my first time on that track in that car too. Edit: Childish swearing removed - could I suggest you don't try to circumvent the swear filter in the future and perhaps invest in expanding your vocabulary instead.

one monged brake pad! me and coxy. probably somewhere near a 110mph+ corner by the looks of the lean (on the body roll and the occupants!) ooh, carbon bonnet. Shame there were no Corrado's there, I'd have liked to see a performance comparison between the corrado's and the other cars out on track.

yes, it's a torque mulitplier. there has to actually be SOME resistance on one side for it to perform. it will not lock if you only have one driveshaft, or if you have a wheel in the air.

yeah, bikers use their mirrors. daft young lad in their "souped up" ibiza's don't. so to avoid the situation of there being a possibilit of them not seeing you, you are meant to wait until they confirm this by signalling to the right. of course, when you've killed you brakes, you sometimes can't help overtaking them and driving aroudn the outside on a bend! just heard a rumour that the ibiza in question is gay and all his mates can't handle the truth

try earthing to part of the ORIGINAL shell rather than the syncro floor.

yep. now turbo the bugger! (and 4wd it too, ESP and Haldex is brilliant! see my Croft Circuit write up)

balls, posted wrong vid. will get the right one up shortly.

I love them. Black centre are THE only way to have BBS's. i wish I hadn't sold them now! thos other BBS you had on the other week looked pap though.

note the elise thats one lap after another. look at how much I gain on him! thanks to coxylaad for the camera skills and geordie commentary...like,, y'knaa,, marra.

I use the Mk4 as a daily car and my Corrado is my project car, BUT seeing as the corrado is a pile of bits I thought I'd take the mk4 out. Breif Spec 2001 V6 4motion, BDE engine (I took the 3.2 out and sold it, I need the money in order to keep the mk4) K&N panel filter Milltek R32 race cats Full R32 supsension, including ARB's, quick ratio rack, cast wishbones, the lot. 18" R32 OZ aristos with pirelli pzero rosso tyres. Carbon fibre bonnet. Got there really early, as I wanted to change the wheels. I'd borrowed a set of 17" Compomotive MO's, with my old Toyo R888's on them. fitted 3 of them, then found out that one (typically, the last bloody one) had not been machined right, and the cnetre bore was too small to fit over the hub. so, back to my road wheels...... First session was pap. I had a steering angle sensor fault, so the 4wd and esp wasn't working. it was understerring like a wet pig, absolutely awful. Luckily, Allan Fishburn, from The Golf Centre, DArlington was on hand with his VAG-COM so I recalibrated the sensor to get the 4wd working again. I can honestly say that I will NEVER won another FWD car, it's absolute crap, I cannot stand understeer. 2nd session again was a bit poor, no grip. Came in, front NS tyre had no writing on the side of it!! checks pressure, 14psi!! oops! pumped em up to 30 and tried again. Much better now. I tried a few laps without the ESP on (as it's never worked sine I bought the car!) but I was still struggling with the psychologic barrier of keeping off the gas until I could see the exit on the tight bends, so I resorted to putting the ESP on, which cleverly lets you keep your foot flat ont he floor and doesn't even let the tyres squeak. Extremely impressive system! I barely got the car out of shape all day, and only had one sideways moment, which I was lucky enought to catch. Well, I applied an arm full of oppsosite lock, then instantly though "no!! that's too much, it's going to snap the other way now" when the whel snatched out of my hands, immediately taking off half a turn, which was perfect to correct the slide! very lucky, it must have looked ace! It's not like it does the driving for you, you still have to be good with the steering and your line otherwise it just kills the power and the engine bogs down something rotten, and a 1550KG car with only 204BHP takes some dragging from 60mph. On the early sessions I was getting passed quite a bit, but I was happy to be at the back where I was free to feel my way and get a feel for the car and the track. by session 3 i was well in the pace. come session 4, I started out 2nd, made 1st by the 3rd lap, and the only car that caught me was a radical SR3 with a Hyabusa engine in it. It took the whole 20 minute session before one of the RS4's caught up, then he kept falling off trying to keep up! What I was finding frustrating were the straight line heros. all the gimps with wound up turbos who can't really drive properly. I spent a whole session pushing an MTM badged Audi A3 20FSI sport quattro around, simply becasue he had about 270bhp so I couldn't touch him on the straights, and you're not allowed to pass on the bends. On another session I was having the same trouble with a flame spiting chipped up Ibiza Cupra R. But I nipped past him when he pulled over to let the radical past. He'd held me up for 5 laps, getting in my way on the bends, but then blasting down the straights and pulling away from me. I passed him, shut him out when he tried to pass me on the start/finish straight, and then pulled a good 200 yards on him within a lap. It was amusing watching him literlly smoking the inside front wheel trying to get the power down on the tight bends, and he was braking for literally TWICE the distance I was, but because his car was "fast" he just would not give in and let me past. That's just bad etiquette, and people should get blcak flagged for it because you end up doing an "illegal" overtake to get past them. As for my car, well, I can say I'm EXTREMELY impressed with the handling and traction. it's such a well balanced car, and so easy to drive absolutely flat out. It was foot to the floor all the way from tower to sunny in. I saw 120 on the speedo several times, cornering at those speeds is simply incredible, and made the day for me. On the downsides, it have to say that the 312mm brakes are utter crap. I had the same problem with the 288's on the corrado around donnington. a few good laps and they've gone. Lap 1, they are warming up. Lap 2 and 3 they are spot on, and the abs is doing it's job well when you need it. come lap 4 and you are lifting out of the seat your pressing on the pedal so hard, but the pads have cooked so much that the ABS isn't even kicking in as there's no bite left. actally wore a set of pads out in 4 sessions and had to fit some more, the inside pad on the drivers side was right through to the metal, knackered. So, all I really needed was more power, and better brakes, which leaves me thinking that I should have fitted the R32 brakes and left the 3.2 in it!!! I'm going to rebuild the original engine with my spare R32 crank and head DOH! Along with fitting an LPG kit. I was getting 10.3mpg. that's only 170miles, on £60 worth of BP ultimate. The look on peoples faces when they saw it was "only" a 4motion was priceless. Stealthy cars, great fun. So now I know I can take the piss out of 300bhp R32's driven by unskilled mongs I just can't wait to have a full on mental corrado track car, it's going to be ballistic.

I had the pleasure of a ride out in this car on Thusday. It put mine to shame. I've never been in such a solid feeling and smooth corrado. it feels as tight as my mk4, extremely well screwed together and very well thought out. I didn't think it felt that fast, but I could tell it was a fair bit lighter than my mk4. The VR6 gearing was numbing it a little, but it's very punchy and responsive, need a better exhaust thought Jay, those 24'v rasp like a bugger with a pipe on them you know! Interior is simply gorgeous, the balance of the colours is perfect, and the dash fit is impeccable. feels like a brand new car. It sounds strange, but it didn't feel like a corrado! only the feeling of sitting on the floor gave the game away. Exceedingly impressive motor, a testament to your workmanship. Now don't you DARE come on and be all humble you git ;-) credit where it's due. Just needs to be faster and louder really! and definitely needs an extra gear. but I'm sure you're working on that.