PhatVR6

I'd rather have a 2.0 8v than a 1.8 16v. now they are sh1te. utterly gutless.

I loved my 8v lump, it pulled quite well and did 40mpg regularly. I'm currently hating the VR6 lump, it doesn't feel anywhere near as quick as it should.

The 268 cams I have came from Grant, as did my exhaust valves. no porblems at all with either of them. Bear with it, there's nothing that man hasn't done with a VR6 engine (well, except mybe a turbo conversion, but he might have done one of those too).

The problem with Gant is that his work is very good, but his people skills and customer support suffers a little as a result f his work load. My mate is in touch with grant on a regular basis, I will try and find out what's happening. in the meantime, do you have his mobile number? if not, them PM me and I shall provide you with it.

one look at your ride height should tell you why that's happened....... :roll:

mine felt a bit funny the other day, I seemed to be getting a slight "delay" i the steering that was worrying me. I found out that the strut to hub bolts weren't quite tight enough, and allowing movement, so my camber was changing whilst cornering! handles like a go kart now it's sorted.

5th isn't there for making use of power an torque, it's for cruising down the motorway. you don't have that many options apart from a 0.71 out of a TDI, but that will be REALLY long. what box have you got at the moment?

old 2.9 OBD1. 268 cams Turn2USA crank pulley Schrick VGI superchip sh1tty home made exhaust 207BHP, 174 at the wheels. ran a 13.75 1/4 mile in that, managed 99mph on the 1.4 too, and a 2.034 60' (although not all inthe same run). also managed a 3rd place at the scottish national day last year, and 4th fastest lap at curborough too. I got some blueprinted (freshly cleaned and calibrated) injectors coming with the new leads too, so I'll fit them soon. crank sensor will be swapped tomoorw night, hopefully that alone wil solve starting and stalling issues. I can live with those though, I just want my power back! I'm getting there....slowly (bloody VR's )

do they? feck. well, it's already been paid for anyway, by whoever got it mapped in the first place, so balls to them.

I know the ECU defaults to a set figure without that sensor in, but it did seem to make a slight difference on smoothness. I'll see how much he wants for the chips. I don't think they cost that much to do. the original 2.9 that the chip is off put out 220BHP, with 268's, ram air and the VGI, so it's a bloody good map! the power above 4500rpm was fantastic, I can't wait to get it back. It still takes a lot of cranking to start though, as if there's no fuel there, even though the fuel pump primes OK??!?

I'll leave it to my mate, he's the electronic wiz. I think mines just stock, but I haven't been in to have a look at it. rev limit seems to be around 6600rpm so I 'm guessing that's stock. my other one used to rev to 7200.

Don't you still have to have a socket soldered into your ECU though? or do they already have one?

I'll see if he can do a nother chip when he does mine. not sure what's involved with the whole process to be honest with you. no, you don't lose any bottom end at all, especially not with the vgi on there oo, they are a perfect match. I pulled 207BHP with the old engine, and that was just with a superchip, not the AMD one. 1200KG is fairly lardy. my golf will have been closer to the 1000KG mark I reckon. never had it officially weighed though, just a guess.

yeah, I know the price of it..... :roll: :cry: hence why I borrowed one instead of buying one. I hope mine is OK...I guess this explains the stalling. if the ECU doesn't get a signal from the engine speed sensor for one cycle that's i, it doesn't know what to do so it cuts out. 268's run fine with the stock 2.9 manifold, not so with the stock chip though. you really need a specific chip to get the most out of them. luckily for me, the AMD chip my mate has was for a 1994 2.9 running a schrick vgi and 268's, so no wonder it works so well! I just need to get hold of a copy of it. I think 13's is asking a bit much from the lardy old corrado to be honest with you. but a sub 14.5 should be possible. it did well to run a 14.9 running how it was, it felt flat as a fart! can't wait to get the new lead, injectors and vgi on now, I'm missing that torque badly.

Right, some progress at last. My mate forgot to bring the AMD ECU......arse. but, another mate brought along vag-com. checked for errors, there was a fault logged for the intake air temp sensor understandable as it wasn't plugged in), one of the knock sensors (short to ground) and the engine speed sensor (implausible signal). cleared them all, none came back. went for a drive out, pinking it's knackers off. checked errors again, same. so basically what it was doing, was pulling the timing as soon as it flagged up the intermittent knock sensor fault, hence the flat performance. plugged inlet air temp sensor and tucked it in amongst the injectors (there's no hole in the manifold for it). and went for another drive., it still stalled, bringing up the engine speed fault again (which I'm not too bothered about, as it's a borrowed sensor off a 1992 vr6 anyway, will put mine back in tomorrow), and I know I repaired the knock sensor as it'd been damaged (the loom was cut). so, I reckon if I put my engine speed sensor in (or buy a new one), buy a new knock sensor, and get that intake temp sensor back in (i.e. when I fit the vgi) and get a copy of the AMD chip it'll be A OK. :D it now pulls a bit harder, runs a lot smoother, does 30mpg, and actually feels like it has some top end power. still not 100%, but it's getting there. Should be getting my own laptop tomorrow too, so I can reset it at will whenever that fault crops up until I can get a new sensor. hopefully...

yeah, and they are nearly £30 each too!

shhh, he's trying to sound "technical"

It could be just oil, and the stale petrol smeel is more likely to be coming from the carbon cannister, situated directly underneath the air box. check all the hoses associated with that.

go for the brembos, but be aware, not all 16"s will clear. in fact, most won't.

they are about £15 from VW. I recommend you change all the plastic housings too, and the Crack pipe (from the water pump).

no-one's mentioned that higeous yellow C in the top left hand corner of the page yet......hmm, arches.....great....

Every new set of wheels I've ever bought came with new bolts.

I did 120mph in mine last night. got to the cinema, only to find that only one catch on the bonnet was locked in, and it was sticking up at the passenger side!! lucky escape there!!!

http://www.clubgti.com/forum/forum_post ... oerthersee

stock.