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gsbellew got to agree with u standard form G40 like the GT can give you some interesting moments but i still think there lovely cars :D

woh what a thread lol well first of all the entire brakes thing on a polo is the same as any standard VW, they should always be fitted with bigger set than whats on your version!!!!! It’s like when I got my 16v corrado brakes on that where crap and put G60 on there and fine and now im upto S2’s im laughing My brother has a G40, which off course came with 239 but now he is running 256mm and I cant tell you what a difference it makes!!! and weve changed the master cylinder to 21mm and thats sorted out 90% of the pedal feel and movement so doesnt take much to get them to brake how they should and he can break aswell as me in my corrado. As for suspension once fitted with new bushes new anti roll bar and coilovers I would easily run circles round you guys in corrado’s even he could keep up with me as ive got the coilovers and the fatter anti roll bars the only thing that was different is mine feels more sure footed just down to the weight of the car which gives you more confidence otherwise im never going to try lose a G40 of my arse pushing it round corners because they will be right on it at the end of it. Just to give you a example before we went on holiday my brother showed me his new level of confidence of pushing the little polo round a round about we use to test limits (believe it or not this is on private land lol so please don’t anyone out there go doing it on public roads its wrong!!!!!) anyhow I crap myself as he had the silly thing sideway!!! All four wheels scretching and all he could do was just smile and calmly say to me “what you think hey? Impressive isnt it” lol I couldn’t help but laugh lol So basically this is all stuff that comes standard and like everyone knows standard stuff is not upto abuse we can give it Ok now where down to the engines. All I can say is that the G40 lump is a cracking engine feels and pulls a lot better than any G60 ive ever driven and it’s the perfect fun car as people have mentioned and my brothers standard lump just air filter and exhaust on there and dreading when we chip and pully’s it as people say transform the pulling of the car completely and the stupid little things is quick enough as it is lol. He used to regulary leave my mates old corrado 2L 16v (rmn on the forum owns it now and he will tell you that corrado is not slow!!! easily match or beat a vr performance wise) until it got upto 90mph+ and ive been in it when its cruising at 120mph (clocks showing so im guessing slightly lower) and I still think it’s a cracking car. Only two things ive got against it a bit to small for me and ride isnt the best doesn’t help that the H&R coilovers has the car about 13cms of the ground but its still smooth until you hit a pot hole but then mines like that aswell lol In the end of the day comparing a g40 to a g60 can never been done its like comparing a 16v to a vr one was built for reviness and fun the other for luxury and smoothness

yeah the entire site not up and running yet like Mig's say's should be soon :)

16v/g60 flywheels are the same mate ;) also theres this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/XTD-RACI ... 5530QQrdZ1 but the first one looks a bit better

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yep that was the fan switch one :D its the thermostat I need now :)

im going to take my old one out but when i was there i remember getting one and i think it was from something like a golf mkII diesel i think god knows ill see if i can see any old numbers on my one at home

just need it for the thermostat as ive just seen the fan switch one :)

yes warm helps to losen it all

in our cars with have a fan over run switch (normal brown round sensor that sits at the back of the engine over having the cam cover or in G60 engines above the injectors not sure the vr's) which detects the temp of the engine bay after uve turned the car off if they are to high they wil turn on by themselves and off once it lowers down (bit like the fan switch in ur rad) the reason they turn off when u put the key back in the ignition is that one it stops the fans so you have full power to start the car and two it assumes ur going to start it which normal fan operation should take over so no need for it as ull also have the water pump puming the water round the engine bay.

either hed gasket or oil/water cooler that sits between ur oil filter and oil filter housing. I would check that first as its the cheapest fix if not its head gasket

i dont mind if their VW part numbers if you know them

Hello all As the heading says does anyone know the CC of the injectors on a 150bhp and 180bhp 20v engines??? thank you in advance

no need to cover alternator even on my 16vg60 setup where the alternator was at the bottom just above the power steering pump i had to go through a ford and even thou alternator light came on, no probs at all :) just cover air filters dizzy if u have one even thou ull have to dry it after wards and any sensors etc that u can see water getting into will be fine and dont aim the jet straight at it at full power. if u gunk the engine well first of all ull just need soem power to get the rest off ive done my engien about 10 times since ive ownerd it and never had a prob :) even going to be doing it over these nights even thou my engine is out

I know im going to the flamed here as there was a thread about a week or so ago Henny (ian) posted up the part numbers but for the life of me i cant find it :( can anyone tell me what they are as ive got a long list of parts to go buy form GSF this week and i might as well change those as im getting a new water pump :) amongst other things thank you in advance

thanx for all the replies guys :) hopefulyl have my block out this weekend as ive got to much on in the evenings dont worryh no shamefull pics of the damage :cry: maybe ones of the new pistons in there once ive got it to a machine shop :)

guys thanx alot didnt think i would get this kind of repsonse :) still in two minds if to let a local guy put it back together as they have the proper equipment for honing and boring or if to have a go myself but any info is great thanx in advance

thanx mate

as far as i was awear us didnt get the 9A i might be wrong but thats what those guys over there tell me

Hello guys As im going to take the rebuild of my engine on myself where can i find a step by step guide to rebuild it with all the torque values i need i already knwo all the ones for the head so thats not a prob its the bottom end im doing for the first time so things like oil pump and rod bolts etc. thank you in advance

my god take away side skirts and exhaust and that could be my car sadly its not as uve all worked out good luck chasing it down

yeah im still about but got alot of work at the mo so i cant make it as i had made plans and cant get out of them now sadly

Also Jim its cool i dont mind u letting out ur little pleasure in life lol ;) we all do once in a while Yeah this year is a big year for corrados but sadly i dont think ill be able to make many shows this year one being first holiday in 4 years and two got alot of stuff on but we will see.

ive got to admit when u floor the hell out of it sounds like a animal have scared the living hell out of people and my mate (used to own the blue 2L 16v which RMN on this forum owns now) and drive his C43 AMG gets pissed off with me sitting on his rear makign all that noise lol as migs say im running standard pully throwning out 5-6psi and wever tried a 74mm which made a huge difference but decided to keep the standard due ot the high revs and still sounds awesome and pulls like no tomorrow once on boost ;) just ask John he has a 16vg60 and tell u what its like ;)

god you lot are terrible Jim is that the only thing that goes through ur mind now-a-day ;) lol only kidding mate