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Loving those wheels mate.. the color looks awesome. Engine bay looks clean! Are you starting to get it ready for E38 then?

Thank you Andy! Do you know out of the whole interior the only items that don't squeek are the dash and front door cards.. bloody OEM bits are so noisy! :lol: Mate it flies to say the least.. but dare I say it..... I think I'm getting used to the power already!!! Gulp... :oops:

By all mean come over and show me how its done.. hehehehe ;-) No seriously. I might book you in for a full interior valet and polish on the outside for the E38 show... ??

Jungle of wires are mainly alarm wires.. haven't finished installing it yet. Wipers are halfway up the screen because the mech has a bit of play.. need to fix that. And power is 340bhp. Its an AGU engine with IHI.

hahaha.. lol

Thanks all! I just grabbed my sister, plonked a camera in her hand and went for it.. she said she got a little scared but found it fun at the same time... kinda like a fast roller coaster type feeling ;-) Glad you lot liked them.. I must admit I love driving it! Just wish I had 5th and much less throw on the shifter.. Think I might mod and fit a mk4 shifter as apparently they are a lot better. Was half way through fitting the alarm so sorry if you spotted the wires hanging out ..everywhere.. and the lack of door car on the passengers side .. its "work in progress" hehehe. Aiming to get it tip top for E38 weekend. Phil K, I have a little movment in the mech mate, so the wipers get pushed up the screen to that position when you're going fast.. ;-).. They are just on my long list of things I need to sort!

As promised - VIDEOS !!! x7 new vids, halfway down the page under 'Ben's 20vt 4x4 corrado '.. http://www.coupehaus.co.uk/download_page.html Let me know whay you think..!! And a couple of new "dirty car" pics ;-)

PhatVR6, Thanks for your comments Paul.. I'm taking 1st gear very carefully all the time.. and I don't have 5th at the mo so from 2-4th I'm having some fun!!! alackofspeed2, See below!!

like that DSG box.. i think the gear changes are very quick...!

March it is then ;-)

looking good coxy! Should put a perpex sheet over the boot so people can see the 4wd ;-)

cheers guys.. yes really happy! Can't wait to drive it at the weekend! ;-)

looks phat!

I haven't had her on the runway yet.. Trying to organise something for september.. A coupehaus thrash / beers on the beach! Will keep people posted on that score.. When I overtook those 8 cars near Lakenheath airfield I beleive I saw cough..140..cough.. on the road angel but I may have been mistaken if any of the queens finest are reading this.. :oops: OSV :wink: :lol: Would like to get it to bruningthorpe sometime to see what she's made off! 8)

looks wicked Sam!

Hi guys.... thanks for the kind words! Yes yes its on the road.. wooohhoo !! sorry I haven't had a chance to come on here all weekend as you can imagine! lol Right so.. MOT'd yesterday morning, straight to the post office for the tax disc and I was off! I had a party down south to go to yesterday so it was an ideal chance to take it on the road for its first proper shake down.. Roadside cover was paid for and I set off on my travels.. 2 miles later I had stopped and had the car up in the air at the side of the road.. bloody inner front CV bolts had worked their way loose.. tightened them up and got cracking.. So I got to RAF Lakenheath area where I decided to open her up! A long straight bit of road, 8 or more cars in front of me, so I nailed it past them.. Road Angel was reading some large numbers by the end of that but by god does it fly! Overtaking isn't a worry anylonger! So it made the 160 mile journey with no other real probs. Got 25 MPG from it sitting on the motorway at around 80-90.. (rallye ratios are crap, should be able to get 30+ MPG off boost for sure with a VR cogs!) Anyway hanging like a mo fo (hungover - yeah!) a mate and myself decided to pop by London Volksfest as it was on my way home.. well apart from loosing 5th on the M25 while chasing a TVR ;-) hehehehe... we got to the show ok. (5th keeps popping out so I need to adjust to the selector inside the box - easy fix hopefully) Show was chilled.. met a couple of people on here - HI .. :) Sorry for the dirt all over the car, for those who saw it.. and the interior was a mess..! Didn't take it up the strip.. didn't want to risk it on its first couple of days on the road.. Anyway blasted a few cars on the way home including an M5 ;-) Need to do a few bits on it but its pretty much there.. not sure how long the gearbox is going to hold out as it doesn't feel very strong to me.. anyone got a spare rallye/syncro box and matching transfer box as I need to find a home for these VR6 cogs I have ;-) So 350 miles isn't bad going for a weekend.. at least the roadside recovery wasn't needed! A tired but very happy Ben!

IT HAS PASSED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4.5 years comes to a successful (semi) end !! :-) Clear the roads I'm coming!! Ben

i pay 56 quid more to insure the corrado than my 115pd tdi mk4 golf a year.. work that one out... agreed value, like for like replacement and trackday cover! ?????!!!! I'm not complaining!! B

quality!!

Stage 2 is more like 400+ at the wheels ;-)

nahh.. thats boring! I want to go Porsche and Lambo hunting :twisted:

I would say that my car is the quickest I've driven, but I've been in quicker... 155mph on the GPS is prob the fastest I've been and that was in Guy Hartley's corrado on the way back from Worthersee this year...

yeah.. and.. lol ;-)

Andy, I'm well chuffed indeed! Must admit I think i'm getting used to the power already ;-) :lol: Its a nice amount of power to have in a daily driver for sure... hehehe Took it out for a spin on sunday and I managed to completly kain an Elise and Lotus 7 .. proper style while over taking, its mental power in 2 and 3rd... and 4th... and 5th! :) Yours looks sweet though mate, loving the dark wheels with the white!

Mate that looks the nutz! Wheels look so good!!!!!!