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Agreed.

Nice buy Andy, look forward to seeing it.

Welcome back Daren, got yourself a good car by the looks of it. Oh and I have those covers on my car too.

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Currently £16 per side inc P+P.

Yep I'm in.

Powder coated battery bracket Blasted and powdercoated Black battery clamp bracket. ?10 posted. List Date: 1/3/2015 For more info, click here to view the original listing: Powder coated battery bracket -------------------------------------- SOLD -------------------------------------- Mobile friendly version: Powder coated battery bracket Go Mobile: Download the free Panjo iOS app now!

Handbrake cover Black handbrake cover in very good condition. ?15 posted. List Date: 1/3/2015 For more info, click here to view the original listing: Handbrake cover -------------------------------------- SOLD -------------------------------------- Mobile friendly version: Handbrake cover Go Mobile: Download the free Panjo iOS app now!

Leather handbrake handle Black leather handbrake hand in very good condition. ?15 posted. List Date: 1/3/2015 For more info, click here to view the original listing: Leather handbrake handle -------------------------------------- SOLD -------------------------------------- Mobile friendly version: Leather handbrake handle Go Mobile: Download the free Panjo iOS app now!

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Yep still available, PM sent.

Yep I'm up for another meet.

See here - http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4761622-How-to-build-a-relatively-inexpensive-reliable-powerful-Vr6 Not sure if the difference will be noticeable but for the small cost outlay and the amount of work involved I thought it was worth a go.

Thanks for the comments chaps. I had contemplated selling it this year or maybe next year but I'm trying to hang on to it hence the upgrades. My theory is that if I can make it a better car then I'll want to keep it. Luckily it's not a daily driver so it does feel special when I get to drive it. I've got plenty more upgrades I'd like to do before Summer, finances allowing. The sensor is used in various petrol powered VAG cars, the part number is 058905379. I know one or two folk have done it on here but I'd originally saw it on Vortex.

Time for another upgrade, this one is the inlet temp sensor upgrade to the later version. Comparing the two, VR on the left. Remove the manifold and bore the standard hole to 12.2mm dia. The diameter of the body of the new sensor is about 12.5mm and has a rubber o-ring so it provides a good fit and seal. The mounting hole is M6 but rather than drill straight thru and Tap I decided to drill and Tap a blind hole as cleaning the back side of swarf would be difficult. I had a spare Tap so ground the tip off it to create a bottoming Tap. Now it's time to clear out ALL the swarf and I mean ALL as you don't want any being sucked into the engine. I used a cranked scriber to clean the back of the sensor hole and then washed out the inside until I was sure there was no swarf left inside. Sensor and bolt fitted. Not taken it out for a run yet so don't know if it's made any noticeable difference. One thing that let the engine bay down a little was the throttle body so whilst it was off I cleaned it up and fitted hand polished Stainless screws to the connector and end cover. I didn't go to town on the throttle body just used scotch brite to bring up the shine a little. Oh yeah I did remove some casting ridges too.

Would you sell the Tamron separately?

Yeah I've got a dim light too, doesn't flash tho.

I decided to look into doing this so bought a used item for a few quid off ebay. I had a spare VR sensor so did a comparison between the 2. Firstly I got the engine up to temp to the point where the fans were kicking in. I plugged each connector into the loom and let it hang down in front of the fan. I plugged VCDS in and monitored the sensor temps each time the fans kicked in. The VR sensor updated on VCDS about every 2 seconds, the newer type sensor updated about every 0.5 second so not a huge difference. I've not installed the new type yet.

Yep, I decided it would be easier to fit than finding a Golf loom to cut and shut for the connector.

This is the Mk4 switch.

I may have to add some Stainless as I wasn't happy with the handle, in it's lowest position it was still pressing down on the plastic trim. I ended up cutting some more out of the trim which has solved the problem but it's created another problem in that I now don't have a securing screw at the front part of the trim. It sits fairly solid but I won't be happy until it's sorted. The lower section of trim is secured with 2 plastic stud caps each side and clamped at the rear between the rear hump mounting plate and the mounting bracket.

After seeing the Golf Mk4 handbrake conversion done on the Corrado I decided it would be one of my next upgrades so here it is. Modifications required to fit are - 1) Slot the front bracket mounting to allow central fitment. 2) Bend the rear bracket to align with the stud. Trim steel away from this bracket to allow the plastic trim to sit over. 3) Add a third mounting point for the extra bracket. I drilled and tapped the floor to accept an M8 bolt, seems to hold fairly well even though the floor isn't particularly thick. 4) The dash light switch is different on the mk4 handbrake and the connector is different too so I redrilled the mounting point for the Corrado switch and removed a small section of steel for the clip to fit to. This on its own wasn't quite enough to keep the switch from twisting slightly when the handbrake was lowered so I add an M3 bolt to keep it from twisting. 5) There is quite a bit of trimming needed to re-fit the 2 plastic trims. 6) The handbrake handle doesn't quite sit fully down due to interference with the plastic trim but it's not much short. I may try to improve this later but would need more cutting of the plastic trim so I may modify the lower stop position on the handbrake mech.

Yes see the first post on page 1.