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I think you may find the problem is you have only tightened it to *F tight. I think you need to get it to *HSTT *HSTT = Holy S*it That's Tight. :) I suspect it may not feel like there is more power because of the linear power delivery, I was really apprehensive about mine producing the numbers but because my power and torque are so progressive it sometimes feels like its not as quick as it is. Was really waiting for the moment Vince pulled me aside and told me the car was fubar. In reality it runs better than I thought. Is your boost gauge needle steady now or does it still flicker when getting near maximum boost? Might be a sign of slip still.....

Yeah was a shame, Billy's set up looked nice from what i saw of it, minus the coating of oil :) Would have been good to have a proper poke around your corrado too. Just hope its something silly rather than the hole in the block and he will be back on the road soon.

Had a great time today, Was good to out some faces to names and have a look at other people's cars. Definitely do it again and glad the g60 produced some strong numbers for what is almost a stock car. A good base for my plans anyway.

Hi everybody, can anybody share some info on the following. When I gotta car it came with a chip and pulley fitted but I don't know what's what with the chip. I've attached photos of the one in the Ecu currently and the one I have to hand Can anybody tell me what chips I have? I have receipt from g-werks for chip and pulley but thought it would be an Sns chip coming from them? . Chip in Ecu chip I have extra Cheers!

Yea I'm in the same boat. I'm thinking I should just add 100bhp to whatever I get tomorrow to account for it :)

Don't think anybody will mind, the more the merrier. Sure he can draw a vw badge on or something :-) Will you be meeting up with me. EJ Taylor and his mate billy? You mentioned back in the thread you were heading from the south so meet up for convoy. I posted a map and all with times etc

Can I get a pic of the bonnet bra please

So if hof doesn't change his clock back, he can travel back through time and be at stealth for 9.30.......... :)

http://the-corrado.net/showpost.php?p=996756 Pics hof put up in his gallery thread in link

I think i will be driving mine in the mud to hide all defects on mine! lol Hof, the car looks great, some real good shots there. Wish mine was half as decent! looking forward to seeing it sunday.

Yeah it's worth you coming along. Doesn't set your car up but you will get two runs on the dyno and a printed copy of your power/torque figures. Doesn't matter if your running huge power or not, I got a g60 and doubt ill be making much more than stock power, I'm going just to meet other rado owners and nosey at other folks cars.

Amazing, utterly amazing. I pray he used your line.

it shouldnt but its the only thing that really changes when a door is closed or opens. As has been said its probably a damaged wire but its worth checking :)

dont suppose you know if the pistons and conrods for the agu and aeb are the same? will check the link out to the brakes

Thanks for the info, i was told that the engines in the 99 leon cupra were ayp or aeb. not sure what the difference is to be honest. Glad thats sorted though, Like i said its still a bit of a fact finding mission at the min as i obviously want to reduce the amount of faffing about and do it right once. I did look into using an AGU head but, not that im trying to cut corners or costs, the aeb engine seems to be a better replacement and they are relatively cheap for an complete engine. i can rob other bits and possibly sell the turbo/block etc and recoup some costs so it makes better financial sense too. I have a couple more questions regarding ancilleries etc but just looking through pictures of other peoples cars and getting inspiration from those. Its definately not gonna be a quick project but i hope that the effort i put in before even turning a spanner will pay dividends to the final build and result in a better product. The worst thing about the project is that the cost of the intercooler and the charger rebuild actually amount to more than all the other components needed to finish it. Going to treat the car to a decent set of weitec TX coilovers as i dont like the fixed damping of the current ones fitted and i dont think they are expensive ones regardless. Some cheapo AP racing things but they do the job at the min and came on the car so shouldnt grumble. A question about brakes though, will the G60 stoppers with some good quality discs and pads be enough to stop 250+ bhp or is it time to start factoring in the costs of a bigger brake set up. Been looking at changing the rears to Mk4 items already. Once again all help with this project is appreciated, im hardly a master mechanic so im sure there is be a steep learning curve ahead. Its only a bunch of bolts and blocks of metal though, how hard can it be :bonk:

Ah, thanks for the heads up. Well the passenger door locks and unlocks as it should and the door handle works on the inside and the outside so i can only assume that its been fixed but the broken bits not taken out. Once again thanks for letting me know. Just glad its relatively good news and not another item i need to replace :thumbleft:

have you tried the windows with your door open but the little switch in the door jam pressed in?

Hi all. So i worked me way through one of my cars little nuances this weekend. I purchased a new(well new to me, actually its second hand off another forum member) entire passenger electric window mech and motor and set myself a couple of hours aside as i had read what a problematic job it could be. After drilling and punching the 7 rivits out and then undoing the two window bolts (after taping the window up) it took alot of effort and plenty of swearing to get the bloody thing out! Whoever designed that needs shooting, or at least a large kick up the backside. Anyway getting the new mech in was alot easier for some reason, maybe something to do with taking the inner and outer lower window seals out to get a little movement in the window. Instead of using the rubbers to mount it and riviting them back in i decided that i would use some M6 bolts and some rubber washers so that it would be a little easier to swap out the motor etc should i need to do this again in the future. See pics [ATTACH=CONFIG]76089[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]76090[/ATTACH] It was a little fiddy putting the washers behind the door and the bolt through them but its worked nicely so should still dampen the vibration but make it a little easier to change if there is a next time. The rest of it i rivited back up as it was. Other than shards of glass, indicating the cars probably been broken into at some point in its life i found these two little bits of metal. I dont know what they are and if anybody can shed some light on them id be most appreciated [ATTACH=CONFIG]76091[/ATTACH] im pretty sure that i didnt break anything and nothings stopped working so can only assume they are the remnant of something non factory? So when i find a central locking pump dare i say i will have a 100% working corrado.....for now :)

So anybody driving from south of the venue who wants to meet up and drive in convoy then heres some details and a little map. I propose meeting at the tesco just off the large roundabout in banbury. The green arrow marked on the map, the address is Lockheed Close, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 1LX ‎[ATTACH=CONFIG]76088[/ATTACH] This is probably the easiest point to meet at because its only 15 mins away from the venue and im pretty sure that if your coming from south of here your likely to be driving past anyway. The road to stealth is the A423/Southam Road going north. If your coming from the south west i imagine you will be brought in via the bloxham road/A361 and through the town and if your coming from the M40, well the maps pretty explanitary. There is a petrol station at this tesco which sells super unleaded however because of the early hour it will be pay at pump only! There is a shell garage right nest to stealth if you prefer. There is a Drive through McDonalds literally 1 min away too so if people need fuel for themselves they can. So those who want to meet i will be at the carpark from around 8.30ish and and will be leaving the carpark at 9.15 to get to stealth for 9.30 :) My Corrado is a G60 and its Dark Burgandy Pearl, I will be parked in the main store car park in a hopefully pretty easy to spot place. Looking forward to this now!

Hi Leon, window regulator arrived on thursday as you predicted, great packaging and item looked in great condition. fitted it on saturday (not a job i want to do again any time soon!) and it works a charm. Many thanks!

if lard44 doesnt want it after seeing pics then can i have first refusal. cheers

Why a poll? everybody knows carrot cake and cheese cake are the only real options lol

Will sort something out when home, sitting on m6 at min in traffic

Anybody coming that way I will be able to keep up with??? :) Let me know what time your planning to get there and can meet up. Just as you start to go up the Southam road there's a layby just halfway up the hill which may act as a good meeting point. ?

Pffffft! That's nothing compared to the journey I have to make........ Ha ha Speaking of the journey, is anybody coming in through Banbury/ m40 from the south?