Dec

I'm just finishing putting one back together to do me as a drive about while I'm playing with the Corrados engine! I quite like the looks of them...but most other people don't seem keen on them! Mines only a 1.6 carb, but its actually quite nippy, as they only weigh something like 890Kg. What I'm most impressed is the price of parts for them, and how basic everything mechanical is! Nice and simple, so there's less to go wrong with them....and they are cheap and easy(ish) to fix when you need to. £14.20 for a complete new fuel pump v's at least 10 times that for the rado....cant go wrong at those prices :)

I have a Toad and have had zero problems with it in three years! I've heard nothing but bad things about Clifford alarms not working properly and causing major pains in the A**!....so I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole anymore!

I tried to submit a few the other day, but I don't think it worked properly! :( They weren't put in a folder I'm afraid. But they are extrernal shots of a red rado, with picture titles like: "PICT0101.jpg" etc.

I'll stick up a few shots of mine when I get my camera later! Where would you like the text sent to?

"General car chat" :lol:

Yeah, should be no prob!

Well I'm 5'11 and my head hits the headlining if I sit in the rear, so I wouldn't want to be in there for any huge journeys!

Leg room is pretty decent...its headroom in the back that I've had complaints from passengers about!

Yeah, was thinking that it was a pretty good episode last night! Some pretty funny bits in it too! The Vrs v's the GTi reversing challenge around the track was pretty daft and pointless though :roll: :?

There's a leather trim that replaces the plastic one up on Ebay now and again. It looks quite neat from the pics but I've yet to hear from anybody who actually bought one of them! Clicky

the one I have is a 6.5 :wink:

hmmmm...I reckon I can beat that.....challenge you to a race!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Makes some difference to the interior of the car! It's sooo much brighter with the glass roof fitted! One of the best mods I've done yet :wink: When you are doing it though, don't refit the headlining until you are happy with the fit of the roof, im my experience it takes a bit of playing with the washers to get the roof fitted properly and reduce wind noise!

Try some Wynns hydraulic valve lifter treatment. It worked wonders on mine! You're prob better off adding it before an oil change. I used a bottle of Wynns, 4L of 15w 40 and a spare oil filter to "flush" my engine over a few 100Km before I actually put in the new oil I was going to use :lol:

Mines a red G plater....Feb 1990 if I remember rightly, it's been de-pinked though! Everythings electric on it, but it has the old school odometre!

:roll: Children.... :-P Corrado is a modern classic, Scooby is a modern fad.......no comparison!

Well..after years, here's a few shots of the car :D (Maybe a Mod could move this to the members gallery? cheers :wink: ) Spec so far is: Exterior: Full respray in tornado red (a slightly deeper shade than orig)[/*:m:6c2aa] Side rubbing strips removed [/*:m:6c2aa] Lupo wipers[/*:m:6c2aa] Passat moonroof conversion[/*:m:6c2aa] Third, high level brake light fitted[/*:m:6c2aa] Wheels brakes: Brembo 305mm conversion[/*:m:6c2aa] Custom made braided brake lines[/*:m:6c2aa] PA racing 16" A-Rays, custom fit with orig VW badges[/*:m:6c2aa] FK coilovers[/*:m:6c2aa] H&R 20mm hubrentric spacers at the font[/*:m:6c2aa] Foliatec 15mm hubcentric spacers at the back[/*:m:6c2aa] Pretty much everything else in the arches replaced with standard parts a while back[/*:m:6c2aa] Engine: Still pretty much standard for the moment[/*:m:6c2aa] Polished inlet manifolds and rocker cover[/*:m:6c2aa] Pipercross panel filter[/*:m:6c2aa] Scorpion Boxer s/s exhaust[/*:m:6c2aa] Just waiting for me to start work on the new engine :-P [/*:m:6c2aa] Interior: Black leather (still in need of the doorcards though)[/*:m:6c2aa] About 30sq-ft of Dynamat/soundproofing fitted so far (a bit left to go yet)[/*:m:6c2aa] Blaupunkt Sat Nav headunit[/*:m:6c2aa] Alpine 6x9's and fronts fitted[/*:m:6c2aa] I'm sure there's loads more which I've forgotten...I'll edit the post when I remember :lol: And a quick one of only a small bit of the massive amounts of Dynamatting/soundproofing I've just done on the whole backside of the car :roll:

Thats what I thought, sure the parts to rebuild the head alone would come close to that! I was looking at paying $1000 ish for the pistons alone aswell....not to mention the rods! Just kept my eye out on Ebay for misspellings "Carrado" etc :-P :wink:

:lol: :lol: ...I've been a member for 2 and a half years, and there are no pics of my car up here :oops: If the weather is nice over the w'end I'll give it a clean and stick a few shots up!

Cheers lads :wink: I'm still collecting parts together, so I wont start the actual work for a few months yet! Engine was another one of my Fleabay bargains! Just over £300 delivered to me :D (Just slightly more than the manifold cost :roll: )

Just got the new engine delivered this afternoon, so I figured I'd stick it up here :-P Fully rebuilt block and head using S2 conrods and Turbotechnics pistons. Comp ratio of 7.8:1 apparently. Should go nicely with the tubular manifold I got a few months back. Also have the K-star unit and a few other bits bought......so the collection is starting to come together....finally :lol: :-P

Having owned two 16v's; one with a 50mm manifold and one with the standard 42mm, there is no way I'll be "upgrading" my current 42mm one to 50mm......makes the car really gutless at low revs, and that is already where the 16v's are lacking imho :| :oops:

They should fit without spacers as the offset isn't that far off standard. (I've had wheels with an offset of 42 on mine temporarily without any probs) You could prob get a set of spacers to give them a wider look though :wink:

I've been experimenting with the speed sensor for the stereo and the spoiler! I tried a few diodes on the speed sensor wire from the headunit previously, but to no avail. But since installing a Blaupunkt headunit both the speed dependent volume on the stereo and the auto spoiler are working perfectly without the use of any diodes or anything :D

I had ones very similar fitted to mine for a month or two and had no problems with the police. The tint spray can be easily taken off with a strong solvent! I've done a few sets with the savage tint spray, and it has been pretty easy to get a good finish IMHO