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I honestly can't see why it wouldn't. That's a good find dazzy. However UK VRs apparently, according to the rest of this thread, use two different types of MAF sensor. This info possibly only relates to one of them.

I can see why you'd want to leave the hood off. It looks mental that way! It'd certainly turn my head if I saw it in the street. It'd be a good way to see if your engine mounts need attention too :)

How much is it going to cost then (if you don't mind me asking)?

Out of interest, what power do you reckon you could get out of a 1.8 GTI 8v PB engine at five or six PSI?

So you drive this car around with no hood? I saw what can only be described as a drag car driving around the streets of Victoria, Canada last summer...huuuuuaaaggeee rear tyres, wheelie bar, the works. It had no bonnet either and an enormous supercharger strapped to the V8. I remember thinking how you'd be out in the UK in something similar for all of ten seconds before you got arrested!

The only other possible hotspots, apart from around the windscreen, to check are the battery tray and the rear arches. Anything else that's likely to rust is pretty much gonna be the bolt-on stuff like doors and wings. As others have said, if you see rust you shouls immediately think 'accident repair'. My Corrado is showing signs of rust but that's because it had all the driver's side panels replaced following an accident early in its life. It's lasted 12 years so it can't have been a bad repair I guess.

It sounds like a perfect 20vT recipient to me. It's definitely worth something to someone. If that's all that's wrong with it...and I suspect it is.

That's true....but I suspect you don't live on a racetrack. A well-sorted Corrado is more than capable of keeping with most other front-wheel drive cars, of any age, on the crappy British roads. I think. It also sounds like nothing anyone says is going to change your mind, so it's probably better that you and your Corrado part company before it causes you a nervous breakdown! It's a shame that you've come to despise the car so much. With respect to GSF parts....they're crap. They used to have a good name but they now market mostly bad-quality products. I picked up three new engine mounts from GSF last week for about £90 all in. They're utter shite. The car now vibrates as if the engine was bolted straight to the chassis. I'm only buying genuine from now on.

Well, in that case, it sounds like you already know what order you're doing stuff in. Shiney it is! :)

I'm pretty sure H711 YYU is on this forum. If it's the car I'm thinking of it's in the guy's signature pic. I believe he recently replaced the engine for another KR 16v. I can't remember it being silver though so it may be a different car. * EDIT * The memory's not what it used to be. The car I'm thinking of is H511 YUU.

Personally I'd be sorting the chassis first with the suspension and geometry set-up. Following that I'd do the engine stuff before fitting the reversing sensors. Then I'd take it to the bodyshop. Do the seat and air-con 'whenever'.

Yeah, that should go without saying I reckon.

Between you and Lee is anything safe from the chromer's tank?! Lookin' good :) * EDIT * Are two of those adapters four-to-five stud?

Anyone else see a possible link here?! 17'' wheels will also make a 1.8 16v feel slow and upset the handling further. I've had a similar experience to VR6 South; I've MOT'd my Corrado twice in the time I've owned it and it has never needed more than £30 worth of bits and pieces to get through. It's actually been the cheapest car I've ever owned with respect to running costs. I bet there aren't many Corrado owners that can say the same!

...and words are cheap!

I'm afraid that doesn't make a difference. If the value of the car is less than the repair bill I'm 100% sure they'll write the car off. The insurance value of a Corrado is very low and the parts are quite expensive. Prepare yourself for the worst :(

Yeah, using the K-Jet fuel pumps I understand - it makes perfect sense. It just sounded like the question was asking about using the whole K-Jet system! What management are you using mk2_20vt...and what's an 02J gearbox from?

You want to use K-Jet with a 1.8 20vT engine?

Good start :)

Do what?

If I don't leave the country this year, which is very possible, my shed of a Corrado is getting a 1.8T conversion. I assume that if the G60 'box fits then so does the 16v? What about the clutch?

I've spent a fair amount of time reading on the subject and getting dirty under the bonnet of a friend's 9A Corrado. I still don't know that much about it all though. In one respect removing the differential pressure regulator would lose the acceleration enrichment. However, this may be compensated for by adjusting the tamper-proof mixture screw on the fuel distribution head. That screw simply adjusts the height of the control plunger in the fuel distribution head to enrichen/lean the base mixture. I can see that it may well have similar effects to the WUR mod though because, by disconnecting the differential pressure regulator, you prevent the Lambda probe from re-adjusting the richer mixture, giving you the benefits across the entire rev range. If you want to learn about the K-Jet and KE-Motronic systems you could do worse than buying Bosch Fuel Injection and Engine Management by Charles Probst as recommended to me by Gavin (h100vw). It's a very useful book for all 16v Corrado owners.

If it was the same stuff they'd probably sell it in the same can and call it the same thing! Petrol and diesel? Same stuff mate - distilled from crude oil...makes cars go!

I think his Optima is probably 55Ah.

Yes, I'm very happy with the performance of the Optima right now. If I get three years of life from a £130 battery I'll be happy with that too. The whole 'short battery lead' affair was a pain but not the end of the world.