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hmmm, thanks for the opinions gents. seem to be in the same ball park with it to be fair. well i went to see the car last night and although the red is a bit faded shes not a bad lookin motor. my mate will be mopping it for me (he doesnt know yet but he will for some beer tokens im sure lol). the guy is replacing the engine in it as the headgasket had gone, but appart from that shes good to go with 10 months mot. few trinkets on it inc drilled and grooved discs, short shift kit, eye brow and a few others so all in for 700 quid im happy. a little bit of crust around the fuel filler which was my biggest concern but again, my mate has a body shop and im sure he could do something with it even if it means cutting the panel off a breaker and welding it on with new paint later on. and cheers BLSCO - yeah the e30 is fab to be fair mate. blisteringly quick and the noise is unreal :-) But appart from me wanting to do another engine swap on her and new paint, 2 winters have taken their toll (as far as im concerned when i look at her) and ive given her a hard time since i built her so time to give her a well deserved rest lol. everyone else keep telling me shes mint and they love it but as shes mine i see every imperfection :-o watch this space is all im going to say on the matter :-)

hi guys, bassically im picking up a 1.8 16v corrado as a daily to replace my e30 for a while and im wondering what people's opinions are of the engine in particular?... now even the vr6 would be a step down from what i have in the e30, i did a 2.8 24v e36 328 sport conversion to the car, bigger inlet manifold conversion, uprated teflon vanos seals, lightened single mass flywheel, tubular stainless manifold, full free flow exhaust and remapped ecu with 7100 rpm rev limit raise. so dont get me wrong, im not slating the vr6 here but my e30 is currently making 240bhp + 225lbft in an 1100 kilo shell so shes bloody quick.! ive read a few things about the vr6 engine being problematic as far as bore wear is concerned so with the idea of buying a cheap daily and something cheap to run i dont want to risk getting a cheap raddo with the vr6 as i reckon they would be only cheap for a reason.... want a decent vr6 corrado = spend the coin lol so what are your views on the 1.8 16v corrado? ive never owned one of these before and want to know from people who have/do what they are like. vw is german just like my e30 so i see that as a good thing haha ta in advance Ant

cheers guys, shes suffered the last 2 winters so thats taken its toll unfortunatly but now i have another garage she can be tucked away from all that and made mint i double posted the pic of my interior,, this is the second one i was supposed to show you lol

ok heres a few pics of my e30 :shades: this is how i bought her 3 years ago, a totally original 320i se fast forward to now and this is how she now stands (next to my good friends vr6 powered mk2) the monster that lurks beneath 8) there ya go, as i said she's coming off the road next month. im having her stripped down and painted valencia orange (like the new 1M), tech 1 sport kit and going to be fitting an e46 m3 engine and aiming for 380bhp. bit sad shes going to be laid up for a while but the end result should be awesome. hoping a corrado will make a great daily, ive loved them for years now :shades:

thanks mate, i have plenty of pics of the e30 build ect. i will upload some when i get chance. had the car for 3 years now but stripped her down 2 years ago and fitted the e36 24v 2.8 engine ect. going to miss her while she's off the road again but im sure a corrado will make me happy enough while this happens :-)

hi, my names Ant im new here. currently drive a 2.8 24v converted bmw e30, picking up a corrado next month as a daily and second car to the e30 while she gets laid up in my garage for new paint, tech 1 ///m kit and e46 m3 conversion. the plan is to use the corrado while this happens and once the e30 is built the corrado will fill the every day car role and the e30 will be a dry day/weekend toy cheers