corradophil

Very nice, I've always liked them on those wheels too. Sebrings IIRC?

I did my, wishbones, and anti roll bar bushes on my drive. Not much fun, but do able if you have a big vice etc. It made a dig difference to how my car drives.

Jimbob1970, Yeah that should keep me happy for a while, I bought my Leon off a friend, he had a free 5 hour trial upgrade, it was very quick. Its just the thought of watching my Corrado driving away and me never driving it again which is stopping me. I've put so much effort and money into my Corrado and I'm quite attached to it now. Mind you I can think of worse decisions to have to make.

There is one small problem, I have to sell either the Leon or Corrado :cry: , if I keep the Leon I'll chip it, and get some 18" wheels, but only after the Corrado goes. I really really do not want to get rid of the Corrado, so I have a big dilema at the moment.

Interesting question. Considering I already own a Leon Cupra, I wish it was an R :roll: I would actually choose an R32. I like the look of the Alfa from the outside, but don't like the interior. Instaed of buying a Cupra R, you can pick up early Cupras quite cheap now, and chip them to around std Cupra R power, which I am very tempted to do. Early Cupra Rs are 210 BHP, late ones are 225 BHP. Mine is 180 BHP and can be re-mapped to produce 207 BHP and apparently around 60 Ib/ft more torque. :D

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I can run mine under the red. You need to fill it right up until the pump clicks off, run the car, then when you next fill it up, fill it until the pump clicks off, make a note of how much fuel you put in. Note the mileage both times you fill it up, and you can calculate your mpg from that.

Maybe it is a very clever publicity stunt to get as many people as possible to know the car is for sale..

I think most people with valvers wish they had a G60 or VR6.

It had a bit of brake fade, so I backed off for a few seconds to let things cool down, and the tyres took a bit more hammering than usual, but otherwise it was fine. More damage was done in the car park, I went down a pot hole and broke the front spoiler :lol: I joined my mate and spent 6 days and 2000 miles in Germany, he spent a month driving round Europe in it and never had a problem including hammering round the the ring, except someone drove into it in Hungary and wrote it off :roll:

If you can do all the work dismantling/rebuilding yourself, you might manage a gas flowed head for that money, or you could even have a go at doing the head youself, mine cost £100 ish including gaskets etc, but you will need a lot of time to do it.

It is brilliant, I was there in July, the track is awsome, 10 mins is pretty quick, we did it in about 13 mins in a 1.8CL Vento. We bought track tickets during the day at the museum, they were buy 1 get 1 free, so we had 2 each. We thought we'd only use 1 each as the track is so long - WRONG, we did all 4 laps, then I did another so my mate could get some pics of his car on the track. There was a real buzz about the place, we went to a pub after for dinner and were sat outside with loads of other people who had been round too. Shame we couldn't speak German. Go, you will love it

Strange, all I can suggest is check/clean every connection including the multipin one for the instruments, and check the voltage stabiliser on the instrument panel.

Mine oversteers to. It has all new front bushes, nearly new Toyo Proxes, I've tried different tyres, but that doesn't help. The only thing left is rear suspension bushes. It also has had 4 wheel laser alignment. Oh yeah, it has new FK gas shocks and springs too

Thats how I've looked after mine, make sure you keep an eye on everything, if something is not functioning correctly repair/replace it, otherwise if its all ok, leave it alone.

It does seem very quick, although I was trying it out in my Leon (180 bhp) on my way home from work and it was pretty similar to that. I'll try and do a clip of mine.

It would be interesting to see videos from VR6s and G60s too.

chris CORRADO, Mines not as quick as that, I'll try and post a similar video clip to yours over the next few days. What adjustment did your mate make to the metering head? I've had a play with mine - basically adjusting a tiny screw which apparently controls the fuel pressure, but I could not tell any difference. Did you notice much improvment after chipping it?

That goes very well, got any pics of the throttle body off and on the car, what Audi did it come from?

I normaly use a breaker bar, supported by an axle stand as near to its knuckle as possible, and bounce on the end of the bar handle, keep the bar between 2 and 4 o-clock as you look at it. The axle stand keeps the socket square on the nut. I do not have torque wrench rated high enough to get to the correct torque. As I said before make sure you have someone applying pressure on the footbrake. Much better than doing it with the car in gear which transmits all the load through the transmission to the engine - not ideal, plus the car will rock backwards and forwards.

MMMMMM Pie, how much is my Corrado worth???

Looking at the size of you in your animation you'll have no problems :wink: Get someone to put their foot on the brake pedal whilst you loosen it.

The airflow meter sits directly over the airfilter with the large round rubber connection to it!!! Also the high pressure fuel lines connect to it.

If its like an 8v or 16v one it is a sealed unit, all you can do is wash it through where the hoses connect. Although I managed to strip mine on my 8v Golf, but its a tricky job.

Hope it doesn't eat the seats. I have a friend who had both front seat covers and foams eaten in her camper van.