Tempest

Beg to differ, as my US-Rado did prove its worthiness on my recent long journey again. It's refined, but with that extra bit waiting to be released if needs be :-) As such I wouldn't really consider a more refined or even more modern :shock: car :-) Tempest

Oops, yes, sorry. That was really appreciated Darren 8) :lol: Yes, getting to the fuel rail was fairly easy, getting the wiring loom out was the swine. Haven't tried to start her up with a cold engine yet, and won't either for the next few weeks, as from tomorrow on I'm off to Germany for Chrimbo again. So, sometime in the future I'll be able to tell, and yes, I thought as well, that it might have been the loom in the end, cracked as it was for the one injector. Right, customer waiting :x , still at work. Tempest

Well, I'm back home again after a 3-day business trip in the Kent and East Sussex area. As this was all reasonably close to West Sussex, and Littlehampton/G-Werks in particular (well, when you live in Coventry anyway), I decided to take the Corrado for business :shock: Did I regret it? Nope, the alternative would have been the company 55 bhp monster Escort diesel white van :lol: The Corrado's clean again, as it did get filthy down in Kent. 2 nights in a hotel, one of which was sweetened by a meet-up with Luke aka G60Dub for a few drinks and loads of Rado-Talk in a nice pub somewhere in Margate (or was it still Ramsgate? You can tell, I'm not from down that end of Blighty :lol:)., thanks, mate :-) Might be down that end soon again for some more drinks and Rado-Talk :-) Today on my way home I dropped into G-Werks/PSD to get 4 new injectors for my G60 in a final attempt to solve my reported stutter on coldstart problem. Darren and Steve let me get on with doing the job myself, already full well knowing that my Rado is special and would have some nasty surprises up its sleeve :lol: Darren: "Every job on this Corrado takes 2x as long!" That made me feel better again, after I rounded off the first Allen bolt within 5 minutes, but with the aid of Steve's big lumpy mallet and my 12-point socket we got that one out. After a close inspection of the injector loom we decided to chuck the existing one out, and me having, of course forgotten to get one from my stealers in time, Darren sacrificed his brandnew loom :-) To get the old one out, 2 further Allen bolts needed to be removed, and yes, you guessed it, one threatened to do the typical Tempest-US-Rado-trick, i.e. round off. Darren then very dryly remarked: "Well, there's only one way forward now!" Intake manifold off!! Arrggghhh! This is where I let the boys have a bash at my Rado, as I once again was disappointed at the constant set-backs my Rado always manages to give me for what otherwise would have been fairly simple jobs. Compare that to my Roccos (the Storm Rocco even being 6 years older and many more miles on the clock, but no problems were encountered when I took the exhaust manifold off, did the brakes, suspension etc.) Anyway, thanks to the Darren and Steve's perseverence my Rado did end up with a new set of injectors and new loom, and whilst the intake manifold and throttle body were off, we also decided to chuck out the existing vacuum hose to the ECU to be replaced with a shiny blue new silicone hose (of exactly 1 metre length, of course :-) ). So, a big thank you once again to Darren and Steve and their willingness to tackle yet another seemingly easy job, that turned out to be another typical Tempest-Rado-job, i.e. a bl**dy nuisance. Did I ever mention the 2-hour job that Darren had to just remove the G-Lader from my Rado, because 2 Allen bolts (yes, I love those things, as you can imagine by now; had my own fun with them in the summer on the crankshaft pulley and the rear brake calliper brackets :angry:) rounded off? Well, that's my Rado ;-) On the other hand: On the way towards G-Werks and PSD I did encounter another Rado going on to the A27 at Lewes, we waved at each other confirming our superior choice of cars amidst all the typical commuter rubbish on the roads :-) Tempest

Never noticed any difference on my US-G60 with or now without the foamy stuff. Still need to remove the glue residue, horror! Tempest

Someone over in D spotted a carbon bonnet (late model) for our Cs "made" by In.Pro Sport (a new divison within In.pro, yes those lovely opeople that brought us the smoked etc. tail lights :-) ), and listed in the current (2006) Rieger catalogue. Costs €596, debate has now started as to whether this thing is any good etc. Apparently even has TÜV-approval. Let's see what comes of this. Tempest

Erm yes, let's not forget where the Corrado came from ;-) :lol: Tempest

Rollcage whilst still having the rear seats in there, shame really, as the guy's put in a lot of effort on that leather. The side mirrors seem to work in my humble taste, I do have a weak spot for the RS-bumper, too. All sorts of ideas to translate on my Rado, but I've decided to keep mine US-standard, US being pretty rare already, so don't want to spoil that. Tempest

Well not on the Rado, but on my Mk1 Rocco changed the radiator, flushed the coolant system and refilled with delicious new G12+ Noticed a knackered Infinity 9603i rear speaker in my Rado, started to crack sound-wise, and yup, membrane looks fubar :mad: Will have to look at some longer -lasting speakers, I guess. Quite happy with the Infinity's in my Roccos (but they were the predecessor model, the 6953i (can't help myself to think that those have become the new Kappa range, whereas the Reference 9603 range is of inferior quality to compete in the low-end chav-end of the market ...). Tempest

Same here, although I do notice that my G60 Rado is a wee bit quicker to warm up than my 8V Roccos. I'm not overly bothered by that, as fortunately I don' use any of my babies as daily drivers :-) They just come out whenever I want to take them out, weekends etc. Tempest

Yeah, doing the miles alright, that's 2 nights away from home next week. Oh well, not that one can do a lot in the evenings anyway, so might as well do a bit of business and get stuck in a Travellodge (4 whopping terrestrial channels). There's a difference this time: Unlike normally having the company shed with me I will be in another white vehicle :-) Sooo, I could always get my hands dirty again on a Travellodge car park :lol: Interesting to read though, that a wobbly Lambda-sensor loom can cause similar problems. I have actually tried to start mine a few times with the Lambdaprobe disconnected, but got exactly the same symtoms of stuttering. on coldstart. The fact that my fuel system, however, does not hold the pressure very well after ignition off, compared to Steve's G60 Rado, would also suggest my problem is along the fuel rail / line end. Hence time for new injectors, not having found leaks along the section tank-to-fuel hose in the engine bay. Tempest

Yeah, why not, I'd also go for the Veyron, but definitely keep my current 3 Karmann coupes, spend loads on them to get them absolutely mint (well, the Mk1 Rocco's pretty close already so would need least of the lottery funds :lol:). Tempest

Good stuff, good to hear your Rado is behaibng itself again. I've sent you a PM, as I'll be down your end this Tuesday (business) till Thursday, and whilst staying in boring hotels would die to meet up with some like-minded folks. On my way back home collecting new greentop injectors at G-Werks to (hopefully finally) solve my coldstart stutter problem. Can't find any other source of error that could cause my problem. Tempest

My bet would be on the timing being out, too. Check whether the timing marks on flywheel, camshaft sprocket and distributor line up, then check timing is set to 6° BTDC. Tempest

I just don't like the Focus, full-stop :lol: Driven one a few times, doesn't do it for me. Tempest

Hopefully to be kept instead of sold :lol: Said bug affects me most in my Mk1 Rocco. Driving my Mk1 is totally addictive, apart from in town, with all the pot-holes, lumpy idling engine that just wants to go instead of waiting at round-abouts and traffic lights :lol: But out in the open, it's pure pleasure :-) Sad but true: Not yet had that feeling in my Rado. Tempest

Yup, http://www.in-pro.de/ Tempest

Strange, normally I'm well behaved in the UK, but recently whilst in Germany again, driving my mate's Audi coupe, I found it really difficult to stick to the inner town speed limits (30 mph flat, no excuse) !! Most importantly, that's also where I can collect real points, having a German licence :oops: Tempest

That's why its worthwhile sticking a fine meshed filters in both the main boost and boost return pipe. OK, that may lead to a slight loss of power when you're at a rolling road day (like on mine recently), but you're safe in the knowledge that if the Lader decides to spit out its guts, you won't contaminate the intercooler and engine :-) Tempest

Still have a spare crankshaft bolt and required washer (you do need this, as the bolt is longer than the original strecth bolt) left over from a previous group buy. PM me if interested. Tempest

OK, some results from my "extended period" test of the fuel pressure. Started with a pressure of 3 bar at the pressure switch end (ignition on), noticed how after a few minutes it started to drop. Started engine, 2.5 bar, switch off engine, climbed to just under 3 bar, then tailed off to little over 1 bar after 3 hours, then after 12 hours had a residual pressure of 0.6 bar. Having been able to comparte these results to those obtained from Stevemac's G60 today (to diagnose a potential running problem on his G60), I immediately noticed how his fuel system did not lose any pressure, even over a 30-minute pe4riod. So, I must still have a leak somewhere, most likely the cause of my stuttering on coldstarts. Will now have to try and figure out where the leak is: Hose in tank (pump to lid, and hose to fuel line outside lid), unions, lines, injectors; can rule out pump (brandnew) and FPR (tried 3, none made any difference, one was brandnew). @ Luke: Yeah, great, will do, need to look in the company diary when I'm next down there, but there is a large chance that it'll be in the last week before Xmas again. Tempest

In terms of refined driver's car, I found once again, how refined a US-G60 can be on my way to Steve via the M6 today. So I don't really need a VR6 for that :-) Plus my G60 also very nicely got me out of the poo trying to get back onto the M6 today (wrong lane at a roundabout, floor it and away I went comfortably beating all the usual sh1t cars around me :lol:) Despite my normally a tad on the harsh suspension (well at elast what some think who've been in my G60), I noticed how effortlessly it swallowed the nasty bumps on the M6 around Birminham-Erdington (M6 is raised here, loads of seams between the various pieces of tarmac, that get trodden on and sink by the weight of those blasted lorries continuosuly ruining otherwise perfect roads for Rados), where my 2 Roccos become very very harsh and unenjoyable indeed, crashing through this crappie section of the M6. Tempest

As I had to collect a few goodies from Stevemac, and Steve wanted to analyse a potential problem on his G60, I travelled towards the metropolitan city of Brum from the slightly less metropolitan capital Coventry (dump) :lol: to get my fuel pressure manometer onto Steve's G60. We have been able to successfully rule out that his running problems stem from fuelling issues, as the system held the pressure admirably well, whilst we were chucking down one coffee after another :-) As a matter of fact Steve's G60 did not lose any pressure in more than 30 minutes that we waited. Instead we are pretty much sure it's got to be down to a knackered Lambdaprobe (or at least one on its way out, unlike when mine gave up the ghost rather suddenly 2 years ago). Comparing the fuel pressure results on Steve's G60 to the results I obtained again just the night before (now with a new fuel pump fitted), I still seem to have a leak somewhere (as in 30 minutes I lose about 0.5 bar of pressure), which is highly likely the cause of my coldstart stuttering problems. Just need to find out now where the leak is located: Injectors, fuel lines, unions, hose in tank, etc. At least I can rule out the FPR, as I've tried 3 different FPRs, one even brandnew unit, and none of them solved my stutter problem on coldstarts. Steve also managed to use his perfect hearing to locate the squeal that I have reported on with my G60, and is pretty sure that it's the throttle body mechanism. That woudl make sense as at one point (having noticed my Lader starting to push out oil before I had it overhauled, I did actually clean out the intake manifold and TB with carb cleaner), so will try some grease and stuff tomorrow. A productive day :-) With loads of goodies as well, I now have a bit of work to do again on the Mk1 :-) Tempest

Down time might be due to this: http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34043 In other words, the website is being worked on :-) Tempest

In that pub, these Santa Clauses (even female ones :shock:) walked around serving flavoured Vodka free of charge (we all had to pay a measly 3 Euro entrance fee), as much as you literally liked. The blood orangey one wasn't that nice, I did like the blackberry flavoured one :lol: The Santa Clauses were all p*ssed, too, so usually spilt half the stuff over your clothes. One of them almost stabbed the nozle in my nose :lol: Nothing to be sniffed at :lol: Ahh, it was just great :-) Up for it again next year, including peanut throwing fights :-) Tempest

Not been in many VRs yet, but for me it was the factor of familiarity with 8V technology (as I do like to tinker as well rather than just drive, which is probably why my Rado is so often off the road :lol:), but I do prefer the grunt of the G60 even when it just sits idling, whilst a VR6 idling sounds too refined for me. Tempest