New Corrado G60 owner, need basic advices

[fallout 10]

Hello i am from Finland, i have just bought -89 Corrado G60, it is in good overall condition and i like the car a lot.

(All electrics are working, only the power steering pump seems to be dead, be on the list to replace)

 

So my questions are:

 

1. How to use car properly to keep G-lader healty?

 

Now i usually run the car about 1 minute before drive, and i dont go over 2000-2500 rpm before oil temp reaches around 55c or more.

 

Before i come home, i usualy drive gently and run the car about 1min before shutting engine off.

 

Im i doing it right? Do i even need to idle it etc.

 

2. prev. owned took interiors off the catalysator, does this make any harm?

 

3. The exhaust is too short in the middle, and is leaking now in the middle until i got time to install the "extender" piece, does this do anything else than a really bad sound?

 

4. Unused G-lader was installed in 2009, how do i know if it needs maintenance? it boosts to about 1-1.1 bar in hard acceleration. usually it it compressing about 0.5 - 0.8 bar in normal-fast accelerations.

 

5. what "pre-maintenance" should i do? The prev. owned swapped all the liquids, hoses to better ones, spark plugs, injector gaskets and i replaced the VCG few days ago.

 

6. The car has pretty hard coilovers, is low and has i think 2degrees camber angles, does this harm anything faster than normal setup? I drive 99% in city.

 

 

Thank you guys in advice, i'm really exited about the car!

[rickdonald 10]

Thought I'd take a crack at answering some of these. I'm no expert, I have owned my G60 for a little over 8 months, but hopefully can help a little.

 

1. Yep, just take it easy till the oil warms up, then you should be good.

I wouldn't worry about idling it too much when you come to stop as its not going to get anywhere near as hot as a turbo. The supercharger is belt driven rather than exhaust gasses like a turbo. The reason you need to idle a turbo engine is because the exhaust gasses driving the turbo can really heat it up when you hammer it. So you idle it for a few mins before you turn the engine off just to cool the turbo down a little.

 

2. It wont do your car any harm, if anything it will improve the flow of the exhaust and probably give you a little more BHP. However the emission may not meet requirements. I'm not familiar with the legislation up there in Finland, but in the UK, if the car was registered before about 1992, then you didnt need a Catalytic converter, however after 1992 it became required, and the emission limits where decreased.

 

3. Again, no it should have any real bad effects, just noise, and maybe a small risk of exhaust fumes entering the car when you are stationary. Other than that it should be ok till you get chance to fix it. I actually have a similar problem where I have a leak in between the exhaust manifold and the catalytic converter!

 

4. The G-lader needs servicing every 45,000 miles or so if it is running a standard 78mm pulley. If it has a smaller pulley on it, it means its spun faster, producing more boost, but also reducing the service intervals. See this link for more info: http://www.matey-matey.com/g60-rebuild-article.shtml

 

5. If the car has recently been serviced then I wouldn't worry too much on that side of things, especially if its running well. other things to take note of are the coolant temperature sensors, if they aren't good then they can cause running issues. Also there is a vacuum hose running from the back of the inlet manifold to the ecu (under the windscreen by the wiper mechanism) this hose needs to be in good condition and EXACTLY 1m long. If its damaged or the wrong length, then the ECU compensates and can affect running.

 

Also as well as engine related stuff, I would check the brake are all in good condition and the suspension looks good too (no leaks).

 

Finally bodywork! I have had 3 Corrado's so far, and each of them had issues with rust around the petrol filler neck, and the windscreen. If you catch it early, then it's much easier and cheaper to fix! Just have a general look around the car, but pay attention to around the windscreen trim and the filler neck for any bubbling paintwork.

 

6. The coilovers being hard should cause too many issues generally, you will probably go through top-mounts a lot quicker though, and also the interior will probably rattle a bit! as for the camber, the fronts can be adjusted back to standard if you want, just by adjusting the mounting of the front struts to the knuckles. However I would get a wheel alignment specialist to do it, as it can be a real pain! also changing the camber will then go on to affect the toe. For the rear wheels, if the previous owner has added camber plates between the beam and the stub axles these can also be removed if you want.

 

It wont have much affect on the wear of anything other than the tires may wear a little quicker on the inside (as they are the main place for contact with the road).

 

Hope this helps a bit!

[fallout 10]

Thank you for taking effort :)

 

got confirmations to my toughts.