Kevin Bacon

Sounds like it could be a riot! Some nice small hot hatches out there at the moment.. am rather a fan of the new Fiesta ST I have to say.

Indeed there are! Fierce competition among car makers is bringing us some interesting machines at the moment. Roll on the MK8 Golf R with the R30 turbo engine :)

I also liked the Fiesta ST - until I went in one! Fun me does that have hard suspension. You really have to hang on on bumpy B roads.

First there was the mint Polo, then there was the fruit Polo and now we have - the Spicy Polo! - http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=29260

Obviously that will chip up to well over 300 brake but the combination of a little Polo with Haldex Gen 5 or 6, what a fun beast!

So the ap's any good? sure someone said they were made by kW? I'm liking the price £380 delivered:-) I can live without dampening adjustment can't i, just worried they would be too soft?

A lot of people think every coilover is made by KW :lol:

You can spot all the KW clones as they use the same plastic spring perches, but just different colours. Same thread pitch on the damper bodies as well. Volkswagen Racing were also selling recoloured KWs as their own upgraded kit at one point.

The APs don't look like a KW clone to me, but they are at least German made with TUV approval (far tougher than most other approval certs).

You just need to watch out for the Chinese made kits that sell for about £250 or less. The steel quality is just too inferior to last more than 6 months.

I would prefer a MK4 TDI. It's faster :)

/\ It's LOADS better than the O2A, but the O2M (MK4 TDI, R32, 4Motion, S3, Cupra R etc) shift is even better :)

Why not do a MK4 front end on your Corrado?

It's stunning :pukeleft:

I think Yan makes a good point. The seller seems to think he has a 2670 mile MK1 GTI or a MK1 Escort or something. Sure it's a time warp car, but there are certain periods in history that aren't worth time travelling back to!

Spax had a terrible rep in my MK2 days, along with Avo. I'm sure they've improved now but bad reps tend to linger.

Alfa mastered the 5 door coupe look with hidden rear handles!

1.8Ts certainly aren't cheap once you start chasing 300+ hp! As you say, AGUs had standard 16V rods in them and I've seen those bend with less than 300lb torque :D

It's usually when people ship in those APR big turbo kits that bolt onto the stock manifold, which has ports the size of my finger. Bigger flow, bigger psi + ports all that extra flow can't escape through quickly enough = rod bendage :lol: Having said that, I have sampled a genuine 350hp / 340lbft 1.8T (disco potato turbo + standalone + rods / pistons / manifold etc) and that thing was very rapid indeed. Didn't even need a bar of boost to make that. It's a cracking engine if built right.

I remember being beaten by a chipped Golf G60 when I had my 16V Turbo technics. It just had the legs on me at the top end.

Yeah 5 doors are stronger but not by a huge amount. The stiffest VWs are the 5 door saloons, hence the Jetta / Vento / Bora race cars :) You've got the reinforced B pillar as Bristol says, plus a nice big peice of steel bracing the rear turrets. 3 door hatchbacks are a soggy blancmange compared to a 5 door saloon. To be fair, only a small percentage of people would actually notice the difference during normal driving, but throw both hard into a tight bend, the 5 door will feel structurally better.

I tried a VR6 with KW V1s and it was awful. Crashy and very harsh. I had KW V3s at the time and I couldn't believe they were made by the same company as mine were superb.

I'd listen to StoneJag. You'll only regret skimping. You don't have to spend V3 kind of money but for say, £600 ish, you can get a Bilstein B6, B8, B12 kind of kit which are fixed struts. I was wanting to try it on mine but sold the Corrado before getting the chance. In hinsight, it's what I should have done from the start because coilovers were wasted on my car. They were always at the maxmium height :lol:

Reason being I went in a member's V3 equipped VR which was slammed and that rode completely differently to mine. Cats eyes were jarring! There's a fine line with Corrados and ride height unfortunately.

And a boring 5 door one at that.

I don't care how few miles it has. It's still just a boring MK3 Golf that handles like a shed riding a space hopper, and

Facom

I beg your pardon?! :lol:

As others have said, Halfords Professional socket sets for me. Had them since 1990 and in that time I've only replaced one 3/8" ratchet, and that was only because the ratchet retainer screws fell out and got lost.

I'm sure I've read on PistonHeads or something that Halfords Pro are made by Britool, or some other well known brand?

As for other tools, I've had great luck with Ruko drill bits, Wera screwdriver bits, Facom bits and bobs etc. I don't tend to go for certain brands, I just avoid cheap sheet!

For cordless tools I like Hitachi. I've got a nice little 1/4" drive cordless wrench for jobs like rocker covers and sump bolts.

It was mine. The magazine had heard of my neons, air ride, leather covered engine plastics and were desperate to feature it. Some guy then gave me £17K for it. He felt that was a fair offer for my exquisite taste and the work that had gone into it. The real highlight for him, which he shows to all his mates at the McD's carpark on Wednesday nights, is the mustard yellow leather in the engine bay.

In all seriousness, I wonder if it's Shaun's VRT Storm? That went for over £15K IIRC. I think there was also another £15K+ boosted Corrado around at the same time?

Nice. A lot of clout for not a huge amount of cash.

A bit of thread dilution here!

 

For the OP, I'm guessing you saw my ad on here? Golf GTi For Sale

 

They are great cars, yes, a simple stage 1 remap will give around 250bhp and you can get decent fuel economy. Unfortunately my commute is too short to make it that good, but it's into the low 30's. For me, the Mk5 GTi is like a grown up Corrado, the performance is similar, but it's much easier to drive fast. It is also very easy to live with on a daily basis, looks stylish and never seems to be out of fashion in the work car park etc. The GTi is also a more enthusiast owned car than most marques out there, so there's an excellent source of online forums for help and advise.

I'd keep mine if I didn't have 7 cars here already, and I'd got the VR to replace it...

 

My 2p :)

Haha, you're new. You're not yet used to our conversations going off on wild tangents, usually instigated by me :lol:

"Easier to drive fast" sums up performance VWs newer than the Corrado very nicely. I remember driving a MK5 GTI way back in 2006ish when I was undecided about keeping the Corrado or not (for the 8th time). I specifically chose a beaten up old B road I know well and despite being on 18s, it glided over it like Aladdin's carpet compared to my Corrado, which even on premium coilovers with a sensible drop, crashed and banged it's way over it like a Walrus squirming up the beach.

Things I weren't so keen on were the lifeless steering (strong self centering though) and the sensation of turbo pull was over by 4000rpm.

Good cars overall but anything newer than a MK4 is an electronics pain in the arse, so I'm trying to remain old school.

I struggle to like them as when i was a kid the local weirdo lady with loads of cat had one and that's all i picture when i see one. She was like that grotbags lady from kids tv.

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I bet SEAT man was texting or some other reason that distracted him from seeing stationary cars in front of him. I have to say, I have no sympathy for these idiots, only the innocent people they harm with their stupidity. I bet he thinks as it's a hire car, the several £1000 bill that's looming won't affect his premiums. Wrong! :lol:

Anyway, I think your C will be fine as will you be :)

With too many people on the roads and such a huge disparity in driving standards, prangs are on the increase.

Activate the ABS several times before you do it and that should agitate any stale fluid / deposits that hang around in the ABS valves back into the system.

If you're doing a full workshop power bleed with the ignition on, you may not need to do that, but personally, I like to keep the ABS pump working and get fluid through it.

I've got a mk6 which is basically a mk5 with a facelift. It really is a lovely car to sit in and to drive. If it's your only car then the Corrado simply can't compete. I am disappointed about the build quality compared to my previous mk4 though. I've also had rust issues on the tailgate (fixed under warranty) which is disappointing for a 4 year old car. Lovely to drive though and quick.

Not surprised about the rust. When the new finance director bloke joined VW back in 2007ish and said a Golf (MK5) takes 10 hours to build compared to a Focus that takes 30 mins (IIRC), I knew then VW were heading for a decline in quality. It would seem at least one customer agrees :D

Seen it all too many times in the corporate world. Delusional managers thinking they can cut costs and deliver the same or better quality. They're just Morons with important sounding job titles. And then they get a very handsome severance 'package' when they f'ck things up. Then go off and do exactly the same thing somewhere else. These people get head hunted?

Yeah that is 100% a scam.

Reg shows it as a R32, maybe it is the bargain of the year, my mate has a four door R and for some reason seems to think his seats are recaro, I guess not everyone is up to speed on specs.

Or just unobservant because "Konig" is embroided into both door facing thigh bolsters.

I got a couple of Clarke (steel) low entry jobs from Machine Mart and they were cheap.

I had an alloy Low entry one when they first came out and that was utter ****e.

Corrados and Sciroccos weren't family orientated and especially in the case of the Corrado, was too expensive compared to the Golf. So they quickly fell off the grid.

Will the Scirocco ever be cool? IMO it never was cool to begin with :lol:

Can't stand MK1s, but the old MK2 Scala had a certain charm about it, but I'd take a Golf over any Scirocco any day of the week.

Has anyone else spotted CP4L and EuroCarParts are one and the same?

Get the TSI engine over the TFSI if you are tuning. The TSI can easily go to 270-280bhp with exhaust, down pipe, intake, stage 2 map.

The TFSI has a load of limitations, fuel pump is mechanical and can't deliver past 240-250bhp

+1

Port injection too, so none of that clogged up intake & valves nonsense the TFSI suffered from. Which one is the timing chain engine? Can never remember, but guess what, it stretches :lol: But unlike the V6, the engine just won't start at all if it stretches too much. And rust. Same schitt, different day :)

Mk4 R32 FTW! :) ?

Another + 1

Such an obvious progression from a VR6, but I wasn't going to be the first to say it :D

Badge snobbery or not Id choose a Golf over an Octavia, its simply a better car when everythings taken into account.

+1 number three!

The vRS attracts too many boy racers and around my way especially, a lot of boy racers own them as well!! The Golf looks more subtle and imo it feels better made and looks a lot better as well, but each to our own!