Paulr1980

hahaha Already posted in that thread :) In fact the next meet was my idea. Be good to get together with some Corrado owners again.

WOW, now that's a nice compliment! Thanks!! White seems to not be many peoples fave colour, the fact that it's just a valver and isn't concourse means that I take it for what it is and do my best with the tools, skills and little money I am able to put into it. When someone says something like that it makes it worthwhile (on top of it being fappin great fun to drive). Look forward to seeing you at a Worcs meet, there's one at the end of the month so come along. Paul20v - Thanks for the nice comment dude. Appreciated. P

U wouldnt recormend them them as budget coilovers?? They are fine as budget coilovers, nothing wrong with them and the height adjustability is good. They are coated well and haven't rusted and I can still move the collars with the C spanner. For £220 (I think that's what they've gone down to on the bay) you can go wrong. It's just that my requirements have changed a bit and I need a bit more from suspension now. Can recommend them if you want to go low for no money.

Hello Mr plod hows things? :) I saw that you're selling yours (pistonheads). That's a shame but congrats on the wedding. Anytime you need a rado fix let me know and I'll chuck you my keys. Thanks for the comments.. It's budget but it's getting there.

I just call them the 'slags' as they are branded all sorts of names 'Jamex' 'Traxx' 'Raceland'... I'm sure they will be branded J-tec as well. They are TUV passed so can't be horrific build. I was tempted to drill a hole in each of the coilover collars and put an allen grub screw in as a locking mechanism as there isn't anything but I haven't so far and had no trouble with them coming loose. SK - thanks buddy. Inlet was from Bogg brothers. Looked around at other possibilities but a bogg kit is about as cheap and as good quality as you can get. I didn't have to faff with the set up of the carbs at all to get running. Literally plug and play.

They are ok. Not ideal really but good enough to get away with in the short term. They are very stiff so for track work they would be ok but can be a little stiff for road use. They would be better if you could damper adjust as I'd just soften them a little. I'll probably spend a fair bit on suspension in the middle of the year and get some AST's fitted. At the time I just wanted it lowered on a strict budget and it did that pretty well.

Yeah yellow glass fronts. Takes an hour or so to do. Piece of cake really. Just make sure you get all the glass out of the frame which can take a while. Considering mine were cracked it made no difference if I buggered them up.

Thanks guys.. Riley - bog standard engine wise. I'm not worried about making huge power. It was done partly because I loved the idea of bike carbs and partly because I'd never really done any work on a car, certainly not custom work. Was an excersize in whether or not I could actually do it. Turns out I could. :) CM - Thanks dude. I got them from the bay as with most of the stuff I've got. Just keep your eyes peeled and keep popping in 'split rims' in the search and they'll eventually come up. Just be prepared to travel. I had to drive 4 hours round trip for them. I also bought a trimsport rear brace on the bay before crimbo for £40 :) veedub21 - I'll post up the dyno graph on monday when it's run up and fettled with. No idea what it'll run. It's certainly better than it was previously. Loads more torque and that's with overfuelling for safety and no ignition set up. Piece of cake to do really. Couple of headscratchers but mostly because I didn't have anyone to talk to who'd already done it. If you do go for it then just pm me with any questions and I'll be glad to help. Thanks for the nice words all.

Just thought I'd chuck a new couple up since I haven't updated this in months... Don't mind putting pics up now the damn things on the road. lol

Just wanted to say that set up is the tits!!!! Well done dude. I'm not sure I can justify going to that extent (much as I'd like to) but i'll certainly be brembo'ing up in the next couple of months.

Me to.. i'm gutting the sunnie (tilts and slides if anyone is interested) and just using sikaflex to bond a carbon panel in and then some anodised allen bolts as retaining bolts. There's a chap on ebay that quoted me about £100 for a panel. HTH

A mate uses and swears by it in his SC'd Mx5... I was going to use it in my car but forgot to buy some when changing the coolant.. I'll certainly be getting some soon though.

Apologies for the shitty pic and the fact its on the p155 but it's all I had. You get the idea though.

Problem is that I need more like 5 PSi not 5 bar..... That's why the oe jobbie is no good for the job. thanks for the thought though.

Also worth considering Mitsi Evo RS recaro's as I did.. Picked both fronts up in black that matches the rest of the standard rado interior (not that I have any anymore... lol) for £200. They look great, are supportive and allow the use of harnesses (not to everyones requirement but useful if tracking it.) I'll post a pic up later when I get home if you are interested.