knightrider

Here is a picture of the Golf Box (if I've manged to insert it!)Golf Air Box 2.JPG[/attachment:lzwwg58y]

I've got a Golf VR and my son has a Corrado VR. Nope it defo won't fit. They are both oblong and roughly the same size but the Corrado box fits 'front to back' whilst on the Golf it fits 'left to right' and one end of it tucks under the wing.

I've got a picture of the Golf one, but I don't understand how to insert it.

I've got a Golf VR6 1997 Highline, so OBD2. Have a look at the VR6 Owners Forum, it has an explanation of the differences (but not how to fit OBD2 to OBD1 cars as far as I know). The interesting thing is that with Golfs the OBD2 cars tend to develop 185-190bhp in standard trim. It seems that VW changed to OBD2 on the Golfs but did not 'update' the brochure and so left the headline power as being 174bhp. Maybe because back then it was hard to get them insured?? But on the VR6 Owners there is a Rolling Road day results chart and on that there are 3 standard OBD2 cars. They develop 186, 190, 190. I am pretty sure my standard car develops 190, not 174. My son has a Corrado VR6 and it is no quicker (handles better though, so i'm thinking of getting one :) So it may be that fitting OBD2 to the 2.9 Corrado, that starts at 190bhp, would give you 205-210bhp. That is a neat gain for the money, so the aggro to fit might be worth it. My OBD2 Golf (62k miles, v good history) regularly returns 30mpg and up to 32mpg on long motorway runs. If given gip locally it drops to 25mpg. So whilst it may be tedious to fit, it should boost power appreciably whilst not affecting economy too much.

ADVICE: Those of you with VR6 cars - go on the VR6 Owners Club website. There is some good stuff on there.

How easy is it to replace the rubber inserts that run down both sides of the roof? Mine have gone brttle/flakey and perished. Does it matter? Where can you buy new ones?