bonnet quetion

[16vgt 0]

hi all- new to the forum... :D

 

just a quick(and irrelevant) question- just bought my first corrado,

and have heard that there is a diff betwen a vr6 bonnet and a 1.8 16v bonnet-does anyone know if this is true??

also the headlights are diff?

 

ive owned a fleet of mk2 golfs in the past year- 2 16v's and 2 8v's, and driving the 16v corrado ive picked up now seems really really slow/sluggish compared to the golfs. i am aware that they are heavier and slightly more sluggish than the golf 16v's but is it seriosly that much??

[vr6storm 0]

the vr6 bonnet has a raised bit in the middle whereas all 1.8 16v's and some g-60's have a depression in the middle

but most 92 onwards C's will have the "vr6"-style bonnet

 

 

or as someone on here demonstrated(can't remembr who tho)

 

 

__----__ vr6 bonnet,92 onwards some g-60's and all 2.0 16v's

 

---___--- 1.8 16v and some g-60's bonnet pre 92

[leew 0]

or as someone on here demonstrated(can't remembr who tho)

 

That was me. Must have made a real impression :lol:

[Andi 2,147,483,647]

VR6's also have ever-so-slightly wider front wings too.

[16vgt 0]

__----__ vr6 bonnet,92 onwards some g-60's and all 2.0 16v's

 

---___--- 1.8 16v and some g-60's bonnet pre 92

 

haha-thats wicked!!

cheers for that!!

[chuck 0]

the c uses a different gearbox, with longer gears. It increases top speed, but sacrifices the acceleration. Its also heavier.

I'd only say its slow in traffic, get it going and its a bit of a stormer :D (really need to rev it tho)

still does 0-60 in a shade over 8 s, which isn't slow by any standards :shock:

I came into C's from a turbo diesel, and it took a while to adapt to a very different driving style (TD all punch under 3000 rpm - 16V all punch over 4000rpm!!)

[vr6storm 0]

or as someone on here demonstrated(can't remembr who tho)

 

That was me. Must have made a real impression :lol:

 

 

:wink: sorry leewfor not giving you the credit that you deserved......best way of describing the bonnet differences too :wink:

[16vgt 0]

the c uses a different gearbox, with longer gears. It increases top speed, but sacrifices the acceleration. Its also heavier.

I'd only say its slow in traffic, get it going and its a bit of a stormer :D (really need to rev it tho)

still does 0-60 in a shade over 8 s, which isn't slow by any standards :shock:

I came into C's from a turbo diesel, and it took a while to adapt to a very different driving style (TD all punch under 3000 rpm - 16V all punch over 4000rpm!!)

 

so the 1.8 16v has to be driven hard-and its ok to do this?!

[Rossco 0]

yeh man it really comes into its own when you get past 4500rpm you can totally feel it pull harder and the valver loves being reved. VW made it to be reved