paulw12 0 Posted August 6, 2008 been wanting a corrado for a long time now, could of got one a year ago but was a choice of a corrado or s2 audi,at the time the s2 was cheaper and only had small budget regretted it big time., finely got one last saturday its only the 18 16v but the cars very clean and all electrics work fine.theres no visible rust ,no nocking from engine all round good car.i have never driven a corrado before and dont really no how the 18 16vs perform. it starts up first turn idles perfect and doesent get hot but doesent seem to have no go . my mate has an escort gti crap car i no but seems farster than mine any info would be much appreciated on tunninig the car or if theres a problem willing to spend money on this car :confused4: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted August 6, 2008 It all 'happens' in the 1.8 16v at around 4000rpm, if the engine is well maintained and in a good state of tune it should pull strongly to the red-line. best thing to do is the cheapest and easiest stuff first. New distributor cap, rotor arm, spark plugs and air filter. You can do a basic check of the plugs leads by checking their resistance and condition of the ends, replace if suspect like any car. Next check the ignition and engine timing is correct and 1.8's should really be run on super unleaded fuel as they were designed to run on 98 4-star and can pink badly on 95. It's possible that the fuel filter could do with changing and it's a good idea to check the spray pattern of the injectors and if possible the fuel pressures and CO. The 16v like a good quality standard exhaust system and an old coked up silencer, possibly with damaged internals can sap the power as can some of the cheaper 'performance' exhausts. An old 16v set up on a rolling road can give quite healthy figures, so for an hours or so rolling road time 50-100 quid that can be a good investment, but do all the basic service stuff first so it stands a chance of being tuned up to it's full potential. Oh, and the 1.8 Si and GTI escorts I've driven are fairly nippy things with a good torque spread, they're no doubt lighter than the Corrado too so don't expect to beat one from the lights. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulw12 0 Posted August 7, 2008 cheers 4 that getting serviced 2 moz getting simple parts done first then going to get bit more serious let u no how it goes :cheers: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Hub 0 Posted August 7, 2008 Or you might enjoy reading the Knowledge Base (wiki) :wink: http://the-corrado.net/wiki/index.php/16v_Tuning_Guide Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulw12 0 Posted August 8, 2008 cheers hub things lke that help me right out still learning cheers mate :salute: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
