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I can't find my old thread so thought I'd start a fresh one with a couple of pics of my bargain mini barge.
It cost less than a shed of the week to buy and the plan is to use and abuse it over the next season at tracks around the uk.... oh and one little one in Germany with a load of mates.
Cheers
It cost less than a shed of the week to buy and the plan is to use and abuse it over the next season at tracks around the uk.... oh and one little one in Germany with a load of mates.
Cheers
Thanks all..
The car cost me £900.. I've spent a bit on it but everything is from ebay pretty much and I just held off until I got a bargain.
They are ZX9R Keihin flat slide carbs. Jetted by bogg brothers.
Corrado's are popping up for silly money now. I've seen a few go for £600!! Mine has a few spots of rust but nothing worth getting fussy over for the money I paid. All it needed was some TLC and lots of meguiars mirror glaze.
All these people hunting for Mk2 golfs as track cars and paying over the odds and there's a better looking coupe for less money kicking around..
The car cost me £900.. I've spent a bit on it but everything is from ebay pretty much and I just held off until I got a bargain.
They are ZX9R Keihin flat slide carbs. Jetted by bogg brothers.
Corrado's are popping up for silly money now. I've seen a few go for £600!! Mine has a few spots of rust but nothing worth getting fussy over for the money I paid. All it needed was some TLC and lots of meguiars mirror glaze.
All these people hunting for Mk2 golfs as track cars and paying over the odds and there's a better looking coupe for less money kicking around..
paulrhodes said:
Thanks all..
The car cost me £900.. I've spent a bit on it but everything is from ebay pretty much and I just held off until I got a bargain.
They are ZX9R Keihin flat slide carbs. Jetted by bogg brothers.
Corrado's are popping up for silly money now. I've seen a few go for £600!! Mine has a few spots of rust but nothing worth getting fussy over for the money I paid. All it needed was some TLC and lots of meguiars mirror glaze.
All these people hunting for Mk2 golfs as track cars and paying over the odds and there's a better looking coupe for less money kicking around..
nice!The car cost me £900.. I've spent a bit on it but everything is from ebay pretty much and I just held off until I got a bargain.
They are ZX9R Keihin flat slide carbs. Jetted by bogg brothers.
Corrado's are popping up for silly money now. I've seen a few go for £600!! Mine has a few spots of rust but nothing worth getting fussy over for the money I paid. All it needed was some TLC and lots of meguiars mirror glaze.
All these people hunting for Mk2 golfs as track cars and paying over the odds and there's a better looking coupe for less money kicking around..
you're right, as long as you don't want a g60/vr6 they are dead cheap as it seems no one really wants the 1.8 and 2.0.
Vr's and g60's seem to still fecth good money.
[WEEP] i sold my VR for £3,750 back in septemeber with 105K.[WEEP/]
Edited by Scho on Wednesday 16th January 10:07
It's only a little 1800. Standard block so not many horses I wouldn't have thought. It was supposed to be dyno'd last week but I ran out of cash sorting the red top fuel pump. Will post a graph when it's done though. Quite a few people are waiting to see what she makes to see if the conversion is worth it.
Definitely lots more torque though..
I'd like to have rebuilt a 2.0 block and used the 1800 cams in the 2.0l head. That plus the bike carbs should make over 200bhp.
Sadly I think i'll put it up for sale soon as I'm joining the RAF and need something slightly more sensible for the long drives to and from bases (EP3 Civic R probably).
Anyone wanna buy a corrado? haha
Definitely lots more torque though..
I'd like to have rebuilt a 2.0 block and used the 1800 cams in the 2.0l head. That plus the bike carbs should make over 200bhp.
Sadly I think i'll put it up for sale soon as I'm joining the RAF and need something slightly more sensible for the long drives to and from bases (EP3 Civic R probably).
Anyone wanna buy a corrado? haha
paulrhodes said:
It's only a little 1800. Standard block so not many horses I wouldn't have thought. It was supposed to be dyno'd last week but I ran out of cash sorting the red top fuel pump. Will post a graph when it's done though. Quite a few people are waiting to see what she makes to see if the conversion is worth it.
Definitely lots more torque though..
I'd like to have rebuilt a 2.0 block and used the 1800 cams in the 2.0l head. That plus the bike carbs should make over 200bhp.
Sadly I think i'll put it up for sale soon as I'm joining the RAF and need something slightly more sensible for the long drives to and from bases (EP3 Civic R probably).
Anyone wanna buy a corrado? haha
mate, its not that far to Aylesbury! Definitely lots more torque though..
I'd like to have rebuilt a 2.0 block and used the 1800 cams in the 2.0l head. That plus the bike carbs should make over 200bhp.
Sadly I think i'll put it up for sale soon as I'm joining the RAF and need something slightly more sensible for the long drives to and from bases (EP3 Civic R probably).
Anyone wanna buy a corrado? haha
Plus you get to claim your travel expenses back every so often, keep it Its a nice road on the way into Aylesbury (A41) or it was 6 years ago
paulrhodes said:
I can't find my old thread so thought I'd start a fresh one with a couple of pics of my bargain mini barge.
It cost less than a shed of the week to buy and the plan is to use and abuse it over the next season at tracks around the uk.... oh and one little one in Germany with a load of mates.
Cheers
Thats a great little track tool have you got any plans of what you may do to it?It cost less than a shed of the week to buy and the plan is to use and abuse it over the next season at tracks around the uk.... oh and one little one in Germany with a load of mates.
Cheers
Not much left to do really. I'm removing the sunroof mech as it weighs shedloads. I'll then panel over it with a carbon fibre panel.
Apart from that I'm happy with it the way it is. If I was going to keep it longer I'd change the brakes for 305mm brembos from a Cupra and change the block to the 2.0l I mentioned at the start of the thread.
Pretty sure I'll sell it though, either that or I'll try and find a garage to rent while I'm away and store it. I need to have a think really.
There is something appealling about having a nice comfy newish car that you can turn up to a track day in.
Apart from that I'm happy with it the way it is. If I was going to keep it longer I'd change the brakes for 305mm brembos from a Cupra and change the block to the 2.0l I mentioned at the start of the thread.
Pretty sure I'll sell it though, either that or I'll try and find a garage to rent while I'm away and store it. I need to have a think really.
There is something appealling about having a nice comfy newish car that you can turn up to a track day in.
alright mate
love the car and am very interested in the bike carb set up i currently have a mk2 16v and was thinking of going down this route. how has it been on the carbs? and also what power hike have you had over rise in fuel consumption?
dont suppose i could becheeky and ask for a list of parts you had to purchase for the conversion and rough budgets?
cheers
ben
love the car and am very interested in the bike carb set up i currently have a mk2 16v and was thinking of going down this route. how has it been on the carbs? and also what power hike have you had over rise in fuel consumption?
dont suppose i could becheeky and ask for a list of parts you had to purchase for the conversion and rough budgets?
cheers
ben
Hello buddy.
There's a list of what I needed to do the conversion on the-corrado.net that you might want to have a quick search for.
The main thing to worry about is the water outlet from the head to the rad though. To do the job properly you'd need to manufacture something custom as it's an awkward angle to get a pipe for. Other than than it's very easy to do.
Budget in total I think was about 800
There's a list of what I needed to do the conversion on the-corrado.net that you might want to have a quick search for.
The main thing to worry about is the water outlet from the head to the rad though. To do the job properly you'd need to manufacture something custom as it's an awkward angle to get a pipe for. Other than than it's very easy to do.
Budget in total I think was about 800
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