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No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
pudding:
Cheers guys :smiley: The wheels on the Corrado are 8x17 Compomotive MO, but I went through several sets of different wheels....and coilover kits, as you do! They suited the car but were HEAVY! I do remember Azev As though, classic wheel :happy2:
Handling with the R32 engine was OK actually. It's not much heavier than the 12V engine thanks to a lot of plastic parts :grin: The handling of the Corrado, MK2, MK4 R32 doesn't even come close to the MK5 though :smiley: The problem with those cars was floppy body shells, so no amount of 4 figure coilover kits could ever sort that! The biggest clue to a floppy shell is when you jack up one corner of the car and you can't open the door, or is very stiff/clunky on the latch. Jack up a corner of the MK5 and the door opens like it's on the ground. Super stiff :happy2:
Yeah I was on the VR6OC, VWVortex and Corrado forum for years. The Corrado scene was a bit nerdy like the Porsche club, and I don't think many people appreciated the sacrilege of fitting R32 engines, or turboing the VR6 engine :grin: You're right though, the good old days are long gone. I guess people move on, or get married and have kids.
I'm actually looking forward to electric power becoming affordable. I also think there will be a huge market in converting old cars to electric. It's already popular in the states with people fitting Tesla motors to old Audis and Bimmers :grin: In it's most basic form, you could simply bolt a motor to the gearbox and replace the petrol tank with a f'ck ton of Duracell batteries :grin: I'm pretty confident there will companies cropping up in the next 10 years that specialise in doing that. Otherwise what will happen to the millions of fossil fueled cars? The amount of energy required to recycle that many cars would have the Eco warriors storming congress/parliament!
Yeah the Clubsport would be a good move. An easy 500 brake with a TurboTechnics V5 turbo and remap :happy2: I may end up doing the same as you. My ED30 is going to fall victim to rust soon, and I really can't be doing with that. I've seen a bubble here and there recently, which will only get worse. I'm no bodywork specialist, and respraying an 11 year old car doesn't make financial sense, especially as it won't make it handle better, or drive faster :grin:
7R is ruled out for me. Feels too heavy through the corners and I don't like the interior choices, or the silly quad tailpipes, not to mention them being theft targets.
And back on topic.....every 5 door car I've owned ended up with slow or seized rear windows, and central locking solenoids that stop working because they rarely get used. 3 door is just better for reliability and better for styling :happy2:
muff1991:
I’m a true lover of a 3 door! Absolutely gutting they’ll be stopping them!
I hope they get serious complaints and decide to bring out the next model with 3 doors.
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Dogma:
You can always buy a two door two seater.
csrigo:
--- Quote from: Pudding on December 14, 2018, 10:04:20 am ---Cheers guys :smiley: The wheels on the Corrado are 8x17 Compomotive MO, but I went through several sets of different wheels....and coilover kits, as you do! They suited the car but were HEAVY! I do remember Azev As though, classic wheel :happy2:
Handling with the R32 engine was OK actually. It's not much heavier than the 12V engine thanks to a lot of plastic parts :grin: The handling of the Corrado, MK2, MK4 R32 doesn't even come close to the MK5 though :smiley: The problem with those cars was floppy body shells, so no amount of 4 figure coilover kits could ever sort that! The biggest clue to a floppy shell is when you jack up one corner of the car and you can't open the door, or is very stiff/clunky on the latch. Jack up a corner of the MK5 and the door opens like it's on the ground. Super stiff :happy2:
Yeah I was on the VR6OC, VWVortex and Corrado forum for years. The Corrado scene was a bit nerdy like the Porsche club, and I don't think many people appreciated the sacrilege of fitting R32 engines, or turboing the VR6 engine :grin: You're right though, the good old days are long gone. I guess people move on, or get married and have kids.
I'm actually looking forward to electric power becoming affordable. I also think there will be a huge market in converting old cars to electric. It's already popular in the states with people fitting Tesla motors to old Audis and Bimmers :grin: In it's most basic form, you could simply bolt a motor to the gearbox and replace the petrol tank with a f'ck ton of Duracell batteries :grin: I'm pretty confident there will companies cropping up in the next 10 years that specialise in doing that. Otherwise what will happen to the millions of fossil fueled cars? The amount of energy required to recycle that many cars would have the Eco warriors storming congress/parliament!
Yeah the Clubsport would be a good move. An easy 500 brake with a TurboTechnics V5 turbo and remap :happy2: I may end up doing the same as you. My ED30 is going to fall victim to rust soon, and I really can't be doing with that. I've seen a bubble here and there recently, which will only get worse. I'm no bodywork specialist, and respraying an 11 year old car doesn't make financial sense, especially as it won't make it handle better, or drive faster :grin:
7R is ruled out for me. Feels too heavy through the corners and I don't like the interior choices, or the silly quad tailpipes, not to mention them being theft targets.
And back on topic.....every 5 door car I've owned ended up with slow or seized rear windows, and central locking solenoids that stop working because they rarely get used. 3 door is just better for reliability and better for styling :happy2:
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Great looking corrado mate i actually managed to find my old panasonic laptop thats got some pics saved on it im pretty sure which i know has my Mk2s and at least one of my rados on it...no charger for it but im gonna try ebay for one for the hell of it...failing that il just make one up...really want a pic of my blue Mk2 3 door big bumper 90 model i had(elec windows and power steering!)...dropped an AGU 20vt in it from an old TT and it was quick for back in the day.....looked minted the paint was epic....not helios blue i dnt think cld never find the exact paint name?....a wee quiz for anyone into mk2s find me the blue colour names lol?
Bought it for £800 off one of the lads cos the brakes were non existant and i took it with no wheels ha..his where crappy rimstyle jobbies or something. I put a set of Borbets Cs on that i stole off another mate for £50 at the time, reconned them for £120, cheapish coilovers (FKs i think at the time..not the best) for about £250...got the engine from a scrappy mate for £300 cos he thght it was pumped...wasnt just needed a set of rods which i robbed from my mates fckd ibiza cupra for £30...new brake lines and servo..about £50. In the end i had it 2-3 years and sold it to a boy in the gym for £6k :innocent:...it made its way to england cos he was in the army then i heard couple years back its still on the go back in a place called ayrshire where im originally from...unreal eh.
If the paints still mint who knows what its worth now right enough lol... it was clean as fck hopefully someone kept it that way.
Anyway random story from me....and im going to look at MK2s online right now outta curiosity.....it started life as an 8V which i prefered over the 16V for just driving about...nice little grunt from the digifant beast lol.
colesey:
--- Quote from: Dogma on December 15, 2018, 10:29:53 am ---You can always buy a two door two seater.
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