Fwd: Re: [not scirocco] but corrado

[Michael Barry <mbarry@pookastew.com>]

What?

>From: jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>
>
>i am going to give  my 2 pennies worth ont his one.....
>i ahve drivin both of them.. i would go withthe vr6  maybe a littel
>bitmroe to tweakl but a little more potienal, as for the g-60 you hit a
>wall wioth 275......teh vr6 with proper head work and cams we have at
>the shop doumented 177....   go withteh vr6   it is a sweet choice......
>go loved teh vw adn he put a vr6 in a corrado ,, he screw teh mk2 casue
>it was nto out yet...
>
>jonas
>
>Vaughn8v@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Hey there,
>>
>>     Okay, here is my advise on Corrados (since I owned one and have had
>>three
>> friends who have also owned them).  The car I had was an emerald '91 G60.
>> When I bought it in 1996, it had 60k on the clock and was loaded
>> (leather/ABS/tinted windows, etc).  It also ran like new... I bought it from
>> the original owner, a man in his late 40's.  The car had reasonably good
>> power, the most of any of the G60's I testdrove which all seemed VERY doggy.
>> It was a nice car and all, but I would say get the SLC VR6!!!!!
>>     When my friend got his SLC, he let me take it for a spin and I wanted to
>> trade him Corrados!!!  His is green like mine was but a little darker.  It
>> was a 93 and had tan leather interior...  a whole different car from the
>>G60.
>>  The interior in the SLC is spruced up a bit more, a cooler front grill,
>> different hood, traction control, heated seats, standard ABS, AND a helluva
>> lot more ball-busting power than the G60... VW wasn't screwing around when
>> they built that car.  The only advantage I could see in buying a G60 over an
>> SLC is if you were wanting to install the Autotech Stage III kit on the car.
>> I went for a ride in an aquaintances G60 who had the stage III kit in his
>> car, and let me tell you how much power it had (200hp or so over 150hp
>> stock).....  but his engine didn't last too long.  An you figure now that a
>> reasonably nice G60 shouldn't cost you more than $7000 max, a nice SLC
>>(and I
>> would go for a 93, or possibly even a 94 if you were lucky enough to find
>> one) shouldn't cost you any more than $12,000 to $14,000... testdrive both a
>> G60 then an SLC and you will know what I mean.
>>
>> Ben
>> 88 "Flash silver metallic" 16v Scirocco
>>
>> << i'm thinking about getting a corrado as a second car (give me
>>  something to ride around in while i restore my scirocco) and was
>>  wondering if anyone on the list has had any experience with them or
>>  would know anything about them. what i'm interested in is how reliable
>>  are they, should i get the vr6 or g60, does the turbo-charger really
>>  matter (and how much is it to replace), and how hard are they to work
>>  on? i'm aimin' for about a '92 or so. please send me responses directly
>>  so as not to clutter the list. thanx. >>
>>
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