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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 08:59 PM
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 09:37 PM
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It was Mark who did mine, I am sure you will be very pleased.

The steering wheels is a Momo Corse. It's just a tiny bit smaller and a little thicker.

Have you had yours "looked at" yet?
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 09:39 PM
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That's one well looked after motor.

Did you buy it in that condition?

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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 10:06 PM
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JZMachTech are "looking" at mine next Wednesday. If I get a bill for under £500, I'll be very happy.
Where did you get the wheel from? Did you have to get anything special to attach it to the car, or was it a standard fit?
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 10:21 PM
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Absolutely beautiful looking car!!

I like to think that I pamper my Corrado, but that is amazing - a lot of hard work has obviously gone into it!

Nice to see there are still a few people who really do care for their cars!

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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 10:31 PM
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Nev - Cheers mate

The wheel I bought off a fellow scoobynetter (cheers Jeff), I just had to buy a boss for it to fit, I think that cost about £35.

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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 11:54 PM
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Nice....

Lovely looking motor. Might have a think about getting mine swissol'd..

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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 05:38 AM
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I see that he managed to remove the skid marks out of the nice white seats.

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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 06:16 AM
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See you've got the boost enhancer fitted...bet you noticed the difference !

Have you had it remapped yet ?

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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 06:30 AM
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Jeff - The boost enhancer made a massive difference although in the winter I had to turn it down a couple of psi as I was getting over boost. I have not had it remapped yet, as I want to:

a) Get a Dual port wastegate fitted first
b) Want to make sure I have enough money to replace the headgasket - did you do yours?
c) Recently moved house, and I would feel guilty spending that amount of money on my car, when I have an unfinished kitchen
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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 10:10 AM
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Head Gasket was done on mine at 155K Miles. I'd been running it with a remap, boost enhancer & Dual Port Wastegate for about 25,000 before the Head Gasket went which seemed reasonable to me . I had the values and pistons/rings changed at the same time.....cost a fortune (around 2K if memory serves). Almost went for the stroker kit (2.8/3.0) but sanity returned !

Looks nice though (you need to change the mirrors as this makes a hugh difference to the look of the car....get some Cup mirrors off a 968)
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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 10:27 AM
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One more question.

How old was the car when you had the head gasket done?

And did you have it done as preventative maintenance or did it "go"?

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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 10:31 AM
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The car would have been 13 years old and it 'went' ....loss of 'go' and milky crud in the oil filler cap....ie water in the oil.
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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 09:47 PM
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All of the above for me, 12.5 years, 149k miles. Started on 3 cylinders one morning was my big symptom. I was running my BE as high as I could without tripping overboost - I had to run Optimax or it would trip all the time.

Very nice Dave BTW.

Does Mark still do the stuff that doesn't actually dissolve the surface of the lacquer (but can't possi bly work unles that's what it does)? I need to get the fingernail scratches out from behind my door handles.

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Old Jun 14, 2003 | 09:57 AM
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I could see from a distance at the supermarket that it looked sparkling.

Nice to see you Dave, Hi to Clare too and lets sort out another local get together soon.
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Old Dec 6, 2003 | 09:27 PM
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Looks nice! Mark Underwood is doing my S2 Cabriolet next week, so I'll post some piccies myself.

What steering wheel is that? Was it an aftermarket one, or is it standard on the Turbo? The one on my S2 is pretty pants looking!

[Edited due to spilling mestake]

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Old Dec 6, 2003 | 09:58 PM
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I bought it with 45000 miles on the clock, 2 owners from new, last owner had it 10 years. Of the ones I saw it was by far the best, the best looking and the best service history. It now has 55000 on the clock, I use it every day, have done 4 track days and a trip to the Nurburgring in it.

In answer to your question, yes, I just added the wheels, and steering wheel...oh the stereo and silver gear **** insert

I have have not had any paint work done, just a bloody good clean!

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