This Corrado has some history. My son bought this car in 1999 and began to modify it. Nearly all of the mechanical work was done by him. By the time my son got it, the car had been run pretty hard by its previous owners. Originally, it had an automatic but that was swapped for a 5 speed manual from an early Passat when the tranny fluid cooler sprung a leak and filled the transmission with antifreeze. After burning a piston at track day he rebuilt the engine to stage 4 specs...1.9 litre, 268/260 cam and an Upsolute chip. Although it no longer does, it was one of the first in the Pacific Northwest to have the Lysholm twin screw supercharger. However, due to the whine and drivability issues, the Lysholm was swapped for a BBM modified G-Lader. Professionally massaged by John Betz at BahnBrenner Motorsports in Bend, Oregon, it has the full-monty GT-70+ porting job and RSR outlet. The bearings, wide cog belt, apex strips, and seals were replaced in August '03. On the inlet is a BBM Howitzer with a K&N cone filter. The throttle body has been ported as well. Exhaust is a stock down pipe, TT High flow Cat and Borla stainless cat back system. The coolant and boost hoses are by Samco and the intercooler inlet and outlets tubes are by Eurosport. It rides on Bilstein struts, H&R Sport springs, and 17 X 7.5 OZ Racing Competition Wheels.
By May of 2003 Brian needed a family car and I needed a "mid- life crisis" so I traded vehicles with him...my '92 Explorer for his Corrado. I began to work on the Corrado to make it a more reliable daily driver. In February '04, I imported a European 1/2 black leather and cloth Recaro interior from Niko Van Os in Finland. The electrically adjustable seats were only available on European Corrados and are very rare in north America. Some Canadian cars have the full cloth Recaros. I got rid of the US spec motorized automatic belts and installed the manual three point European seat belts and center console and correct black pillar trim.
The fuel rail has been replaced with a BBM machined aluminum rail and the fuel injectors have been rebuilt and blueprinted by Marren Motorsports.
Visit pages 4 through 10 to see this car undergo repairs from an accident caused by a mechanic's carelessness. The right rear quarter panel graft and a complete paint job cost more than $6000.00 which was paid for by the shop's insurance.
While the car was being repaired, I installed a new Fiber Images VR6 hood in red/black weave carbon fiber. I also installed a new front bumper, side skirts, and aluminum Corrado logo door sills. They are from (Zarman) Dub Designs Industries in Toronto.
I sold the car in April 2008 to Ryan McCrory of Oskosh, Wisconsin. I bought a 2001 Audi TT Quattro Roadster
October 2004
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