hi all, a mate of mine is looking to buy a G60 corrado and is wondering what BHP they are in standard trim ?? also where is the best place to source one in the uk any dealers that sell them or is it just a cause of keep watching pistonheads

 

about 160bhp mate in standard form. 200 is very easily gotten from them with a chip and slightly smaller pulley.

you could check out the corrado forum

http://www.the-corrado.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26485

the place to go although many nice ones turn up on pistonheads and ebay from time to time.

Make sure its got history of the charger being serviced, they are very expensive to replace and stay reliable if well looked after.

corrados come with a few problems that most enthusiasts have now sorted, to memory these were the spoiler not lifting (easyish to sort) door handles, can't remember what but again another easy fix, and the sunroof arms which can be replaced very easily. Worth noting as haggling points, there will be more details on them on the corrado forum.

Hope that helps,

Matt.

 

ps, be wary of a recently rebuilt charger from Jabbasport, many bad things have been heard about their charger rebuilds these days with them going bank quite quickly.

G-Werks is the only place to go for g60's.

http://www.g-werks.com/Site/

 

The door handles are a nightmare, my sisters G60 has a broken handle on the drivers side. Good ones tend to fetch well over Ł100 each on Ebay and they do commonly break.

 

try 'sandburn vw' breakers (largest in the country) or a place called 'dubshack' in coventry for parts. Might get them a bit cheaper than ebay.

 

My cousin had one - only problem he had was the boost pipe (made out of plastic) was broken.

Nice car apart from that