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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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Yeah. I talked to my dad and I'm probably just gonna get the factory s/c 18's with the P-Zeros from someone on here as a take-off, then keep the 17's for winter since the P6's are reasonable in the snow. So resetting the wheel size to 18 probably wouldn't help me unless I could tweak it to like 17.5? lol. Maybe you could set it to 17 with beefier tires to put it somewhere in-between?

In the Pittsburgh area, whos the guy to go to for one of these ECU tunes I've heard so much about? How much?
Yeah, the bonus to using your 17s for winter tires too is that if you want to upgrade to the Brembro brakes on the 08 SS they'll fit. I want the Brembros, but my winter wheels are only 16s, so I've got a lil dilemma.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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Brembo's, eh? Damn yo. I'd like to get some drilled/slotted rotors first...
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 06:27 PM
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too bad you have a 2.4 because i have some baer xdrilled and slotted rotors i need to sale
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 07:11 PM
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The 2.4 has the same brake set-up don't they? 5 lug 4 wheel discs...
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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If you guys want to get added to the Pitt Crew section on Ecotecforum.com, make a account and Private Message NJHK on there.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by averagewhiteboy
The 2.4 has the same brake set-up don't they? 5 lug 4 wheel discs...
no i have the 4 lug ones for the 2.2
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 01:19 AM
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Ohh.. I saw Redline and thought you had one. haha. My bad. If my girl needed brakes that'd be perfect, but hers only have like 10k on them. lol.
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by averagewhiteboy
Ohh.. I saw Redline and thought you had one. haha. My bad. If my girl needed brakes that'd be perfect, but hers only have like 10k on them. lol.
he does have a redline but the brakes are for his old 2.2 if i recall.
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Old Feb 10, 2008 | 10:01 PM
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so to let anyone who is interested know there are 3 badass cars around me for sale.. 1 red SRT4 1 blue SRT4 and a boosted VW corrado

a red version of this with a big FMIC http://www.fahrcar.com/vw-corrado-side.jpg
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Old Feb 10, 2008 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by redlineblueline
so to let anyone who is interested know there are 3 badass cars around me for sale.. 1 red SRT4 1 blue SRT4 and a boosted VW corrado

a red version of this with a big FMIC http://www.fahrcar.com/vw-corrado-side.jpg
Happen to know how much they want for any of them?
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Old Feb 10, 2008 | 10:14 PM
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well some guys selling the corrado the srt4s are at lots so i dont know...the blue one is at a lot right past kmart on 30 then the other one is halfway to north hundington on 30
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by redlineblueline
well some guys selling the corrado the srt4s are at lots so i dont know...the blue one is at a lot right past kmart on 30 then the other one is halfway to north hundington on 30
Yeah, the Red one is at the across from Spitz auto parts, where Tim traded his SS in on the Evo.... that SRT is an 03.. that IS in north Huntingdon.

The blue one is @ Leader Auto Sales just over the border in N. Versailles. Not sure, but I think that's an 04. I think Ed told me that the blue was a 1 year color... so it's either an 03 or an 04.

Not sure about pricing.
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by LittleStealthSS
Yeah, the Red one is at the across from Spitz auto parts, where Tim traded his SS in on the Evo.... that SRT is an 03.. that IS in north Huntingdon.

The blue one is @ Leader Auto Sales just over the border in N. Versailles. Not sure, but I think that's an 04. I think Ed told me that the blue was a 1 year color... so it's either an 03 or an 04.

Not sure about pricing.
03 was yellow
04 was blue
05 was orange
06 was white

Colors available every year were red, silver, and black
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by LittleStealthSS
Yeah, the Red one is at the across from Spitz auto parts, where Tim traded his SS in on the Evo.... that SRT is an 03.. that IS in north Huntingdon.

The blue one is @ Leader Auto Sales just over the border in N. Versailles. Not sure, but I think that's an 04. I think Ed told me that the blue was a 1 year color... so it's either an 03 or an 04.

Not sure about pricing.
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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Corrado ftmfw imo.
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Witt
Corrado ftmfw imo.
yeah its by mckeesport high school and looks real badass if i had the cash i would so buy it
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 08:54 AM
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Dont see the draw of em (corrado)...color me unimpressed
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by djt81185
Dont see the draw of em (corrado)...color me unimpressed
We all know al's Boi Love for the VDubs
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by djt81185
Dont see the draw of em (corrado)...color me unimpressed
Originally Posted by SK360
We all know al's Boi Love for the VDubs
Obviously a shitbox minivan/neon/spirit was better back then.
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Witt
Obviously a shitbox minivan/neon/spirit was better back then.
My bad...I forgot a nice interior is what made a car a good performance car

Spirit r/t smokes a vr6 corrado...handles the same, and brakes te same..while having 225hp and mid 14 s 1/4s and 30 mpg.
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by djt81185
My bad...I forgot a nice interior is what made a car a good performance car

Spirit r/t smokes a vr6 corrado...handles the same, and brakes te same..while having 225hp and mid 14 s 1/4s and 30 mpg.
But breaks down before it gets to the track. Shame you weren't old enough to remember those days, then you would realize why everyone laughed at them then and now.
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Witt
But breaks down before it gets to the track. Shame you weren't old enough to remember those days, then you would realize why everyone laughed at them then and now.
LOL breakdowns were as common in vws as they were in turbododges. VW/Audi didnt get know for electrical gremlins by having none...

For the money there were better performance bargains from a bunch of manufacturers.
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by djt81185
LOL breakdowns were as common in vws as they were in turbododges. VW/Audi didnt get know for electrical gremlins by having none...

For the money there were better performance bargains from a bunch of manufacturers.
While the VW guys were strapping on turbos to VR6s and learning how to tune EFI the Dodge guys were learning how to change poorly designed head gaskets.

When it comes to Dodge, color me unimpressed.
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Witt
While the VW guys were strapping on turbos to VR6s and learning how to tune EFI the Dodge guys were learning how to change poorly designed head gaskets.

When it comes to Dodge, color me unimpressed.
Turbododges didnt have headgasket issues
headgaskets were an issue on 95-98 neons cause they weren't mls...changed in 99 to mls and no more problems

Turbododge guys were swapping to larger turbos, and tuning efi setups from the get go.

Vw vr6 corrado owners were fixing chain tensioner issues, hunting down coolant leaks and solving cooling issues, and changing the vr6 headgasket...some as low as 60k miles...same as neons

Thanks vwortex for that reliability info
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by djt81185
Turbododges didnt have headgasket issues
headgaskets were an issue on 95-98 neons cause they weren't mls...changed in 99 to mls and no more problems
You're right, the heads actually had a problem cracking then.

http://www.mooresmopars.com/spiritrthead.html
A bulliten was issued to dealers
to let them know a kit was avaiable to install aluminum pugs inplace of
the steel ones. This stopped the cracking problem.
Originally Posted by djt81185
Thanks vwortex for that reliability info
Not bad for a 17 year old car. Unless vortex was around then.

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