ugy 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 What was the reason for VW putting a 2.9 in the corrado and not in the golf, it's a bit strange to me because the corado is based on the mk 2 golf so its not as heavy as the mk 3, any ideas? ?! &| Link to post Share on other sites
mightyvr6 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 because it was vws flagship so had to have something to set it apart from other vr6 vws. It's got the 3.6 diff too.Think they weigh about the same actually. Link to post Share on other sites
ugy 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 its puzzeld me for ages and now i know Link to post Share on other sites
mightyvr6 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 I think VW wanted to make the golf vr6 into a comfortable cruiser and the corrado, more of a sprinter. They knew that the golf would be a good seller but the corrado would be more of a challenge to shift in large numbers so they gave it the more powerful engine in an attempt to attract customers.[ Edited Wed Aug 18 2004, 12:21AM ] Link to post Share on other sites
Valver 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 It's got the 3.6 diff too....I've heard this before, and PhatVR6 used to always say the Rado box was the one to go for due to ratios but I'm 100% certain at the VR rolling road day at Stealth Vince told him that all VR boxes were exactly the same..........so I'm still not sure!! %-6 Link to post Share on other sites
Joe M 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 We had a thread about this over on the corrado forum, it turns out the 3.6 final drive was fitted to the american corrado slc (vr6).The uk corrado uses the same final drive as the golf though I think they have different gearbox codes so there may be other differences. Link to post Share on other sites
speedo 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Yer, seen the figures. Both cars have the same ratio`s[ Edited Thu Aug 19 2004, 12:12AM ] Link to post Share on other sites
speedo 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Yer, seen the figures. Box cars have the same ratio`s Link to post Share on other sites
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