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1990 Corrado G60 Supercharger
My son is buying a 1990 Corrado G60 which has had the supercharger removed.
We're looking to do any of the following. 1. Replace the supercharger. Suggestions on where to get one? He's found some in the $5K range, which is steep for his budget, and it's not clear they're the right part anyway. 2. Repair the supercharger. Again, locations? Prices? He thinks he's found one for $500, but we'd like experienced opinions. 3. Retune the engine to run properly without it. According to the previous current owner, it's running rich because the supercharger is missing. - Bill |
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Sounds like you're buying an abortion! If the former owner removed the
charger versus fixing it one can only imagine what else is wrong. Sure hope it's cheap. "William J. Leary Jr." > wrote in message ... > My son is buying a 1990 Corrado G60 which has had the supercharger > removed. > > We're looking to do any of the following. > > 1. Replace the supercharger. Suggestions on where to get one? He's found > some > in the $5K range, which is steep for his budget, and it's not clear > they're the > right part anyway. > > 2. Repair the supercharger. Again, locations? Prices? He thinks he's > found > one for $500, but we'd like experienced opinions. > > 3. Retune the engine to run properly without it. According to the > previous > current owner, it's running rich because the supercharger is missing. > > - Bill > > |
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"Woodchuck" > wrote in message
... > Sounds like you're buying an abortion! Not me. I'd be going for a V6 version, if I got one at all. My son's interests run a bit differently than mine. > If the former owner removed the charger versus fixing it one can > only imagine what else is wrong. We've looked it over pretty closely, and my son drove it. It's in pretty good shape, but for a few cosmetic issues inside and the supercharger. I suppose we may discover other issues once he starts driving it. > Sure hope it's cheap. Not cheap, not expensive. The guy who owns it, it seems, ran into some financial problems. It seems to run pretty well even without the supercharger, and it passed inspection (including emissions) without it a few months ago, but the guy who did the inspection said that it was running rich, but was within their limits. - Bill |
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I do have an ECU here for it if you ever need one. Let me know if it an auto
or manual trans. "William J. Leary Jr." > wrote in message ... > "Woodchuck" > wrote in message > ... >> Sounds like you're buying an abortion! > > Not me. I'd be going for a V6 version, if I got one at all. My son's > interests run a bit differently than mine. > >> If the former owner removed the charger versus fixing it one can >> only imagine what else is wrong. > > We've looked it over pretty closely, and my son drove it. It's in pretty > good > shape, but for a few cosmetic issues inside and the supercharger. I > suppose we > may discover other issues once he starts driving it. > >> Sure hope it's cheap. > > Not cheap, not expensive. > > The guy who owns it, it seems, ran into some financial problems. It seems > to > run pretty well even without the supercharger, and it passed inspection > (including emissions) without it a few months ago, but the guy who did the > inspection said that it was running rich, but was within their limits. > > - Bill > > |
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"Woodchuck" > wrote in message
.. . > I do have an ECU here for it if you ever need one. Let me know if > it an auto or manual trans. This is an ECU adjusted to work without the supercharger? How much would that cost? And, it's a manual transmission. - Bill |
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William J. Leary Jr. wrote: > My son is buying a 1990 Corrado G60 which has had the supercharger removed. > > We're looking to do any of the following. > > 1. Replace the supercharger. Suggestions on where to get one? He's found some > in the $5K range, which is steep for his budget, and it's not clear they're the > right part anyway. > > 2. Repair the supercharger. Again, locations? Prices? He thinks he's found > one for $500, but we'd like experienced opinions. > > 3. Retune the engine to run properly without it. According to the previous > current owner, it's running rich because the supercharger is missing. > > - Bill Prices seem high. get a core from a junkyard for a couple hundred bucks, and have one of the well known rebuilders go through it (BahnBrenner, Kompressor Kanada) good luck nate |
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"N8N" > wrote in message
oups.com... > William J. Leary Jr. wrote: > > My son is buying a 1990 Corrado G60 which has had the supercharger removed. > > > > ((..omitted..)) > > Prices seem high. I kind of thought so, but this is my first experience with a VW supercharger. My Scirocco's don't use them. > get a core from a junkyard for a couple hundred > bucks, and have one of the well known rebuilders go through it > (BahnBrenner, Kompressor Kanada) Thanks for the names. We'll look them up. We've actually still got the supercharger. The current owner said it died, and we didn't go into it with him. I'll have my son ask how it died when he goes to get the car. > good luck Thanks. - Bill |
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On Monday October 10 at 05:00pm
"William J. Leary Jr." > wrote: > "N8N" > wrote in message > oups.com... > > William J. Leary Jr. wrote: > > > My son is buying a 1990 Corrado G60 which has had the > > > supercharger removed. > > > > > > ((..omitted..)) > > > > Prices seem high. > > I kind of thought so, but this is my first experience with a VW > supercharger. My Scirocco's don't use them. I recall the brand new ones costing about 1500-2500 and rebuilds costing 500-1000 when I was interested in them. Got a diesel rabbit for free instead -- -Johann Koenig |
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William J. Leary Jr. wrote:
> "N8N" > wrote in message > oups.com... > >>William J. Leary Jr. wrote: >> >>>My son is buying a 1990 Corrado G60 which has had the supercharger removed. >>> >>>((..omitted..)) >> >>Prices seem high. > > > I kind of thought so, but this is my first experience with a VW supercharger. > My Scirocco's don't use them. > > >>get a core from a junkyard for a couple hundred >>bucks, and have one of the well known rebuilders go through it >>(BahnBrenner, Kompressor Kanada) > > > Thanks for the names. We'll look them up. > > We've actually still got the supercharger. The current owner said it died, and > we didn't go into it with him. I'll have my son ask how it died when he goes > to get the car. > > >>good luck > > > Thanks. > > - Bill > > BTW Kompressor Kanada is listing rebuilds with no core required for $1600 (US) on their web site. nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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"Johann Koenig" > wrote in message
... > On Monday October 10 at 05:00pm > "William J. Leary Jr." > wrote: > > "N8N" > wrote in message > > oups.com... > > > William J. Leary Jr. wrote: > > > > My son is buying a 1990 Corrado G60 which has had the > > > > supercharger removed. > > > > > > > > ((..omitted..)) > > > > > > Prices seem high. > > > > I kind of thought so, but this is my first experience with a VW > > supercharger. My Scirocco's don't use them. > > I recall the brand new ones costing about 1500-2500 and rebuilds > costing 500-1000 when I was interested in them. Got a diesel rabbit for > free instead OK. So the prices my son found weren't unusual, just painful to our budget. - Bill |
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