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Name: Nar (nickname)
Location: Antioch, CA, U.S.A.
Age: 32
Occupancy: Student (Auto Technology Major)
Schools: Los Medanos College, also Butte College
Hobbies: Driving, Wrenching, Racing, Design, Fabrication, Reading, Writing, Roadtrips
How'd you find the forum?: Google search
Pic of me:
About Me:
Hello all, my friends call me Nar. I just got my first Corrado (a 93 VR6, look in my garage for more info and pics), and I was hoping to learn more about them on this forum. I actually traded my most recent Mazda RX7 project for it. I've mostly owned japanese cars up till now (and one BMW), but my first car at the age of 18 was actually an 81 Scirroco 'S'.
I was a mechanic for several years, but now I am back in school at Los Medanos College to get a degree in automotive technology. I want to start a custom fabrication business.
My love for driving started on the backroads, and then progressed into auto-x and rally-x racing. For a little while I was a high performance driving instructor at Thunderhill, as well as a drifting coach. I was also pit crew for the Butte College Raceteam on a few of their racecars.
What I want to learn:
So this corrado of mine has a lot of miles on it, Over 199k, and I'm worried that it may need a rebuild. I started it this morning cold, for the first time since I bought it, and I noticed there was a mixture of oil and water being sprayed out of the tailpipe.
It doesn't want to overheat, but it seems sluggish and doggish at low revs, and it wants to backfire a lot.
Any tips or ideas would be appreciated! Meanwhile, I'm going to start searching and trying to find a link to the FSM.
Location: Antioch, CA, U.S.A.
Age: 32
Occupancy: Student (Auto Technology Major)
Schools: Los Medanos College, also Butte College
Hobbies: Driving, Wrenching, Racing, Design, Fabrication, Reading, Writing, Roadtrips
How'd you find the forum?: Google search
Pic of me:

About Me:
Hello all, my friends call me Nar. I just got my first Corrado (a 93 VR6, look in my garage for more info and pics), and I was hoping to learn more about them on this forum. I actually traded my most recent Mazda RX7 project for it. I've mostly owned japanese cars up till now (and one BMW), but my first car at the age of 18 was actually an 81 Scirroco 'S'.
I was a mechanic for several years, but now I am back in school at Los Medanos College to get a degree in automotive technology. I want to start a custom fabrication business.
My love for driving started on the backroads, and then progressed into auto-x and rally-x racing. For a little while I was a high performance driving instructor at Thunderhill, as well as a drifting coach. I was also pit crew for the Butte College Raceteam on a few of their racecars.
What I want to learn:
So this corrado of mine has a lot of miles on it, Over 199k, and I'm worried that it may need a rebuild. I started it this morning cold, for the first time since I bought it, and I noticed there was a mixture of oil and water being sprayed out of the tailpipe.
It doesn't want to overheat, but it seems sluggish and doggish at low revs, and it wants to backfire a lot.
Any tips or ideas would be appreciated! Meanwhile, I'm going to start searching and trying to find a link to the FSM.