Venom was established back in October 1997 and to celebrate the launch of our new business we built a VW Corrado G60 demonstrator. This car over the following few years was featured in more than 5 magazines as it was the first extensively modified Corrado to hit the tuning scene. We know some of the styling touches seem dated now but remember this car is over 10 years old! This distinctive red Corrado helped launch Venom Motorsport and was driven to almost every VW show over the following 2-3 years of ownership.
The base car we used was a 1992 Corrado G60 in tornado red with only two previous owners. This is the car that launched our business and was one of the most featured Corrado’s ever and probably the most extensively modified Corrado! Magazines were keen to feature it. We kept this car for approx 2-3 years and then sold it to fund our next project.
Car Specification
Engine
1.8 Supercharged G60
65mm pulley and chip
Scorpion exhaust system
Cat bi-pass pipe
Samco coolant hoses
Performance Tests
Approx 245bhp
0-60 in 7.3 seconds
Top speed 146mph
Standing ¼ mile in 15.2 seconds
Body Styling
Rieger GTS front lower lip spoiler
Rieger grill and eyebrow spoiler
Venom boot spoiler
Venom Fiat Coupe rear light conversion
Venom M3 design electric mirrors
Full re-spray in VW tornado red
Arches smoothed and flared
Single wiper conversion
De-locked & de-seemed
Suspension
Avo coilovers lowered 110mm
Powerflex full bush kit
Eibach anti roll bars
Front and rear strut braces
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Interior
MJ Interiors re-trim in red/black leather
Corbeau pro sport side mounted seats
TRS 3 point harnesses
Momo Team 280mm wheel and boss kit
A truck load of Rockford Fosgate stereo including 2 x 12” and 1 x15” punch sub woofers (looooud). No rear seats!
Wheels
7x17 Momo Ferrari alloys ET38 machined to allow extra lowering of the car
205/40/17 Yokohama A539 tyres
Front Brakes
Winner Power 6 pot 330mm conversion kit with braided lines
Rear Brakes
Black Diamond combination rear discs with predator pads
Feature Magazines
PVW cover car November 1997
Fast Car feature car December 1997
Fast Car feature car December 1998
Super Street cover car 1999
Redline feature car December 1998
PVW feature car November 1998
Plus loads more smaller features throughout 97/98/99 |