ELG4N
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Registered: 25th Oct 03
Location: Carmarthenshire
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Hi
Since selling my Red Corsa C SRi 1.4 16v, and having owned an LPG Astra mk4 SXi, and then a mk3 Astra CD 150bhp sleeper for a short time, i finally decided to get another corsa.
Having enjoyed the benifits of LPG, but not the terrible boot space (lpg tank), ive decided to opt for another economical car.
I wasnt really looking for somehting extremely powerfull, just good mpg and decent spec car. had a look at the 1.7 cdti stats, 100bhp, great mpg and plenty of torque, and same figures as tyhe 1.4 16v sri. I have only driven the 1.3 cdti, they go very well for 1.3, so i thought great, a 1.7 is going to have plenty of punch over the 1.3 and will be fine.
Picked it up this weekend. What a lovely motor, plenty of welly in it, most certainly will give the 1.4 sri a run for its money. So much fun to drive, and excellent mpg.
To get the ball rolling im trying to pull a CDTi chip in from germany which should see it about 20ps extra. To add to that, some better induction and a de cat pipe on the standard exhaust system.
This should make it a rite little animal, just hope the chip doesnt make her too thirsty thats all.
Oh yeah, just to add, it has 5 stud hubs, so theres a set of mk4 astra gsi 17s going on. lovely!
Pictures to follow.
Has anyone else had experience with this model of car and also any further tuning advice.
cheers 
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