sam13
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Registered: 30th Dec 06
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hi
just a quick one finally got round to having a quick glance in the latest tv mag at dinner time and the section were they have a rolling road day a corsa 1.2 8v spi came last as you could of expected but how the hell did it reach 70bhp standard apart from an air filter?
i thought they were 40bhp new?
left my mag at work so not had chance to read it all but is it just me missing something because i havnt read it or is that what it says?
[Edited on 18-06-2007 by sam13]
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Curtiz
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Registered: 22nd Feb 06
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i think sometings wrong, sure my 1.2 16v sxi apparently puts out about 60bhp standard
my last corsa 1.2 8v was no where near as quick (and the sxi aint quick lol)
44bhp/45bhp for a standard 1.2 8v engine?
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sam13
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that is what i thought 16v is 60 and as it siad 8v is around 40/45 so whats happend there then lol im sure i am miss readingiong something will take another look tomoz when i have it in front of me.
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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im thinking its a 1.4spi they were closer the 60bhp mark so maybe the tester got confused as the engines look the same
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sam13
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very true yea
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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inaccurate & over exagerated rolling road figures,
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Vaux Lad
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Registered: 15th Dec 04
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What Ste said/\ lol
In theory the RR operator can make it read whatever he wants, by temperature compensation, transmission losses etc etc.
Im sure the owner of the car would know what engine it had.
[Edited on 19-06-2007 by Vaux Lad]
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