Dissington
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Registered: 27th Apr 07
Location: Shaw, Greater Manchester
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Can't imagine it taking a long time, should be a pretty straight forward rebuild tbh.
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Willox
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Aberdeenshire
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im not a mechanic so not really sure whats involved,might need to get a couple mates to help,might be a bit overwhelming for me by myself i will be honest
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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To be fair everyone always says it... Just wait a few years and buy something quicker...
When your 17 you'll struggle to insure anything, so a 1.2 16v is a good compromise between performance / insurance, they're not as slow as a 1.2 8v! or 1.0! so your better than most of the '17 year old crowd'...
I had a 1.2 16v for a few years when I was 17, nice car, I had sorted suspension, straight through exhaust - ok it wasn't the quickest, but was quicker than most 17 year old kids car (1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 8v etc 1.4 8v etc) ... then when I was 19 nearly 20 I got my 106 Gti and was like  ... but to be fair, I'd of probably killed myself if I had had the gti when I was 17 - look at the amount of threads on here recently with people crashing...
count yourself lucky you've got a 1.2 16v! and not something slower... Though best bet is to just get a exhaust, filter, alloys and suspension and be happy with it for a while...
Though I know the dbilas + remap will get you around 1.4 16v speed or maybe slightly faster, but without the torque...
I used to dream of this when i had a 1.2 16v - but so glad I didn't now as to me even 1.6 Gsi's are dog slow now 
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Willox
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yeh.well its a nice car.arden blue x reg,48k on the clock.got speedlines comin early next week,its on a spax rsx front coilover kit,cream calibra leather seats front and rear,peco 3" back box,sony xplode head unit and 10 disc cd changer,de-badged
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Paul_J
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sounds good. learn to drive it quick in the twisties and you'll be able to hassle the 1.4 / 1.6s...
there's a lot of roads, where going quick is about balls / driving ability, more than straight line speed. I used to hassle loads of quicker cars in my 1.2 16v, some couldn't believe what engine it was when I told them.
I used to dominate roundabouts too, by not slowing and just straight lining them lol... Get a straight through pipe to replace the center section silencer.
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Dissington
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Registered: 27th Apr 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
sounds good. learn to drive it quick in the twisties and you'll be able to hassle the 1.4 / 1.6s...
there's a lot of roads, where going quick is about balls / driving ability, more than straight line speed. I used to hassle loads of quicker cars in my 1.2 16v, some couldn't believe what engine it was when I told them.
I used to dominate roundabouts too, by not slowing and just straight lining them lol... Get a straight through pipe to replace the center section silencer.
Your right ive managed to keep a reasonable distance between myself and faster cars in the twisties a few times.
Having the center section silencer removed is a good mod, it makes the car sound good and makes it easier for the car to breath.
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