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  should of made a factory fitted redtop 2.0L corsa b
  they should of not like so


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Rich H
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11th Nov 09 at 15:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Isn't that one of Dave's "run abouts" these days? He owns the near on concourse Lotus Carlton and a few Fords iirc. Met him a couple of times at Surrey RSOC meets when I've been with my mate.
Adam C
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If they did fit a redtop to the B's as standard then they most likely would have had to up the engine range in other models, such as the astra gsi mk3 and cavalier gsi.

That red corsa is uber clean

My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Rich H
Isn't that one of Dave's "run abouts" these days? He owns the near on concourse Lotus Carlton and a few Fords iirc. Met him a couple of times at Surrey RSOC meets when I've been with my mate.


Yeah that was his every day use car, im unsure now as not spoken to him in a couple of years now properly.

Top bloke, car mad and general nice guy. One person you want to be friends with if into vauxhalls
Ojc
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Lovely man, I'd love to mEAt him.
SVM 286
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I can't use the poll as i've tried to read both options and can't make much sense of option two.
SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Jules
"they should of not like so"

I've chosen this option purely as it makes more sense than this thread
Nic Barnes
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back in say 1993 who on earth would have wanted a 2litre 16v corsa.
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Ojc, Daimo and jr cheers for the info lads.

I'd say they should have done it as a technical excercise, but I can imagine that a good few would have seen the bottom of ditches or ended up in fields on their roofs. That red one on the cav fans is brilliant.
x14xe sport
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
back in say 1993 who on earth would have wanted a 2litre 16v corsa.


people that bought 16v golfs or 1.9 pug gti's plus the same types of people you get buying focus st's and corsa vxr's and the likes now, young boyo racers
Nic Barnes
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11th Nov 09 at 18:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i just dont see there being a market for a small car that doesnt handle to begin with being more powerful from the factory.
SportBoy
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they wouldnt of done becasue if they did they astra gsi would of had to be a let or v6.
x14xe sport
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tru at least the pug and golf can nagotiate a corner or roundabout without spinning off
Tedney
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Like is been said already, would have been to heavy up front and would have taken Vauxhall to much time and money to get it right from the factory. All the smallblock 16v engines used in the Corsa b are good engines and have loads of potential with the right work carried out.
freeman(sting)
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does this mean a corsa with cams and inlet and exhaust and manifold, should be on a par with a half decent 106gti/saxovts.

as the corsa has a slight bit more power but also a little more weight

[Edited on 12-11-2009 by freeman(sting)]
markx14xe
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the was every point of this thread
Ojc
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Ignore Barnes he has nothing better to do.

Cams, inlet, decent exhaust system, manifold, raised limiter basically same spec as Lee Mannings with the inlet matched to the head as well.

0-60 6.39 seconds, 130mph all recorded on Datatron.

Bit of weight reduction goes a long way as well.
X16joeXE
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No it shouldnt have been done. Alot of people on here would be bored if they had. Or there would just be more V6 and LET corsa's LOL
SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
back in say 1993 who on earth would have wanted a 2litre 16v corsa.


Didn't need em. We had Novas for that.
Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Ignore Barnes he has nothing better to do.


id like you to explain that please as i cant see any reason for what you have written
markx14xe
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Ignore Barnes he has nothing better to do.

Cams, inlet, decent exhaust system, manifold, raised limiter basically same spec as Lee Mannings with the inlet matched to the head as well.

0-60 6.39 seconds, 130mph all recorded on Datatron.

Bit of weight reduction goes a long way as well.


what engine would this be c16xe or x16xe
what sort of cams would of been used what sort of bhp would be made?
Jambo
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12th Nov 09 at 21:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
more to the point why didnt they fit the 1.8 rather than the inferior xe.

Would of maybe pissed on the Lotus Carlton tho??
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
more to the point why didnt they fit the 1.8 rather than the inferior xe.

Would of maybe pissed on the Lotus Carlton tho??


would a corsa xe really worry a lotus carlton? serious question? arent the carltons like 377 bhp?
Jambo
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i was joking Barndoor
John
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1.8, less bhp, less torque, yet mysteriously faster
Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
more to the point why didnt they fit the 1.8 rather than the inferior xe.


Don't think the 1.8 was about when the B came out in 1993.

Maybe for the facelift, but then vauxhall were never going to chuck more money at an already huge profit earner.

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