3CorsaMeal
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speeds etc for these?
one just down the road for £4700, 3dr blue, quite nice 
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SetH
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low 8`s 0-60
mid 16`s 1/4?
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Robin
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Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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146bhp
8.2 0-60 iirc
nice cars, very underrated engine, all alloy, so its nice and light
4700 you'll be wanting to make sure its got all the irmscher body bits
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Ry_B
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146bhp isn't amazing for a 2.2 really, for a 2.2 litre engine I'd be expecting sub 8 second 0-60 and more than 150bhp
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Robin
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its all about the torque.
any more than 146bhp and it would have taken sales from the SRI-T/GSI
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
146bhp
8.2 0-60 iirc
nice cars, very underrated engine, all alloy, so its nice and light
4700 you'll be wanting to make sure its got all the irmscher body bits
not sure what the mileage is tho 
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Robin
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thats EXACTLY the same as my brother in laws
buy it
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SetH
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exactly replaces the torque that was lost when the ecotec 2.0 took over from the redtop.
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3CorsaMeal
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can you tune them relatively cheaply
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SetH
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nice m8, GSi front bumper, coupe rims and 
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3CorsaMeal
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i'm not that taken on them yet, still looks very bland/commerical to me
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SetH
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quote:
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can you tune them relatively cheaply
dunno, cams, breathing mods, engine management, same old for N/A tuning i guess. not a lot of bang for buck.
if you want turning potential perhaps your better looking for an SRi turbo.
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Nath
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I had a look at them before buying the Ibiza. But they just weren't 'special' enough for me.
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
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can you tune them relatively cheaply
dunno, cams, breathing mods, engine management, same old for N/A tuning i guess. not a lot of bang for buck.
if you want turning potential perhaps your better looking for an SRi turbo.
i was searching for corrados when i found it, just seems quite a nice car and alot newer for the same money.
never really wanted an astra
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
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But they just weren't 'special' enough for me.
thats how i feel, is like getting a focus or a megane 
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Nath
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quote:
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But they just weren't 'special' enough for me.
thats how i feel, is like getting a focus or a megane
Indeed. It's a safe option though I guess.
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3CorsaMeal
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cheap to run i imagine too
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Joe
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Quite nice cars really, a tad boring looking but nothing a nice set of wheels cant sort out. Very nice smooth engine, still not slow. GSI is about 7 secs to 60 2.2 is 8 secs. More of a cruising car though
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fragpot
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I worked on a Z22SE for a while and the tuning potential is awesome. I quite like the look of the astra as well.
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K17STY
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standard they look slow and are slow,, 140odd brake for a car as heavy and over 1200kg aint good, mate had a 2.2 and hers was one of the most powerful i think on A.S sure it was running 156brake,black car and had carbon bonnet and looked quite nice, was an 03 plate and on its 3rd engine so that cant be a good sign tho
timing chains a common fault on them but thats all i know
id agree with seth you want to tune it best going for an turbo
go for the corrado
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Ian
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Its a great engine. Depends if you like anything else better as there is a bit of choice at that money. Simple factory mods do lift them a lot.
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Chris C
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My girlfriend has the 1.8sri and goes quite well, lovely to drive, nice looking cars i think.
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welshdude
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The coupe is better looking than the hatch imo. They are usually better spec'ed as well.
I've got a 1.8 and although its not lightening fast, its smooth and very comfortable 
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Edd
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Jim this is boring get a corrado
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Marc
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Definatley go for the Corrado. 
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