Winemaker
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Registered: 8th May 07
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Tony has done a lot of work to his and it is a very fine example of what you can do as well as being a daily driver.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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Specky, nearly a corsa ?
certianly put the times down anyway
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BeArDy
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Registered: 7th Aug 00
Location: Manchester
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This a Pickup from South Africa which was a proven 450bhp Without NOS and alot more with gas BUT has had problems with snapping shafts.
Spec
Lightened & balanced crankshaft
Pauter conrods & arp head studs
wiseco ceramic coated pistons
o ringed block and copper head gasket
Complete race head by SAC, Gasflowed, bigger valves etc.
Turbonetics t3/t04 turbo
custom turbo manifold.
76mm exhaust system and 63mm boost pipes.
Turbosmart 45mm progate wastegate
turbosmart megasonic dumpvalve
Turbosmart-eboost
Aquamist water injection
g reddy boost guage with datalink
oilpressure / water temp and lambda meter
Mr turbo management
Custom aluminium intake plenum and fuel rail
Edelbrock 75mm throttle body + tps sensor
Custom 300 hp nitrous express kit with :
15lb bottle, 5 solenoids, 4 x quad foggersand spray bar on cooler,
dual nitrous rails
Nos nitrous progressive controller
Aeromotive proseries A1100 nickel/zinc plated fuel pump (900lph)
Aeromotive prseries fuelfilter and distribution blocks
Aeromotive proseries rising rate fuel pressure regulator
4 x 1000cc MSD injectors
fuel cell.
MSD digital 6 plus cdi ignition box
MSD HVC 2 coil
F23 , 5 Speed gearbox with quaife limited slip diff
Tilton 7.25inch tripple plate carbon on carbon clutch and pressure plate
custom steel flywheel
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BeArDy
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Registered: 7th Aug 00
Location: Manchester
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I hear theres a twin engine corsa which will be 900bhp+ but god knows when that will be finished 
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boyracer2002
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Registered: 10th Aug 02
Location: West Yorkshire
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as jr said - specky is pretty much a corsa - that is 505bhp at the minute.
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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Corsa with an original corsa engine would have to be Broster or one of the rallycross cars
as for c20let, who knows,
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BeArDy
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quote:
Originally posted by ShEp
Corsa with an original corsa engine would have to be Broster or one of the rallycross cars
MrCorsa from OZ who sometimes comes on here has a Corsa C 1.8SRi and hes running over 400bhp
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jacko198
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Registered: 1st Mar 07
Location: Buckinghamshire
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quote:
Originally posted by BeArDy
I hear theres a twin engine corsa which will be 900bhp+ but god knows when that will be finished
BeArDy 
Get back to work on it you lazy badger
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
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quote:
Originally posted by BeArDy
quote:
Originally posted by ShEp
Corsa with an original corsa engine would have to be Broster or one of the rallycross cars
MrCorsa from OZ who sometimes comes on here has a Corsa C 1.8SRi and hes running over 400bhp
oh yeah forgot him
he's the one that got slated by the users of corsasport and doesnt come on anymore 
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corsacalvin
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Registered: 18th Nov 05
Location: gloucester
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whats gaz d corsa?
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mikesc20let
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Registered: 13th May 08
Location: nottingham
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Originally posted by phil_sutton
Mine was on standard management with EVO5 chips, it worked but it wasnt amazing. Never was consistant, the idea was to put it on diffeent management to slove some problems.
if you get it on something else it has got some good potential and no doubt i'll still be playing with it.
I will miss the sound of the screamer pipe at though
u will be setting it up and may let you take it down the strip again i shall ring you wednesday to sort it all out
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
Location: Radlett, Hertfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by BeArDy
quote:
Originally posted by ShEp
Corsa with an original corsa engine would have to be Broster or one of the rallycross cars
MrCorsa from OZ who sometimes comes on here has a Corsa C 1.8SRi and hes running over 400bhp
more
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SteveW
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Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
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there was that LET nova with over 600BHP.. white one from norway i think
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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Kiv-tuning had a mental one.
Muppetsport has something about 669bhp in his MSN name but you can never tell what the hell he's referring to.
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Kiv-tuning had a mental one.
Muppetsport has something about 669bhp in his MSN name but you can never tell what the hell he's referring to.
Ask him. 
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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He's offline, Jerkey.
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neil h
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Registered: 28th Sep 06
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Surely that much power through a fwd car can't really be usable?
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Why?
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neil h
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Registered: 28th Sep 06
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Torquesteer and other grip related issues.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Not a huge issue if the car is set up correctly.
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Limecat
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Registered: 25th Jun 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Not a huge issue if the car is set up correctly.
What? 
669 BHP through a FWD shopping trolley not a huge issue if set up properly?
Of course it is. For starters physics dictates that the centre of gravity will move back when power is applied which will reduce traction on the front (driven) wheels. All the coilovers, ARB's, corner weighting, rollcages, strut braces, bushes, rose joints, slicks, unsprung mass, laser alignment, castor, tracking, rake angles, etc, etc, etc in the world are not going to make a car like that easy to drive.
I would love to see you stamp on the loud pedal at an apex and come out of the corner, which is what you are basically suggesting if you think it isn't a 'huge issue', the torque would no doubt double in a matter of a few hundred RPM on an engine specced to create that much power.
That sort of power in cars designed for serious usage it is still a problem, in a biscuit tin designed for tarts to nip to the shop in it is borderline suicidal.
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corsa_sean
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Registered: 11th Mar 08
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tbh letgsi most corsa's with that power are used purely for 1/4 mile and show off events so going round a corner doesnt really count most usable lets ive seen are about 300ish and that is more than enough i drove a 450bhp astra mk2 gte the fastest one in scotland and that was scary fast !!
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mikesc20let
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Registered: 13th May 08
Location: nottingham
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well im hopeing to prove people wrong as im goin to be putting phil suttons engine in a road going everyday corsa but yes admitably if you plant your foot down on a bend in a high powered car you will most likely loose it thats y wen increaseing power you need to increase common sense so we shall have to see if my common sense increases wen i get the new lump lol but i shall also be down santa pod and where ever there is track action whenever i can
[Edited on 06-08-2008 by mikesc20let]
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Limecat
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Even if looking at it purely in a straightline manner, the guy asked if it was 'useable power' which Robin suggested isn't a problem if properly set-up, it is still a monumental sodding task to get the car off the line, therefore not exactly 'useable' when torching the tyres in 3rd cog is it?
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mikesc20let
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Registered: 13th May 08
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well no that is true and yeah i do agree with you abt getting traction on a launch but i was just commenting on ure cornering theory lol but yeah it wud be a amount of unuseable power
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