RS6
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Registered: 5th Nov 03
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it was always breaking that corsa but looked really impressive
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little_duke
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Tamworth,staffordshire Drives: rover coupe
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Originally posted by mk4_boy
those 5's look awsome 
couldnt say better.there 
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birchieboy
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Registered: 18th Jan 06
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Originally posted by RS6
it was always breaking that corsa but looked really impressive
very true, i was always misstifyed to how he got that power with so little moddifications fair play
but i know the engine is getting built by a company who are reliable and built my last two engines with the right parts adding more specs to the engine list so fingers crossed it will come back and be strong
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corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
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go drive a r5 then make an opnion...they are great cars soooo fun! look nice standard looking i think though
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JinThaMC
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Registered: 5th Aug 07
Location: P1 is 4db louder
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u will fall through the floor if u drove a R5
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Adam-D
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Location: Cheshire
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its a shame it went pop,
glad its being brought back again
anything with a tuned engine is hit and miss sometimes its good sometimes its bad,
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Lee Wilson
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Registered: 20th Feb 06
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: XE Corsa
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GT Turbo looks nice but I'd rather the corsa TBH. Think he was fed up with it going bang all the time. Cant believe it's blown again. Glad it's going to be back and I hope to see it at the shows again.
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birchieboy
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at least we know why it went bang, should be good this time round
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_rob
go drive a r5 then make an opnion...they are great cars soooo fun! look nice standard looking i think though
I wouldnt be seen dead in one to be honest, they are ugly.
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carnuts
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Registered: 28th Aug 05
Location: Hertfordshire
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world would be boring if we all liked the same things but i think they are so cool there used to be a purple one near me would of had it in a second
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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quote:
Originally posted by JayM
quote:
Originally posted by corsa_rob
go drive a r5 then make an opnion...they are great cars soooo fun! look nice standard looking i think though
I wouldnt be seen dead in one to be honest, they are ugly.
Not the best looking cars in the world but with a decent exhaust system they sound
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Mobby
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Location: Leicestershire
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i dont think they are that bad!!!
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Baskey
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Blue one looks nice
If its anything near the level of his brothers it will be awsome. Saw it at the french car show. anyone have a link to details of his brothers car
[Edited on 01-09-2008 by Baskey]
[Edited on 01-09-2008 by Baskey]
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Mobby
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post post!!
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Torsa g
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Registered: 20th Sep 07
Location: Tamworth. Rides: An OSTRIDGE
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveB
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Originally posted by birchieboy
my friend bought james car.
on the way home it lost oil pressure and blew up.
when engine got stripped report came back that two big end bearings were round the wrong way which was blocking the oil channel up two of the conrods.
its getting rebuilt with more work, will be running more proper power and will get used more for track days etc
...explains alot about why the car kept dying then!!
didnt think you could put them in the wrong way, they have keyed oil ways so they only fit one way, dont they
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Vaux Lad
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quote:
Originally posted by birchieboy
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Originally posted by RS6
it was always breaking that corsa but looked really impressive
very true, i was always misstifyed to how he got that power with so little moddifications fair play
Can only be inaccurate rollers.......
You cant make the sort of power he made, at the revs he made it at, without a turbo.
IIRC it made something like 230hp at 6000rpm? Was it a standard xe on bodies??
You need a LOT of work to a xe(solid lifters/high spec cam, steel rods/high cr pistons, headwork etc etc, and about 7500-8000rpm to see that sort of power.
Look at sbd's website for whats required for a 230hp xe.
Was a cool corsa though, and a nice engine 
[Edited on 01-09-2008 by Vaux Lad]
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JM_16v
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was a very high spec engine if i remember Vaux Lad and was tested on at least 2 sets of rollers that i know of
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JM_16v
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Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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Engine: c20xe rebuilt by himself jenvey dth throttle bodies 40mm trumpets blue injectors standard coscast head rebuilt standard c20xe xe bottom end lightened and balanced crank, conrods, pistons and flywheel billet alloy single-v bottom pully arp rod bolts arp main bearing stud kit qed q42h cams
Box: F20 gearbox, fast road clutch
edit: its said myself not himself........ i didnt do it
[Edited on 01-09-2008 by JM_16v]
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Vaux Lad
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More spec than i thought then. Fair enough
The q42h cams are a mild profile, 190-200hp sort of cams btw too...
[Edited on 01-09-2008 by Vaux Lad]
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jr
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i wouldnt trust sbd website on whats needed for power figures
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Vaux Lad
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SBD figures are done on a dyno too(so no power steering etc sapping power like on the road/rolling road)
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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hello people, im still about but really dont go on here much nemore. yeh the corsa is long gone. leigh had it for 3weeks before he contacted me to let me know it was dead again.
he told me the damage to the engine but he said that it was all ok on his way home, so all i hope is that it makes it back on the road again soon, and wish him better luck with it than i did. i hardley ever drove it hard cause i was scared of breaking it lol.
im loving my new car tho, its saved me roughly £500 in one month of owning it compaired to the corsa. my 5 isnt running stupid power (roughtly 140bhp) on a t25 turbo and 15psi. other than that its a std engine, but.... this will be changing as i got a few goodies with the car lol.
my aim is to make a nippy r5 that is reliable, and it can be done as i wont be running stupid power like my bros 217bhp 256ft.lbs 1.4 lol
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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vauxlad - the cam were QED cams. i contacted qed about them and they reckoned that the cams must of been reprofiled at some point, as the q42h wouldnt make the power that i was making. i bought them second hand lol
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Vaux Lad
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Thats an impressive output for a 1400
[Edited on 01-09-2008 by Vaux Lad]
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