kingcobra
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Im planning of putting a full twin exit complete exhaust system (sportex) & a Pipercross Viper induction kit (carbon fibre)... think i should stick to a standard K&N 57i as its almost half the price of the Viper kit or would it be worth spending the extra & getting the Viper kit, will the power difference be alot or hardly any?
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Joe
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Won't be noticable, save your money. Just leave it standard or drill your airbox and get a panel filter if you must
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AK
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dont do either 
You'll regret both in the long run 
Just pop a back box on if your looking for a little sportier noise.
If its performance you are after dont kid yourself that bolt on parts will trasform a car. Before noticable gains are made you'll have fitted cams and mappable ecu's etc..... Is that worth it on a 1.2? On a corsa?
Keep it as standard as you can. That will make it easier to sell once you have had enough or grown out of it. Save the money you are thinking of spending on these mods now, and use it 1 or 2 yrs down the line to buy a 'better' car.
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Ry_B
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Why not drill the airbox?
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MikeE
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
dont do either
You'll regret both in the long run
Just pop a back box on if your looking for a little sportier noise.
If its performance you are after dont kid yourself that bolt on parts will trasform a car. Before noticable gains are made you'll have fitted cams and mappable ecu's etc..... Is that worth it on a 1.2? On a corsa?
Keep it as standard as you can. That will make it easier to sell once you have had enough or grown out of it. Save the money you are thinking of spending on these mods now, and use it 1 or 2 yrs down the line to buy a 'better' car.
couldnt agree more 
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j0hn
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeE
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Originally posted by AK
dont do either
You'll regret both in the long run
Just pop a back box on if your looking for a little sportier noise.
If its performance you are after dont kid yourself that bolt on parts will trasform a car. Before noticable gains are made you'll have fitted cams and mappable ecu's etc..... Is that worth it on a 1.2? On a corsa?
Keep it as standard as you can. That will make it easier to sell once you have had enough or grown out of it. Save the money you are thinking of spending on these mods now, and use it 1 or 2 yrs down the line to buy a 'better' car.
couldnt agree more
good advice - iv wasted so much money on shite.. but on the other hand u say y spend money onj a 'corsa' as if we all have loads of money to spend on bigger cars-most of us are limited by funds remember-looking at an mr2 after the corsa, but a veilside bumper alone costs nearly £1000!!!!!!!!
So really we are only able to mod our 1.2's becuase we dont like standard at the end of the day!!!
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Will_Sport
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you can pick up a 1.4 engine for £200 lol. thats the best mod for the money (as insurance isn't much more than the 1.2), or a 1.6 if you can afford.
it'll work out cheaper than an induction kit and exhaust and i think the 1.2 is 64bhp, the 1.4 is 88
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kingcobra
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I cudnt agree more wiv ya j0hn!!
Also AK wot do u drive den m8? cnt obviously b a corsa?!?
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Ry_B
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Originally posted by kingcobra
I cudnt agree more wiv ya j0hn!!
Also AK wot do u drive den m8? cnt obviously b a corsa?!?
E drives a v.v.v. fast corsa innit bruv, u shud c ow fast it iz! it smokd lods of my pals gd novas trust bruv innit!
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AK
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kingcobra - i have a Corsa B Envoy.
I'm just trying to give you advice. If you didnt want it, you shouldnt have posted  I wish i had listened to someone like myself over the last 7years or so.... it would have saved my a lot of hassle and bother not to mention cash.
j0hn - not my point exactly. I mean just BUY a better car. You dont like standard corsa's for a reason...... Maybe with the money you save by not 'modding' it you can afford a car that doesnt require your 'touch'
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scott d
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not worth spending money on a 1.2 because it will never be fast enough no matter how much is wasted on parts.
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scott d
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also arent some 1.2 16v B's 64bhp and later models with different ECU software 73bhp?
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Will_Sport
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err yeah i've heard some of the 1.2 are 70 odd bhp as well, just wasn't sure if this was true. parkers technical data doesn't show any 1.2 with 70 odd and they have all the models (but maybe they just assumed they were all the same?)
on smaller engines the best mod for bhp/£ mods is a bigger engine until you're up to the 1.6, then inlets, TB's etc are an option if you don't want to go 2.0+
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AK
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but for that money you can another corsa
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Will_Sport
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depends on if he has done any permanent mods and wants to keep what he has.
hence i started on a 1.4 sport (sunroof, leccy windows, half decent engine already there, spoiler blah blah blah).
you could probs pick up and engine with all the bits you need for £250 which may work out less than selling and buying another. although you wouldn't get all the extra goodies (sports come with slightly better suspension as well)
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kingcobra
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LoL
AK u gimme jokes man!
didnt mean it in dat way m8.. cheer up!
If it has got 70bhp dat aint 2 bad 4 a baby 1.2 16 valver, i got da viper kit on a very gd deal, so mayaswell stik it in ther.. I've seen a demo in mod shop of a pipe blowin up a ball wiv a normal air filter & den wiv a k&n 57i & da difference was alot.. so the viper kit is obviously alot better than the 57i its got 2 b sum sort of help!
Anywayz thnx 4 da advice guyz.
pe@ce out! 
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scott d
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vipers are da biggest waste of money u can spend on a pimped up ghetto bling 1.2 unless it da special edition gangsta 1.2
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AK
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that makes no sense to me
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kingcobra
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scott u said da viper is a watse of money, its better den da 57i m8, dat jus piks air up from around da engine bay, da viper kit has da pipe u put thru da grille etc so it suks in air straight thru.. i shudnt need 2 xplain mo, da rest is common sense.
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Ian
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Please talk properly. I've no idea what you just said.
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AK
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its still a waste of money. The standard airbox will be better
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Rus
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quote:
Originally posted by kingcobra
scott u said da viper is a watse of money, its better den da 57i m8, dat jus piks air up from around da engine bay, da viper kit has da pipe u put thru da grille etc so it suks in air straight thru.. i shudnt need 2 xplain mo, da rest is common sense.
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