carnuts
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Registered: 28th Aug 05
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sorry probably been covered a thousand times on here but i want to put a 1.6 in me corsa for a year or so till i can insure an xe
i know the x16xe is a good engine but me mate has got a gte engine in his garage 1.6 8v (going cheap) so what is everyones view what is the best 1.6 engine? i do want to do a few bits inlet etc to make it a bit quicker
mine at the minute is a 12v and i was wondering wether anyone else has done this conversion and what did they do with the cat cause mine is under the bonnet lol
thanks in advance
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csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
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leave your 12v untill you can afford to insure the xe
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Marc
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Sell it and buy a 1.6 Sport.
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craig_s
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id say leave too until you can get the xe.what engine code is on the gte lump?
[Edited on 28-12-2006 by sri power]
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
Sell it and buy a 1.6 Sport.
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carnuts
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not sure on the code on the gte lump will have to check it out and i dont want to sell the car either spent a bit of time on making it look the way i like (i know it wont be to the taste on anyone on here lol) i only really want a 1.6 for a year or so just cause the 12v is so boring but need another years ncb really till i can xe it
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matt_aka_smiler
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either wait till you can insure the xe or get a 1.6 sport otherwise you'll pay more for insurance on your car now as it will be classed as modified
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craig_s
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unless the gte lump is a c16se or a e16se i wouldnt bother puting it in.they dont have enough power to justify the engine swap.
[Edited on 29-12-2006 by sri power]
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Nic Barnes
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do whatever makes you happy (sell it and buy a 106gti)
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SAL
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
do whatever makes you happy (sell it and buy a 106gti)
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carnuts
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if the gte lump is shite then what about a x16xe?
its classed as modified anyway due to the bodykit etc lol so not to worried about that i just want to kind of finish the car off looks nice (too me ) i know you lot will not like it what so ever it even got featured from the previous owner in total vauxhall so i really want to finish it off with something with a bit of nip
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Nic Barnes
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the gte lump is far from shite really and if cheap enough i dont see why its a bad idea to fill a stop-gap until you can insure a 20xe as you say
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STEvieXE
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get a 1.2 and a turbo conversion 160bhp
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Gregor
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
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Originally posted by Marc
Sell it and buy a 1.6 Sport.
I could not agree more with this.
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carnuts
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but surely swapping all my bits kit etc and buying another car would cost me far more than just paying a bit extra on insurance cause you always loose money?
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