toneh
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Registered: 6th Apr 09
Location: newcastle
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hey,
im pretty new to the forum, and to driving my 1st car is a 1 liter corsa GLS 
i only bought it because i love old corsas and my mate was practically giving it away with some 17" wolfrace alloys (soldthem)
and i looked under the bonet to find the ugliest engine i have ever seen Vauxhall Ecotech... it looks like ano over sized hairdryer motor and runs like it aswell.
its slow and over heats quite quickly.
is thee anything i can do to stop the over heating problem and to make the car a bit faster?
any help appreciated cheers
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lwigmore
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Registered: 18th Nov 07
Location: Sawtry Huntingdon Drives: Saxo VTS
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Bigger engine is your solution 
No point in wasting money on making a 1.0 litre faster lol
If you have NO NCB then keep it until you get a years no claims bonus
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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12v ftw 
Not a lot you can do to make it faster other than put 13" steelies on with 165 width tyres, it goes quicker with these on than with my 16" Softstars  Also I'm fairly sure it accelerates a bit better now I've lowered it.
Have a look at the v-grille attached to the top of your front bumper, mine had the back covered with a piece of plastic, and the water was almost always at 97/98C, once I put a debadged grille on, it never goes above 92C unless I sit still for ages.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Ricky352
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Registered: 6th Apr 07
Location: Northern Ireland
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Corsa temperature always increases when stationary. Some people fit a switch to their fan so they can turn it on earlier.
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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I know, all cars will get hotter when not moving because of the minimal air flow.
But he didn't say whether it was stationary or not, and mine used to be hot all of the time with the old grille on, so threw it out there as a thing to check.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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toneh
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Registered: 6th Apr 09
Location: newcastle
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it heats up regardless what i'm doing and i've ordered a grill so hopefully that will help
my mate told me to do an engine swap so might start looking for 1 any idea's what size i should put it?
i will upload some pictures later because for the price its top little car love it just no good when i get overtaking  lol
cheers for the help lads.
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moka
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Registered: 11th Mar 06
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put another 1 litre in it - i heard there quite gd
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lwigmore
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Registered: 18th Nov 07
Location: Sawtry Huntingdon Drives: Saxo VTS
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quote:
Originally posted by moka
put another 1 litre in it - i heard there quite gd
We have a comedian in the building 
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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1.0's are soo slow but great ncb builders! I love mine...so economical, well over a hundered miles to a tenner
The fan on my 1.0 doesnt click in until it goes over 100 degrees. Been meaning to have a look at that  Driving about it usually stays about 94ish
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by shaunmods
The fan on my 1.0 doesnt click in until it goes over 100 degrees. Been meaning to have a look at that Driving about it usually stays about 94ish
i was thinking its only mine that goes to 100 degrees in traffic jams!
when it does this i put my heater on "hot" and "4".. temp drops quickly then 
as for driving mines always on 90 degrees.
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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Mine very rarely gets that hot though. Only about twice I think its gone upto 100. Usually in traffic jams it will go upto about 97ish max
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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why has a 1.0 got a different fan switch from a 1.2 16v  my sxi kicks in at 95degrees.
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