Greasemonkey
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I am gonna be starting a second job soon to get some more cash so i can save up for engine mods and still pay off my debts, what should i do save £1500 and have a C20XE, save more for maybe a turbo, throttle bodies for my completely re-built C16XE thats had £1000's spent on it, turbo the C16XE i dunno, am i wasting time and money with the 1.6 should i swallow my pride and save up £1500 and give my car to beardy for a weekend????
By the way Beardy if i supplied the engine how much to fit the C20XE and C20LET????
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broster
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keep the 1.6, get some tb's mate, u no it makes sence, the engine uv got is pratically new now!
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whitter45
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yeah i agree. throttle bodies on the 1.6 as u have spent a fortune getting it right so it would not make sense to get a new engine IMO
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luca2020
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depends on what u actualy want from your car
ull never get as much power from the 1.6 than a 2.0, but if u actualy race it then keep the lightness of the 1.6
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antscorsa
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TURBO, everyone on ere going for TBs
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Greasemonkey
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oh i just dont know, i aint big into body kits all i am really bothered about it power, i want a very tidy GSI that will slay most things on the road, its gotta be a LET, its ALLOT of money though, i always do the wrong thing and regret it
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broster
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just do what andy has done to his 1.6 mate, well work towards it, thats mad!
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Greasemonkey
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yeah but will it be as quick as i want i dont wanna throw away all this money and still want a turbo, plus i dont wanna have to rev the engine upp to 9000RPM to get the power, just keep thinking i am wasting me time now, is throttle bodies the best thing for my engine or is there another step up from them, or is all the big power gains based around throttle bodies, i would quite like the top speed of a F28 or F20 gear box, 121Mph aint enough
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broster
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surely u can turbo throttle bodies if u have the money, worth a try
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antscorsa
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do a turbo ur luv the ptissh and ur b different
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DangerousDave16v
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I'd like to see a nice tidy ,not too over the top LET corsa,as the ones ive seen are a bit mingin. i reckon yours could be that, if you get top dollar for the gsi lump.
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Greasemonkey
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thats what i ultimately want, a turbo, i will only end up selling me car summer and buying a turbod motor!!!!, who wants to turbo my 1.6 GSI then for a good price, i aint paying Regal Or Courteney
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whitter45
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gotta think about when u come to sell it though. not alot of people would want a turbo. If u keep the 1.6 with tb's it is still a GSI really (by this i mean it still has a 1.6) so u would be able to sell it easier
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
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save up for the LET it will all the power u ever need and will blitst anything if its tuned properly
it will turn out cheaper and u will get alot more benifit for your money.
forget about selling it drive it till the death which will be never if looked after properly
[Edited on 14-01-2004 by Siberia]
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miles
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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Who are all these people with throttle bodies?
Depends how long you seriously think you'll want to keep the corsa for. How long will it take you to save £2k + for mods/conversion.
Might be worth buying a new car. Cav/Cally turbo will be my next port of call.
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Greasemonkey
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i will be able to comftably save enough for a throttle body kit or C20XE by june, LET would be a year away probably, if i do get throttle bodies that come with managment is it a waste of time me getting a unichip next month as i will get a new ECU come june???
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Neshol
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Why would you need to go faster than 121mph?
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Greasemonkey
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Cos i wanna piss my mate off in his scooby, when he hits his limiter of 144 i wanna still be pulling away
LOL
on private roads of course, i just want a quick car that i know most people will struggle to beat, i aint necessarily gonna use it its just nice to know its there if ya get what i mean
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DangerousDave16v
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yeah i know what you mean, a calibra turbo will be less ball ache tho, unless you want to be a wolf in sheeps clothing of course
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Greasemonkey
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Thats exactly it matey, i would love to see a scooby drives face as i crusie past at 155 LOL
No seriously i strive for a wolf in sheeps clothing type of car, i am looking through the SBD website at the mo lookin at throttle bodies, i just dont know, would my spec engine with DTA engine managment and throttle bodies beat a C20XE'd corsa ?????, cos if not i will get the C20XE
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Neshol
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If you're THAT bothered about top end, better off with bigger cc I think
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Siberia
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just dont c what yer trying to whip that 1.6 with a stick to get some performance out of it
3 letters LET!
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Greasemonkey
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LOL, dont say that i had just made my mind up to get the 164 Throttle body kit, i aint sure now he he, if i did get a kit which is best SBD with there managment or Velos with DTA engine managment??
Tapered or straight throttles i dunno, if i get the 164 kit i can upgrade in the future, my aim now is to have a 200 or very nearly 200BHP 1.6 GSI
All i need is, double valve springs, valve caps, deeper pockets in my pistons, steel conrods, machined head to take the re-profiled cam lobes of the new cams i need LOL, not much eh and the list goes on...............
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Greasemonkey
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think i need a good chat with Miles and Andy about this one, i think they know there stuff when it comes to TB's
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Siberia
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blah 200BHP
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