corsasriboy
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Registered: 23rd Mar 07
Location: leicestershire
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currently own a l reg carrabic blue sri 8v,few rust spots but pretty clean still.got bilstein shocks (oe spec) and eibach springs.ready to do the headgasket and cambelt but just been offered a l reg smoke grey (i love this colour) gsi, all origional except pipercross induction kit.its got 150,000 on the clock, but my sri has got 120,000 so neither are low mileage.lol.the gsi need mot-ing,i havnt had a proper look yet but i think it will prob need emissions sorting.it runs like a dream and pulls really well,apparantly the previous owner had the engine rebuilt at 100,000.would you keep the sri or buy the gsi?sorry for essay!
p.s. will be my daily runner to work,currently geting just under 90 miles to a tenner in the sri,would the gsi be similar?
thanks!
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Linch
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Registered: 4th May 06
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GSI 
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DAZ1985
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Location: Scholar Green, Cheshire
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entirely up to you 
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little_duke
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Tamworth,staffordshire Drives: rover coupe
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sri
8v's are bomb proof
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corsasriboy
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Registered: 23rd Mar 07
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haha.thanks daz. i've always fancied a gsi,but bit worried about the mileage.how much longer should i expect it to last?if it were to go pop what would break first?
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Chester Drives:Scirocco tdi bluemotion
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my 1.6 corsa does 100miles to £20 so the 1.4 is well better on petrol than mine
April 08 feature car
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GSi Ghost
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andy, that fuel consumption is a bit high, do you have some mods there? or do u have an extremely heavy right foot??
My 1.6 16v gets approx 150/160 for £20
[Edited on 23-10-2007 by GSi Ghost]
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
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just a back box and a pipercross induction kit thats it
April 08 feature car
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phil_sutton
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Registered: 8th Sep 07
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quote:
Originally posted by GSi Ghost
andy, that fuel consumption is a bit high, do you have some mods there? or do u have an extremely heavy right foot??
My 1.6 16v gets approx 150/160 for £20
[Edited on 23-10-2007 by GSi Ghost]
not really a valid comment as your assuming that everyone pays the same at the pump. If you want to compare fuel consumption then quote mpg's
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corsasriboy
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Registered: 23rd Mar 07
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bin for a drive today, it really seems to shift above 4k but isnt too pokey down low.are all gsi's like this?also found a little rattle on overrun which i have been informed is the cambelt tensioner thanks to a quick post in help area and useful reply from jake! much appreciated!
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CorsaSi
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Registered: 2nd Aug 05
Location: warri Drives : 300bhp ep82
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mine is a beast through 1st and 2nd fast in 3rd and pulls very well in 4th.. but it is just gsi blow running off 1.4 16v sport throttle bodies manifolds and crap and gearbox so ratio's a bit naff.. still loads faster than it was with a 1.4xe in though
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Jenko_Sport
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Registered: 25th May 06
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quote:
Originally posted by DAZ1985
entirely up to you
What he said
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