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not quicker than an xe, but rest i dunno!
they are tidy as hell though 
Unfortuneatly wrong
I have had a set to with a corsa xe and an astra xe and saw both of them off
i beat martin c's old astra gsi at crail with my old corsa xe that was std. he will remember it well. it was very close though.
I imagine on a 1/4 it would be close yes,
But I dont drive my car flat out for 1/4 of a mile then stop 
Around the 110 mark the astra struggled to keep with me, the corsa did do a fair bit better and Im not talking whats speed I had to do to shake him off.
The clio 197 however died on its arse at 90mph and was nowhere to be seen after 2miles
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Nic Barnes
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not quicker than an xe, but rest i dunno!
they are tidy as hell though
Unfortuneatly wrong
I have had a set to with a corsa xe and an astra xe and saw both of them off
i beat martin c's old astra gsi at crail with my old corsa xe that was std. he will remember it well. it was very close though.
in my experience the gsi/ctr/xe corsa are all similar, depends on individual car and driver, had a play with loads of ctr's over the years and they all vary.
yep and i had mastered the art of that old red xe corsa very well id say.
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Nic Barnes
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But I dont drive my car flat out for 1/4 of a mile then stop
i dont either. its just the only thing i actually have a figure of fact on from my old xe. oh, it made 152bhp on the rollers aswell. those are the only 2 facts i have on it.
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CTR
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ShEp
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CTR
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Nic Barnes
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CTR
no stavs. you dont mean that. you cant.
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SAL
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 astra all the way for me. But common the type R in standard from smashes a standard astra
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Nic Barnes
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astra all the way for me. But common the type R in standard from smashes a standard astra
sometimes id rather pic the car i liked more than the faster car. in this case id pick the astra.
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gavin18787
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The radar/hunt is on 
[Edited on 04-02-2009 by gavin18787]
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Warren G
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id have a ctr
for a few reasons
can drive normaly, not exessly fast, then if you want to have fun, vtec it, whereas turbo id be boosting all the time just becasue its instant power
tax, turbo tax is gonna be £££ but could also mean prices will come down....
ctr are cheap now days £5k can get you a half decent one
and dont forget it a jap car, builtproof engine, and can be supercharged
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gavin18787
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Supercharged tec is the way forwards
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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SAL
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Tax is the same warrenz
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astra all the way for me. But common the type R in standard from smashes a standard astra
sometimes id rather pic the car i liked more than the faster car. in this case id pick the astra.
yes like wise, i no the z-let engine well and no the good/bad. What i do no that the C smashed every type R and i could not join there reving gang
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CTR everytime, although i owned an astra GSi
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Nic Barnes
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and dont forget it a jap car, builtproof engine, and can be supercharged
theyre not bullet proof by any means. ive seen loads in being fixed. ie engine failures. just the internet seems to ignore that.
yes can be supercharged. fair enough. but they still lack the torque.
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gavin18787
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they might not have the biggest amount of torque out there but it goes up a fair amount when charged
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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SAL
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and dont forget it a jap car, builtproof engine, and can be supercharged
theyre not bullet proof by any means. ive seen loads in being fixed. ie engine failures. just the internet seems to ignore that.
yes can be supercharged. fair enough. but they still lack the torque.
is it about 4k to charge a civic, imagine the z-let spec for 4k 
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i own xe corsa and astra gsi, and corsa is quicker to 60mph but in gear the astra starts to pull alot easier and sees the corsa off after 90mph
gsi's are nice little cars really, ive only had afm go wrong in 20k ive owned it and seems to pull well now on 58k with standard turbo no smokes etc etc and im happy with, can be made to driven fast if you put some effort in.....
my babies
[Edited on 04-02-2009 by corsa120]
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they might not have the biggest amount of torque out there but it goes up a fair amount when charged
local one has 470 something bhp and 280 ish lb/ft
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gavin18787
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By my standards thats alot
143lb/ft here 
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Warren G
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Tax is the same warrenz
fort turbo tax was going to £400 in to years time?
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and dont forget it a jap car, builtproof engine, and can be supercharged
theyre not bullet proof by any means. ive seen loads in being fixed. ie engine failures. just the internet seems to ignore that.
yes can be supercharged. fair enough. but they still lack the torque.
true there not bullet proof, but with thoes sort of revs.....
well i couldnt see a vauxhall engine taking the same sort of abuse and lasting as long
and for torque, all depends on whats it being used for, personly i dont think you need torque. my car had fuck all torque but kept up with a typre r
and other example is rx8, more personal preferance, for a every day car id want torque like a deisel, but for fun, nothing beats reving the nuts off something
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By my standards thats alot
143lb/ft here
yeah but it has 60k iin the car or something to get it to that.
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gavin18787
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warren I will have to let you have a play I think you would like it
I still might need to get my hoses fitted
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Nic Barnes
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well i couldnt see a vauxhall engine taking the same sort of abuse and lasting as long
why cant you?
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By my standards thats alot
143lb/ft here
yeah but it has 60k iin the car or something to get it to that.
True that is a big spec but the standard jackson racing setup for a few k gets you close to 300bhp and pritty much 200lbft
Been out on one and it felt rather brisk at this spec
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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