chloe16v
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would their be that much difference in power going from a 1.6 to a 2.0 red top?
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Nic Barnes
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yes
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mattk
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I would say so, your gaining 40 - 50 bhp if its a good one
you will get a better reply off someone with experience im sure
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mattk
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you already have
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Colin
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Shut yer mutt
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by Colin
Shut yer mutt
thats an interesting way of looking at things you barbaric scottish neanderthal.
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mattk
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Freeeeeeedom!
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Nic Barnes
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we didnt build the wall to keep them out of england. they built it to stop irn bru trucks leaving.
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Colin
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Git it right up ye
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chloe16v
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oh i was hopeing you was going to say no but it looks like im going to take the plunge and stick a redtop in my car  
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Nic Barnes
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id use mounts tbh, glue wont hold it.
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mattk
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would it be such a popular conversion if it wasnt worth it?
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God bless drunken rants. But back on topic, you certainly will notice the difference. When swapping my XE for Whittie's Sport we took them both along a stretch of road to see how much of a difference there is.... And it was a HELL of a difference
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Nic Barnes
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can a 1.6 16v beat a saxo vts? no. can a 2.0 16v beat a saxo vts? yes. thats all that matters.
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mattk
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chloe16v
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thanks nic
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Nic Barnes
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also worth mentioning, you may get a few more minutes of sleep time due to being able to go faster the journey to work wont take as long. if your unemployed, substitute the word work for job centre.
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mattk
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Put a tuned LET in and show them bikers whos boss
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chloe16v
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quote: Originally posted by mattk
Put a tuned LET in and show them bikers whos boss
dont think i'd get insurance on a LET tbh
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by mattk
Put a tuned LET in and show them bikers whos boss
no
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Fro
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I went from 1.6 sport to 2.0.
Yes there is a big difference! as a rough idea i ran the following at pod.
16.56 - 1.6 sport
15.2 - 2.0 xe
2.0 would also go off the 1.6 sport clocks (not saying its 100% accurate as speedo could have been out.)
Was also better on fuel (obviously not wheen flooring it everywhere though!)
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Adam-D
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there is a difference yes.
and looking at this post there is only about 4 decent replies.
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Ben G
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a 2.0 xe nova was near enough dead level with my focus, so yeah, i'd imagine it to be pretty quick
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AshGSi
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Yes there is a massive difference in terms of speed and how it handles i think. Went from a gsi to a redtop, xe is a lot faster than a 1.6 but you might want to look into a few handling mods whilst your at it as i have noticed the handling was a hell of a lot worse due to the bigger weight over the front wheels.
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by AshGSi
Yes there is a massive difference in terms of speed and how it handles i think. Went from a gsi to a redtop, xe is a lot faster than a 1.6 but you might want to look into a few handling mods whilst your at it as i have noticed the handling was a hell of a lot worse due to the bigger weight over the front wheels.
i dont think it makes them that bad at handling.
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