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Author Who said 8v's were shit?
PaulW
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16th Sep 03 at 18:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

http://www.gmc-motorsport.co.uk/corsaspec.htm

C14SE Engine

Power : 148 Bhp @ 7270 rpm
Torque : 115 lbft @ 6550 rpm
Acceleration : 0-60mph - 7.1 sec
Mattb
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torque figure is crap, c16xe has 110 lb/ft at 3800....as standard..
that 1,4 has had a gain of 6o bhp, and oly a gain of 30lb/ft...

[Edited on 16-09-2003 by Mattb]
DanielJ
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iv ad abuse bout my 8v allday
PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by DanielJ
iv ad abuse bout my 8v allday


8v all the way!!
Kris TD
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yeah but the 16v with those mods would be about 180-200 bhp.
Adam-D
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bloody hell an here me with 60 bhp
Wolfy
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heres me with 115
Adam-D
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quote:
Originally posted by Calibra2zero
heres me with 115


jammy bugger
MattyB
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And me soon with 170lb of torque

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Jason
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45bhp
Sam
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Do you think anyone would notice if I swapped my standard C14SE from the Astra for that C14SE engine?

Adam_B
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kewel, not very cost effective tho
starkmotorsport
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DONT underestimate that Corsa!

Thats my mates Corsa - Class One Scottish Tarmac Champions 3 years running...

Speaks for itself really...
l33t corsa
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If I paid for a 'rally spec' engine, I'd expect more power than that. Waste of £ to be honest.
starkmotorsport
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Its a 1400 class you twat. Having a 16v engine puts you up a class against the 1600 8v's.
l33t corsa
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I don't care. I never said anything about 16v engines or whatever. Either way, for a race engine I would want more than a 105hp/litre.

[Edited on 16-09-2003 by l33t corsa]
starkmotorsport
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Race/Rally cars are all about power to weight ratios. You can have all the BHP in the world mate and it wouldnt make a difference if you had a brick of a car.

For a 1400 8v that is a quick engine and its class is one of the most competitive classes in Britain.

No offence mate, but you wouldnt stand a chance in it. Dont knock it till you've seen it ok?
l33t corsa
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WTF how do you know how well I can drive?

Adam
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l33t, STFU, that's the same bhp as a 2.0 16v, that's 600cc and 8v less !!!!!!!

You can hardly knock a 300% increase over sandard
Adam_B
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bhp per litre means fuck all. bhp per ton is where its at
starkmotorsport
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Im sure your a very good driver mate, but the standard you'd have to be to take on these boys in their cars would have to be extremely high.

Very few people can take a car like the Corsa mentioned above to the very limit, nevermind beating much larger engined cars like GMC can.
BabyBlade
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam
l33t, STFU, that's the same bhp as a 2.0 16v, that's 600cc and 8v less !!!!!!!

You can hardly knock a 300% increase over sandard


I couldn't agree more - I could try but i would not be successfull ~
BabyBlade
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btw which engines do they use in turbo hot hatches 8v baby
l33t corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam
l33t, STFU, that's the same bhp as a 2.0 16v, that's 600cc and 8v less !!!!!!!

You can hardly knock a 300% increase over sandard


A 300% increase would be over 200hp would it not.

A civic b16a gives better figures for only 200cc more, and that's road trim, not race. It may be a large increase, but it's still only 148hp.

[Edited on 16-09-2003 by l33t corsa]
big eck
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quote:
Originally posted by Sethion33
btw which engines do they use in turbo hot hatches 8v baby

And the majoroty of them go BANG at the first sign of modding them

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