corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
Location: Northamptonshire
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im considering keeping my 1.6 16v instead of 2.0 conversion due to fact my 1.6 has 28000 miles so plenty of ragging left in it til i do a conversion when my 1.6 gets higher mileage.
im thinkin of spendin the 1200 quid on my 1.6 ive saved im lookin at dbilas inlet manifold my question is can u replace the lower part of the inlet without removing the engine i no it means cut knuckles but is it possible??
my next plan will be to have the head ported an polished any1 know what this costs and then to have a dastek unichip fitted that should keep me happy while i save again for a 2.0
the engine already has 4branch/zorst/filter
my final setup will be,
1.6 16v
dbilas manifold,
unichip,
ported polshed head,
4 branch
cat back with decat
filter
hopfully this should see 130 bhp if not more so will keep me happy for next year or so cheez for any help
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miles
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
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Why dblias? Why not velos?
Can be changed in situ.
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
Location: Northamptonshire
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i dunno really dbilas looks good too though and different too
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
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i took off my lower inlet manifold without removing the engine, its a bitch but is possible, and yes plenty of cut knuckles, go for throttle bodies man, head ported & polish about £250, me and you are gonna have very similar engines, i wouldnt be suprised if you were closer to 140BHP with all that, donna GSI got 161BHP remember and thats with a cat back only exhaust, pipercross filter, manztel power box and mantzel chip, you just dont know with these engines they can suprise you
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DangerousDave16v
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Registered: 20th Feb 03
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Donnas spec is very impressive
what sort of price would you expect to pay for that mantzel chip? and is that with standard cams?
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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yeah standard cams, i dunno how they got the chip done, its a mantzel superchip mapped to donnas car done specially, with mantzel power boxes etc you need a superchip to up the rev limit to 7500ish cos the power is 5000rpm and upwards, mine still pulls stong at the rev limit so getting it removed asap
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