Leven Cruise
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Awrite guys.. need a rough power estimate?
94 Corsa SRi, 1.4 8v (85bhp as std i think?)
Full s/s Magnex exhaust system
PiperX induction kit
Piper Cams
Ported and polished head
What bhp you think that is pushin?
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Adam_B
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Is it not chipped ?
About 110 - 115 bhp depending on the cam profile.
Not sure how well these engines respond to tuning so thats just a guess.
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Leven Cruise
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I dont think its chipped, was next mod on the list as well... but owner is selling up.
Thinkin of tabling an offer.
110-115 eh.. interesting, cheers
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Adam_B
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If u swap/chip the ECU and strip it out should be fair quick little motor 
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Leven Cruise
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See cams and a ported/polished head... how easy are these to detect?
i.e. for insurances purposes 
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miles
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I think 110-115 is a big over estimation.
I would go for upto 100.
It depends on who/what has been done to the head, and the cam profile as said.
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Leven Cruise
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Cheers fellas....
So can anyone answer am question?
Can these mods be detected easily by Mr Insurance? I dont think the owner has em declared... 
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Cursa
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Mr insurance is unlikely to rip your engine apart so I would really doubt it. Dunno if I would take the risk though.
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Adam_B
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 My bad.
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Kris TD
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i would say 100 when it has been chipped, your not gonna get 18 bhp from that lot to be honest without engine blueprinting.
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Leven Cruise
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Still fair enough tho, from a tidy wee SRi engine
It is quick for what it is anyway.
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Dan_Corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Cursa
Mr insurance is unlikely to rip your engine apart so I would really doubt it. Dunno if I would take the risk though.
but if your in a serious accident which is your fault your car will be inpounded by ministry of transport and the check every thing,brakes,engine,ecu,exhaust,suspension,just generally to see if it was a malfunction on the cars behalf why the accident happened,but they'll take notes of any parts that have been added from the standard spec and
check it with the insurance to make sure your insurance isn't void
i know this cos it happened to my mates 106 rallye luckly he'd declared all his parts and the car was a write off
in my opinion it isn't worth the risk
also the police around here have started stopping people and asking to see under the bonnet to make sure theres no obvious engine mods that haven't been declared like engine conversions,throttle bodies etc
[Edited on 17-05-2003 by Dan_Corsa]
[Edited on 17-05-2003 by Dan_Corsa]
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