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Oh, right, I was under the impression that an LSD transferred power from the inside wheel on a corner to the outside while turning. I dunno... Tooo complicated for me and i'm tired now 
I can't remember which Nova it was, but it had a tuned to fuck LET in it... Was wicked...  Was a German one though... If that helps 
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theres a 608bhp single engined LET I think...
[Edited on 22-04-2004 by 1800ed]
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theres a 608bhp single engined LET I think...
true, the white nova with the rather large ic!!
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wtf?
have a gange at
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=136787
just read it all its is most sad hope it turns out ok
me to allthough ive been looking at Evos this week
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Stone Cold Rattlesnake
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ive been looking at EVOs for months aswell  no money though
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Nismo
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wanna stay with 7 thou as better and more fun
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kerzo
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btw should the title not read 'acceptable' ???
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Stone Cold Rattlesnake
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i like the extra doors on the EVO 
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drunkenfool
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Originally posted by kerzo
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Originally posted by drunkenfool
theres a 608bhp single engined LET I think...
true, the white nova with the rather large ic!!
Thats the one yeah, i got a vid of it on the dyno on my PC.
The black german one is more powerful, but is twin engined. http://www.boost-beast.de/
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SteveW
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Kerzo... erm what can i say..
D'Oh
well i aint changing it
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sassyminx
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anything over 130ish does me nicely...........the corsa aint quite there yet tho
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Pablo
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150-160 ish
[Edited on 22-04-2004 by P4UL]
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Tom
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Properly tuned C16's can get about 200bhp, will cost a lot of money to do that but you get good handling because it's a small block engine and you use the apropriate gearbox for that engine - i.e. lightweight. C20XE's can get about 200-280bhp (maybe more) if they are very well tuned, but they are big block engines and use the heavier gearboxes. LET's can get 300bhp, but will oncur the same handling problems as the C20XE. Quite a few car engineers say that on a large saloon car it is not physically possible to put more than 220bhp through the front wheels of the chassis as the loss of traction would be too great. This power would be reduced in a Corsa as there is less weight in the vehicle so it can roll back on it's back wheels far easier, thus causing wheelspin...
I found this out researching cos I want a fast Corsa... Some of it could be quite wrong cos I got most of the stuff from here and MIG. But the thing about max power in a FWD car came from Saab, and I was told the same thing when I went to look at Aston uni for my Design and Engineering course...
Serious enough for ya snowy?
Good on you for trying to research this, altho most of what you've written is true, the LET can handle alot more than 300 horsies with the right internals, xe's can go upto about 280 yeah but same as with anything, if you want it to be driveable then you couldn't go that far. (that's dry sump etc territory like a rally car )
Most people find the handling OK with a 20xe in as coilovers should sort things out, but if you do wana go with a c16xe and have a reliable 200bhp+ engine you're gonna need at least £8k if you went with tb's.
Lastly, alot think that 220 is the limit but alfa have there 250 146/156 gta's 
As for the original question i'd say anything over 130 odd bhp is respectable in a corsa, can't really compare unlike for unlike.
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300 plus is tres bien
the RX was so tres bien
was this ever proved mon amie
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power is nothing if your car is a big bardge. 150hp pw:r is decent enough
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J da Silva
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anything over 110-120 ish is in need of some respect
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Adam-CorsaC18s
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what about 70bhp? thats about what mine is... It has the respect of none so far. not even me.
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wanna stay with 7 thou as better and more fun
The rex is gorgeous to look at, the evo's just brutal, no refinement. Plus you can go on about the joy of Wankel.
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Jason Iles
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200bhp is the way Steven MWAH
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ed
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Cool, I'm joining the 150/160bhp club soon (Gotta get me car RR'd with the Cav engine in it, cos apparently its had a little bit of tuning)
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Foz
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109bhp
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Originally posted by 1800ed
Oh, right, I was under the impression that an LSD transferred power from the inside wheel on a corner to the outside while turning. I dunno... Tooo complicated for me and i'm tired now
I can't remember which Nova it was, but it had a tuned to fuck LET in it... Was wicked... Was a German one though... If that helps
LSD gives power to the wheel with most grip. So if for example a wheel lifts off the ground powers not being wasted... As snowy says this helps when putting the foot down on a drag strip or something as if a wheel starts spinning the power is taken away and given to the other wheel (the wheel which was spinning regains tractions and power is put back)...
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Nismo
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I have an LSD
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I need a LSD then
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Nismo
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Whos selling LSD 
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