Sooty
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sxi boy
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Location: north east Drives: clio 182
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Lynny
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Location: oop north! Where people talk properly
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Originally posted by sxi boy
stop trying to use ur broken brakes as an excuse
he'll be using the broken window excuse next 
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J4MIE P
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Location: oldham, North manchester
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Originally posted by Sooty
not to bad mate... I had 1 person up and 1/3 a tank of fuel... plus a brake pad in constant contact with my alloy... and still managed to pull very slightly, I was a bit shocked to be honest... would of expected to pull away after 80 but could not... I am not sure if this was due to a problem I had with my rear brakes or not, Need to have another go against one to be honest... not to bad a motor.
Shocks and Springs will sort it out
Thats praise coming from him!!
They r very nice, I think I wud get a full suspension tweak to firm it up a bit.
Although I think if I went for an SRI i'd get the 1.7 CDTi
No joke, its slower to 60. But check out the Torque 240 NM
Thats only 10NM less than the astra and zafira GSi and VX Turbo!!!!
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Drew
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quote:
Originally posted by Sooty
plus a brake pad in constant contact with my alloy
where is ya caliper
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Sooty
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quote:
Originally posted by Drew
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Originally posted by Sooty
plus a brake pad in constant contact with my alloy
where is ya caliper
trying to hold onto it... !
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OzzySRi
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Registered: 18th Jun 02
Location: Sydney, Australia Drives: Corsa C 1.8 SRi
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Originally posted by YAKster
Ozzy, my missus won't let me do anythin to do with the engine or controls till she gets her new car next year, she's don't want to drive a modded car!!
hide the switch somewhere she wont see it. when she drives it she wont know the diffo but when u drive switch it off... burn out time
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RobHardyUK
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lol thanks guys. i got a test drive in one, but its only the 1.2 cos this is all they have. still can get a feel for the car! The other one i was looking at was the Clio, just the 1.6 though because insurance is to high on the 172.
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Sooty
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Bear in mind there will be ALOT of difference between the handling, throttle response, torque etc..
Insurance on a 1.8 SRi is quite low actually, its only group 10 or something
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paul_spurrell
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8 i think
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Sooty
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8 Bloody hell
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paul_spurrell
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i was wrong. 9E
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paul_spurrell
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found this quite interesting
http://vauxhall.co.uk/features/vx220.jhtml
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Sooty
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9, still pretty low
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Nath
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Hows the car sooty?
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Sooty
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Hello Nath, my car is fine thank you 
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sxi boy
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quote:
Originally posted by Sooty
Shocks and Springs will sort it out
no they won't
you'd need coilovers and front and rear strut braces to be able to touch the torsion bar hatches on the corners
richy - u dun my CD yet ?
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mattyboy199
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quote:
Originally posted by Sooty
Bear in mind there will be ALOT of difference between the handling, throttle response, torque etc..
Insurance on a 1.8 SRi is quite low actually, its only group 10 or something
Its 9 actually
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Daimo B
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OVerall its not too bad. French 1600 16v engines are bloody good as standard for times on the cars, and although the 1.8is i think a bit gutless, its still not too bad + with low insurance. And its got rear discs as standard which is good.
Tuning on the 1.8 though is supposed to be in development i should imagine. I have heard of the 1.8 16v's being quite good for tuning (not hard, probably so restricted as standard )
Handling, well, no vauxhall handles great as standard but nothing a good suspension setup wouldn't sort out.
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J4MIE P
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Location: oldham, North manchester
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Originally posted by Daimo B
OVerall its not too bad. French 1600 16v engines are bloody good as standard for times on the cars, and although the 1.8is i think a bit gutless, its still not too bad + with low insurance. And its got rear discs as standard which is good.
Tuning on the 1.8 though is supposed to be in development i should imagine. I have heard of the 1.8 16v's being quite good for tuning (not hard, probably so restricted as standard )
Handling, well, no vauxhall handles great as standard but nothing a good suspension setup wouldn't sort out.
VX220?
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Daimo B
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Knew someone was gonna say that They are still a skittish being very light and RWD.
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sxi boy
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the vx220 is wasnt completely designed by vauxhall though, the chassis is the same as the lotus elises'
so VX can't really take all the credit for it
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paul_spurrell
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quote:
Originally posted by sxi boy
the vx220 is wasnt completely designed by vauxhall though, the chassis is the same as the lotus elises'
so VX can't really take all the credit for it
this is wrong. the chassis is not the same. it is a redesign. only about 20 parts of the vx220 are shared with the lotus
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Sooty
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quote:
Originally posted by sxi boy
quote:
Originally posted by Sooty
Shocks and Springs will sort it out
no they won't
you'd need coilovers and front and rear strut braces to be able to touch the torsion bar hatches on the corners
richy - u dun my CD yet ?
STFU, my corsa on springs wasnt that bad....
yesh when r u coming home x
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sxi boy
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your corsa on spring was exactly the same as mine = shite, compared to the likes of vts/gti etc
im home when i get my car back which might be as early as monday
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