welling boy
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Registered: 7th Mar 04
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i have almost had enough of my bloody car...!
i've had it about 2 months and i wanna torch it lol!
took it to a service centre and they just charged me £250
to put right what they could but its still fooked!
wasn't too bad but the rev counter keeps going down, then it stalls
this happened when i was doing 20 mph coming to the lights and it just dies
its a 1.0 T-reg and it did have a crash some time before i got it
i think its damaged the engine but i can't really say cos i dunno
should i just bung a new engine in it? what would fit in it?
i'm 19 and my insurance is already £1300 on a 1.0 so i'm guessing
that a 2.0 might not be the best idea for insurance?
maybe a 1.2 or a 1.4?
what sort of price might i be expecting?
J
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--Dave--
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Registered: 17th Feb 04
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i'd be looking at somewhere in the region of £500 for a 1.2 engine thats down around 50k... that includes fitting.
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Danz_Corsa
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
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what's the millage on your current engine?
prob just a dodgy ICV or something i dunno  ?
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
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adjust the throttle backstop screw. You'll need a small torx bit and need to take the inlet off but its all just torx and real easy. Cured my low revs - mine kept dropping EVERY time i'd come off the gas and go so low that it nearly stalled!
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MikeH
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Registered: 3rd Apr 03
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What did you pay £250 for?
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welling boy
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it was serviced and had a few new bits, starter engine battery back breaks etc...
current milage is about 52k
tomas sounds good to me but what do i do lol? anywhere i could get a little more info about this?
Thanks
J
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dave17
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Registered: 3rd Sep 02
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mine did that, it was the gearbox mounted speed sensor. piece off piss to fit, have pics if u need them! get the part from vaux, bout £40 inc VAT
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welling boy
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yeh please mate...
jamie_k_84@hotmail.com if you could please
so is it the throttle baskstop screw or gearbox mounted speed sensor
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welling boy
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ttt please
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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£1300 on a 1 litre?! Id shop around mate! Im paying £650 on a 1.4 SRi @ 19 with 2yrs NCD.
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--Dave--
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who you with drunkenfool?
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welling boy
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yeah i'm very interested
also any further help :$
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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Havce a word with Adam-D off here, he's got his old 1.4 8v engine with all bitties for sale for around £250 i think, not much of an increase in performance, but should keep insurance down and be quite cheap & easy enough to swap over!
[Edited on 01-04-2004 by PaulW]
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mike_1.2LS96
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Registered: 23rd Oct 03
Location: Darlington | Mazda 323 1.8 Exec
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Its £200 Paul. Did you scrap your old one?
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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my bad, couldnt remember either 200 or 250!
yeah scrapped mine, it was a bit feked! Gearbox was only thing worth keepin from it (wasn't broke) and the alternator & starter went to adam as they were still ok aswell!
still have the ECU & enine loom tho, duno why I kept them 
I was debating making adam an offer on his old engine & have a mad blast at making some mental-powered go-kart, but tbh don't think I can be arsed  I really need to get some work done on my corsa!
[Edited on 01-04-2004 by PaulW]
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mike_1.2LS96
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Registered: 23rd Oct 03
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I might be converting mine to a 1.4 soon, will have a 1.2 8v going spare if you want it  for that Kart
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PaulW
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Will have to see, main problem is carriage charges as no other means of transport 
gona have a few words with a m8, as he was looking into something like this too & can get alu-box tubes to make a chassis & frame for next-to-nothin!
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mike_1.2LS96
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Probably better off with a bike engine, car engines are way too bulky for a 1 man kart.
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PaulW
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but it would be different
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Marco The Corsa Man
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Me and a mate have got a buggy on the drawing boards using the engine + drivetrain from the reliant robin and front suspension/stearing from a mini. The engine is same as fitted in a mini, 850cc 40Bhp and only 50Kg,s the entire car should weigh bout 150Kg's which means a power to weight ratio of 266bhp/ton, with a person in its still 175bhp/ton and thats runing a standard engine. A VX2200 Turbo is bout 250bhp/ton  . If it gets off the ground it should be fun.
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3CorsaMeal
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check the fuses
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