Ojc
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Or is it just me?
Its been a while since I drove my GT but that is something I miss badly about it, being able to floor it in 4th at any speed and it shoot off.
The Nova does'nt move in 4th unless at high revs.
I seriously need to hurry up and get modding this engine, else we are gonna have a falling out.
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Or is it just me?
Its been a while since I drove my GT but that is something I miss badly about it, being able to floor it in 4th at any speed and it shoot off.
The Nova does'nt move in 4th unless at high revs.
I seriously need to hurry up and get modding this engine, else we are gonna have a falling out.
olli ethe corsa loses out on about 40lb ft min over the GT FFS 
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Ojc
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Yes, this is obvious.
The Nova is only good for racing people in a straight line, mid range is a no no.
I need to go to the pod.
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Cybermonkey
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Yes the nova wont have as much torque "feel" as a GT, but i do remember myine pulling very nicely in 3rd and 4th from quite low down, like 2500 onwards. Maybe it has a problem? Have you been spanking its bum?
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Cybermonkey
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mid range is where the 16XE excelled in my opinion, especially in 3rd from 40-85mph.
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Ojc
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No, no problem anymore apart from missing a secondary air pump.
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markBezzy
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ollie obviously there is going to be a massive difference between the tourqe on a turbo and N/A car!
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Cybermonkey
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i reckon its a negative placebo effect you get from driving the same car after a while.
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Kerry
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you wanna try the 8 valve
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3CorsaMeal
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if it feels anything like the x14xe, and i believe they are very similar engines, then yes i reckon.
take ages to wind it up to high rev's and never really has any surge of power 
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Ojc
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I am gonna stop driving it until next year now.
Let it stand, I'll get the roof lining done, get the steering wheel fitted and then just let it stand for winter.
Then after Xmas take it somewhere to get the Mantzel & Unichip fitted.
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AK
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ollie..... you are a bizzare chap..... Why didnt you just whack a 2.0 in in the 1st place?
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3CorsaMeal
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Andy_H has messed with people's minds
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Patrick
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Depends what you mean by fly. 106bhp is never gonna fly is it..
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vibrio
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neither does your 240hp astra
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
ollie..... you are a bizzare chap..... Why didnt you just whack a 2.0 in in the 1st place?
It will tear the Nova to pieces.
I just need to take my time and make the engine fast so I can bum you Adam.
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Siberia
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i thought my c16xe was great for the first week but i've got used to it now... you have to trash the rev to get torque out of it... and i have a manztel...
still on standard managment though...
[Edited on 23-11-2004 by Siberia]
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Half Pint
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Turbo it ! 
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broster
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the zetec s has more torque than the x16xe. was brought to my attention at a recent rolling road day, made me sad
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Ojc
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I want to race a 1.6 16v Corsa to see if I can beat them by much.
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
I want to race a 1.6 16v Corsa to see if I can beat them by much.
id race u if i was closer.... id win too
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Half Pint
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i'll race you and if i win i get to bum you for a month !
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Ditch
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I caned a GT on sunday night 
they arent as quick as I thought they would be....
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Ojc
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I once raced a Astra GTE 16v, not much in it but like you say the GTE did beat me.
Intrested to see what would have happened had the race been from 40-100.
I feel the GT would have edged it.
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
the zetec s has more torque than the x16xe. was brought to my attention at a recent rolling road day, made me sad
yes but there still slow
i was on a private road  at the weekend & needless to say, the Zetec-S lost...
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