Jason
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what wud u say they are? also what car is the engine best out of? which ones have coscast blocks and what gear box is best ?
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Xs
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do a search this question gets asked all the time
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jr
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embaress bigger more expensive cars
easy conversion
165bhpish on tap
etc etc
cars with F16 gear boxes pick up quicker becasue of lower ratios
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Jason
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whats the figures? mpg most importantly
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jr
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if your sticking a xe in and worried about MPG i would reconsider as your want to put ur foot down all the time
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bradfincham
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probably 25-35 mpg id say!
depends ive done near on 400 miles for £35 other times about 150!!
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
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good points:
torqey
bullet prooff
decent mpg
as JR said embarasses bigger cars
spares and knowledge is plentifull so easy to fix
bad points:
you have a licence to keep
most engines have been thrashed to death
when goes wrong will go wrong big style...ask myself or Adam B all about that 
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
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straight forward swap,
loadsa power for the size of car.
shit loadsa parts and knowledge available due to the engines race/kitcar heritage.
bad points.
some could be on last legs.
electrical sensors !!!
none have coscast blocks. they are all identical gm stamped.
coscast heads on the early engines.
some early engines had forged pistons aswell, but then the engine is older.
main differences are manual/auto belt tensioner on early/late engines, and dizzy/dispack the same.
loom differences are more an issue.
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mav
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good points
Lots and lots of fun.........
bad points...eh eh...
ask me again soon...............
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Jason
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whats the best engine to go for then?
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Adam_B
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C20XE from either Astra GTE + GSi, Cav GSi + Sri and earlier Calibra 16v. and most corsas + novas
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Jason
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so try and stay away from the later ones?
will i be able 2 tell what engine the car came out of from the block?
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Adam_B
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The later the XE the better IMO, the early ones have coscast heads and better piston blah blah but these are nealy 20 years old now....
Not sure if you can tell from the block, its not that important which car it comes from as long as its not a X20XEV (ecotech engine) Can easily spot these as the spark plug cover is black with ecotech written on it, as appose to red with vauxhall DOHC 16v writing. hence red top & black top
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ARD1
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early ones have the pullys set up different to the late ones think thats the only difference
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ARD1
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that u can see anyway, ecu's are different as well i think
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loo_goblin
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wats rong with black tops?
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Nismo
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Corsa was never built to hold a 2L engine, so focus on handling and a corsa wasnt desinged to go fast , just remember this at 130mph 
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timrud_
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Registered: 3rd Jul 04
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Fook that, mines seen the wrong side of 160mph plenty of times no probs...
Watch for the sump gasket leaking, I hardly know a LET or XE that doesn't!
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by loo_goblin
wats rong with black tops?
only 136bhp. and crap for tuning.
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sassyminx
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Registered: 10th Jan 04
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plus theyve got more sensors than anything else
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Stu
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The big bad point is as Nismo said, the corsa isnt a good handling car in the first place so with a 2 litre engine in the front it is shocking!
If I were to do the corsa thing again, Id go for a 1.6XE with throttle bodies and focus on a really good suspension setup! 150bhp to 160bhp is a nice amount of power for a corsa!
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SetH
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what stu said.
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Stu
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Good point is that in a straight line they are great fun and a real street sleeper! I scared some serious cars in mine! People think they wont even need to try and by the time they realise the Corsa thats just f*cked off isnt a 1.5TD as badged they havent got time to catch you! 
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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there not shocking if you have a proper suspension set up, like koni adjustables where you can actully adjust how the car handles
ive thrashed fads car around and mine and they handle very similarly
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SetH
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Go and drive a clio 182 then a 2.0 corsa and tell me the corsas handling is not shocking in comparison.
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