VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Never been in a 1.6 Corsa. Seemed nice and fun. Was completley standard except an induction kit. Loved the brakes   No matter how hard he tried they wouldn't lock up! Shame it was pissing down with rain though! 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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SJW
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Registered: 8th Jul 05
Location: Malvern
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yeah abs is a new found invention ya know 
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Never experienced it before!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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brakes are shocking on them
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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ABS on Corsas is very bad.
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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Great Im gonna shoot my load
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Phil W
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Registered: 1st Jul 05
Location: Shropshire Drives : Focus ST
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THe most powerful Corsa ive been in is my SRi.
Bored of it now, pants.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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I've been in a GSi that was standard, seemed slow to me
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neiliosxi
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Registered: 17th Dec 02
Location: Teesside (NE)Drives: Megane R26
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I pressed the brake so hard in my 106 gti last week the seatbelt burned my shoulder  damn police cars
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Mattss Corsa
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Registered: 11th Jan 03
Location: Milton Keynes (BUCKS)
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Standard GSI's are quick for a 1.6
I love mine, and still do now
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stuartmitchell
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Registered: 24th Apr 04
Location: Kirkliston, Edinburgh
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quote:
Originally posted by neiliosxi
I pressed the brake so hard in my 106 gti last week the seatbelt burned my shoulder damn police cars
great isn't it
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Marc D
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Registered: 29th Apr 03
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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the noise is the best thing about them 
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Swarve
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Registered: 24th Jun 05
Location: Cwmbran, Torfaen
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I cannot comment bout GSi's performance but i got a 1600cc 16v SPORT and i reckon that they are pretty slow, i know they are a few bhp less than the GSi tho (Sport 106bhp & Gsi 109bhp).
Personally reckon my SRI 1400 16V i had before was just as quick although im runnin a set of 17's on it now so that may make the difference.......
Reckon that the Corsa is the worst of the 1600's tho, a bit worryin
Take a look at these small cars that most chavs drive:
Citroen Saxo VTS 120 bhp (0-60mph 7.7 seconds)
Peugeot 106 GTi 120 bhp (0-60mph 8.2 seconds)
Vauxhall Corsa B 1.6 GSi 109 bhp (0-60mph 9.3 seconds)
Vauxhall Corsa B 1.6 16v 106 bhp (0-60mph 9.5 seconds)
Ford Fiesta Zetec S 1.6 101 bhp (0-60mph 9.9 seconds)
All figures taken from the Performance Statistics section on this website.
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chr15barn3s
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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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the 1600 is definately quicker than the 1400
my old sri had abs and the brakes on that were shocking compared to my 1.6 sport without it
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Yes the 1.6 16v is much faster than the 1.4 16v, Jambo will remember how much
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Swarve
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Registered: 24th Jun 05
Location: Cwmbran, Torfaen
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must just be cos i got 17's on it then
did u look at the stats above????????????
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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the saxo's and pug 106's are much faster, my mates keep burning me off in thier's its highly annoying 
french crap, half of its plastic thats why :S
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chr15barn3s
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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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the vts and gti ones are but mine will see off a vtr
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
Location: Northamptonshire
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1.6 is only quicker after late 3rd early 4th gear
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chr15barn3s
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yeh but until then its fairly even, or so i found out, ive only given one a go though
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Dan. T
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Registered: 6th Jan 05
Location: Northampton Drives: Astra Coupe SE2
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quote:
Originally posted by Swarve
Take a look at these small cars that most chavs drive:
Citroen Saxo VTS 120 bhp (0-60mph 7.7 seconds)
Peugeot 106 GTi 120 bhp (0-60mph 8.2 seconds)
Vauxhall Corsa B 1.6 GSi 109 bhp (0-60mph 9.3 seconds)
Vauxhall Corsa B 1.6 16v 106 bhp (0-60mph 9.5 seconds)
Ford Fiesta Zetec S 1.6 101 bhp (0-60mph 9.9 seconds)
All figures taken from the Performance Statistics section on this website.
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What alot of people forget is the fact that when vxl built the corsa GSi, they originally built it with more bhp than the mk3 astra GSi, to which vxl had to restrict the 1.6 with heavier & bigger inlets etc..., they had to change the performance of the 1.6 as mk3 astra cost more & should in effect have more bhp, than a 'lower' model.
Though i have to agree the 1.6 vauxhall engine seems crap compaired to citroen's 1.6 VTS or pegueot's 1.6 GTi, but at least its faster than a Ford 1.6S engine 
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
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i had mintex pads once 1144's, they worked a treat
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Teddy
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Registered: 19th Jul 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan. T
Though i have to agree the 1.6 vauxhall engine seems crap compaired to citroen's 1.6 VTS or pegueot's 1.6 GTi, but at least its faster than a Ford 1.6S engine
Rubbish.
The Vauxhall C16 and X16 are great engine - Vauxhall limited them really badly thats all. Play with them a bit and all hell can break loose
Even Vauxhall themselves regret not giving the 1.6 a little more
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Teddy
quote:
Originally posted by Dan. T
Though i have to agree the 1.6 vauxhall engine seems crap compaired to citroen's 1.6 VTS or pegueot's 1.6 GTi, but at least its faster than a Ford 1.6S engine
Rubbish.
The Vauxhall C16 and X16 are great engine - Vauxhall limited them really badly thats all. Play with them a bit and all hell can break loose
Even Vauxhall themselves regret not giving the 1.6 a little more
think he means in standard form! also why compare it to a vts and gti, its slower, yes! but its a hell of a lot easier to insure......
alos they do like to be tuned...much to the annoyance of people pockets 
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Dan. T
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Registered: 6th Jan 05
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
think he means in standard form! also why compare it to a vts and gti, its slower, yes! but its a hell of a lot easier to insure......
alos they do like to be tuned...much to the annoyance of people pockets
Thank Broster.... I meant in standard form so Teddy get off your high horse
I know how tunable the little XE's are & you know that, it irritates me when people compare them to VTS & GTi engines as Vxl originally built C16XE 12yrs ago!!! & didnt have much choice but to restrict it.....
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