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mav
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Right deffo buying a missus a car in next few months which will be the family car, 5 door astra 1.6 sort of thing..

So really thinking about sellling the T4 and getting something more as a toy..

Was thinking another XE but wanted better reliabilty, even though I had no probs with me last one there is always that niggle in your head..

So thoughts are now...

1.6 sport maybe already got suspension etc done...IE wrightys white one as an example so no money to be spent on exterior..

So 1.6 sport say 2k

And 2k to spend on engine bits.. what could i likely get bhp wise out of it with that amount of cash..

And with the engine mods whats going to be done with the stats approx, 0-60 etc etc...

Broster / dave a etc get in here

thought about
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golf gti mk2 etc too but would like a corsa again, dunno why
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Buy mine when its done
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when will it be done and what will be the stats

what reg is yours, would be looking for about 1999/2000
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Its 95 , you'd probably better starting on a car that isnt a conversion anyway
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get a 1.6 sport, its got a decent spec

then get an inlet, exhaust manifold, cams, remap, headwork and a full system, and you'll have about 145bhp

then spend a bit on a set of konis, v6 brakes and some wheels

job done

145bhp will make a fun car, and itll be reliable still
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aye that was the plan, start with nearly bog standard engine.

whats in yours 1.6
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Dont you fancy something else having been there alreadt 3 times??
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2k on a 1.6 would see you
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quote:
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get a 1.6 sport, its got a decent spec

then get an inlet, exhaust manifold, cams, remap, headwork and a full system, and you'll have about 145bhp

then spend a bit on a set of konis, v6 brakes and some wheels

job done

145bhp will make a fun car, and itll be reliable still


that sounds like what i'm thinking....will a budget of 2k get that?

hopefully car i get will have wheels / suspension done
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Yeh will be 1.6

Inlet, 4 Branch , K+N

Not the sort of tunage you seem to be look for I don't think ? i.e throttle bodies
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think TB's would be out of my price range?
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Think so if what was listed by rob was to be included.

Because you have fitting of it all as well
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quote:
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Dont you fancy something else having been there alreadt 3 times??


twice i thank you...

cheap to buy
relitively cheap to tune
easy to work on etc etc
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TBs wont be as reliable really

buy Wrighty's car, and spend 2k on the engine, if you spend wisely, you'll get most of what i said (maybe not the headwork)
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and yeah, tbs would cost you more than 2k, with all the bits that go with them, like cams and exhaust manifold etc
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thought so,

i used wrightys as an example as more than likely that will be sold before this comes about....

but i would if it was still for sale.
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quote:
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quote:
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Dont you fancy something else having been there alreadt 3 times??


twice i thank you...

cheap to buy
relitively cheap to tune
easy to work on etc etc


Got it in my head you've had 3 corsa's for some reason

Still 2 down & you want more!!
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yeah, actually mav, get a 106gti and do a Paul J
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forget about the inlet route, its a dead end at a not so 'real' 150 bhp

bring the car to me and for £2200 you can have tb's standalone management etc.. all fitted and mapped and 150 'real' bhp

if you liked your 2 litre then you would love this! plus when more cash is available you can look at cams and headwork and see 180 bhp.
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a 1.6 corsa with above mods isnt going to be reliable i'm afriad
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Get a 106 GTi like Ecks just got & fit a S/C kit!!

Might not be that reliable actually
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why not? mine has been super reliable for 12k miles since I fitted the tb's

if its done properly it will be fine. IMO a tb'd 1.6 is far more reliable than a standard one, far less to go wrong. im still getting about 35mpg as well. its all in the fitting and mapping
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that right Dave, thats a no bad price if thats the 'real' bhp and all fitted and done...

Don't want a 106, dunno why just don't...

So Adam not reliable?
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just from experience....

as soon as you start doing stuff to an engine its opening a can of worms. The x16xe is a cunt with all its sensors n shit anyway, so maybe not the best example.


More stress on parts (revs), power through transmission etc...

Just saying its not OE, so it'll take more looking after basically
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but with TBs you run about 3 sensors

i'd agree with dave, a relatively tame tb setup wouldnt be overly unreliable

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