LeeM
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quite tempted by one of these, insurance quotes have just come in around the same as im paying for the corsa at the moment! i was planning on a z20let in the corsa, but i just dont think ill ever be bothered to do it and i fancy somethin a but bigger.
what tuning options are available? i wouldnt be looking at going crazy, just a remap and decat with maybe a decent stainless exhaust. is 250bhp an achievable target?
anyone got pics of any special ones?
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Cole
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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250bhp froma remap alone and a bigger inter cooler
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LeeM
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sweet, im probably gonna put an exhaust on and dv because im a bit of a chav at heart 
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LeeM
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oh, anyone know if they run the same front brakes as the astra gsi as well? or in fact what size they actually are?
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mike56gte
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both sri and gsi have 17" wheels would imagine they would have the same brakes. i am also looking to buy one of these in a few months was gona go for the sri because there cheaper to buy and insure but the interior in the sri is pretty gash compared to the gsi
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Ricky352
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Mate used to have one, some people dont like the rear bumper or the crap looking turbo sticker and prefer the styling of the gsi, but id have the sri because its rare.
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marklawton
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same brakes as the gsi and coupe turbo. there 308mm. there not that good though so wack some decent discs and yellow stuff pads on. thats what iam going to do.
only thing that lets the sri down is the interior as said, but you can pick up a set of half leather gsi seats or a good nick full leather interior out of a coupe second hand for £300-500.
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LeeM
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i do much prefer the gsi but insurance is a lot more! think once id got a bit of power out of i t i might look at gsi front and rear bumpers
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by marklawton
same brakes as the gsi and coupe turbo. there 308mm. there not that good though so wack some decent discs and yellow stuff pads on. thats what iam going to do.
only thing that lets the sri down is the interior as said, but you can pick up a set of half leather gsi seats or a good nick full leather interior out of a coupe second hand for £300-500.
thats good, ive got some gsi calipers and i would have kept them if theyre an upgrade but they can be flogged off now.
i really like the coupe black and white interior, might have a look about for one of them.
theres plenty of sri's around the £3k mark i hadnt realised they were that much cheaper than gsi's! anyone wanna buy my corsa 
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Corsa_Sport21
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A red Sri-T would get my vote anyday.Pretty rare though.
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LeeM
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im looking at silver ones, mainly because im too lazy to clean my car. i hate my corsa for always looking dirty and my old red corsa always looked faded if it wasnt cleaned weekly.
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j10E W
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if u much more prefur the gsi all the time you own a sri ul be wishing you had a gsi
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LeeM
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well i cant afford to buy and insure a gsi so the sri will have to do for the time being. even if i got a gsi, id much prefer an evo for example but again i cant afford to buy insure and run one yet.
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spat vxr
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iv got an astra gsi with pre cat knocked out and thats it was rolling roaded at 206 bhp with 209 ft. im getting it remapped stage 1 courntey sport £499 gives you 250 bhp mate very easy engines to get power out of
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Rob R
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quote:
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stage 1 courntey sport £499 gives you 250 bhp mate
my scotum it does. 230bhp perhaps.
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Huwsi
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by spat vxr
stage 1 courntey sport £499 gives you 250 bhp mate
my scotum it does. 230bhp perhaps.
This. Stage one you're lucky to see 230bhp imo
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TurboChris
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Registered: 31st May 02
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I really liked my SRI Turbo that was running 306bhp and went like stink, I personally wouldnt be bothered paying the extra for a GSI. As someone has already said the interior could be better, but you can replace it, I have both GSI full & half leather for sale 
Corsa's with the Z20LET in are loads of fun though, you get a much faster ride for less bhp than in an Astra. Just depends if you have time and money for a conversion though.
Chris
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LeeM
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Just thinkin once I've sold the Corsa I won't have to put muc more to it to get the astra, where the conversion in the Corsa will cost me £2k just for engine and conversion bits. That's £2k that could be spent on power mods for the astra.
Makes more sense just to go with the astra!
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Cole
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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i would look out for one with some bits already done if it was me so much cheaper i paid 5k for my zafira will stage 2 map koni adjustables eibachs bastuk exhasut paddle clutch already done so bargains can be had if you look around
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TurboChris
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How much are you looking at spending on one?
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LeeM
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£3k ish ideally but not till my insurance is up on the Corsa which is about august I think
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TurboChris
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You'll get an good enough example for that, and then just keep an eye out for parts. I've always got stuff coming in, just picked a silver one up the other day to break with some decent bits on.
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