bracey123
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Registered: 24th Oct 08
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Been lookin at these more recently what is the common faults with them?
Also whats the tuning options without changing engines?? What power can be achieved?
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Gearboxes drive shafts and rust
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Stick a cam and a manifold on the later 100bhp engine achieve 115bhp
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DanCobb
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Registered: 14th May 11
Location: Lewes/Brighton
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Gear linkage. Easy Enough to fix mind!
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NathanR
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Registered: 6th Dec 10
Location: Totnes , Devon
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Loved my Mk1 saxo vtr . Apart from the handling of it , back end tends to have a mind of its own . Hence the reason mines dead ! 
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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Rear axel bushes, syncros going on the gearbox, Power steering pumps failing, and the usual french car rattles!
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DAZ1985
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
Location: Scholar Green, Cheshire
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quote:
Originally posted by NathanR
Loved my Mk1 saxo vtr . Apart from the handling of it , back end tends to have a mind of its own . Hence the reason mines dead !
That's called lift off oversteer
Wouldn't say it's a bad thing either
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NathanR
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quote:
Originally posted by DAZ1985
quote:
Originally posted by NathanR
Loved my Mk1 saxo vtr . Apart from the handling of it , back end tends to have a mind of its own . Hence the reason mines dead !
That's called lift off oversteer
Wouldn't say it's a bad thing either
Okay , the back end always stepped out threw corners in the sax . However in my corsa B and my C its never happened ? Something to do with the fact saxos are torsion bar not independant shocks and springs like corsas ?
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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They are harder to drive fast than Corsas but if you manage to work it out you can drive it faster than a Corsa
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NathanR
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Registered: 6th Dec 10
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
They are harder to drive fast than Corsas but if you manage to work it out you can drive it faster than a Corsa
Fair enough , i obviusly cant drive then 
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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All French cars are like it, Clio is the same.
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NathanR
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Originally posted by Ojc
All French cars are like it, Clio is the same.
Oh really :/ ? do you think its cos they are torsion bar rather than shocks and springs ? or would that have nothing to do with it ? Clio looks mint pal , not seen one in red before .
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Clio isn't torsion bar it's same setup as a Corsa but it has a stupidly wide track.
Saxo has same setup as 205 with the torsion bar not sure why they are so twitchy
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david clay
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Registered: 12th Aug 11
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good cars really mate of mine has one it has 185bhp at the moment back end tends to have a mind of its own even tho its slammed on its arse
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JordyCarter
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Registered: 14th Mar 10
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all i hear is bad news with saxos
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Had 1 and hated it. Bog standard and it felt like a sack o shit. Rattled like fuk and wasn't very comfy.
Rear axle went on it. Was a cheap fix, only cost me a tenner in the end.
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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I loved mine..
Shame they're all digs nowadays
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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Dogs*
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