Tommygsi
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Hi was after some advice, i had my x16xe on the dyno it made 114.6 bhp the guy said il see 6 - 7 bhp with mapping so thats next. Where do most of you go or have good reputation? And what next for engine mods for £ = power? Its currently a x16 with a lexmaul inlet manifold and protech stainless 4-1 manifold and piper decat and full piper stainless system and a pipercross panel filter.
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Nic Barnes
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think that place in fife i went to a few years ago were dastek dealers. can't bloody remember the name now hq performance maybe or something along those lines.
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Alex_Rally
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p+p head, mild cams then map it mate. will be like 135 easy then
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Tommygsi
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Thanks il type it into google see if it comes up in fife  they quite good service and advice? Was thinking cams but wasnt sure what else is out there, what cams would you use? 135 would be nice.
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sc0ott
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Performance hq is in dalgety bay. Not sure if falkland performance in glenrothes does mapping?
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mike56gte
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Performance hq is in dalgety bay. Not sure if falkland performance in glenrothes does mapping?
Falkland performace will fit 'superchip' software for £295 last time i was there.
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Tommygsi
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What would superchip software do on what im running? Il look into them aswel see if they have websites and give them a phone see what they say.
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mike56gte
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What would superchip software do on what im running? Il look into them aswel see if they have websites and give them a phone see what they say.
Well for the same sort of chip on my xe he said about 6-7 bhp and better throttle responce.
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Tommygsi
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Cool il have a look into that aswel mike, looking like cams next do i go re-ground from the ones i have or blanks? Whats the diffrence if anyone knows would be helpfull
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Jed D
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get some arp rod bolts and a rased limiter 
maybe a lighter fly to get it to rev up better too
people underestimate the 16xe's like. great little engines if you have a good one
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sc0ott
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In what way do people under estimate a 1.6?
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tom130691
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In what way do people under estimate a 1.6?
corsa 1.6 16v 103bhp roughly?
saxo 1.6 8v 100bhp
saxo 1.6 16v 120bhp
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Jed D
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quote:
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Originally posted by sc0ott
In what way do people under estimate a 1.6?
corsa 1.6 16v 103bhp roughly?
saxo 1.6 8v 100bhp
saxo 1.6 16v 120bhp
107 or 108 isnt it?
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Corsasport-Jamie
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quote:
Originally posted by tom130691
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Originally posted by sc0ott
In what way do people under estimate a 1.6?
corsa 1.6 16v 103bhp roughly?
saxo 1.6 8v 100bhp
saxo 1.6 16v 120bhp
who cares about saxo's there junk! 
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sc0ott
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quote:
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In what way do people under estimate a 1.6?
corsa 1.6 16v 103bhp roughly?
saxo 1.6 8v 100bhp
saxo 1.6 16v 120bhp
All i can see are figures from other 1.6 cars?
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Jed D
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sc0ott
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So we are saying the corsa is under estimated compared to one other 1.6 car?
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Tommygsi
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i phoned up piper to ask about price of cams for my engine the guy asked what im running at the moment and what id be using it for i said fast road/ track and recommended i sent my cams and they re-ground them and bought a kit with all the necessery parts and it came to incl. postage £690.60 and would see 10 bhp this way of course if i got my car mapped aswel i would see a good figure. i think il try newman cams aswel and get a few prices.
i also had a look on the sbd website and i saw you can buy throttle bodies with management for £1900 which is alot of money but its pretty much going to guarantee 164 bhp bolted onto standard engine althou they do recommend a c16 head which i have off the original engine. its not something ive saw much of on 1600 corsa's with throttle bodies anyone know much about this side of things?
over £ = power im thinkng save up abit more and go down the 2nd route?
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Tommygsi
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quote:
Originally posted by Jed D
get some arp rod bolts and a rased limiter
maybe a lighter fly to get it to rev up better too
people underestimate the 16xe's like. great little engines if you have a good one
thanks for comment jed sounds like a good idea also just looking at my options
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Corsa_Sport21
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If you are after cheap cams, look up Autosprint.
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mike56gte
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If you are after cheap cams, look up Autosprint.
yeah you send them your cams and they send you re-ground ones. think they are about £190.
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corsarooney
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The throttle bodie kits do look awsome, lot of wonga though 
Corsa 1.6 sport - 1
1.7 puma engined fiesta - 0
Keeping corsa's on the redline since 2008
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shaunmods
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Sounds like your pretty much at the same stage as I am with mine Tom I bought a set of stage 1 newman cams for mine but found that they wouldnt run on standard management so I took them back out for the minute. I'll be going for Diblas Verniers and then having uni chip software installed and mapped over the winter months
[Edited on 15-06-2012 by shaunmods]
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Jed D
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quote:
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Originally posted by Jed D
get some arp rod bolts and a rased limiter
maybe a lighter fly to get it to rev up better too
people underestimate the 16xe's like. great little engines if you have a good one
thanks for comment jed sounds like a good idea also just looking at my options
have you looked through the sbd site mate? cant remember where about i saw it on there but there good for 200+ bhp with a great torque figure...
wouldn't like to think id be bolting their bodies on on a standard engine though.
also i read somewhere on there that their top tuned 16xe engines run the x16xeL head.
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Tommygsi
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thanks for the info corsasport21 and mike  im not massivly clued up on this side of things so thats what im hoping u lot can help
yeah looks like it shaun i was following your build thread when you were fitting the cams, did u just buy the cams or a kit with springs etc? btw how long did u spend cleaning that engine bay  so clean.
i had a quick look through it jed this is where i saw it and saying the gsi head..
http://www.sbdev.co.uk/Taper%20Kits/New%201.6L%20Taper%20Kits/1.6L%20TP%20kits%20introduction.htm
its obviously an expensive option and something that u think for that money i can just put a 20xe in with more power but i want to keep the gsi a 1600.
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