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Registered: 20th Jan 07
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19th Jun 07 at 13:42

quote:
Originally posted by eastend
1st 30mph (limiter)
2nd 52mph (limiter)
3rd 81mph (limiter)
4th near 100mph
5th will lose speed as it is economy gear to save petrol

[Edited on 18-06-2007 by eastend]

Mine is
1st - 25
2nd - 40
3rd - 60
4th - 70
5th - had 110 downhill but no limiter

neil h

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19th Jun 07 at 15:15

would've thought mine would hit 100 if it was going to. had a full service recently and its had 3 bottles of injector cleaner through it (so should be spotless)

and tbh i can't see reddex will make a 10mph difference, but may have to try one day.

corsa_nation

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19th Jun 07 at 15:33

my old 8v only used to hit 90 and thats downhill!!! but it was ghetto

silent_thunder89

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19th Jun 07 at 15:37

is it true they're like invincible as in u can rag them quite a bit wothout them givin up on u?

Ash_EP3

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Registered: 15th May 07
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19th Jun 07 at 15:49

tbh mate why do you think 1.2's dont have a rev limiter? IT IS NOT NEEDED!!!

silent_thunder89

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19th Jun 07 at 15:52

oh shit dnt they? lol so thats a yes then

neil h

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19th Jun 07 at 17:29

yea the 8v engines are bombproof, was reading this at work so i decided to give mine a rag on the way home.

and shockingly it was still goin past 70 in 3rd gear (when i decided it was gettin silly).

Ash_EP3

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19th Jun 07 at 17:50

lol 70 in 3rd gear thats pretty good! I used to rag the shit out of my 1.1 106 and I had 25mph in 1st!

My Corsa Sport only goes a bit more than that!

eastend

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Registered: 13th Mar 07
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19th Jun 07 at 18:38

quote:
Originally posted by neil h
yea the 8v engines are bombproof, was reading this at work so i decided to give mine a rag on the way home.

and shockingly it was still goin past 70 in 3rd gear (when i decided it was gettin silly).

when i had my 1.2 8v corsa it got up to 81 in 3rd

neil h

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19th Jun 07 at 18:48

yeah mine probably would made 80 if there wasn't a car in front.

thing i can never understand though, is if you can hit 80 in 3rd then why is the top speed still only 90. 'cus common sense make me think that it'll pass 90 in 4th with out hitting the rev limiter. the engine never seams to be struggling.

eastend

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19th Jun 07 at 18:59

yeh fourth gear will take it past 90, but once you change o fifth that will be it,

Kye365

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19th Jun 07 at 19:43

My 1.4 8v does 115

Ben ev

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19th Jun 07 at 19:44

dont no about 100. i used to be able to drive from bristol to exeter without taking my foot off the floor

ime not kidding

DarkBahamut

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19th Jun 07 at 21:41

quote:
Originally posted by Kye365
My 1.4 8v does 115

Down hill yes.

The other big thing people are forgetting here is speedos (corsa ones more so) always over-read your speed, The ones in my old 8v used to be about 10% over on standard wheels.

At 110mph on your speedo you're only really going at about 100mph. This is a big reason as you why you can go faster than the vauxhall listed top speed - most of the time you really arent!

Kye365

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20th Jun 07 at 07:16

My road angel was what said i was doing 115.and it wernt downhill.my corsa dial was nearly off the clock.i'll get my mate to film it next time

DarkBahamut

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20th Jun 07 at 07:26

i find it very hard to bellieve a 1.2 8v with a whole 45 horsepower can do 115mph on GPS on the flat.

My old 60bhp 1.4 8v wouldnt have had any hope of that and i'm sure my 100bhp CDTI would be starting to struggle come 115.

silent_thunder89

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20th Jun 07 at 10:22

my speedo always says im doing less! when i got the satnav on im always doing about 7mph less than it says on my speedo lol

Scotty C

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20th Jun 07 at 11:16

What gets me is - if people on the net realise our speedo's are all out, then surely vauxhall realise this, thus doing something about it?

I don't think the later corsa's speedo's will be out due to electrical dials.

silent_thunder89

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20th Jun 07 at 11:25

yeah gd point lol! i think the best way to do it is using satnav

Chris_Sport

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20th Jun 07 at 12:37

My speedo reads about 1mph more than the sat nav and it has electric clocks and 15's.

Ash_EP3

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20th Jun 07 at 16:36

yea true, old cars speed clocks do exaggerate quite a bit...

According to Parkers.. my bro's 1.2 8v Clio said that it can do 100mph top speed - he reckons that he had 115mph down the motorway....?!

dj_russell

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21st Jun 07 at 03:45

id give up and buy a faster car m8 lol. u nt in the right car to be askin wat u can do in certain gears. altho to be fair people do underestimate corsas ANd they are faster than your average 1.2s even 1.4s.

dj_russell

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21st Jun 07 at 03:48

my corsa sports only a few mph out aswell when on sat nav its nearly right.

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21st Jun 07 at 08:53

quote:
Originally posted by dj_russell
altho to be fair people do underestimate corsas ANd they are faster than your average 1.2s even 1.4s.

I find it the opposite, iv been beaten by a 1.0l metro, a 1.1 106, 1.3 saxo, maybe mine just has something wrong with it

DarkBahamut

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21st Jun 07 at 11:20

Thats because the 1.2 and 1.4 8v (excluding the SRi C14SE) corsa engines are crap. 45bhp and 60bhp is all they have.

A metro 1.1 8v (from around the same age, a 1993) managed 60bhp, which vauxhall needed an extra 300cc to get. This is why a metro 1.1 would probabaly beat a 1.4 8v corsa. Same power but the metro would be lighter.

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