Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
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thats my engine at the bottom..they look identicle
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Jas
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Originally posted by Dan. T
Tbh mate, i thought about doing a engine conversion on my SXi, but decided to sell it & have just bought a corsa GSi  
insurance tho mate... 1.2 16v would be better but its an 8v so its worse!!
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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Why O Why bother!!! Do your time (1yr for insurance) then u can get a c20xe stuck in there!!!
We all started under a 1.2!!!
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Ant
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I wouldnt bother to be honest mate, I would buy a GSI.
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Dan. T
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Originally posted by aritchie
I wouldnt bother to be honest mate, I would buy a GSI.
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Dan. T
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Registered: 6th Jan 05
Location: Northampton Drives: Astra Coupe SE2
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quote:
Originally posted by Jason2004
quote:
Originally posted by Dan. T
Tbh mate, i thought about doing a engine conversion on my SXi, but decided to sell it & have just bought a corsa GSi
insurance tho mate... 1.2 16v would be better but its an 8v so its worse!!
Insurance isnt that bad, i have no ncb & 21years old im paying £780 fully comp with Tesco's
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Jas
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its cheaper as u get older tho
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Registered: 12th Feb 03
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if u do get a 1.4 16v make sureu get the chip and transponder with the ECU 
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Jas
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id get the 8v probs
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Rob H
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Registered: 28th Oct 00
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quote:
Originally posted by Jason2004
id get the 8v probs
Pretty sure same thing still applies.
TBH mate, it is worth looknig into the prices of insurance. I was 18 when I got my current 1.4 SRi. Changed up from a 1.2 8v Vegas to this and it cost me the grand totall of.....
Wait for it........
£30  . I cried with laughter for the first couple of days . Double the power, alloys, A/C, E/W, E/M etc etc. Main reason i didnt bother chucking an engine in my old B was cause i wanted all the extra toys off the bigger engined car too. Worth checking out anyway .
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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i wouldnt bother doing it unless the 1.2 8v you have is fecked.... the performance difference just wouldnt be worth it... at the very least a 1.6 16v if performance is the reason yer converting...
as i said above though if the 1.2 8v is fooked then 1.4 8v MPI....
would be insurance friendly to
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