Bullet Proof SRi
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Registered: 11th Jul 05
Location: UK - Clacton on sea - Essex
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i own a sri 8v corsa.
my brother now wants to get a corsa but not sure what to get, out of sri, sport, gsi etc
he wants reliability, and performance,
we are both not realy sure about the difference in performance on the 1.6 compared to the 1.4s engines.
any help will be appreciated.
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miles
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
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Test driving them is the best way.
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Bullet Proof SRi
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yes i supose, i told him to get the same as me, because they are supposidly more reliable and easier to fix.
plus i dont think there is much diff in performance between the tree models.
though im no expert.
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marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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i would get the 1.4 sport, faster than the sri, only abit slower than a gsi but sport is alot cheaper to insure and tax
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Bullet Proof SRi
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i heard they can be expensive if they go wrong
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langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
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quote:
Originally posted by gmsosolid
i heard they can be expensive if they go wrong
my 1.4 went worng, turned out to be the most expensive job in the whole world, ended up costing me 4k and STILL counting  
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miles
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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quote:
Originally posted by langey
quote:
Originally posted by gmsosolid
i heard they can be expensive if they go wrong
my 1.4 went worng, turned out to be the most expensive job in the whole world, ended up costing me 4k and STILL counting
LOL, by going wrong did you have to by 2 replacement cars?
I cant think of any job that will cost £4k to fix on a corsa.
The 16v's have got a bit more to go wrong, are harder to work on and need to be looked after a bit better. The old 8v's are very common and replacement engines can be had a lot easier and cheaper. They're less powerful, less tunable and less efficient though.
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CoastalCorsa
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Registered: 7th Jan 05
Location: Lancashire
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my sri had the same x14xe engine as the sport an gave the same performance mine is a m reg sri now with a x16xel in it
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