Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
Location: West Yorkshire
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I need more power (again), but the car needs to be a daily driver as well as a weekend loon-machine, what's a 20xe corsa like to use daily, things like mpg, reliablity etc are all issues i need to look at. The lump will be fully rebuilt before it goes in but i dont want to have to squeeze around in the bay attending to things that go wrong as matter of course.
Cheers
Andy
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Paula Corsa
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Registered: 2nd Feb 05
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Mine has run fine as a daily driver for nearly 2 years now. Had a bit of trouble in the beginning with my fuel pump relay. It's not too bad mpg wise asl ong as you don't boot it everywhere. One thing I would suggest is that you get a decent suspension set up, and try to locate your rad as far under the slam panel as you can. Just to give yourself a bit of extra room.
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
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Cheers, space in the bay was a major concern... looks stuffed enough with a 1.6 in it 
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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if you can insure it do it! i only done a 1.6 cos of insurance problems.... but thats bee fixed now so 2.0 by the end of the year deffo...!!! even thinking LET at this stage... but i dunno if mr insurance will stretch THAT far...
you would think at 28 i'd be able to insure anything but no not were mr irish insurance man is concerned
all you need is some mechanical knowledge for when it breaks
DO IT!!!
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Once you've ironed out the niggling problems, the car is VERY driveable as a daily drive - that's the main reason I went with the valver rather than playing with the 1.6 16v.
In terms of getting access to faulty parts of the engine, there's more room to work on the C20XE than there is the X16XE
Power isn't excessive, mpg is good once you've had everything set up, the plus points far outweight any negatives.
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
Location: West Yorkshire
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Cool... 20 xe it is then (empties piggy bank) 
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Tom N
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Registered: 4th Jun 03
Location: Bradford/Sheff (Uni) Drives: Golf GTI
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I would say that they are really useable as a daily driver, mainly because of the large torque that it produces.
Mpg isnt that bad as long as you dont thrash it everywhere.
Space isnt a problem, as in comparison to the 1.6 i would say there is actually more space as joff said
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
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.. i dread it if anything goes wrong on the 1.6 ive already chopped my hands to bits putting it in there to start with 
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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Only had mine about a month.....
MPG is no bad as ppl say as long as you don't floor it everywhere..
Mine is my daily driver too.
supsensions a bit hard on the koni's / 60mm...
but all in all ok...(so far)
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FozzyGSI
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Registered: 29th Jan 04
Location: E.Port
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Ive had mine about 6 months and its bin fine the majority of the time under daily thrashes. That was until now and ive had enough now
every job seems to be a pain in the arse......after 2 weeks of tinkering i take it out for a test and its still not right
I would highly recommend a full well done rebuild (unlike me) otherwise you will be
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
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wicked as daily runner as ive found out last 2 weeks since havin mine back
mpg is bad if thrashing reasonable if sensisble, and the torque is amazing
and like joff said theres more room than a stock x14xe/x16xe so easy to get around and find faults
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FozzyGSI
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Registered: 29th Jan 04
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I would deffo recommend a 2.0 conversion. Its great seeing the look on peoples faces as they dissapear in the distance behind you, you will beat most cars on the and it is a daily runner go for it
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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I disagree with beating most cars... an XE into a Corsa does not make it that quick when compared with a lot of modern cars.
On a rolling start, TDi's are a twat
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FozzyGSI
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Registered: 29th Jan 04
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Yeah you are right when saying TDI's are twats, theres bin many occasions when i couldnt pull away from them on the motorway at cruising speeds
All i was saying is that everthing ive raced ive beaten (apart from a bentley continental gt and a porsche cararer s). 
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
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You don't race enough then 
I come across way too many top end BMWs and stuff
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J100RSA
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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mine is a sh!t bag sups fuel like a alcoholic in a pub on free drinks but hey its soooooooooo much fun with the tb'd xe esp when it pisses off fast cars
[Edited on 07-03-2005 by J100RSA]
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