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Chris F
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5th Oct 06 at 18:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
....between a 1.4 16v and a 1.6 16v

it would be cheaper on the insureace to get a 1.4 but is there tht much a difference.

i mean is there a large differnce between a std 1.6 and a 1.4 with a Sports cat back and a induction kit
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5th Oct 06 at 18:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes.

the 1.6 is so so much better.

drive both and you'll see.
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what robin said
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yes very much so.
Chris F
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will have to do some test driving after xmas
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trust me lol, i bought mine a 1.4 16v, after having owned a GSi went out and bought a 1600 16v to put in. never looked back
Poot
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Whats the deal with people driving around in a 1.6 for example, when its down as a 1.4 in the logbook? I always thought this was illegal

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[Edited on 05-10-2006 by Poot]
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5th Oct 06 at 18:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it is, they are idiots
Chris F
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5th Oct 06 at 18:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
only thing is, a 1.4 would be so much better on the insureance surly!
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depends how old you are mate, i'm 18 and pay as little as £180 more for the pleasure of 200cc's
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The only way you'll find that out is get quotes on them. Difficult for us to guess the exact effect to your premiums.

Personally my thinking is that you'll always want the 1.6, and lose money selling the 1.4 if you then go on to buy one after that.

Owning one car long term is cheaper.
Chris F
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5th Oct 06 at 18:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
this is wat i think ian, then again got nothing else to spend my money on
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Yeah, the insurance difference probabaly isnt that much, just depends on the car, could only be a group or two extra.

The 1.6 will be better of course even over a slightly modded 1.4. More so in torque. Alot of N/A mods, more so for small engines may give small boosts to peak BHP, but they rarely do much for peak torque, so the 1.6 will be much happier at lower rpms.
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5th Oct 06 at 18:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
standard 1.6 was better than my 116bhp 1.4.

the torque makes it the better car.
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Exactly Robin, theres no replacement for displacement! You can tune a 1.4 but it will never have the mid range of a larger similar powred engine.
Chris F
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5th Oct 06 at 18:48   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
a 1.6 sport or a GSi it is then!
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sport, with gsi bumpers
Chris F
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5th Oct 06 at 19:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sport with GSi front and airdam rear
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oooh........airdam
suits you sir
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Best bodykit everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:
csweatherston
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steinmetz with smoothed swage line?
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On the rear yes,

Front is an Irmy lip smoothed in and the swage line shaven. Skirts are Stieny too.
Chris F
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how much you all think a Front and Rear Airdam would be at cost + 10%

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i have both a 1.4 16v sport and a c16xe GSi and the gsi pulls so much more it really amazed me, id pick the 1.6 over and over again
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaCF
how much you all think a Front and Rear Airdam would be at cost + 10%

?
They aren't Vauxhall parts.

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