Aerox-lad
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had a bit of fun with my mate the other night. i have a 1.4 corsa sport but its ten years older than his car and has done 108k. think his is around 47k. his car is a 1.2 but he claims it has 80bhp.
i know my car when new was 89bhp. his engine is standard and mine has a de restricted airbox and a janspeed de-cat. however its blowing in the middle pipe from where i had the center box removed.
but anyway it was basically exactly the same. should this be about right? i have put my pipercross induction back on and it feels a lot better top end. i know between about 1k-2.5k it was better down low with the airbox but now with the pipercross it feels much better especially past 3k
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AlunJ
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wouldn't have thought there would be much difference, I know my 1.4 C isn't really all that much quicker than 1.2 C's
Your exhaust blowing isn't really going to help matters!
[Edited on 02-01-2011 by AlunJ]
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Aerox-lad
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i know pal am looking at a sportex race tube
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Daveskater
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quote: Originally posted by AlunJ
wouldn't have thought there would be much difference, I know my 1.4 C isn't as fast as a 1.8 C
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Corsa_Sport21
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I would have expected the B to be quicker tbh.
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Ash_EP3
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
I would have expected the B to be quicker tbh.
Indeed, more power and probably less weight!
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Rich H
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The Twinport 1.2's are nippier (I'll refuse to use quick!) than you may expect!
But yes a blowing exhaust is never going to help matters Also down to the driver.
[Edited on 02-01-2011 by Rich H]
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Alex_Rally
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i would have thought the b would have won
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Aerox-lad
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his is a twinport mate yes. not really much driving skill involved tbh pal it was pretty much dead straight road and i dropped it down a gear when he tried overtaking. in a way i could say i won cos he had a run up overtaking me. but he couldnt pass me and was forced to cut back in
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taylorboosh
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twinports are nippyer than you would expect yes
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AndyKent
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Is anyone else imagining the mindnumbing boring-ness of such a race
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Rich H
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After owning a 1.2 Twinport, it's something I know the feeling of very well
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Warren G
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my 1.4 was rapid
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richc
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quote: Originally posted by Warren G
my 1.4 was rapid
So was mine
Hope it wasnt a 1.6 and nobody told me. I remeber a friend had had a x14xe corsa with same mods and i personally did a 17.9 down pod in it, but when i took mine i did a 16.7 and it had done 120k
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Ash_EP3
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small litre cars are full of win tbh, ragging the nuts of them and not really going anywhere and still getting reasonable mpg
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derick-sport
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lol at this thread
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Ste
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It must have been such a race to watch. You should have filmed it, at least you can put videos over ten minutes on youtube now so we could have seen them get to 100
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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AlunJ
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quote: Originally posted by Daveskater
quote: Originally posted by AlunJ
wouldn't have thought there would be much difference, I know my 1.4 C isn't as fast as a 1.8 C
oh haha mr. skater, as if I would even think it anywhere near as quick
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LeeM
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I generally think that a Corsa with a 1.4 or below wil be as slow as any other really. My 1.4 c doesn't feel any quicker than my 1.0 b
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