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well i basicly i want to make my corsa 1.2 8v quicker i no i cant make it alot much faster but every little helps so far the car beats all of my friends cars on acceleration they have 1.0 12v, 1.2 clios other 1.2 corsas etc it edges in front of most if not all 1.2 cars round here but i just want a little bit more since i cant upgrade the engine because insurance will have my pants down any ideas anyone? so far performance wise its got cherry bomb back box no center box and de-catted and cone air filter not much i no but just a mention.

strip interior, get straight through exhaust, drilled and derestricted airbox and green panel filter, decent 15" wheels with low profile tyres, you cant really do anything to the engine tbh its not worth it. you can always service it every 6 months or something

yeah i no there isnt alot to do to engine and i basicly have a straight through pipe .

put a 1.4 8v init and not tell them?
looks the same engine

you've got the wrong idea there mate , yours is a 1.2 and its never gona be fast so dont waste your time, although........ there are lots of ways to make your mates cars alot slower, let there air out there tires, sugar in there petrol, pinch one or two of there spark plugs the list goes on............

matty101 wrote:you've got the wrong idea there mate , yours is a 1.2 and its never gona be fast so dont waste your time, although........ there are lots of ways to make your mates cars alot slower, let there air out there tires, sugar in there petrol, pinch one or two of there spark plugs the list goes on............

lmao im sure they wouldnt notice spark plugs missin pmsl.

matt
put smaller wheels on it goes faster btw

smaller than my 13s pmsl!

smaller wheels will give you faster acceleration but a lower top end

i forgot to mention that i dont intend or think i can make my car ferrari fast just faster than standard is all i want.

exhaust, airfilter, chip, but what's the use if you have a 1.2 as base..
My opinion buy a better base and start from there, or put an other engine in it.

tychogsi wrote:exhaust, airfilter, chip, but what's the use if you have a 1.2 as base..
My opinion buy a better base and start from there, or put an other engine in it.

well you see i had to get a 1.2 because insurance company's would like to bum the feck out of me if i had a bigger engine but now i have ncb and been driving a bit i can put a bigger engine and that's what i intend to do but all i wanted was for it to be faster than standard.

allright, well if you look at price and HP you better chenge the engine, will cost some but i think less then upgrading this engine.
understand insurance is expensive in the uk.. my insurance is just 48 € a month lol

i notice sumone said change the engine the 1.2 8v and 1.4 8v look the same how do u tell the differnce as i have a 1.4 16v but it seems to have a 8v engine in it