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tetley
07-03-03, 05:37 PM
ive never know the answer to the above, can anyone help me??!!

is it number of valves, styling, bhp??
Tilly
07-03-03, 05:40 PM
TECHNICAL SECTION ????
mikeoxford
07-03-03, 05:46 PM
purely the fact that the gsi is the mk2 version (facelift of the GTE)

and thats it

so basically a few of the styling features have been updated and whatever, but its the difrence between a mk1 and mk2 sr i guess, or any nova for that matter

the engine did differ slightly on the gsi and gte, diffrent electronic system was used, total vauxhall reports the perfomance etc of both engines the same, except the GTE does a 0-60 in .0 sommat seconds faster
Ste_Nova
07-03-03, 05:55 PM
gte quicker 0-60 due to no sunroof/ew
gsi quicker top end due to better aero
ade
08-03-03, 09:58 AM
TECHNICAL SECTION ????

prob styling question too.

The interior on the gsi was slightly diff too to the gte - not much but things like headrests, dash etc (obvious really but felt I had to contribut summut!)

:D
Ian
08-03-03, 10:01 AM
gte quicker 0-60 due to no sunroof/ew
gsi quicker top end due to better aero

my gte had s/r and ew lol
DEE'S NOVA
08-03-03, 11:43 AM
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE GSI WAS A 16V AND GTE 8 VALVE AND THE STYLING BITS OF COURSE OH AND ME GIRLFRIENDS GTE HAS A SUNROOF TOO
Nova-Flair
08-03-03, 12:00 PM
seats were trimmed in different fabric too

GTE = 'lazer' trim which was mainly grey + redish brown.
GSI = 'rio' trim which was mostly black with little multicolour bits woven into the fabric.

:D
locky
08-03-03, 12:17 PM
Didnt the GSI's have a catalyst? i dont think the GTE's did! unless they were very late models!
Ste_Nova
08-03-03, 12:30 PM
gte quicker 0-60 due to no sunroof/ew
gsi quicker top end due to better aero

my gte had s/r and ew lol

cars are tested on base spec urs with s/r and ew would have been slower than book times :lol:
Ben (lurk75)
08-03-03, 03:02 PM
Didnt the GSI's have a catalyst? i dont think the GTE's did! unless they were very late models!

The only GSi's with the catlysts were registered in 93 (k/l) anything before then dosent have them (as standard as people do some weird stuff to cars) So no the GTE's (last registered 91) did not have them.
RobHardyUK
08-03-03, 04:22 PM
I always fort the gsi was injected aswell?
Ben (lurk75)
08-03-03, 04:27 PM
They are the first were jetronic same as the GTE's but the late ones were multi jet engines.
mikeoxford
09-03-03, 12:16 PM
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE GSI WAS A 16V AND GTE 8 VALVE AND THE STYLING BITS OF COURSE OH AND ME GIRLFRIENDS GTE HAS A SUNROOF TOO

all 8v
DEE'S NOVA
09-03-03, 05:03 PM
ma bad cheers mike