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    Quote Originally Posted by burgo
    only craig green i beleave
    Is his 8v or 16v?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot
    And there are no issues with that? How thick are the spacers?
    sorry to state the obvious but depends on the compression ratio you want to run.

    his is 16v

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    CG's and i belive there may be some over on corsasport.

    Cg's is 16v. Although hes breaking his car?

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    Quote Originally Posted by burgo
    sorry to state the obvious but depends on the compression ratio you want to run.

    his is 16v
    No the ones your friends have used

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    So CG used a rising rate regulator on his didn't he with standard management? Any ideas on what power and torque it made?

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    the ones my friends used were on ZVH's and were about 1mm thick i think

    CG's

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    I know regal built one x14 xe turbo in a corsa sport, they used to have it on there stand at shows. Got a figure of 180bhp in my head from somewhere.

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    for rough potential power figures look at the new corsa vxr's. they are basically a low comp x16 bottom end with a x18 head

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    Quote Originally Posted by AW06
    Although hes breaking his car?
    Is this true?

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    Quote Originally Posted by burgo
    for rough potential power figures look at the new corsa vxr's. they are basically a low comp x16 bottom end with a x18 head
    Exactly what i though in fact this is were the idea stemmed from. Do 1600 xe go from more money that 2000 xe's? ive never been interested in small block before

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