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Originally Posted by stevie ya i agree with SAP too.i have seen my car work brilliant and i think its an underestimated car to a certain extent.i have consulted many people and its true that it may be might expensive to do a lot of stuff to make drastic changes and improvements but like SAP said, small changes can also make a significant change in the improvement.
my friends usually 'wow' the capabilities of my stock corsa sail.awesome sound with a stock replacement K&N.
i am gonna do enough homework thought, before i decide to make this car prove its worth |
stevie, a stock corsa is a 1400 cc sohc and has only 2 valves per cylinder, revs upto @6000 RPM only and makes about 90 BHP.
and there is no such thing as a VVTI,MIVEC or Vtec type of a system in a corsa which makes its engine stand out so much and make corsa engine something even slightly sporty.
there are stock cars in India which have better engines and are lighter.
lets start ..
(a) esteem - its 1300 cc, sohc and makes 87 bhp and is lighter than a corsa and has a better head with 4 valves per cylinder --> so even with extra 100 cc it makes approx 3 bhp extra.
[if u want to mod an esteem there are som may aftermarket options available in india]
(b)OHC 1.3 - its 1300 cc, sohc, 4 valves per cylinder and makes 90 BHP, it is even detuned for indian fuel, it has even more potential than an esteem
(c)OHC 1.5 - do I need to explain this ?
(d)OHC Vtec - do I need to explain this ?
the palio 1.6 is dohc, the baleno is dohc , these cars have better designed engines which can make use of more aggressive cams as compared to sohc designs and have lots of potential.
what does corsa have that makes it such an underdog ??
plz tell me dude why are guys so convinced that corsa has great tuning potential and is a good base for drag and track purpose.
I have driven a corsa sail, palio S10, OHC1.2,OHC 1.5, OHC Vtec , esteem and baleno and I know what Im talkin abt when I compare all these.
u can take even a m800, santro or indica and put crazy amounts of money into it and make it beat a bigger car.. but that wont earn it street cred as a tuning car... as the basic stock car is not a good platform for mods...
e.g of what what u call a car with potential is :
(a) basically has a good engine design like variable valve timing
(b) DOHC head... but its ok..SOHC will be fine up to a certain level also
(c) atleast ..atleast a bare minimum of atleast having 4 valves per cylinder
(d) this is not strictly imp but atleast the stance of the stock vehicle should be low slung etc.. e.g. no one will consider a santro\wagon R for track day use because of their tall design..
(e) last and no that important ..custom mods can be done but the base car platform should have atleast some street cred or atleast have some aftermarket mods available in the market.e.g. look at the options available for a civic si, Integra Type R, WRX Sti,Mitsubishi Evo, Supra etc etc...
coming back to India for e.g look at the Honda , Suzuki and Mitsubishi.. u can do so much with these case as your basefor a tuner car..
can you plz explain to me why Corsa is such a great car with potential.. ?