Ah the sound of the k&n- - unmistakable round McDonalds, Tesco & Halfords car parks in the late 90s/early 00s. Esp when twinned with a stainless exhaust or a back box...
I remember the excitement of a 57i being the first mod on my 16v Corsa Sri back in the 90s. Everyone still had Novas so I felt like a real bad boy running the newer car😂 Sounded great though.
Great stuff Dougie. That back panel is common rot area. You can buy the back panels from COPE in the Netherlands but your repair is much more sensible given the way the car will be used. You’ve done a good solid repair. I can’t wait to see it on the road be interesting to see how the 2L performs.
Loving the videos and the channel Dougie! Long time lurker and havent commented before. My parents in the 90's had 2 Caverliars. 1 was nicked cus it has alloys on it and they dumped my child seat I'm the car park they nicked it from. Police found the car on bricks in Birmingham I think. Visiting my Mum in Dunbar this week. I'll have to keep an eye out for you seeming you're fairly local 😜
Well, talking 80's & 90's..... I did my first K&Ns and Pecos in 1987 on my 1275GT Mini. 1 fitted and stolen Pioneer later, always fitted Alpine systems to most of my cars (BMWs excluded - too much hassle & cost). RF speakers in the exe's SRi 130. Never put stickers on the cars (although my 407 sh1tbox has a faded JBL sticker on the tailgate. Latest Alpine was bought from a hospice shop and is in my Calibra SE9 V6, just got to sort the speakers now! Flying to Weston in her this weekend, let her stretch her legs! Tidy content Dougie.
Sounds mint! I put a 57i on my mum's fiesta, seeing the disgust on peoples faces seeing that the noise was emanating from a base model 1.25 turd was definitely worth the £60 odd it cost back then!
Great fast work. I remember fawning over the 57i k&n kits in the back of max power revs fast car etc..... The corsa sounds good but yeah hot airs a waste of time the OE filter box is well desugned so maybe drilling it then a good panel filter? The astra estate getting loads of work done. Glad u chopped out the rot.
I bought two 40v Ferrex batteries from Aldi and discovered when I got home that some scrote had swapped one of them in the box for a broken 2018 battery. Fair play to Aldi, they said it’s not uncommon and swapped it out for a brand new one.
Yeah my mate had one about 20 years ago. Rare when new and super rare now. Don't know why they weren't more popular when there was no Cavalier estate. The SRi estate has 175/70 tyres standard and the wide ratio F16 box which I always found odd.
i had one of those cones on a c14se years ago, got bored of the sound and it didnt make it any faster. best mod for that engine is porting the cylinder head, after i did that it really flew. oh and de-restricting the airbox and drilling 2-3 holes in it gives a nicer more subtle intake sound.
Also the old Corsa B SRI was surprisingly slow for the era 0-60mph according to the spec sheet was 12 seconds , My 1.2 8 valve Fiat 500 can do that and its only got 69bhp lol , I think the one to get Dougie was the 1.6 GSI as that thing did 0-60 mph in like 9 seconds and 125mph top end so much better.
@@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten Aha 🤔 as on the Spec sheet on Google it's say 12 seconds for the SRI ? Maybe do a timed 0-60mph on one of your videos Dougie 🙂👍
Can't wait to see that 2 litre CDX getting a pasting. Turned a bland car into something quite interesting. Be a good workhorse. Edit: 2 tone paint is a good idea and I reckon pre face-lift with gingercaters
Back in the day when I had cavaliers open the air box clips and jam a bit of wood in there to hold it open job done 😂😂 was always cut springs car was ready to hit the car meets few quid on cutting discs bit wood for air box wash polish and your off the good old day
Have you seen Tasty classics new vid? He has rescued a virtually standard little Nova merit. It’s a tad rusty but might be good for you for some spares or a project.
I remember years ago back in the 00s i had a 2003 Corsa 1.2 sport and sadly when my friend fitted a big bore exhaust and the K and N air filter to that , It made it like 5bhp slower and you could tell as i got beaten by a bloody smart car once on a dual carriageway up to 60mph so embarrassing and no it was not even a Smart roadster just the old Smart fortwo LOL i think those things only had like 60bhp so god knows how slow the Corsa C was haha
