Welcome to opelaus. Gezzz it looks nice!
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Welcome to opelaus. Gezzz it looks nice!
thanks for the welcome guys! Geez people here are friendly haha :D.
I haven't driven the SRI-T so I can't compare to that but I do have a 5 door CDX (mk1) and all i can say is my new SRI > CDX.
The 2.2 has a lot of low down torque so for day to day driving it's very comfortable. Theres not much more surge near the higher end of the rev band tho (i think torque peaks @ 4200rpm I can't remember) so the excitement you got from between 2500-4000 runs away like a little school girl from a dirty old man. I don't think this engine was made as a PERFORMANCE engine, rather an all rounder for those who can't bare the 1.8, like me :P.
When you want to have a bit of a "spirited drive", the steering and chassis for me is more responsive than the CDX (feels stiffer) but it seems to suffer from a bit of understeer. It's nothing fatal tho and very manageable so it's still quite quick and fun to corner.
From what I've heard the IDS from the SRI T stiffens the shock thats getting the most force to flatten the car out. I'm not sure but in theory that seems to me like it would cause MORE understeer.
I've been told by my mate who had a barina (corsa?) SRI that my car felt surprisingly simliar to drive. I don't think he drove long enough to get a full impression though so yer.
Sorry haha I can't help but write a lot. I just finished a stint as a sales rep for telstra. PRODUCT INFORMATION AND REVIEWS IS MY LIFE NOW.
Down the track look at adding some Eibach springs and a rear sway bar.
Big improvement for little outlay !
I found that the springs improved the car aesthetically (I think Astra's looked silly perched up so far in the air - they almost look like a 4WD), but only improved the handling marginally. The biggest improvement came from dialing out understeer by adding the whileline shims to the rear suspension. And that was a low cost change.
Not sure how much different the spring rates are between Eibach`s and Pedders, I made my decision based on Eibach working with Vauxhall/VXR to match the springs with the IDS setup,although this may be applicable
to the VXR not sure if the same logic applies to the Sri 2.2.
should have said to them "why do the VXR's have their Opel badges left on?"
didnt know you could even order it in white! looks stunning!
congrats and welcome to the site :)