if the car isn't stripped to death it will feel slow as fook, 18xe is a good base to start with if your willing to spunk a shitload on it, same as the 1.6 but if your looking for cheap fun its totally the wrong way of going about it.

Xe minimum, as Scooby Slayer said one on carbs or tb's go well but not in the same sense that a turbo one does on the road.

Xe road car with 100 shot of gas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX9PeXxUezw

Phase 3 Nova let ( no lsd ) vs tb'd xe corsa on gas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMOcubLdv6Q

Or something totally different when you don't mind spending a few quid and want something that handles you can build something like this :



Which runs one of these :



I still have a massive soft spot for novas and as their now less chavvy its quite cool to see a nice one out every so often, where as a few years back you would have a fleet of kitted up shitters cruising round the town centre every night