im meeting this lad 2nite 2 race at 9pm on a dead dual carrigeway for a straight up drag/sprint shud reach speeds up to 130mph b4 the road ends, jus wandering wat bhp the charade turbo is an if it is worth racing me cuz i dont wont 2 get MULLERD LOL, HE SAYS ITS JUST A 1.0 TURBO BUT I RECKON HE HAS GOT A SNEAKY CONVERSION OR SUMTHIN, SHUD I B WORRIED? ANY REPLYS ON THE CHARADE TURBO SPEC/BHP WUD B APPRECIATED CHEERS LADS NEED TO KNOW A.S.A.P soz 4 the caps

 

I just did a little search and u could find urslef coming unstuck, they respond very well to tuning and sub 15seconds 1/4 miles aren't that dificult to acheive.
thats asuming it is a 1litre- 1.3litre transplants are common and running 1/1.5 bar can see 13/14 sec 1/4 mile.
whats the spec of ur cab?

 

racing on a highway especailly organised will get you in big shit mate.
take it steady.
as for the charade, quick cars as standard, but if yours is modded you should be ok. also iirc they have got a low top speed like 110mph or sommit.

 

yh cheers for replyin i hav got a
stage 3 head, t3,piper cam,k+n, radtec intercooler, hearts an diamonds chip, i also need a rollin road to set it up, im guessin190-200bhp, i reckon the cherade will deffo hav mods as he is a kroozer like me, i will also take great care when i hav this 1 off race, an it wont happen unless the carrige way is totally dead with no traffic an the road is dry not wet
i no streetracing is a crime but this is just a 1 off cheers

 

If he's a cruiser he's almost certainly chav'd it up with a hideous and poorly functioning exhaust so I wouldn't worry too much

A well modded one is bastard quick though, Hell a stock one is damn nippy for what it is

 

if it is wot i think it is they aint a bad motor matey...

but a sed u got a few good mods there... shud b a decent race...

he will probably have upper hand over 1st n 2nd... then u shud have all in ur favour from 3rd onwards!!!

 

you'll do em mate no probs

 

charade turbo's are around 100bhp as STANDARD!!!!!!!!! it'll weigh around half the weight of yours too.if its modded,you will definately struggle mate.............best get your launch perfect!!!lol

 

i knew someone with one of them. it had a few mods like zuast and had the boost up a little and i killed it in my puma powered fiesta which is 135bhp

 

when i 1st brought my ERST i had some bloke bet me £50 2 race him, and he had one of these. my car was totally standard and i was told not to bother by a friend. i reckon yours should do it tho with that spec. let us all know the end result.

 

So how did it go?

Hopefully you never melted a piston seeing as you needed a setup

 

ah well mr charade never turned up, havnt had chance 2 speak 2 him since( maybe arrange it another day), think he had 2cd thoughts about it, good job really cuz i didnt fancy racing it cuz he was so confident he cud beat me lol, cheers for the advice an speedy replys much appreciated

 

Which Charade is it? Just the 1.0 Turbo or is it the GTti?

The GTti's are sexual

 

I curently own a GTti and have owned a few in the past. There aren't many about now (117 to be exact) and most of them are tuned by idiots.

Almost all of the owners who have decent cars would not have offered such a stupid thing as to race on a public road, so you should be ok.

240bhp and 600kilos is achievable though.

More if you want to put in the development work

 

But if you crash, it's like sitting in a cardboard box, isn't it?

 

Its as strong as any car of its day. We've all seen the rot on escorts etc?

I've only ever been in two crashes in a charade. 1 a guy in an MR2 sideswiped me. COst me a new wing and headlight, no structural damage.

The other was in a track car that rolled about 8 times before finally ending on its roof.

I'm still here to talk about it, but it wasn't exactly a standard car.

I guess the best plan is, dont crash.