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Old Jul 20, 2008 | 06:49 PM
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guys, has your rs turbo's taken any out? lol

silly Q but want to see how a 4pot compares to those heavy 6pots
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 04:32 AM
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would need to be chiped at least to run against a vr6.imo
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 08:51 AM
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there heavy cars mate and not that quick, not bad in a straight line but the last ones rear i sat on through some bends was twitchy as hell
i've only got 150bhp or so at the mo aswell
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 09:21 AM
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i had a bit of a play with a vr6 on the bath road near macdonalds,
he had no chance and mines runnning 192bhp. as Chunt69 said there quite heavy cars mate.
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 09:59 AM
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Nice! bet that took that smile of the drivers face!
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I can blow them away no problem in my cabby, not at all quick imho

not your average cabby though

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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:07 AM
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Would love to see vids of those heavy cheese grater looking cars getting taken out by a proper hatch
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:32 AM
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what's with all the Corrado hating

I actually like the corrado, think its a pretty good car, just lacks performance imho
I want to put the spoiler of one on my car
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:45 AM
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there heavy cars mate and not that quick, not bad in a straight line but the last ones rear i sat on through some bends was twitchy as hell
i've only got 150bhp or so at the mo aswell
Are you really sure rst is so good in bends? =)
My dailydriver e36 328i coupe with proper suspension overtakes rst 100/0 in bends and track.
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Antti O
Are you really sure rst is so good in bends? =)
My dailydriver e36 328i coupe with proper suspension overtakes rst 100/0 in bends and track.
then you havent been out in a decent escort then!
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 11:08 AM
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I'd much rather have and be seen in a Corrado then an Escort Cabriolet regardless
of which is better at 'taking out' the other...
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 11:24 AM
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I'd much rather have and be seen in a Corrado then an Escort Cabriolet regardless
of which is better at 'taking out' the other...
you choose the right one to be seen in then as they look a lot better than they actually go
nice cars imho but lacking performance and the drive is not a spirited one at all.

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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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2 valves per cylinder & normally aspirated, front wheel drive & iron V6...

I think that says it all. They look good though!
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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I sold my VR6 to a mate, it wasn't standard-had a scotts 3.2 conversion. And my RST would pull away from it in every gear. My RS wasn't standard either though @ 25psi boost! However the corrado was much better around corners. Couple of pics

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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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gorgeous rado mate

but it handled better?
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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I've got a Golf VR6 - its quick but as you say 'twitchy as hell' in bends! Got Eibach ARB's and Bilstein coilovers etc but it adds to the excitement when the back end starts hopping round at 120mph

The Corrado's meant to handle better than a Golf though.
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by nigel b
then you havent been out in a decent escort then!
lol, look at the escort front suspension setup and thell what good there is? =)
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nice corrado
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Antti O
lol, look at the escort front suspension setup and thell what good there is? =)
only if you look at the s2
i said a proper set up pmsl
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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The corrado was better handling out of the two, escort felt quicker and was much more fun-but the corrado was more planted. It was a big heavy car yes but was better. But then neither the VR or the RS were standard so its hard to compare! I had a standard RS years back and it was scary how it handled!
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Antti O
Are you really sure rst is so good in bends? =)
My dailydriver e36 328i coupe with proper suspension overtakes rst 100/0 in bends and track.
I can only go on experience, mine is near standard with koni adjustables on it maybe the car i was chasing was on tired standard stuff- did look pretty low mind- tbh i think the mk3/mk4 is a very good handler if setup right
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 06:09 PM
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my mates got a golf 3 vr6 , and my car pisses all over it every gear until top , it has long cruising legs.

good for pulling caravans i would think?
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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good for pulling caravans i would think?
PMSL
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 02:31 PM
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As standard cars, the carrado with out perform and out handle an RS Turbo. 3rd gear on the VR's is very long and ideal for quick overtaking on B roads etc. However, get an RST chipped and koni's etc and the VR will struggle to keep ahead due to the extra weight.

Carrado's are actually very good handling cars and far better balanced than the golf VR's. The one you were racing was probably a tired example and not very well setup.
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