Hello Boys!

What do you think of these motors? quick??

 

Sloooooow.

Some dude at an old job of mine had one of these. Always banged on about how he'd kick my arse.

Never ever happened (tho I am stage 3) and he was SO far behind.

 

raced one on the way to donnington. went past it like it was stood still and i had a car full as well.

slow as fook.

 

they are ok..not in the same league is cossies etc..but they are reliable

 

What do ya drive?

 

Quickish, but not amzing standard, one of my mates has one, feels really smooth and you dont really notice the speed. My new run around at the moment is a Astra GTE 16v and I can see him off easily enough to say that if I was to ever get one, I would have to chip/remap it straight away.

Cheers Mike

 

well they are slow until you do a few things to them! i've got a mate thats had sum work done to it and last time a saw it it was pushing 350bhp

 

...true... but they would embarrass most RS Turbo's though right?

 

225 bhp slow as fuck? how do you work that out

Ive never been in one so i cant comment but i know the stats

 

they not cossie bothering thats for sure, but they are a quick hot hatch.

 

Verdi, i drive a GT30 powered Karl norris mapped Saff

 

What you have to remember is that they are a new, heavy 4wd car.
I would say judging by my mates car its about the same if not ever so slightly quicker then a chipped/exhaust/-31 actuator, air filtered RS Turbo.

Cheers Mike

 

Well, i dunno, i absolutely destroyed the couple i been against lol.

 

More than 100bhp less = slow imo lol

 

they are very good cars

my mate has has one but not the R, very reliable car and goes quite well for 180bhp i think

another mate was banging o about them when they forst came out of how quick his mates was blar blar, so had a quick play in my xr4x4 and just left him standing

but the xr did have a stage 3 yb cossie under the bonnet

 

These are 210/225 Bhp - So we can't really compare them to tuned Cossie's etc...

 

Yes and wasted it

Saying that though as an off the shelf car I think they are superb and certainly not what you could call slow. With the right tweeks they can be made to really go well. Would have one no questions as my daily runner

 

or even tuned rs turbos, a 200 bhp rs turbo is sooo much lighter would kick ones arse!

 

Maybe true - But an RS Turbo wouldn't get you to work everyday

 

Oh my.....

They have 210bhp or 225bhp depending on the year. Speed is comparable between the two. They handle well, have amazing brakes, will wipe the floor with an RS turbo, Can be taking to around the 270bhp mark for 500 sheets.

Not Cossie worriers without a lot of cash spending on them. 5 door is handy too, and decent reliability. MAF sensors are dodgy on them. And they dont have 4 wheel drive. You can get a 4 wheel drive version, but it was only available in Europe and IIRC it has a 3.0V6 in it. Its def a V6, might not be 3.0.

 

In standard form, Nothing to worry about, but the 1.8 is a very easy engine to tune. 400bhp+ FWD in the Seat too.

 

I've used my very tuned RS Turbo for the commute to work everyday for the last 11 years with no problems at all. It's only been my swap of job which has meant me getting an A4 for daily duties that has stopped it. A well built and prepped RST is not an unreliable car. The myth stems from twats that buy a munter with loads of miles under its belt and expect a Ł15 bleed valve to give them a large hike in power

 

lol - No problems at all

 

yes get a Ł15 bleed valve on a seat and see how long that lasts!

 

90% of the RS's on the road then

 

Well it's done ok for the last 7 years - it's my only car!

 

lol - You obviously don't go to work everyDAY then -


EDIT - Sorry - That was a bit cheeky ...no offence meant.

 

Ive had a play with one but only over a short distance, I over took it doing about 45mph and thought that was that, I looked in my mirror about 1/2 a mile down the road and saw it flying up behind me, I got my self into the right gear for when he caught me up, As soon as his front end was level with my boot I floored it, I pulled away from him quite will but then had to go to the petrol station.

Also had a play with an S3 and to cut a long story short He couldnt keep up with me

 

Had failures for sure but it's never once let me down on the commute to or from work

 

Thank you

 

Sorry but i have to disagree they are quick motors!!!

Not sure if the one i went up agianst was standard or not but it was fookin quick. I was in my saff at the time (400bhp) and i had three people in the car and although i got past him easy enough i would still say it was no means slow and think a 300bhp cossie would have had trouble imo.

 

arent these seat leon cupra r 225 engines the same as the audi s3 engine?if so they deffo not slow and are well built

 

Yep - They are the same engine

Early models were 210Bhp and after 2003 they were 225Bhp - And they are FWD not 4WD like the S3

 

go on buy it, or are you asking for cossieless power??

quick cars imo

 

lol - Watch this space

 

Yeah same enigne, it's also in TT bt they have 4wd so greater tnsmission loss, VAG 20V it's fitted to everything very good engine.

They are not a slow car at all might not be as quick as stage 3 cossie in a straight line but can keep them honest around a track. Charlie and Dan proved that at National day.

 

Get one mate you really won't regret it

 

I'm watching

never raced one in the turbo so couldnt say about "OUR" rst

type R'S though no probs!!!

 

Standard, theyre dog slow.

500 quid on a go faster laptop remap and a bean can rst isnt going to stand a chance.

 

Since when were they 4wd?