the vauxhall boys are getting faster!
23-09-2008, 05:55 PM
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The other thing you have to take into account is alot of people build there cars for themselves and not for anyone else. They are not bothered with competing against others and proving there times.
Some cars just have better geometry for strip work, The old Rover 220's were superb out of the box. My mate AndyR's old 220 Turbo was a 11.9 sec car with hardly any development. That was on 215 Dunlop Road legal drag tyres aswell. I bet you could build that car including buying it for less than £3.5k now.
Some cars just have better geometry for strip work, The old Rover 220's were superb out of the box. My mate AndyR's old 220 Turbo was a 11.9 sec car with hardly any development. That was on 215 Dunlop Road legal drag tyres aswell. I bet you could build that car including buying it for less than £3.5k now.
23-09-2008, 06:01 PM
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23-09-2008, 06:06 PM
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23-09-2008, 06:13 PM
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The corsa's 13.2 sec run on street tyres is far more of an achievement than stuffing a load of gas down it's throat and praying it holds together for 11.5 secs in my opinion 
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No doubt chip won't like my opinion as all his mates NEED nitrous to beat everything else and he hates anyone mentioning their gas installs !
. No doubt chip won't like my opinion as all his mates NEED nitrous to beat everything else and he hates anyone mentioning their gas installs !
23-09-2008, 06:13 PM
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int it more of a case that vauxhalls wont go round corners? so they jus put all there effort into goin in straight lines?
plus i like all my leather in my escos i dont wanna strip it all out
plus i like all my leather in my escos i dont wanna strip it all out
23-09-2008, 06:17 PM
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yeah but i'll think you will find that when going for 1/4 mile times as i'm sure alot of chips mates do nitrous is the cheapest dare I say most efficient way of upping the power. WON kits are the best.
23-09-2008, 06:19 PM
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23-09-2008, 06:24 PM
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The corsa and nova's don't have mega suspension mods to do good solid 0-60 foots . They are just light and powerfull machines and have nothing fancy/expensive done to their suspension .
23-09-2008, 06:27 PM
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The corsa's 13.2 sec run on street tyres is far more of an achievement than stuffing a load of gas down it's throat and praying it holds together for 11.5 secs in my opinion .
No doubt chip won't like my opinion as all his mates NEED nitrous to beat everything else and he hates anyone mentioning their gas installs !
. No doubt chip won't like my opinion as all his mates NEED nitrous to beat everything else and he hates anyone mentioning their gas installs !
id rather see some good times without gas
23-09-2008, 06:36 PM
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proper cars don't need nitrous is a very blinkered attitude, maybe if more fwd ford owners had a play with the gas there times would be up with the nova's and corsa's.
Have you ever been in a car fitted with gas? I doubt it.
Have you ever been in a car fitted with gas? I doubt it.
23-09-2008, 06:37 PM
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in fact if you took gas completely out of the equision would the vaux boys be much quicker than the fords?
i dont know of many if any quick rs turbos that run gas?
i dont know of many if any quick rs turbos that run gas?
23-09-2008, 06:43 PM
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yeh cause it is LMFAO
23-09-2008, 06:44 PM
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just like your turbo and supercharged cars need the fuel tank filling
althou that is correct in they dont have mega suspension mods i dont think your giving the standard set-up the credit its due, they dont need alot of work because there so good, unlike the ford FWD stuff that does not seam to be that good from the factory
23-09-2008, 06:46 PM
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. They are only as fast as x-flow powered mk1 fiestas that run low 13's on street tyres . If the x-flow fietas also had 150+bhp of gas they would run low 11's 
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23-09-2008, 06:49 PM
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Yes , all my mates have gas . Their cars also go 2 seconds faster at Santa Pod with it switched on .
23-09-2008, 06:56 PM
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so are their cars not 'proper' cars? Just don't understand why you don't approve of it?
I agree its good to have a fast car without it but when going for 1/4 mile times it would seem silly not to.
And mate those vauxhalls are fast off gas just even faster with it.
I agree its good to have a fast car without it but when going for 1/4 mile times it would seem silly not to.
And mate those vauxhalls are fast off gas just even faster with it.
23-09-2008, 07:01 PM
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lol funny thread this, i think red tops are alot better than zetec in standard form
is this the purple corsa with nos that was at pod saturday
il be running in the 10`s next year in the mk3 hopefully, but im 4wd and can drive
the royal nail van was only 380bhp no nos and i did 11.53 @ 120mph and 1.61 60ft
is this the purple corsa with nos that was at pod saturday
il be running in the 10`s next year in the mk3 hopefully, but im 4wd and can drive
the royal nail van was only 380bhp no nos and i did 11.53 @ 120mph and 1.61 60ft
23-09-2008, 07:01 PM
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23-09-2008, 07:02 PM
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thying is you know youre wrong and baiting us, so no point in actually putting together a competent reply
23-09-2008, 07:09 PM
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WTF is your point then ? There are 150-180bhp x-flow mk1 fiestas that run low 13's on street rubber WITHOUT gas the same as that Corsa does . They have less cc's as well so less power and torque than a 2 litre XE which is a far better engine to start with than a 1970's pushrod engine .I'm not baiting you i'm Telling you the truth as usual
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23-09-2008, 07:13 PM
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WTF is your point then ? There are 150-180bhp x-flow mk1 fiestas that run low 13's on street rubber WITHOUT gas the same as that Corsa does . They have less cc's as well so less power and torque than a 2 litre XE which is a far better engine to start with than a 1970's pushrod engine .I'm not baiting you i'm Telling you the truth as usual
.where are they all then ???
23-09-2008, 07:19 PM
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One of them is no more as it's engines in a hill climb Anglia race car .
The other one is about and is a sleeper XR2 mk1 in black . It has a 150bhp x-flow motor and runs low 13's at Santa Pod . They are finally catching on and i know a few being built , they will all run low 13's without gas for sure
.The other one is about and is a sleeper XR2 mk1 in black . It has a 150bhp x-flow motor and runs low 13's at Santa Pod . They are finally catching on and i know a few being built , they will all run low 13's without gas for sure
23-09-2008, 07:22 PM
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RS2.7 - My mates road legal rwd car runs low 1.4 60ft's on treads, You would do 2 sec 60ft's in a Sierra GLSi
I thought Gaz'd put it into the 12's off gas with the new engine ?, Olly Hewitt ran a 13.4 with only 181hp in his old nova.
As far as I'm aware nobody has run a 10 on treads yet
I thought Gaz'd put it into the 12's off gas with the new engine ?, Olly Hewitt ran a 13.4 with only 181hp in his old nova.
As far as I'm aware nobody has run a 10 on treads yet
23-09-2008, 07:23 PM
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One of them is no more as it's engines in a hill climb Anglia race car .
The other one is about and is a sleeper XR2 mk1 in black . It has a 150bhp x-flow motor and runs low 13's at Santa Pod . They are finally catching on and i know a few being built , they will all run low 13's without gas for sure
.The other one is about and is a sleeper XR2 mk1 in black . It has a 150bhp x-flow motor and runs low 13's at Santa Pod . They are finally catching on and i know a few being built , they will all run low 13's without gas for sure
23-09-2008, 07:25 PM
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RS2.7, some plain and simple facts for you:
Fastest OFF NITROUS vauxhall in the UK on street legal tyres FWD = 11.6
Fastest ON NITROUS vauxhall in the UK on street legal tyres FWD = 11.5
Fastest 60ft FWD Vauxhall on street legal tyres = 1.8
Fastest 60ft RWD Vauxhall on street legal tyres = 1.5
Highest place in HANDLING at TOTB this year for a vauxhall = 2nd
EVERYTHING you are saying, as per every thread you ever post in, is absolute bollocks cause you havent got a clue what you are talking about, why dont you just sit and read and learn, rather than keep coming out with endless bollocks all the time?
Fastest OFF NITROUS vauxhall in the UK on street legal tyres FWD = 11.6
Fastest ON NITROUS vauxhall in the UK on street legal tyres FWD = 11.5
Fastest 60ft FWD Vauxhall on street legal tyres = 1.8
Fastest 60ft RWD Vauxhall on street legal tyres = 1.5
Highest place in HANDLING at TOTB this year for a vauxhall = 2nd
EVERYTHING you are saying, as per every thread you ever post in, is absolute bollocks cause you havent got a clue what you are talking about, why dont you just sit and read and learn, rather than keep coming out with endless bollocks all the time?
23-09-2008, 07:27 PM
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Probably mate, but I was saying what the fastest I had personally seen it run off gas was, which was in february 2006, and it was snowing at the time, it ran a 13.2 then (on a 2.3 60ft IIRC) but of course its an easy 12 second car if they wanted to run it without the gas im sure, Ive just not seen them do so again since personally.
23-09-2008, 07:29 PM
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Kev Warns mk2 rs2000 runs 11.1 secs at 135mph at Santa Pod on R888 street tyres . Almost certain to run a 10 soon on street rubber WITHOUT gas
23-09-2008, 07:51 PM
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Fastest street legal 60ft on BUDGET rwd cars are around the 1.5 mark, you will NOT get that in the uk on a fwd car that is a genuine road car on road legal tyres and built for a sensible budget, its just not going to happen at all.