crumpet

Drove a few ctr's, dont like the way they drive, my eg6 vti used to pull from ep3's

Ive noticed that, changin plugs on any v6 engine ( fwd) is a twat too

mechanic28

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number 6 plug getting the ht lead out can be a pain on the omega mind you the ones with DIS modules aint to cheerful either

c20tbo

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Can i put my old nova let in this session too for a wager?

I like both ford and vauxhall both have good and bad points, obvious you've just bought shite from day one fella, rather than spend the right coin for the right car.

TimC

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Get some pictures up of the Nova

crumpet

paid £2800 for it which seemed alot tbf, i wouldnt pay over £50 for anything vauxhall now. My mate had a astra gsi turbo which went through 3 k24's, a afm ( with a cone filter) lambda sensor x2, boost pipes ( lower infront of bumper) and various other shit! i had to replace all that 2 years ago, car only did 50k too!

My mate was gonna get a vxr afm, injectors, another vxr turbo, front mount and 3" top hat etc but never took off as he had to sell it.

mechanic28

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so what have ford got out in their range that is so good now?the focus rs and st are good but what else?the rest are just run of the mill motors

crumpet

fuck all tbf, dont see any vxrs making 450+bhp on standard engines do you? lol even tho focus uses a sweedish engine

mechanic28

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i dont see a focus rs making it on a standard engine either!not that i have been following what the new focus's have been acheiving

TimC

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I believe JamSports is getting on for 500 now

mechanic28

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fooking hell thats impressive

massivewangers

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Fords sporting line up is pretty shite at the moment. Focus is ok with the ST and RS, but obviously that's all going to change now with a new Focus coming out, so no doubt we'll end up waiting years and years for another RS.

And they seem to have lost the balls to make a Mondeo or Fiesta ST.

I don't like most of the Vaux range, but at least they have the guts to make proper performance variants of most models!

martysmartie

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LOL no of course not with the Focus still being the best selling car not only in it's class but also in the UK/World or the Mondeo that has won many awards, both far superior to the Vauxhall equivilants. The new Fiesta is proveing to be quite successful as well and I don't recall them being dangerous either unlike Vauxhalls.

Martin

crumpet

jamsport charged fiesta st? 350bhp standard bottom end? yes please!

Focus took over the 306 for the uks best family hatchback and i dont think its changed since? mondeo is obviously one of the best cars in the world ( apart from mk3 tdci pmsl) But the new mk4 mondeo ghia tdci's are so nice to drive!

mechanic28

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really the focus is the best selling car in the world??so what sporting cars to ford offer apart from the focus rs/st?i work on vauxhalls and to be honest that aint unrealiable sure they have a few problems like any mass producer but fords certainly aint no better!and with the new astra vxr coming out i am sure its going to give the new focus rs a run for its money

mechanic28

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you talking about playing around with them tho that will cost thousands to do that!the standard st is not that a good a car specially if you compare it to a corsa vxr

martysmartie

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True the Focus was a success from new it made all the other cars look dated not just phisically but technically to, I have the Autocar mag when the then new Focus was put again all rivals of the time, so Megane, 306, Bravo, Astra etc where it beat each of them in every test, it was crowned as the best hatch then 306 diden't even make it to the final 3 IIRC.

Other manufacturs target the Focus handling when it comes to there equivilants as a bench mark so speak.

Woulden't go as far to say Mondeo is the best car in the world lol, best seller maybe, it's certainly loved by the public and reps alike which gave it the name we know as "Mondeo Man" and as an overall package it is brilliant.

Martin

crumpet

For the money id rather have a st though mate, at least they dont melt pistons and have redic prices for parts, parts are more popular too!

martysmartie

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I actually meant in the UK, as you say you have the RS/ST but there again Vauxhall only have the VXR don't they as a hot model so far as I know? I know you get like SRI/SXI which AFAIK is the equivilant to Zetec S trim?

The Focus has won multiple awards one being a German award for most reliable car so thats one up for a start.

So self releasing handbrakes arn't a major problem then?

Martin

mechanic28

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tbh i aint had any problems with them were i work bud not really checked on tis2web if there a known problem tho! the new astra vxr looks tasty imo,but yer the vxr is their hot hatch range,but remember the have corsa,meriva,zafira,astra.insignia all turbo charged cars,can you honestly say fords do this all they have is the focus st/rs

mechanic28

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the first vxr had problems but i aint had i melted piston one for years

martysmartie

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LOL where was you? It was all over news etc, owners got letters telling them to bring there cars back urgently, affected Vectra, Corsa, Signum etc, scary stories on Watchdog about peoples cars rolling away luckily no one got killed, Vauxhall diden't know what it was, Watchdogs independant experts thought it to be with a spring in the mechanism that if there was a vibration it caused them to release. Though hopefully it did teach owners this is why you shoulden't reply on your handbrake alone, which is what most seem to do.

Then there was the other dangeous recall with the Meriva steering.

No true about the modern turbo charged models but there again with Vauxhalls handling history is this a good thing, look at the Vectra VXR for example?

Martin

mechanic28

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oh sorry mate i thought you was going on about the new self releasing electronic handbrake system lol!i believe the new astra vxr is 4x4 and 300 plus bhp

martysmartie

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Oh rite so hopefully will be better then, I know TG favoured the current ST over the VXR, torque steer springs to mind

Martin

Cosworth Lad

I always liked the mk2 cavalier sri130 iv had 2 in the past very fast for what they were and dead reliable.My mates built a zafira vxr its pussing 650bhp and leaves all the cars @ bham and has got a corsa and thats going to be pussing 600 thats going to be a monster.But the new vouxhalls are shite but then so are the new fords if you want a reliable quality car the VAG group all the time lol.

xr2 xr2 xr2

Probs get slated for this but I like astra gtes and nova gtes and srs! The rest are shit and as for monaros- well say no more

phil_rs

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Ford did drop the 2.5t lump in the S-MAX but I can't really see much point in this, same with the Zafira turbo.

I think Vauxhall got it spot on with the Corsa VXR, it certainly looks the part and sounds it too, with the right exhaust! I can't comment on what they drive like as I haven't had a bash yet. C'mon Ford, get a new Fiesta and strap a big dutty turbo to it lol!

phil_rs

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650? I very much doubt it, especially from a Z20LET!

chaffe

not always, the 2 litre TDIs break keyways in the oil pumps and they then have no oil pressure! all manufacturers have their good and bad points

caprixpack

to be honest i've had a fe vxs now and been more than happy with all of them have a calibra v6 now never once had a problem with it just past the 160000 mile mark and still running sweet as

JonnyBravo

If its the car I think it is he isn't talking out of his arse.

The guy owns 2 Z20LET's pushing some serious numbers, quite ammusing that its in a Zafira of all things.

Chip did the Total Vauxhall feature on it.

JonnyBravo

Possibly this car

http://www.youtube.com/user/jcbtomo#p/u/13/AN3pUiCfXA4

timrud

I saw the Zafira run and was told the hype before.... I think it ran a 13 something at pod lol

AndyNo1

Added to my siggy! TOO FUNNY!!

crumpet

Ive seen the zafira and spoke to the guy,37 and owns a nightclub in birmingham, when i saw him he had the munchies after smokin bud in mpg's 1.2 corsa pmsl

It was 611bhp on a gt30, now it has a secret spec gt35x with a tial housing and is aiming for 700, Hes spent £50k on it and also has a 1.2 sxi corsa with a 600bhp gt35 z20, they both have m32 boxes and many other wizardry And even he says theyre pointless, homohamhead he was talkin about you sayin about a white 4x4 saph and magenta 4x4 saph lol, he also has a YB powered mk2 escort project and literally that day bought a gt30 impreza bugeye....

JonnyBravo

Yeh I had heard the same, no idea how true the figures are but they are DD rollers so hey, they should be spot on.

I did also hear it broke a block in half or something though so ended in true Vauxhall style !

Chip

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13 seconds with what terminal and what 60ft?

If your trying to imply its not massive power just because a fwd and heavy car with full interior and normal road tyres took 13 seconds to run a quarter I think you are too used to cars quite a few hundred kg less in weight.

Zafiras are NOT good at launching, I dont know the exact power of Ateeurs corsa when it ran the quarter you are on about but it was certainly "lots" to be managing to get an old bus like that to accelerate so hard on the 2nd 1/8th that it ran a 13 despite a crap start.

Bear in mind that Rod tarry with 650bhp was only doing high 11s and his car is a lot better off the line than a Zafira is.

crumpet

It spins in 5th in the dry with continental rain sports on it, he runs r888s but last a weekend





It may have soon to come 700bhp but remember it weighs 1.7 tonnes

Chip

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Ateuur is a cool guy and one with a lot of money to spend, and the new turbo is one specifically created by Owens for him with that sort of power in mind, this isnt some random blower bought off eBay etc, he is doing things the right way although personallyI think he should go aftermarket on the management.

I know him quite well now as I did the features of his zafira and his corsa c, and he's a proper petrol head and isnt interested in making up figures, all the figures quoted are what he has been told by the rolling road, wether that set of rollers reads slightly higher or lower than another set I cant tell you.

crumpet

haha he made me respect him tho for buildin the z20 himself and doin a vauxhall instead of a evo/skyline/impreza like alot of asians from bham do, the only thing quicker than it down the a38 is his mates 700bhp evo 3 rs apparently

Chip

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He's done a lot of it himself but I think his last bottom end was built by steveboyslim for him

I believe they race about 2 miles when they go down the A38, so im sure its pretty competitive there even against cars that would kill it on the quarter mile where it struggles for traction.