Daveskater
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Had a go at timing my 0-60 earlier because we could 
Bearing in mind there were two of us, in the rain, on a bumpy road, it's not exactly going to be a land speed record 
Anywho, best time was 19 seconds 
Not far off the 16.5 that Vaux claim 
[Edited on 04-10-2008 by Daveskater]
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Jam666
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lol..mine was about 3 days
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Daveskater
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Sounds like a 12 valver to me!
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
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Minty_Fresh
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i dont even bother try lmao..
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16V_1600
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lol, my first car was a 957cc Fiesta popular MK3 with 45bhp
I managed 24 secs to 60 
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Daveskater
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A bit less than that in the MR2 I'm guessing 
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quote: Originally posted by Daveskater
A bit less than that in the MR2 I'm guessing
erm, just a touch 
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Daveskater
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Maybe add the two numbers together and it would be closer 
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16V_1600
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quote: Originally posted by Daveskater
Maybe add the two numbers together and it would be closer
2+4-0.8 
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deano87
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12v 
You have to drive them with turbo lag in mind - keep them above 3krpm and they aren't too bad.
Of course I use the term 'too bad' very loosely. They are fucking terrible.
Better than a 1.2 8v mind
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James_H
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Its even worse when it only has 48.4bhp
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Daveskater
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quote: Originally posted by deano87
You have to drive them with turbo lag in mind - keep them above 3krpm and they aren't too bad.
Easy to say when you have a rev counter 
Asked the bloke in the dealership about it, he said it would be £200-300 and I would need my ECU re-calibrating Uhhh... Yeah. I'm sure.
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deano87
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I'm pretty sure you could just get some clocks from a 12v GLS and it'd be plug and play.
Does your speedo start at 0mph or 10mph?
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shaunmods
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I tried to put GLS 1.0 rev counter clocks and the rev counter wouldnt work
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deano87
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Strange. Were your original ones cable or electronic though?
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shaunmods
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quote: Originally posted by deano87
Strange. Were your original ones cable or electronic though?
erm not sure actually lol both the new clocks and the old ones looked the same at the back though?
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Tom G
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my rev counter starts at 0 - that means its plug and play?
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deano87
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quote: Originally posted by Tom_Glover
my rev counter starts at 0 - that means its plug and play?
Potentially, yes, because they are electrically driven.
The ones in my GLS are electrically driven. I should imagine the loom for the rev counter is there, therefore should plug and play.
Don't count me on that.
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l15ter
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im still waiting for mine to reach 60
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dopydanny08
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didnt think 12v ever made it to 60 thought they blew up first lol jokes 8.5 in my lil beast (standard) haha
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Tom G
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quote: Originally posted by deano87
quote: Originally posted by Tom_Glover
my rev counter starts at 0 - that means its plug and play?
Potentially, yes, because they are electrically driven.
The ones in my GLS are electrically driven. I should imagine the loom for the rev counter is there, therefore should plug and play.
Don't count me on that.
well mines after the 97 face lift so would i have to get 1 from a gls from the same year?
or does it not matter
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N3CRO
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I sorta did a 0-60 run in my 12v, didn't have a stop watch or nothing but it felt like it did it in 12 - 14 secs. I know its defo quicker than the 19.9 secs its supposed to be.
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dopydanny08
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still carnt bein 1.3 jap power at 8.5 can ya haha i belive its 10 secs for a 1.6 corsa sport
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Daveskater
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For everyone saying about the rev counter, afaik all 12v's are electronic, and as long as you get clocks out of a 12v then they should work, if you get them from any of the 4 cylinder engines it won't work because the ecu is receiving 1 less pulse from the engine or something like that so it counts it wrong.
I paid sri_davie for some but they've still not come - about 5 months later 
I can't see why vaux would put different looms on rev and non-rev counter models, surely when they're putting the looms in they don't know what spec it's going to be?
Numberwang!
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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deano87
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quote: Originally posted by Daveskater
I can't see why vaux would put different looms on rev and non-rev counter models, surely when they're putting the looms in they don't know what spec it's going to be?
That's what I'm saying, so the connector for the rev counter should be there.
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