Nic Barnes
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i just got smashed by a civic type r. My transit is not really that fast. I reckon i had it 0-5mph though.
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by dangermouse2503
It did trust me 
Was a put up or shut up moment on a track day, earned me some coin in process and scored one for the Corsa
With throttle bodies and remapped it threw a 5.8sec 0-60mph.
Its now running in the Toyo Tyre championship and is owned by the son of car dealer in Brighton.
Wish I had the coin now to buy it back  
You put throttle bodies on it? trust you, trust a random person on the internet....? 
It won you some coin, whats your name, Paul walker?
Poor driving by the evo. It would not beat one.
Even our 1.6 16v on TB, running 214bhp would not stand a chance. And unless the engine has had some MAJOR upgrades, it wasn't running anything near that power.
Lookup Corsa Vs Saxo day on youtube.
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dangermouse2503
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Originally posted by dangermouse2503
It did trust me
Was a put up or shut up moment on a track day, earned me some coin in process and scored one for the Corsa
With throttle bodies and remapped it threw a 5.8sec 0-60mph.
Its now running in the Toyo Tyre championship and is owned by the son of car dealer in Brighton.
Wish I had the coin now to buy it back
You put throttle bodies on it? trust you, trust a random person on the internet....?
It won you some coin, whats your name, Paul walker?
Poor driving by the evo. It would not beat one.
Even our 1.6 16v on TB, running 214bhp would not stand a chance. And unless the engine has had some MAJOR upgrades, it wasn't running anything near that power.
Lookup Corsa Vs Saxo day on youtube.
Could post full spec of engine but it may lose you
It aint just down to the engine, dont forget suspension, brakes, tyres etc
Car was set up perfectly
And if it didnt stand a chance then please, why your an expert, is it racing against V12 Jags and M3 BMW's with the same engine spec and causing them a lot of trouble???
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Daimo B
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Dude, I was friends with the person who BUILT the car, I know how it goes.
It might loose me? Hmmmmm, 10 years on here, and having been out in practically every engine/tuned and converted, may say otherwise.
What brakes/suspension did you change to? It had toyo888's on it which were proven to work extremly well..
http://public.fotki.com/DaimoB/cruises_and_shows_2003/2003_corsa_vs_saxo_day/
This was when Renton owned it after Lee gave it to him (lee being the person with the deep pockets who had to swap the parts onto 3 different engines after popping them all).
Its not racing as the season is over. What championship is it racing in again? I'll have a look at last years results.
Hmmmm 1.6 16v Corsa beating M3's eh
Im actually geniunly interested, so fire away on the revised tech spec and information on championship would be good.
[Edited on 26-02-2010 by VXR]
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Nic Barnes
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lol vxr
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Daimo B
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Come on Nic, even you got to agree about a 1.6 16v NA corsa beating M3's
Does this mean if I sort out a 106GTi/16v Saxo, it'll actually win all the races, as they are always quicker than Corsas...?
I mean Andy TB 214bhp, fully stripped, caged, no expense spared Corsa was pretty quick for a 1.6....
But against M3's???? Even an E30 would whoop its ass round the bends AND the straights..
[Edited on 26-02-2010 by VXR]
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Nic Barnes
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oh no im not really bothered i was just laughing at the way you reply.
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Kevxx
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i beat a celica gt fair and square 
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
oh no im not really bothered i was just laughing at the way you reply.
Ditto on many occasion
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dangermouse2503
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It was in the Toyo Tyres chamionship.
Search Youtube and look for some of the video's of it doing a pretty good job.
And have ever thought it aint down to the car, it might have something to do with the driver and his experience?
My brother had an Astra VXR, completely standard, 237bhp out of the box. I have a 2litre Ecowreck cavalier, induction kit and exhaust, lowered on shocks and springs and 18's with falken tyres on it. Went to Scotland last year and hit a road between Fort William and Oban. Him in front, me behind and he couldnt lose me. On straights he pulled away, on bends was glued to the rear bumper. Should that be possible as well or not? lol
Or a Corsa VXR lapping 3 VXR8's on a track day at Oulton Park? That not possible either?
Both me and my bro are competent drivers but not complacent with a fair few years track experience under our caps.
Like I said, its experience that counts.
Will post tech spec up when I find it
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Daimo B
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Track days are not the same. Different levels of skill, HUGE different levels. Same goes for the road.
Racing is a different league, and more often than not the skill levels are much closer.
Yes please as i spent a fair bit of time in this car and would like to know how its progressed. Please tell me its not that stupid yellow colour still?
Will youtube Toyo Tyres championshiip tonight. Or you could save me the effort (As you seem confident its on YT) and post the links for me so i can just click on them when im home).
Your other examples have such a big flaws im not going to reply to them
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Originally posted by VXR
Track days are not the same. Different levels of skill, HUGE different levels. Same goes for the road.
Racing is a different league, and more often than not the skill levels are much closer.
Yes please as i spent a fair bit of time in this car and would like to know how its progressed. Please tell me its not that stupid yellow colour still?
Will youtube Toyo Tyres championshiip tonight. Or you could save me the effort (As you seem confident its on YT) and post the links for me so i can just click on them when im home).
Your other examples have such a big flaws im not going to reply to them
In like the 10 years you've been on here you've never changed lol, yer a stubborn bugger and always gotta be right
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by ajscorsa
In like the 10 years you've been on here you've never changed lol, yer a stubborn bugger and always gotta be right
Least that proves I don't change for the interent.
I like being right, and I am stubborn, and I maintain that if someone gives me a good engouh reason, or relevent fact to prove im wrong, im always happy to apologise and bow down and take a shafting. Can't see why I should change my opinion from what some web dudes told me I should think. Thats just taking a shafting for no reason.
People miss these points though 
Tell me anyone who doesn't enjoy being right? Im right, loads, until compared to Donna, who puts me in my place when im wrong, by proving it. I humbly accept
[Edited on 26-02-2010 by VXR]
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Originally posted by VXR
Track days are not the same. Different levels of skill, HUGE different levels. Same goes for the road.
Racing is a different league, and more often than not the skill levels are much closer.
Yes please as i spent a fair bit of time in this car and would like to know how its progressed. Please tell me its not that stupid yellow colour still?
Will youtube Toyo Tyres championshiip tonight. Or you could save me the effort (As you seem confident its on YT) and post the links for me so i can just click on them when im home).
Your other examples have such a big flaws im not going to reply to them
Track days are not the same due to skill levels? So are you now admitting that it would be possible for a N/A X16xe corsa to beat an Evo 3 running 350bhp?
Blowing own trumpet I have 4 years racing experience under my hat, 3years karting and 1year racing an XR2 in 750mc si I'd say yeah, I have some experience
Yes it was KTM Yella when I had it but new owner has sprayed it Renault yellow(cant remember exact colour name)
Colour didnt bother me, was more interested in the performance
Regards other examples being flawed, say what you will(or don't). There fact, they happened, not interested in your opinions to be honest
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Daimo B
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Just becuase you sat on its ass does not mean your faster, just the driver wasn't obviously a good one.
Those cars, same driver, the Corsa WILL loose out in time.
So maybe your just a better driver than the evo bloke, who clearly can't drive if he's being harrassed by a 1600cc corsa.
If your not interested in the opinion, why write it in the first place?
Anyway, tech spec on L100RSA please, as thats all im really interested in what was changed, as really it didn't need bodies on it.
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dangermouse2503
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Will find tech spec for you when I get home.
Trust me, it needed bodies and responded really well to them being fitted
Regards being 'sat on its ass', your right it dosent mean I'm faster but knowing how my brother can drive I think I was doing a pretty good job.
'Those cars, same driver, the Corsa WILL loose out in time'
Probably yeah but they didnt so the corsa won fair and square.
Just because someone posts something up dosent mean that we all want your opinion hence the saying 'somethings are better left unsaid'
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Daimo B
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That is not my way, if i want to say it, I will
Strange as it ran excellently on the Mantzel. I found that car drove better being properly setup on the M-box than other milder tuned but similar powered bodied small blocks. Maybe the engine was just getting really tired?
None of the engines had an easy life though 
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Nic Barnes
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surely if you are racing, then you are racing. Driver skill wah wah. Whatever wins, wins. Thats all there is to it. Track day or not. regardless of car. Or is that not the point of racing? Should i take any victories i have from the past and evaluate the driver skill, think about the fact im only driving a shit corsa and say i lost every race? When a lambo tried to race me a while back and i smashed its pastie right in, do i have to think that maybe the old man driving it just wasnt as skilled as i am just because i won? I dunno. I think i mashed a super car to pieces driving a corsa. Therefore i win.
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
surely if you are racing, then you are racing. Driver skill wah wah. Whatever wins, wins. Thats all there is to it. Track day or not. regardless of car. Or is that not the point of racing? Should i take any victories i have from the past and evaluate the driver skill, think about the fact im only driving a shit corsa and say i lost every race? When a lambo tried to race me a while back and i smashed its pastie right in, do i have to think that maybe the old man driving it just wasnt as skilled as i am just because i won? I dunno. I think i mashed a super car to pieces driving a corsa. Therefore i win.
Hoorah! Put perfectly there pal, you get a +1 from me
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Daimo B
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Track days are not racing nic.
Circuits get huge fines and legal issues if ANY circuit timing is done on a normal track day.
Just fyi if you wasn't sure.
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dangermouse2503
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Track days are not racing nic.
Circuits get huge fines and legal issues if ANY circuit timing is done on a normal track day.
Just fyi if you wasn't sure.
You aint telling me people dont do it though
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Daimo B
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ahhhh thats not the official line though
Everyone plays on trackdays though. Bikes or cars.
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dangermouse2503
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ahhhh thats not the official line though
Everyone plays on trackdays though. Bikes or cars.
True. We've all done it even though its a no-no
Just wonder how many people do it at the ring?
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Daimo B
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The rings classed as a public toll road though i think. Its not timed, until official timing days.
Im still debating whether to bike round that yet. Don't want some wippet ina Mk2 golf going round the outside of me 2" from my footpegs
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by VXR
Track days are not racing nic.
Circuits get huge fines and legal issues if ANY circuit timing is done on a normal track day.
Just fyi if you wasn't sure.
i had assumed so but nice to know for sure.
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