Whittie
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They are rapid mate, I've been in a couple when I had my XE. It's the sort of car you get out of with a big smile on your face 
Then again, i'm not sure whether i'd sell a tuned WRX for one.
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ebthesned
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I wouldnt sell the subaru as the gf uses it during the day to get about and she would kill me if I sold it lol.
It would be a sort of weekend / fun car. I just dont want to invest in one and be disappointed thats why I just thought I would get some opinions from people who know about these cars.
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Brett
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I couldn't see you being disappointed with it's power tbh It goes without saying that they're rapid. I'd have one as a 2nd car for sure. Not for the daily drive tho.
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Jambo
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daimo thats rubbish. Having owned a calibra turbo and a corsa LET i can tell you the corsa is about a gagilion times faster in gear. Cally has traction being 4x4 so 0-60 mite have the edge. But mine never suffered with traction on a warm day with decent rubber.
A calibra weighs about the same as 3 corsas.
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Daimo B
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Isn't that what I said? Slighty quicker in gear (all down to weight).
Its faster, but standard for standard, there not THAT fast. Still waiting to compared Donnas LET vs the VXR.
So similar 0-60, similar top end (Corsa is as areodynamic as a brick Calibras much better), and slight faster in gear (think you've taken slightly too literally, its faster yes, but not earth shatteringly faster, same engine, just minus 200-300kg or so).
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ebthesned
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so its going to be mid 5's - 6.5??
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Fad
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Oh lordy yet another argument Daimo 
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Jambo
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daimo, my Let corsa had a FMIC as the only mod and the performance in gear was earth shattering. The calibra was slow as shit. I got owned by an xe corsa in my Cally and i was trying!
Im not making it up/guessing its an educated response based on personal experience: i owned both. Not my other half, ME. Drove both to and from work for well over a year respectively. The corsa was in a different league. Infact not even the same sport.
Quicker on the Mway than my 343bhp M3.
I might add i was running an f20 so slightly shorter ratios.
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by ebthesned
so its going to be mid 5's - 6.5??
0-60 is not what you should base a C20LET corsa on. If you want a quick 0-60 then its not for you. 30+ however they fly!
Had the spoiler from a certain members LET coming flying towards me in the past 
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SteveW
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well with shit tyres, evo gearbox oil all over the track and Trax's timing gear my LET managed a 6.4 i think
Could have been under 6 on their timing gear if i had good tyres and there was no oil around 
40-140 however is a different story.. it was rapid
Jambo knows the score 
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Oh lordy yet another argument Daimo
Suck my balls wippet boy.
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by Jambo
daimo, my Let corsa had a FMIC as the only mod and the performance in gear was earth shattering. The calibra was slow as shit. I got owned by an xe corsa in my Cally and i was trying!
Im not making it up/guessing its an educated response based on personal experience: i owned both. Not my other half, ME. Drove both to and from work for well over a year respectively. The corsa was in a different league. Infact not even the same sport.
Quicker on the Mway than my 343bhp M3.
I might add i was running an f20 so slightly shorter ratios.
Whats put a bee in your bonnet. I've driven D5 plenty of times, and where do you think the engine came from She bought the whole car, I drove it everywhere, and before it was stripped, we see what it could do.
Sorry but your cally was screwed then My XE Corsa wouldn't have touched a calibra turbo from 70+....
F20 ratios are shorter, hence quicker in gear.... Makes a difference.
And Donnas is just slighty quicker than an E46 M3 also, marginally..... And yes a Calibra is slower than said cars, but not THAT much slower IMO.
Its an opinion Jambo, smoke a peace pipe and chill out.
Your versions of earth shattering, and mine are probably different. Bikes are earth shatteringly fast, tuned big bhp are earth shatteringly fast. Different between a Calibra Turbo, and Corsa turbo, using the same engine, is not earth shattering imo.
A 1.2 16v Corsa Vs a LET corsa, now THATS earth shattering differnce in performance.
So calm down.
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Jambo
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i am calm? Just basing my opinion on hard evidence of extended ownership of both vehicles. I kept pace with a vx220tb and an old carrera 993 in the corsa. The cally could only dream of that, it was a heavy 4x4 barge. Great car but slow. It was also a late spec lo miler which had just about everything on it apart from the engine and txb went wrong. So in terms of performance it was a go-er.
Weight makes all the difference.
I dont have a bee in my bonnet and nobody cares about your crotch rocket
X x
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Daimo B
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Which is fair enough, you think one thing, i think another.
My crotch rocket is a bike, which would piss on your slow ol bargy cage 
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Fad
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Daimo I dare you to act like an adult....just for one day
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Jambo
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i can vouch for 40-140mph is err.... Exciting 
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Daimo B
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And I dare you to be as confident and cocky in real life as you are on here in the last year or so..
But you wouldn't....
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
i can vouch for 40-140mph is err.... Exciting
U'll also rape me when it comes to a bend
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Corsa_Sport21
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What gearbox are you comparing a F20 too when you say it has shorter ratios??
I hope not the F28 as they have exactly the same ratios for gears 1-5.Only difference is the F28 has a 6th gear.
And i agree that a cali turbo would eat an XE corsa.My old cali turbo puffed a standard XE Nova.The guys words were "u nearly sooked my doors off".And his passenger who had the window down to hear the roar said it nearly pulled him out the window.That was with a 50/50 locked TXB.
My mate also owns an LET Corsa and he said it is an animal.With the F28 he said he kept with his mates old stripped and tuned Pulsar running app 330bhp.The Pulsar was showing 160mph on the clocks and my mate in the Corsa was about to pass it.
And when we were driving up to Knockhill in my old 313bhp Pulsar he commented on how quick it was so i cheekily asked if it would beat his Corsa.He had to think about it and said it would kill him to 100 easy but from a rolling start it wouldnt get away.
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Nic Barnes
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f20 has different final drive making the gears slightly shorter than an f28.
ive had 0-128 in 12.3 seconds. thats an official figure from 2 years ago, not one off a mobile phone. ive also once done 0-60 in 4.9 on timing gear not mobile phone.
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
And i agree that a cali turbo would eat an XE corsa.
id disagree a lot. a hell of a lot.
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craig_s
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my 0-60 is pretty shit as it just spins the wheels,on a rolling start though ive not had anything beat it yet.
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Nic Barnes
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a diff and good tyres make a hell of a difference. more so than people would imagine.
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craig_s
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it's got proxe t1-r's on it but a diff is next on my list as well as equal length shafts and maybe straight cut gears.
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Col004
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
Still waiting to compared Donnas LET vs the VXR.
Alright matey... I can honestly answer that for you... Your mrs LET will waste your VXR.. My mates got one and he's had the DAP stages 2 done and it cant live with mine from any speed in a straight line. And he will vouch for that mate
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