mattk
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Grande Punto is 0.29, if your interested 
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DaveyLC
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Originally posted by mattk
A C20LET B would piss on an Insignia VXR though
Not at the top end if you disabled the limiter 
[Edited on 01-06-2009 by DaveyLC]
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davcohen
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Originally posted by crazybrightman
there really not that fast, infact i dont like them i did but then i drove one on a vxr trackday and it was shite, the corsa vxr was faster and 10times more fun aound the track. their too big, heavy and the engines are from the stone age, without a supercharger they really leave you feeling flat.
TBH mega suprised someone can say something like that, I feel in love with them when i drove the old monaro 6.0 it just pulls like a train and even the traction control knows exactly how much fun to let you have.
Honestly one of the best cars ive driven
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Gareth F
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What about a rear mounted VXR8 engine in a corsa
Could be fun 
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by davcohen
quote:
Originally posted by crazybrightman
there really not that fast, infact i dont like them i did but then i drove one on a vxr trackday and it was shite, the corsa vxr was faster and 10times more fun aound the track. their too big, heavy and the engines are from the stone age, without a supercharger they really leave you feeling flat.
TBH mega suprised someone can say something like that, I feel in love with them when i drove the old monaro 6.0 it just pulls like a train and even the traction control knows exactly how much fun to let you have.
Honestly one of the best cars ive driven
The man talks sense!
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Originally posted by Gareth F
What about a rear mounted VXR8 engine in a corsa
Could be fun
Finding a suitable gear box would be a small issue
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Stu
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Power to weigh gets you off the line quickly and in and out of bends quicker but once your moving above a certain speed it has much less of an effect!
My car doesn't even make 300bhp per tonne but Im sure a 300bhp LET wouldn't be able to keep up!
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Efckitson
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quote:
Originally posted by Gareth F
What about a rear mounted VXR8 engine in a corsa
Could be fun
I bet the weight of the engine alone is more then my corsa
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crazybrightman
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edit double post!!!!
[Edited on 01-06-2009 by crazybrightman]
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crazybrightman
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quote:
Originally posted by crazybrightman
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Might be big and lardy but its a integalactic space machine... Plus:
VXR8 = Mans car
Corsa VXR = Gays car
Give me fuck-off massive RWD super barge anyday.. Men steer with the rear not like oversteer like a queer.
dont get me wrong rwd is the only way for a track car thats why i have the mr2.
i just was really really disapointed in the vxr8, it was so heavy that even with the massive brakes you strugeled to stop the thing for the first hairpin at rockingham. then theres the electronics that snap in too hard and too early.
it wouldn't over steer at all unless you drove like a twonk and just chucked into a corner, ok in second gear out of the hairpin it wold slide a little but once in third it had more grip at the rear than it did power.
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DaveyLC
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Oh you drive an MR2.. that explains EVERYTHING! I wouldnt expect you to appreciate a real MAN's car 
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Shrek
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
Oh you drive an MR2.. that explains EVERYTHING! I wouldnt expect you to appreciate a real MAN's car
Am i missing the point here? Since when did a 1.8 Corsa become a real mans car?
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Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by Shrek
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Oh you drive an MR2.. that explains EVERYTHING! I wouldnt expect you to appreciate a real MAN's car
Am i missing the point here? Since when did a 1.8 Corsa become a real mans car?
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Eck
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crazybrightman
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my mr2 is my track car because it was cheap really. so far the whole car tweaked and prepped for the track has cost only a little more than blowing an engine up on the saab.
also i really dont believe you can use your road car for the track theres just too many compromises to be made, and you cant drive at 100% then which is no fun.
whats engine size got to do with anything anyhow my mr2 is only a 1.6!
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by Shrek
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Oh you drive an MR2.. that explains EVERYTHING! I wouldnt expect you to appreciate a real MAN's car
Am i missing the point here? Since when did a 1.8 Corsa become a real mans car?
I've never professed it to be a MANS car, I'm fully aware that it is a gay-wheel-drive scuffle-bus..
Its the first FWD car I have owned for 9 years and will probably be the last.
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taylorboosh
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after watching vids of nics corsa, i believe anything possible
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Nic Barnes
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id not doubt it is possible for one minute.
i have simialr torque to the vxr8. id leave one like it was a 1.1 saxo.
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Jambo
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dont be silly Nic its just a corsa, the vxr8 would leave you for dead
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
id not doubt it is possible for one minute.
i have simialr torque to the vxr8. id leave one like it was a 1.1 saxo.
Is that a superchipped 1.1 which makes it as fast as a vtr * local bellend thinks this*
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Jambo
dont be silly Nic its just a corsa, the vxr8 would leave you for dead
whatever.
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Cole
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john are you really that stupid you will be losing that license very soon if you keep driving like that especially on that road
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Chris x
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Originally posted by Cole
john are you really that stupid you will be losing that license very soon if you keep driving like that especially on that road
What road was it on?
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aaronc190
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davey lc you think you know everything!
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Cole
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More than likelybthe polegate bypass or jubilee way I would of thought
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john_c20xe
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do1 nicole yeh was on polgate bypass was very empty road tho
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