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Claire

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15th Oct 03 at 09:50

The pug would kill a sport from about 50mph plus IMO

Sooty

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15th Oct 03 at 09:51

^^ chill out

quote:
Originally posted by MattyB
Yes, ONCE AGAIN, this sooty guy is reading between the lines!!!

Hence why i wrote "Cyber - ........."

Matt

MattyB

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15th Oct 03 at 09:51

quote:
Originally posted by Claire G
Matty - was it gav that did the work?

sorry Claire - missed ur post! Yeah, was Gav! u know him?? he is the bollox when it comes to Derv tuning

Claire

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15th Oct 03 at 09:52

quote:
Originally posted by MattyB

quote:
Originally posted by Claire G
Matty - was it gav that did the work?

sorry Claire - missed ur post! Yeah, was Gav! u know him?? he is the bollox when it comes to Derv tuning

yep I know him - and he does know everything there is to know about diesels - especially pugs

Gambit

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15th Oct 03 at 09:52

Cyber, no diesels are between 3k-5k - i'd call that mid-range

MattyB

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15th Oct 03 at 09:52

Sorry Sooty - i'm feelin bit ill this morn as well! lol just sayin.

Anyone goin Southend this Sat? coz i'll be there, and i'm lookin for some corsas to gobble up!!? lol

Matt

Cybermonkey

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15th Oct 03 at 09:53

quote:
Originally posted by Claire G
The pug would kill a sport from about 50mph plus IMO

I have been wasted my Golf TDi150's before, and i know how fast diesels are becoming nowadays! All im saying is that it would be very close between mattys 306 and my sport

antscorsa

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15th Oct 03 at 09:54

got any more pics of zaust etc

Cybermonkey

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15th Oct 03 at 09:54

quote:
Originally posted by Gambit
Cyber, no diesels are between 3k-5k - i'd call that mid-range

None of them? where are they between then?

Gambit

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15th Oct 03 at 09:55

comma is in the wrong place

should read

Cyber no, diesels......

bad grammar & wording!!

Cybermonkey

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15th Oct 03 at 09:57

ooops ok, i been stereotyping diesels i think. I drive diesel transits and ivecos all day at work, and i find that over3.5k they are useless. I guess i need to drive a modern diesel car.

Gambit

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15th Oct 03 at 09:58

aye

MattyB

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15th Oct 03 at 09:58

~I think wot cyber meant bout the mid range thing was right. But u have to bare in mind, my pug on revs up to 4.8k before the limiter kicks in. Where as on corsas, this is where the power is!

What this means is, that a 0-60 sprint thru the gears, the corsa can stay in gear alot longer, hitting 60 in 3rd easily. Now, altho my pug will do 85 in 3rd, there is no power, i really ought to be in 4th at around 50mph, which under timed circumstances can slow me up quite a bit.

This is where on the motorway, if i plant my foot at 2k revs in 5th at around 60mph, mine will pull me all the way to around 110 with ease, where as in the corsa, u'll be swapping cogs tryin to hitting the peak power in every gear.

Matt

Daimo B

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15th Oct 03 at 09:59

quote:
Originally posted by MattyB
Sorry Sooty - i'm feelin bit ill this morn as well! lol just sayin.

Anyone goin Southend this Sat? coz i'll be there, and i'm lookin for some corsas to gobble up!!? lol

Matt

Probably

And you can try

courty

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15th Oct 03 at 09:59

I keep up with 1.4 sports in my diesel. go past them sum times as well.

MattyB

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15th Oct 03 at 09:59

sod off Daimo - i aint comin near u! Driving a diesel its embarrasing enuff, then to be beaten by a purple car

joke! u gonna b down there?

MattyB

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15th Oct 03 at 10:02

will get pics of car later!!! including zaust, which unforunately is sitting bent coz i managed to lose a zaust rubber. Havin to use an old corsa on ATM.

Cybermonkey

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15th Oct 03 at 10:02

quote:
Originally posted by MattyB
~I think wot cyber meant bout the mid range thing was right. But u have to bare in mind, my pug on revs up to 4.8k before the limiter kicks in. Where as on corsas, this is where the power is!

What this means is, that a 0-60 sprint thru the gears, the corsa can stay in gear alot longer, hitting 60 in 3rd easily. Now, altho my pug will do 85 in 3rd, there is no power, i really ought to be in 4th at around 50mph, which under timed circumstances can slow me up quite a bit.

This is where on the motorway, if i plant my foot at 2k revs in 5th at around 60mph, mine will pull me all the way to around 110 with ease, where as in the corsa, u'll be swapping cogs tryin to hitting the peak power in every gear.

Matt

Couldnt have said it better myself. i can hit around 57-58 in 2nd gear, but i find it to be quicker changing to 3rd when i reach 50

Nismo

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15th Oct 03 at 10:03

118bhp hay , well how come under you avatar you have 120bhp , this car just keeps going up , if i putt mine under my avatar will i have 300bhp

vibrio

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15th Oct 03 at 10:03

quote:
Originally posted by MattyB
Some of you may already know, but couple of weeks back i bought myself a new motor........No not a vaux, but a 1996 (P1) 306 D Turbo S. Here are some spec's:

BHP: 118

Torque = Approx. 175lb/tq

0-60 = 8.8 sec

50-70 = 5.1 sec

Top Speed = 125mph (on the clocks with more to go!)

MPG = 40-45 urban. 50-60 on a run easily

Insurance grp 5! (only costing me £10 a month more than my 1.2 8v)

(and its got the usual, leccy sunroof, windows, mirrors, sport interior, CD changer, metallic pearle paint, front foggies etc all as standard). Although mine was a limited edition run of 400 in the UK, i think the normal D Turbo had alot of goodies too!)

its quite a car for a diesel! I took it up to a diesel tuning specialist in Ashbourne last week, and he adjusted the fueling for me, taking the power from 92bhp (std), up to around 118. Its now running about 18PSi boost, and a collins dump valve as well (which i have to say sounds Lush)

Even before the tune it was pretty rapid, but now its mental. In the wet it wants to spin in 1st, 2nd and 3rd when the blower kicks in! Where the car really excels is acceleration between 50->100mph.......as the torque is just mental. I've shown up quite a few corsa's already, even a little grey GSi who thought he'd cut me up on the M25 yesterday oh well.

I also had the pleasure of fitting a Piper slashcut oval back box to it at the weekend, which not only fitted perfectly and was of excellent build quality, but also sounds and looks the part, without being OTT. Highly recommend them to all u corsa boys lookin for a decent zaust. (loadsa different designs to choose, and all custom made, but takin out 2/3 days delivery).

Ok ok ok, i know its a diesel, but i had no other choice when i came to buyin a car, coz of the high miles i now travel to work. However, its pleasantly suprized me, being a hell of alot more comfy than the corsa and handles 10 times as good (Even comparing the std pug to mine when it was lowered 40mm on full kit, strut braces front and rear and WIDE 15"s), the pug wud run rings round it.

will post pics once i've cleaned the thing!

Matt

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MattyB

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15th Oct 03 at 10:06

quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
118bhp hay , well how come under you avatar you have 120bhp , this car just keeps going up , if i putt mine under my avatar will i have 300bhp

.....ermm......looks around anxiously......worried....erm.......because i round up, and i was 118.5! i take it that you wont let me off 1.5 bhp

Matt

MattyB

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15th Oct 03 at 10:07

quote:
Originally posted by vibrio

quote:
Originally posted by MattyB
Some of you may already know, but couple of weeks back i bought myself a new motor........No not a vaux, but a 1996 (P1) 306 D Turbo S. Here are some spec's:

BHP: 118

Torque = Approx. 175lb/tq

0-60 = 8.8 sec

50-70 = 5.1 sec

Top Speed = 125mph (on the clocks with more to go!)

MPG = 40-45 urban. 50-60 on a run easily

Insurance grp 5! (only costing me £10 a month more than my 1.2 8v)

(and its got the usual, leccy sunroof, windows, mirrors, sport interior, CD changer, metallic pearle paint, front foggies etc all as standard). Although mine was a limited edition run of 400 in the UK, i think the normal D Turbo had alot of goodies too!)

its quite a car for a diesel! I took it up to a diesel tuning specialist in Ashbourne last week, and he adjusted the fueling for me, taking the power from 92bhp (std), up to around 118. Its now running about 18PSi boost, and a collins dump valve as well (which i have to say sounds Lush)

Even before the tune it was pretty rapid, but now its mental. In the wet it wants to spin in 1st, 2nd and 3rd when the blower kicks in! Where the car really excels is acceleration between 50->100mph.......as the torque is just mental. I've shown up quite a few corsa's already, even a little grey GSi who thought he'd cut me up on the M25 yesterday oh well.

I also had the pleasure of fitting a Piper slashcut oval back box to it at the weekend, which not only fitted perfectly and was of excellent build quality, but also sounds and looks the part, without being OTT. Highly recommend them to all u corsa boys lookin for a decent zaust. (loadsa different designs to choose, and all custom made, but takin out 2/3 days delivery).

Ok ok ok, i know its a diesel, but i had no other choice when i came to buyin a car, coz of the high miles i now travel to work. However, its pleasantly suprized me, being a hell of alot more comfy than the corsa and handles 10 times as good (Even comparing the std pug to mine when it was lowered 40mm on full kit, strut braces front and rear and WIDE 15"s), the pug wud run rings round it.

will post pics once i've cleaned the thing!

Matt

read my sig