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Jas

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25th Nov 07 at 11:28

id rather LET it than spend all that on a valver!

Graham88

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25th Nov 07 at 13:53

quote:
Originally posted by Jas
id rather LET it than spend all that on a valver!

As PICK4D told me though, a LET off the lights, you won't get any speed up until 4th gear. That's about 100mph or so, people who race will have backed off by then

XE is far more reliable it seems too.

FruitBooTeR

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25th Nov 07 at 14:17

Plus insurance is going to be alot lot more on an LET and also finding the actual engine may also be harder / more expensive.

k e l

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25th Nov 07 at 14:55

there a bugger to drive in the wet mine spinnes up in 6th in wet when it comes on boost. usles racing stuff when wet but still lots of fun

Jas

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25th Nov 07 at 15:52

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88

quote:
Originally posted by Jas
id rather LET it than spend all that on a valver!

As PICK4D told me though, a LET off the lights, you won't get any speed up until 4th gear. That's about 100mph or so, people who race will have backed off by then

XE is far more reliable it seems too.

then why are XE'S getting 15's 1/4 mile and LETS getting 13's?

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25th Nov 07 at 16:47

because after 1st and mid way through 2nd, power takes over traction ?

Jambo

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25th Nov 07 at 16:57

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88

As PICK4D told me though, a LET off the lights, you won't get any speed up until 4th gear. That's about 100mph or so, people who race will have backed off by then

What a load of old bollox.

No traction till 4th PMSL

Love the way people who dont own/drive/driven one make shit up about them

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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25th Nov 07 at 17:13

i remember racing S8000ST on 1/4 in my 106 gti, it was neck and neck until halfway then he started to pull away

Chris C

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25th Nov 07 at 17:48

love these thread lol

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25th Nov 07 at 17:57

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
i remember racing S8000ST on 1/4 in my 106 gti, it was neck and neck until halfway then he started to pull away

a big kitted car on 18's yes

ideal drag car then

ScottBeck

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25th Nov 07 at 18:12

quote:
Originally posted by jr

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
i remember racing S8000ST on 1/4 in my 106 gti, it was neck and neck until halfway then he started to pull away

a big kitted car on 18's yes

ideal drag car then

loving this thread too

chris has fond memories of his corsa and a 106 gti

Graham88

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25th Nov 07 at 18:12

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo

What a load of old bollox.

No traction till 4th PMSL

Love the way people who dont own/drive/driven one make shit up about them

I meant you won't start catching up till 4th, my bad

However I'm sure the last time I looked, Rich had a Corsa LET so he does own one

Steve

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25th Nov 07 at 18:27

quote:
Originally posted by jr

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
i remember racing S8000ST on 1/4 in my 106 gti, it was neck and neck until halfway then he started to pull away

a big kitted car on 18's yes

ideal drag car then

it had 18's but no big kit bback in them days

Jambo

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25th Nov 07 at 18:28

why oh why did he have to ruin it and paint the wheels luminous orange

Steve

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25th Nov 07 at 18:29

yes it looks fucking awful now, was one of my faves

Jambo

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25th Nov 07 at 19:46

tbh steve awfull is too much of a kind word. Its fucking repugnant

Nic Barnes

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25th Nov 07 at 19:48

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88

quote:
Originally posted by Jas
id rather LET it than spend all that on a valver!

As PICK4D told me though, a LET off the lights, you won't get any speed up until 4th gear. That's about 100mph or so, people who race will have backed off by then

XE is far more reliable it seems too.

yeah, its not like a let corsa can get to 100 in 8 and a half seconds is it. no. xe off the lights any day.........

Graham88

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26th Nov 07 at 14:29

Oh behave. It's fairly common knowledge that turbo power through FWD is gonna have shit traction off the lights.

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26th Nov 07 at 16:07

traction is shit in any car if you dont address it.

A FWD 300bhp Corsa B can have good traction. Right suspension, diff, tyres.

It's going to be hopeless on a set of chav spec GMAX dampers, 6" wide nankangs and std F20 open diff.

My last version of my corsa had no major problems with traction... it spun a bit launching at 5k rpm... but soon gripped.

210bhp, 190lbft

two 1/4mile vids

http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/corsa/CRAIL_corsa1.avi

http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/corsa/CRAIL_corsa2.avi

cunningham

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26th Nov 07 at 16:09

i want another xe corsa lol

Jambo

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26th Nov 07 at 16:19

I had good tyres but crap suspension (cheap bilstiens) and an f20. Mine didnt suffer with much traction loss, 2nd could be lethal but learnt how to ease the power in!

what suspension did u run ak?

Daimo B

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26th Nov 07 at 16:21

quote:
Originally posted by corsa1999

quote:
Originally posted by mav
They are if you are coming from a 1.2 / 1.4...but a 0-60 of 7 secs is not to be laughed at is it?

honestly this place does my head in.....

to be fair, 0-60 in 7 secs isn't really worth the conversion price, a Saxo VTS does it in 7.7secs. Even the LET conversion in 6 - 6.5 secs, a FWD drive corsa with an XE or LET engine is going to struggle for traction off the line

You want fast 0-60 then go Jap and turbo.

Say that to the Skyline owner owned by a Nova at Coombe.

Vidds on google....

0-60 is no way to find a cars performance.

XE corsas are FUN, but not fast. Not even my bike is fast, but would oblitorate my XE corsa (esp at the moment). Mind you, I wouldn't call the Astra "fast" either. Corsa and the Astra fall into a "nippy" category for me

Daimo B

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26th Nov 07 at 16:24

quote:
Originally posted by corsa1999

OK, then all FWD cars. I was just talking about corsas. This does not mean that I was excluding all FWD cars.

I know of a few Corsas and Novas that made 60mph in under 5 seconds on datron gear...

OK they have TB, or turbos, but the simple fact is, they do. You expect an MR2 to be fast (but usually find they arn't, as we never got Turbos in the UK, only the imports, so usually expect a 2.0 16v, which is slow).

Having a pocket rocket and owning some much higher spec faster car brings a smile to your face.

Although that said, being slightly slower, but much comfier, is more appealing and far cooler

Just being the underdog feels good.

Edit, on another note, I cain Donnas LET off the line, but byt the time we're into 2nd, shes already drawing back, and by 3rd, shes gone past and already throwing snotty tissues at me.

[Edited on 26-11-2007 by VXR]

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26th Nov 07 at 16:24

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
I had good tyres but crap suspension (cheap bilstiens) and an f20. Mine didnt suffer with much traction loss, 2nd could be lethal but learnt how to ease the power in!

what suspension did u run ak?

avo coilovers iirc

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26th Nov 07 at 16:29

my susp was crap, but the tyres and diff did wonders

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