CORSA NUT
Member
Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
User status: Offline
|
Now i know these are meant to be slow..or maybe they are quick just not as quick as scooby's etc but is this due to the Tiptronic box and the automatic ones or are the manuel ones better??? 
Went to look at at manuel mivec today but never got to drive it 
|
Robbo
Member
Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
User status: Offline
|
the autos are slowish i understand, ask jizzy or look on the fto register site mate
|
JadeM
Premium Member
Registered: 9th Feb 06
User status: Offline
|
Manual ones are rare I think
Best to ask Rustyarches or Krusty 
|
rustyarchs
Member
Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: scotland
User status: Offline
|
tips change gear faster then a manual according to mitsubishi but there 0-60 and quartermile times are slower due to not being able to hold any revs at a standing start however there is only something like 0.2 secs in it
heres a bit about the auto boxs in them-A large proportion of the cars came with Mitsubishi's INVECS II7 Tiptronic gearbox which was licensed from Porsche. This gearbox has two settings; a normal full automatic mode and a manual Tiptronic mode, achieved by flicking the gearstick sideways in its gate. When in Tiptronic mode, the driver needs only to push the gearstick backwards or forwards and this will change up or down through the gears with only a small delay. This gearbox received huge amounts of praise when it was released; when driven in 'tip' mode the car actually starts to 'learn'. The INVECS gearbox contains a Neural Network which works in a similar way to a human brain; information on the driver's shift points and driving style is fed into a learning control circuit. This then enables the car to select the optimum gear for the driver when he is using it in fully automatic mode.
manual ones aint rare anymore they were a good few years ago
be warned these cars dont feel fast,they have a very smooth v6 engine that is classed as dull by some
|
rustyarchs
Member
Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: scotland
User status: Offline
|
ohh btw the uk quarter mile time for a fto has been betterd its now 12.440 which aint bad for a car that still has air conditioning,electric mirrors and all the normal toys,, however he did take out his rear seats and was running a 100 shot of nos
he set the time with his old auto gearbox and has now got hold of a manual so expects his times now to be in the 11s 
|
JadeM
Premium Member
Registered: 9th Feb 06
User status: Offline
|
Nice Red one passed me today
There nice motors & wont be disappointed with one!!
|
CORSA NUT
Member
Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
User status: Offline
|
Bugger
I don't know what the hell to get! They look awsome but i need somthing that puts a smile on my face not somthing that's just......Nice.....
Think it's MR2 Turbo for me.
Cheers for that Guys Rusty
|
rustyarchs
Member
Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: scotland
User status: Offline
|
no probs buddy
btw go give it a test drive as its fun reving to 8-0 thou rpm 
|
Toby
Premium Member
Registered: 29th Nov 05
User status: Offline
|
dont know how they drive but from what ive heard look like they should chase porsches but only keep up with the likes of say a mondeo
|
Corsa_16v_man
Member
Registered: 10th Apr 06
User status: Offline
|
these are quite quick cars redline at 9k+ mate has a jap import, does stupid speeds in each gear think we was doing 140 in 4th before we even shifted in to 5th (had more to go in 4th)... but don't seem all that quick on the old start but his is on 18's
[Edited on 17-04-2006 by Corsa_16v_man]
|
rustyarchs
Member
Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: scotland
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by CorsaB4ever
dont know how they drive but from what ive heard look like they should chase porsches but only keep up with the likes of say a mondeo
not really clever commenting on something you know nothing about then is it
however it is a flatering comment saying they look up to porsche standards 
|
Eck
Premium Member
Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by CorsaB4ever
dont know how they drive but from what ive heard look like they should chase porsches but only keep up with the likes of say a mondeo
been reading max power have you 
|
JadeM
Premium Member
Registered: 9th Feb 06
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
quote:
Originally posted by CorsaB4ever
dont know how they drive but from what ive heard look like they should chase porsches but only keep up with the likes of say a mondeo
been reading max power have you
Sounds like a clarkson comment
|
rustyarchs
Member
Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: scotland
User status: Offline
|
na it was evo mag,, i think they expected another mitsi evo tbh
|
