Dan H
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been havin a lil talk with a lad i kno, was just wondering, what is the max bhp you can get out of a c20let with mega money thrown in, im lookin into doin it and he reckons that 350bhp is the max ya can get out of a c20let
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Jakey
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Nic's pushing 500+ now i think.
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fazza
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guys over in south africa have got over 1000bhp out of the c20let.
the limit doesnt seem to have been set yet.
However, how deep are your pockets
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sand-eel
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you can get lots more than 350bhp, nic barnes off here has 500bhp there is a nova on youtube with over 600bhp in the US people are getting 1000bhp with basically the same engine.
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Nick-S
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theres loads with 350+ 
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Dan H
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cheers lads, this lad im talkin too reckons i wont be able to keep up with a 400bhp scoob lol, what do ya's reckon? i mean the scoob will beat me off the line, but that will probs be about it lol
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bartstart
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my mate should be looking at 800bhp in his
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fazza
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I hope i get to 350 bhp by the end of summer
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Jakey
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Daz1985 is just under 300bhp iirc, thats beats a fair few scoobys
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fazza
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Im aiming for 350 by end of summer, and plan on beating my mate in his evo 7 which is pushing 376bhp
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Whittie
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quote:
Originally posted by fazza
Im aiming for 350 by end of summer, and plan on beating my mate in his evo 7 which is pushing 376bhp
Good luck catching him off the line / round corners
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Nic Barnes
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you have to think of the huge differences there are between having loads of bhp in fwd car and having enough to make it actually useful to drive. power is nothing without grip.
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Benkid
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quote:
Originally posted by --DannyH2k9--
cheers lads, this lad im talkin too reckons i wont be able to keep up with a 400bhp scoob lol, what do ya's reckon? i mean the scoob will beat me off the line, but that will probs be about it lol
Power to weight ratio my son, power to weight
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Dan H
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quote:
Originally posted by Benkid
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Originally posted by --DannyH2k9--
cheers lads, this lad im talkin too reckons i wont be able to keep up with a 400bhp scoob lol, what do ya's reckon? i mean the scoob will beat me off the line, but that will probs be about it lol
Power to weight ratio my son, power to weight
yeah thats what i was thinkin, a corsa will wieght quite alot less than a scoob lol, power with alot of weight aint gunna move that much
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SR91
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quote:
Originally posted by --DannyH2k9--
cheers lads, this lad im talkin too reckons i wont be able to keep up with a 400bhp scoob lol, what do ya's reckon? i mean the scoob will beat me off the line, but that will probs be about it lol
You say it like you got one
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craig_s
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
you have to think of the huge differences there are between having loads of bhp in fwd car and having enough to make it actually useful to drive. power is nothing without grip.
as nic says i'm only on 270bhp and i'm struggling for grip,i'd be looking at things like an equal length shaft setup,lsd and a good set of tyres.
mine will see most things off,beaten evo's,scooby's,rx-7's and a lot of others but it would do a lot better with more grip.
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SR91
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quote:
Originally posted by craig_s
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
you have to think of the huge differences there are between having loads of bhp in fwd car and having enough to make it actually useful to drive. power is nothing without grip.
as nic says i'm only on 270bhp and i'm struggling for grip,i'd be looking at things like an equal length shaft setup,lsd and a good set of tyres.
mine will see most things off,beaten evo's,scooby's,rx-7's and a lot of others but it would do a lot better with more grip.
Put some bricks in the boot 
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andyc1234
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how would that help the front grip it would make it worse you nana
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craig_s
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sand-eel
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sampayne21
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
you have to think of the huge differences there are between having loads of bhp in fwd car and having enough to make it actually useful to drive. power is nothing without grip.
im having this problem
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Stu
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As everyone has said, grip is your biggest problem in a FWD, in theory the dynamics are all wrong! First of all the power is going through your steering wheels and then as you accelerate the weight is shifted backwards so the front goes light and you spin even more! 
Once your moving raw power makes up for any weight disadvantage anyway!
The big thing for LET Corsa's seems to be the in gear times though which in the "real world" is more important than launches or quarter miles! Depends what the car is for I guess?
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Jambo
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/\ exactly what he said.
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mwg
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fucking bricks in the boot
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barter
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nova was 206bhp standard let on 8psi and if you planted your foot you could just keep spining its all about how you drive them.off the mark alot pulled off in front but allways ended up going past.i cant see big power lets having problems with scoobs.the lil nova never had a problem with any of them.and theres a fair few in essex.
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