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Andy

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25th Feb 04 at 17:14

Yes, your speedo is 100% accurate; you can reach 130mph in a standard GSi, the Earth is flat and the moon is made of green cheese.

Look forward to meeting you someday and showing what 220bhp in Corsa really feels like.

Fad

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25th Feb 04 at 17:17

you should charge Andy you'll make a mint

hmm i wanna feel 220bhp

bubble

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25th Feb 04 at 17:21

i work for vaux and i know how the systems work. if it says 130 etc, its doin that.if your theory about inertia is so good, that must mean that by gravitational law if your goin down a hill doin 130, then are u really doin 140?

Greg_M

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25th Feb 04 at 17:23

gravitational force has nothing to do with going down hil. just take your car to rwyb and you will see, have you been?

Greg_M

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25th Feb 04 at 17:24

well it does a little

bubble

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25th Feb 04 at 17:29

im going to try it work. we have a machine on mot tester that the driven wheels go on. this tells you engine speed and vehicle speed. i promise ill do it fair and ill take photos on monday and post them. i cant c how something in a sealed unit can be affected by what andy says

Andy

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25th Feb 04 at 17:30

Corsabubble - rather than us argue here, I do honestly recommend that you get your car up the strip or on a timed track this summer. I ran in the Corsa vs Saxo day and was genuinely surprised to get just 134.4mph with the engine spec I have. This was Datron GPS timed BTW; considered to be the most accurate of the lot.

Fads - you're more than welcome and I won't charge. Just let me know if you're ever heading up north

bubble

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25th Feb 04 at 17:31

quote:
Originally posted by corsabubble
im going to try it work. we have a machine on mot tester that the driven wheels go on. this tells you engine speed and vehicle speed. i promise ill do it fair and ill take photos on monday and post them. i cant c how something in a sealed unit can be affected by what andy says

ill do the above-after 4 pages of arguin you'll prob b right

Andy

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25th Feb 04 at 17:33

quote:
Originally posted by corsabubble
i cant c how something in a sealed unit can be affected by what andy says

Gearbox drives the wheels - if the rotational circumference of the wheel is out (for example if you fit larger or smaller wheel tyre combos than standard), the speedo will indicate lower/higher speeds respectively than the manufacturer's spec. Not saying this applies to you - just an example

bubble

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25th Feb 04 at 17:38

oh yeah understand that, but with 15s on that on standard its a bit odd. anyhoo we'll c monday

mwg

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25th Feb 04 at 19:01

quote:
Originally posted by FLYING CORSA

quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
yes, 120mph minus 10% = 108.

your actual speed woud have been 108-115max

[Edited on 18-02-2004 by Greg12v]

like i said it was DOWN a dual carriage way and it was close to red lining, the car was screaming its nutz off and i am pretty dam sure the car was at its max........why do so many posts have to turn into a feckin debate about whether or not the person asking the question is correct......just answer the question, if not dont reply at all

i agree with u sir! people dont need to get on their high horse and start putting u down all u asked is wot other people have had out of theirs, not if the speedo is reading wrong! they shouldnt take things so seriously!

I know its not a 1.6 sport but i could only get 102mph out of my old 1.2 8v and that was going downhill!

BabyBlade

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25th Feb 04 at 19:08

got caght doing 93mph down a motorway by a camera and i know my speedo was doing 95mph so mines quite acurate up to that

FLYING CORSA

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26th Feb 04 at 09:36

quote:
Originally posted by corsabubble
yeah and how does that affect a top speed nobed?
a cable that is turnin due to revolutions of a final drive isnt going to change its state just because its goin fast. thats saying when you go faster u arent really. so when a f1 car is doin 200mph, it isnt really? on a corsa b its a cable driven system, if the gearbox final drive assy is spinning at a said speed this is how fast its going-simple. a corsa c uses a hall effect sensor and these are very accurate. so how can u say they are innacurate if its a electronic reading from a hall sensor? u cant. plus at a rolling road there is no resistance throught the drive wheels, so u would get a higher top speed. so take your physics theory and stick em.

im with you mr bubble

FLYING CORSA

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26th Feb 04 at 09:38

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Originally posted by corsa_boy69

i agree with u sir! people dont need to get on their high horse and start putting u down all u asked is wot other people have had out of theirs, not if the speedo is reading wrong! they shouldnt take things so seriously!

I know its not a 1.6 sport but i could only get 102mph out of my old 1.2 8v and that was going downhill!

Ha har! .....someone else that sees my logic ....right on chief

FLYING CORSA

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26th Feb 04 at 09:39

quote:
Originally posted by Andy
Yes, your speedo is 100% accurate; you can reach 130mph in a standard GSi, the Earth is flat and the moon is made of green cheese.

Look forward to meeting you someday and showing what 220bhp in Corsa really feels like.

handbags at 20 paces

Andy

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26th Feb 04 at 10:08

Your post asked what speeds other people were getting out of their 1.6s. Some people merely wanted to answer that question in terms of likely actual speeds, not speedo indicated speeds, which are notoriously unreliable

Greg_M

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26th Feb 04 at 10:34

just shut up and take your car to rwyb

FLYING CORSA

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26th Feb 04 at 16:27

been into blakes today and asked one of the mechanics how accurrate speedos are
........and he said that they are in accurate to a tiny % e.g. if your speedo said 128mph you may actually be doing 130/126mph ...inacurate to 1/2%
.........this is the same from 0mph - 100+

....thats what a vauxhall specialist said anyway!

Greg_M

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26th Feb 04 at 18:41

yep, done some testing with road angel, and even polic issue speed gun. (shhhhhh)

seems that the standard issue wheels are out by a small amount. but the aftermarket wheels are out by quite away

bubble

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26th Feb 04 at 19:34

got a road angel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
did 115mph down bypass-road angel said 116mph!!!!!!!!!!!!

FLYING CORSA

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27th Feb 04 at 10:49

and it only changes the spedo reading if the rolling diametre is more than the original wheels..........and my 15" are exactly the same rolling diametre as the standard ones that come on it

.............so after days of moaning and bitching are certain people happy now to except that my speedo (if inaccurate) would have only been to +/- 1/2mph

.............so to the people that said i was doing only 105mph or 115mph etc

laterz

[Edited on 27-02-2004 by FLYING CORSA]

FLYING CORSA

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27th Feb 04 at 10:52

quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
yes, 120mph minus 10% = 108.

your actual speed woud have been 108-115max

[Edited on 18-02-2004 by Greg12v]

mike16v

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27th Feb 04 at 10:54

this post is still going

Greg_M

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27th Feb 04 at 11:33

quote:
Originally posted by FLYING CORSA

quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
yes, 120mph minus 10% = 108.

your actual speed woud have been 108-115max

[Edited on 18-02-2004 by Greg12v]