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Blazer
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18th Feb 04 at 19:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i was coming down the M5 on my way back from Catterick North yorkshire, went to get some petrol and i said to my bro lets test my cars 0-60mph time, it did it in 12 secs which i thought was pretty good has it wasnt the best of starts and the back seats where full of my gear and i had a full tank, was in my car last nite with my mate and we timed it did it in a wicked time of 9.5secs, now i think thats brill has all its had done is a cat-back mongoose system and a KnN filter, ok the engine has been nicely worn in with just over 100k on the clock, but if that blows on my its just a excuse to get my 2.0L
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18th Feb 04 at 19:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

1.4 8v and 0-60 of 9.5 secs I think not...

you only have about 60 bhp... Was it down a steep hill.

I have 81 bhp and wouldn't even get close to that
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Sniff Sniff......
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adam-d`s corsa same engine with scorpion group a full cat back system 2.25" bore and a green replacement element with modded airbox cant do it in sub 12 seconds. dunno how the hell you managed to get 9.5. you must have timed it wrong lol
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belive it or not mate it was timed, ok it was'nt with any proper gear, it was just my stop watch and this was on a flat ring road.
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^^ yup i was there erm driving
i wish my 1.4 spi could do sub 10 second o-60
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1.4 8v Mpi does it in 11.5 sec-ish.... so a spi would neva be that quick unless it had a few decent engine mods!!!!

and using ur stopwatch and ur speedo aint all that accurate!

13-15 secs for a spi i recon!

[Edited on 18-02-2004 by B19 GAV]


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it will do soon though
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well my car keeps up with my mates gsi up to about 55mph, and it beats my mates corsa c sxi no probs.
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc D
it will do soon though


aye it will
8.5 ish if im right
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quote:
Originally posted by B19 GAV
1.4 8v Mpi does it in 11.5 sec-ish.... so a spi would neva be that quick unless it had a few decent engine mods!!!!

and using ur stopwatch and ur speedo aint all that accurate!

13-15 secs for a spi i recon!

[Edited on 18-02-2004 by B19 GAV]



me and my bro did about 9 runs standing start with a stpwatch and got the avarege and that came out at 12.5
witch is still good going for a spi
but saying that i have half of an interior
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18th Feb 04 at 19:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

how the fuck does ur 1.4 8v spi keep up with a gsi i dont know..... u mate must be a shite driver

[Edited on 18-02-2004 by B19 GAV]


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ok also forgot to mention i fitted one of those pipercross ecotek filters to the pipe which comes outta the engine and goes to the manifold, and that has made my car alot more response.
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quote:
Originally posted by Blazer
well my car keeps up with my mates gsi up to about 55mph, and it beats my mates corsa c sxi no probs.


your 1.4 spi 8v engine keeps up with a gsi to 55 mph
ok
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you sure yours isnt a gls which is mpi?
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18th Feb 04 at 19:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

1.4 8v matey!

i wished my car would do 0-60 in 12 ish seconds..... ad that a 82 bhp sri


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A) You sure its not a MPi (82 bhp)

B) if it is a SPi, either some people are really shite drivers, or your only talking about beating your mates sxi up to like 35 mph.

Thing is, because your car is 8v, the power is imediate as you put your foot down - i.e. at 1k rpm you floor it and it'll pull hard - this gives the impression that it's really nippy. Fine for racing off of lights for a couple of seconds.

However, because of this you car lacks top end power, and as soon as the Sxi or Gsi get into their power band in 2nd or even 3rd gear - you will be left behind.
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quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
Sniff Sniff......


agree....


if u have manage to mod a 1.4 8v spi to do under 10 sec and keep up with a gsi then up to ya....
but i really dealt it matey!


bring ya car to santo pod in june and lets see!
1/4 mile in 13 secs i recon


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look alright the reason i wrote this post because i found it pretty amazing myself that my car did it in that time, one of my other mates has a 8v sri with 17's and mine beats his.
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
A) You sure its not a MPi (82 bhp)

B) if it is a SPi, either some people are really shite drivers, or your only talking about beating your mates sxi up to like 35 mph.

Thing is, because your car is 8v, the power is imediate as you put your foot down - i.e. at 1k rpm you floor it and it'll pull hard - this gives the impression that it's really nippy. Fine for racing off of lights for a couple of seconds.

However, because of this you car lacks top end power, and as soon as the Sxi or Gsi get into their power band in 2nd or even 3rd gear - you will be left behind.



dont u just luv this guys explaination of things.....





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it stinks of bullshit in here
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is your car a gls? therefore mpi? 85bhp?
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quote:
Originally posted by B19 GAV
dont u just luv this guys explaination of things.....



Ermm... No

Seriously though, we've all timed our cars before on watches - several problems include inacurate speedo's etc, but more importantly is usually the person will start the timer just after moving and just before hitting 60... which can be a sec or two out ...

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no its a spi
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aint gonna happen matey!!!!

soz....


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