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Author I've just been in and drove a turbo'ed car for the first time
Siberia
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   29th Sep 04 at 19:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

mate just let me drive his mk 4 golf gti 1.8 tubby with superchip.

he just showed me the dyno graphs... 192BHP according to them.

right fast, torquey, great handling, smooth BUT BUT BUT!!!

its just not raw enough..... like im doing 110 down the motorway which is the fastest ive ever driven and it just felt like sitting at home in an arm chair i only slowed down incase there was coppers around.

maybe i should have switched the ASR thingy off

just didn't feel agressive enough.....
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29th Sep 04 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

thats because its a lardy arse golf
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i agree it doesnt feel dangerous theres no edge to it
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That's probably because you expected more than you got.
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your proabaly right jimmy... starting to think this 1.6 corsa project will be a bit of a dissapointment

although having said that i suppose a corsa will always feel like a tin shed... i hope anyways.
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yes cars like these dont wine at 90mph , i can be in 3rd at 100+ and not relise it.
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
yes cars like these dont wine at 90mph , i can be in 3rd at 100+ and not relise it.



if i do 100mph i get head ache
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aye, mine gets loud over 7,500rpm. so dont like taking it higher
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mines not that quiet neither but thats the way i like it.
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quote:
Originally posted by matt h
quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
yes cars like these dont wine at 90mph , i can be in 3rd at 100+ and not relise it.



if i do 100mph i get head ache


i think its something like yours i need....either that of something RWD with no traction controll.........
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It varys a lot from car to car, 100mph in my old r5 turbo(mostly standard apart from full scorpian exhaust) seemed a hell of a lot faster then 100 in my gt4, although 150 in the celica, seems fucking fast, sometimes i think i am gonna take off!!
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29th Sep 04 at 20:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

he got 42bhp from a chip on a AGU engine
Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
he got 42bhp from a chip on a AGU engine


thats wot the dyno said how much of that is usable i dunno..... i'm just quoting what i seen.
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
yes cars like these dont wine at 90mph , i can be in 3rd at 100+ and not relise it.


I too have this quandry sometimes...
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
your proabaly right jimmy... starting to think this 1.6 corsa project will be a bit of a dissapointment

although having said that i suppose a corsa will always feel like a tin shed... i hope anyways.


no you wont i drive my dads cars evrynow and then and they are fast and feel fast. ok not the fastest cars on the road, but a 4.2 e-type jag with 270bhp, and a 911 carrera 89model with hayward and scott eshaust and RUF chip, and then i get in my corsa and even tho its only 140bhp from a 1.6 it still feels quick as its a small car and end of the day its only a corsa,, even my dad says its nippy for what it is.
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
he got 42bhp from a chip on a AGU engine


42hp with a superchip sounds doggy. jabba get 192-230 depending on year
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but jabbas is a proper map isnt it, superchips is plag in and play, thats why im disputing the figure
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the golf isnt exactly an exiting car..... try a small turbo'd hatch.....

Punto just spins wheels all over the place.......
The skyline feels dull
The supra was just rude
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even with revo you'd still expect 190hp
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
the golf isnt exactly an exiting car..... try a small turbo'd hatch.....

Punto just spins wheels all over the place.......
The skyline feels dull
The supra was just rude


i havta fit some lowering springs into a starlet GT tommorrow night for a fella... think i might try a bum a go of it.......

[Edited on 29-09-2004 by Siberia]
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
he got 42bhp from a chip on a AGU engine


thang is james, theres two versions of the 1.8t. 150braker and 180 braker..
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do both have LSD and traction controll? this one has both and it looks lowered too and i know he didnt lower it.

its a 4 door though
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
he got 42bhp from a chip on a AGU engine


thang is james, theres two versions of the 1.8t. 150braker and 180 braker..


i was going on the basis of it being a 150bhp gti, as i wouldnt think his mate would brag about 12bhp
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the only way of telling is the v5 doc, or dialogue print out from a dealer
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
do both have LSD and traction controll? this one has both and it looks lowered too and i know he didnt lower it.

its a 4 door though


have ESP but no LSD a as standard, might have ADL which isnt a LSD but acts like one in a way

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