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12th Mar 03 at 14:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

If you start tonight, will you be finished by this time tomorrow to post the results to the nearest minute? just kiddin
Ojc
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Wicked

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er... I just did it on my watch's stop watch on the way back from college, 50-80 took 9.85 seconds...

To be fair coz of the close ratio gear box 50 mph in 4th = 3.1k RPM hehe...

Not bad for a 1.2 16v SXI tho... (note my times are approx since I found it slightly hard driving, looking at speedo, looking at stopwatch and sync'ing them EXACT!)

hehe

50-70 was well fast, then it creeped to 80

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12th Mar 03 at 14:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I'll try it tonight too , will post later with result
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do you go at a steady speed of 50, then start timer and accelerate to 80,

or do you go from say 40, accelerating hard, then when u hit 50 , then start the timer ?
Ojc
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50-80mph in 4th and you believe that you done it in 9.35 in your SXi?

Intresting to see what the 1.6 16v and 1.4 16v owners will get, but I thought my in gear times would be a hell of a lot faster than N/A cars.
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Get to 50mph hold the speed and floor it until you get to 80 and stop the clock.
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oh shit... about 30minutes then
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Just for you ollie i went out at lunchtime and found the flattest piece of dual carriage way i mean track that i could

50-80 in 4th

RUN 1 = 9.3
RUN 2 = 9.0
RUN 3 = 9.1

at 50mph in 4th my revs are only @ 2200 though

did some 30-70 through the gears as well

RUN 1 = 6.5
RUN 2 = 6.7
RUN 3 = 6.3

30-120 was bloody quick but i was fighting to keep the car on the track due to the high winds so didnt get time properly

[Edited on 12-03-2003 by SetH]
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That sounds more like it SetH, I will do a 30-70 test tonight. What gear were you in?
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Rolling in 2nd @ 30 mph, boot it then changed up at 62 and onwards to 70. Gearbox doesnt like be rushed though

another good test would be a 0-100, lol might go back to the *Ahem* track and try it

I think we should have some of the 2.0 corsa times, will be interesting
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30-70 in seconds, another good place for my GT, loads of torque

0-100 is a bit harder to do as people can cheat.
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6.0 seconds according to a vid of my speedo that i have on my pc.
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12th Mar 03 at 14:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

im gonna have to try this tonight, but finding a flat straight road long enough aint exactly easy over here, nevermind trying to time it aswell
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If you got a Nokia then use the stopwatch on your phone.
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i can hardly get to 80 lol thats 1.2 8vs for ya........
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quote:

do you go at a steady speed of 50, then start timer and accelerate to 80,



I held it steady then floored it at same time as starting the timer...

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50-80mph in 4th and you believe that you done it in 9.35 in your SXi?


well firstly I said 9.85 - thats closer to 10 than what you said which was closer to 9...

secondly, I'm sure a lot of the bigger engine'd cars will have quite slow times for the fact they're geared so they are sitting at like 2.2k RPM in 4th...

if I try to pull away at 2k RPM It takes me about 15 seconds just to get the needle to 3k RPM!!! - its at 3.5K RPM it really rockets away...

and since its at 3.1K as I start the timer - it's pretty nippy in comparision to some others...

Was 8 seconds the best you can do? I would of thought a GT Turbo could do better...

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I'll give it a go if I can find a stop watch. my phones cr@p (original 3210 whilst my 8310 is in shop!)
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He can't drive.... what the fuck are you doing in 4th @ 50mph??? thats 2nd/3rd terority
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shut it rob and go back to eating babies
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quote:
He can't drive.... what the [spang!] are you doing in 4th @ 50mph??? thats 2nd/3rd terority



thats exactly it... in my car 4th gear is in the power at 50... Thats why my Sxi is looking to be 'faster' than it should be here...

my 3rd gear doesn't even go to 80 hehe...

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12th Mar 03 at 16:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i aint got a stop watch on my piece of shite

think it'll have to be a case of.. 1 missippi 2 missippi 3....
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Just test it, I did'nt ask for a debate about it.
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ollie i luv u, now i want to marry u cos u got 8 seconds
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Get to fcuk, if you ever turn up to a meet i'm gonna beat your lips off.

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