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Limecat
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14th Jul 10 at 21:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Twitch, bringing other cars into it is not going to help the poor information being posted on this thread.

You could have 2 almost-identical Corsa's, both with LET's, exactly the same power output, the same size/brand of tyres, the same gearing but the only difference is that one has standard ride-height whilst the other is lowered substantially.

One WILL be faster than the other purely due to the ride height.
lostboy
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14th Jul 10 at 22:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Lowered and stiffened or just lowered?
Jambo
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thats due to the drag ce! Skinnier the tyres the faster it will go
lostboy
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
thats due to the drag ce! Skinnier the tyres the faster it will go


Skinnier tyres = less rolling resistance.
Limecat
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quote:
Originally posted by lostboy
Lowered and stiffened or just lowered?


Not arsed either way. Do both, doesn't matter!

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
thats due to the drag ce! Skinnier the tyres the faster it will go


I said exactly the same tyres but you are on the right lines.
Twitch
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quote:
Originally posted by LETGSI16V
Twitch, bringing other cars into it is not going to help the poor information being posted on this thread.

You could have 2 almost-identical Corsa's, both with LET's, exactly the same power output, the same size/brand of tyres, the same gearing but the only difference is that one has standard ride-height whilst the other is lowered substantially.

One WILL be faster than the other purely due to the ride height.


All i ment was that a hevier car with less power could achive similar speeds
Limecat
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quote:
Originally posted by Twitch
quote:
Originally posted by LETGSI16V
Twitch, bringing other cars into it is not going to help the poor information being posted on this thread.

You could have 2 almost-identical Corsa's, both with LET's, exactly the same power output, the same size/brand of tyres, the same gearing but the only difference is that one has standard ride-height whilst the other is lowered substantially.

One WILL be faster than the other purely due to the ride height.


All i ment was that a hevier car with less power could achive similar speeds


A heavier car can have the identical gearing and power output as another car and do exactly the same top speed.

It would take longer to get there but if the CoD, gearing, power are the same it will do the same top speed.

Weight has nothing to do with top speed.
lostboy
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14th Jul 10 at 22:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Unless I'm in the car.
Limecat
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quote:
Originally posted by lostboy
Unless I'm in the car.


You could be in either, as above, weight has nothing to do with top speed.

If you were put in either car your weight would give a tiny fucking reduction in top speed, not because of the fact you a are a pie munching Geordie bastard but because the car would sit lower.

(I am not going to over complicate with rake angles etc!)

Come on chief, think about it. I have put the bloody clues there...
lostboy
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14th Jul 10 at 22:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Unless I was in the car going down a big hill.

Fuck it just roll me down a big hill, I'll go faster than any car.
Limecat
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Go on Andy, imagine 2 IDENTICAL cars from a front profile, one lowered, one not. Why would one go faster than the other?

I know you are capable of the answer chief, tossers like Daimo would google and spend 3 days talking shit as usual but it is in there fella. You know the answer, think.
lostboy
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14th Jul 10 at 23:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
One would have a higher Coefficient of drag due to the added frontal profile.
Limecat
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Originally posted by lostboy
One would have a higher Coefficient of drag due to the added frontal profile.


Ding dong, we have a winner.

Daimo wouldn't know that as he couldn't wipe his own arse without instructions on the Internet, after trying to scam bog-rolls out of people.
lostboy
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Daimo sold an Astra VXR for 6.5k, shows what he knows
Limecat
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Daimo sold an Astra VXR for 6.5k, shows what he knows


No, he sold his Mrs VXR for £6.5k and posts on forums as if he knows cars, shows how much he knows.

The guy is a fucking idiot who helped to scam money out of people.
lostboy
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Helped to scam money out of people?

Did you know his missus also had a 161 BHP C16XE, 161 BHP from an inlet and exhaust I love that, really do love that.
Limecat
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Originally posted by lostboy
Helped to scam money out of people?

Did you know his missus also had a 161 BHP C16XE, 161 BHP from an inlet and exhaust I love that, really do love that.


Yes, he admitted it last week.

PVD were going bump and he was the daft cunt saying 'No, they are Ok, I am shagging their accountant!' He kept banging their drum when anyone with an IQ over single figures would have STFU! Thankfully I didn't believe the shit he posted then, just as I don't now. The guy is a twat.

His whole 'high comp pistons don't make power' just shows how fucking stupid and uneducated he is. Hey, what do I know? I'm only a fully qualified Engineer with a strong understanding of a 4 stroke engine?
lostboy
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I didn't know about that

Even my mates girlfriend who has zero interest in cars knows high comp pistons make a difference
corb
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me and fad pulled about 160 in mine once having a tussle with an r33 skyline gtr. i think daimo and lee mitchell were there, somewhere in our dust!
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All Daimo said about my car is true...
and the fact about Stack is that if you calibrate it correctly, its a pretty realistic read.

Also true is
that is scary as hell to drive it at that speeds...
too damn high and small of a car.

But in my experience is perfectly possible to take a bit more out of it.

At that speed, my stack was showing 2 kms (1.2 mile) grow in about every 1 sec...
the only thing I needed was open road, good grip on the steering and some luck in nothing going wrong
but I did not had the faith to continue and never tried it since.




[Edited on 19-01-2011 by Akeemking]
N3CRO
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I WONT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF IT BREAKS OUT OF MY SIGHT YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!

Great selling point tbh. More likely gonna put ppls off.
Mieran
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quote:
Originally posted by TheNobleOne
I WONT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF IT BREAKS OUT OF MY SIGHT YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!

Great selling point tbh. More likely gonna put ppls off.


My Corsa XE was 100% reliable and NEVER went wrong, lad that bought it fucked it the first day and was questioning weather there was something I wasn't telling him, same happened when I sold the Nova!

[Edited on 17-01-2011 by Mieran]
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quote:
Originally posted by MarkSport
THIS IS A DANGEROUS CAR FOR UNEXPERIENCED DRIVERS



Well it is with 300bhp
Nobody seems to handle 1.2's these days.
sand-eel
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Why is limecat and lostboy banned?
Liam_GSI
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i think 170mph is possible ... with what gearbox and hosepower is to be debated.

got a lil somehing which will help with some of the BS in this thread:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l195/vle41m/2VauxhallGearboxRatios.gif
gearbox ratios of many of the boxes in question

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