gez bay
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i want an astra 888, diesel seems the way foward at the moment.
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CORSA NUT
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My next car will be a diesel without a doubt! No brainer in todays shitty world 
That VRS will SHIFT on the road aye
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antnee
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quote:
Originally posted by Ste Muf
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Originally posted by JM_16v
good car i do love these!
friends got a Ibiza Tdi pd 130 running 250bhp with 400 ftlb awesome cars but i prefer the fabias of the 2
You sound like antnee
Huh?
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Mertin
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Think its cause you mention your mates ibiza /ibozas quite often 
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taylorboosh
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AI think its awesome for a derv
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Warren G
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same, great figures!
almost doubled figures,
your including clutch and flywheel, which yes need to be done but dont made any bhp!
Standard internals
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Ash_EP3
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My mate is thinking about mapping his Fiat Punto 1.9 TDI 130... a quick look online suggests it will give him 50bhp and over 270lbs ft of torque!!! When a diesel is mapped does it provide more smoother power throughout the range instead of one big lump?
[Edited on 21-02-2011 by Ash_EP3]
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pow
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I can find silly mapped diesels get very difficult to drive, I mean with a 6 speed box in mine I find with 120bhp I'm changing gear a lot, let alone with double the power.
I'm not too hot on this huge diesel modding but your car looks amazing xa0s and as long as you are happy 
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mattk
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quote:
Originally posted by Ash_EP3
My mate is thinking about mapping his Fiat Punto 1.9 TDI 130... a quick look online suggests it will give him 50bhp and over 300lbs 270lbs ft of torque!!! When a diesel is mapped does it provide more smoother power throughout the range instead of one big lump?
My Punto makes 188bhp and 316ft/lbs tell him to get to RedDot , they are regarded as the best for the JTD-M`s made my car 100% better to drive, really reccomend it
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stan_the_man
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Do you have a video of it accelerating?
Very impressive figures, really. But i cant get over how these drive when standard. In say a 30mph zone, they feel rapid, but once you get them on a motorway or similar, they soon run out of puff. Ive driven quite a few Golfs, Leons and A3's etc etc and im reeeaaally not impressed. Felt that my 1.6 D series Civic at the time would have beat it! Quite intreagued to see how this Fabia of yours goes!
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xa0s
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This was before the 'final' map with f*cked tyres... Spinning up in 3rd at like 60mph so doesn't really do it justice. It was RR'd at under 190bhp then and it's now 240bhp but it doesn't really make a huge difference to be honest...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_oBO-D7Y7A
EDIT: Oh and the video was to show how bad the 'ASR' traction control system is... It literally cuts the power for ages if it detects any loss in traction... It's ALWAYS turned off now.
[Edited on 22-02-2011 by xa0s]
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antnee
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quote:
Originally posted by Mertin
Think its cause you mention your mates ibiza /ibozas quite often
O well, tdi topics come up often
POW, you need to use the power properly, not just the torque, hybrid jobbies, pull from 2k right to 4.5k, which in 4th gear is well above the national speed limit......
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Mertin
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quote:
Originally posted by Ash_EP3
My mate is thinking about mapping his Fiat Punto 1.9 TDI 130... a quick look online suggests it will give him 50bhp and over 270lbs ft of torque!!! When a diesel is mapped does it provide more smoother power throughout the range instead of one big lump?
[Edited on 21-02-2011 by Ash_EP3]
With a stage 1 remap by ibiza was making 160bhp all the way to 4k so the powers spread across the rev range more now rather than coming in at once and much more useable
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pow
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Originally posted by antnee
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Originally posted by Mertin
Think its cause you mention your mates ibiza /ibozas quite often
O well, tdi topics come up often
POW, you need to use the power properly, not just the torque, hybrid jobbies, pull from 2k right to 4.5k, which in 4th gear is well above the national speed limit......
Still gives you about 4k of 'usable' rev range whereas a petrol gives you 6 or 7. Don't get me wrong, I love diesels but changing gear ALL THE TIME gets boring
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John
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Originally posted by stan_the_man
Do you have a video of it accelerating?
Very impressive figures, really. But i cant get over how these drive when standard. In say a 30mph zone, they feel rapid, but once you get them on a motorway or similar, they soon run out of puff. Ive driven quite a few Golfs, Leons and A3's etc etc and im reeeaaally not impressed. Felt that my 1.6 D series Civic at the time would have beat it! Quite intreagued to see how this Fabia of yours goes!
Diesels are renowned for being good on motorways 
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Nath
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Originally posted by John
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Originally posted by stan_the_man
Do you have a video of it accelerating?
Very impressive figures, really. But i cant get over how these drive when standard. In say a 30mph zone, they feel rapid, but once you get them on a motorway or similar, they soon run out of puff. Ive driven quite a few Golfs, Leons and A3's etc etc and im reeeaaally not impressed. Felt that my 1.6 D series Civic at the time would have beat it! Quite intreagued to see how this Fabia of yours goes!
Diesels are renowned for being good on motorways
When I had my Ibiza Cupra I got raped by a VRS after about 50mph. It literally left me like I wasn't even moving.
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Neo
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Originally posted by pow
Still gives you about 4k of 'usable' rev range whereas a petrol gives you 6 or 7. Don't get me wrong, I love diesels but changing gear ALL THE TIME gets boring
You don't drive it like a petrol though ? I can get into 4th at 30mph and pull well over the nsl without having to change gear, at cruising speed I knock it into 5th and done. Round town I rarely come out of 4th
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adiohead
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I drive my 1.9JTD like a petrol.
Fuck it
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CORSA NUT
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My VRS was amazing on the motorway too
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Neo
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Originally posted by adiohead
I drive my 1.9JTD like a petrol.
Fuck it
Thats cos you is a langley gansta have to rag it else get stabbed breh
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Mertin
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Do you actually use the whole rev range of the petrol, 7k in every gear?
Diesels have less revs, but more power and effortless overtaking and dont need the tits revved off them to gdt anywhere like a petrol. I can overtake a 60mph car in 5th no bother then slip back into 6th and cruise along
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JM_16v
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i can overtake a car effortlessly at 50mph in my petrol. . . . if you cant you just need more power
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adiohead
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Originally posted by Neo
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Originally posted by adiohead
I drive my 1.9JTD like a petrol.
Fuck it
Thats cos you is a langley gansta have to rag it else get stabbed breh
I like making sound effects whilst I drive my van too:
"vrooooooooooooooooooooooooooom"
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whitter45
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I have found agressive maps on standard engines are far too agressive on the PD engines
CR tend to be more linear
hybrid allows consistent pressure across all rev range meaning better performance regardless of pub talk figures
Great figures by the way but alot of money
I would have settled for a remap at about 180BHP but fair play
In all honesty you dont see that much difference in gear unless there is a big difference in BHP - in your case you will notice the difference as its about 60 BHP up on a rempap PD engine
[Edited on 22-02-2011 by whitter45]
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antnee
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I like how people think you can map a pd130 to 180bhp, 160-170 bhp with 300lb/ft is much more realistic figure
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