Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Ferrari F355
Caterham 7 Superlight thing (R400 or R500, I forget)
Audi A8 4.2
M3
WRX STi
Drove the top one, the rest were as a passenger.
The Caterham is fookin scary! 3 laps of Silverstone, well half of Silverstone. It was mental.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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fastest top speed wise mates 289bhp rst s2
round about 150mph
others
corbs LET
Fads xe
scopion cosworth
saph cosworth
cav turbo
FRST (tuned)
S2 RST (about 190bhp)
J18 
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mjgarvey01
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Registered: 3rd Feb 05
Location: la compton
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0.9 litre cinquciento
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mjgarvey01
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Registered: 3rd Feb 05
Location: la compton
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no am only joking a supra
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Paula Corsa
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Registered: 2nd Feb 05
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quote:
Originally posted by timrud_
Paula Corsa, are you going on what you have read on the internet, or going from experience of actually going in it?
I love the fact that an army of people think its not that quick LOL.
The odd occasion its been to a timed event its ALWAYS had drivetrain problems (which are now fixed  ).
Lets look at some facts, in my car I beat the 430ft/lb Saph I mentioned. When I raced the Nova it made my car look like it was going backwards.
Even when it was on the max pooooooo DVD with my car it would not select 2nd to 3rd without a LOT of persuation.
When you have actually experienced the car first hand come and tell me its slow
The car was built to compete against my husbands Nova, after he had a dispute with Chris Stewart at Regal. I won't go int othe ins and outs of things,but basically he was tucked up by Chris on a hybrid turbo. At the time we were graet friends with him and his wife Karen, and even went to the Sema show in Vegas with them.
After My Husband changed Tuners, and Chris got whiff of the car he was building, the boost beast was born. I know the guy who bulit the engine, he has been a friend of mine for years and still works at Regal. he him self says the car is a piece of shit.
Considering it has 2 engines, 2 turbo's and is 4wd, and the best 1/4 it has managed is a 11.8. I'd say it's pretty piss poor, compaired to a 2.0 8v (one eninge) FWD single turbo'd nova running Autronic and 50hp of Nitrous, which has a 1/4 mile time of 11.3 sec. Wouldn't you?
Oh and the last I heard, which was just before christmas, is that it doesn't run at all at the moment as Arno and Stefan have fallen out, and Stefan had disappeared with the Motec ecu, that they were going to use and pass off as EDS. This all came from my mate who still works at regal and has a 30% share in the company.
[Edited on 08-02-2005 by Paula Corsa]
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S1MON
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Registered: 9th Nov 01
Location: Woodley, Berkshire
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3.0 twin turbo supra
tvr cebera
scooby tyre ra
350bhp pulsar
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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i was under the impresion EDS built the nova in germany though and it was bought over here becasue of registration problems
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: Aberdeen
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Corsa 1.2 8v
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Paula Corsa
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Registered: 2nd Feb 05
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
i was under the impresion EDS built the nova in germany though and it was bought over here becasue of registration problems
EDS did the management Regal built and supplied the engines. The engines were installed in Southampton, then it went out To Germany for Mapping and the gearing to be sorted out. Chris Stewart @ Regal has financed the whole project.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Ok so you're big in the Nova community 
Can we keep this on topic?
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Ok so you're big in the Nova community
Can we keep this on topic?
sorry boss
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Paula Corsa
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Registered: 2nd Feb 05
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Sorry . Just wanted to answer that guys question.
[Edited on 08-02-2005 by Paula Corsa]
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Thanks, and for the record I'd say a 11.8 is fairly impressive regardless of the competition.
Considering the weight its carrying compared to the single engine car, I'd say its a problem with approach rather than execution.
Anyway:
Passenger
BAT Mo Corsa - forget road cars including everything I've listed, you need to experience this at least once...
Few cossies etc.
Fiat Coupe 20v turbo - surprisingly quick -also driven this
Valver Nova, didn't go very far, throttle cable snapped.
Driven
Few Astra Z20LET turbos
Vectra GSi (far smoother than the Astras although not as quick)
Perhaps a Monaro at some point haha
Probably some other stuff...
[Edited on 08-02-2005 by Ian]
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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Went in K8 MCL which was the 8th Maclaren F1 to come off the production line. This was at donnington - i didnt drive it but i was passenger.
Ben.
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SteveW
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Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
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fastest cars i have been passenger in...
EVO6 + EVO7 both we a little tuned so around 300bhp..
Escort Cossie around 400bhp was fookin silly, set off like a rocket
Fastest i have driven
well my car "ThunderCorsa"
Escort RST (around 290bhp)
Scooby P1
im working on either being a passenger or getting my mits on a few super cars  as a mate of mine is really good friends with the guys at Euro Sports garage...
so in a few months i might be able to say, Zonda, Ferrair 360, Bugati, F1 (but will most likely be passenger  )
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J100RSA
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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i used to work @ porshe/ ferrari/lotus/aston martin/maserati main dealer but also been in / driven
200bhp works spec mg zr super 1600
lotus carlton
a few calli turbo;s
corsa turbo
valva novas
turbo novas
r32
s3 new s4
i lost count of all the fast stuff
also worked @ seat so driven all the cupra;s etc etc
[Edited on 09-02-2005 by J100RSA]
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mazdaspeed
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Registered: 8th Jan 05
Location: Darlington
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Back of my dads bike vfr800, and in a mazda rx8, 230 bike is more fun
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J100RSA
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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fastest ive been is 211mph thatw as as passenger in a 996 gt2
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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M3 evo
M3 evo SMG
Skline R33 with 450bhp
Audi S4
Thundercorsa
Mine
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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actually i've been on the back of a vfr750
probably the fastest acceleration i've experienced.
thought i was gona fall off the back at the top of each gear, and then nearly headbutted the riders back at each up-change.
ace experience
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