SteveW
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Seriously.. not those silly 1000 BHP's that the bigboy skylines get.. im taking BHP for smaller cars (corsas included)
HOLLA
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ed
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50bhp from a 1.2 8v Merit with a ripspeed sunstrip...
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mossy
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ne thin above 100 i reckon is acceptable
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Nismo
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150
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drunkenfool
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yeah anything above 100 is quick enough for most ordinary people. Its enough to overtake if needed etc.
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SteveW
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Ed - as ying would say...PONCE
ok so as long as you have more than or equal to 150 then thats OK..
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Stone Cold Rattlesnake
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300 plus is tres bien
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Nismo
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quote: Originally posted by Stone Cold Rattlesnake
300 plus is tres bien
the RX was so tres bien
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drunkenfool
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RSTurbo i went in was 133, and that seemed more than enough for day to day driving.
[Edited on 22-04-2004 by drunkenfool]
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SteveW
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yeah but not many peeps run over 300 ying
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Stone Cold Rattlesnake
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this is true MJ but u know me i love BIG power
Nismo what happened to the RX7?
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SteveW
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You also love big cock
sadley Nismo's Rex went bye bye
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Stone Cold Rattlesnake
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this is most sad
and Steve "YOU LOVE THE COCK!!!!!!"
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Nismo
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it kinda caught fire
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Properly tuned C16's can get about 200bhp, will cost a lot of money to do that but you get good handling because it's a small block engine and you use the apropriate gearbox for that engine - i.e. lightweight. C20XE's can get about 200-280bhp (maybe more) if they are very well tuned, but they are big block engines and use the heavier gearboxes. LET's can get 300bhp, but will oncur the same handling problems as the C20XE. Quite a few car engineers say that on a large saloon car it is not physically possible to put more than 220bhp through the front wheels of the chassis as the loss of traction would be too great. This power would be reduced in a Corsa as there is less weight in the vehicle so it can roll back on it's back wheels far easier, thus causing wheelspin...
I found this out researching cos I want a fast Corsa... Some of it could be quite wrong cos I got most of the stuff from here and MIG. But the thing about max power in a FWD car came from Saab, and I was told the same thing when I went to look at Aston uni for my Design and Engineering course...
Serious enough for ya snowy?
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Stone Cold Rattlesnake
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wtf?
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ed
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Steve called me a ponce, so I had to show him!
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Nismo
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quote: Originally posted by Stone Cold Rattlesnake
wtf?
have a gange at
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=136787
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SteveW
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i dont care about facts Ed
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ed
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All true storys There was a post about a 400bhp Nova a while back, it wheel spun in 4th gear at 80mph... That's pretty cool though
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SteveW
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did it have an LSD on it tho ??
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ed
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It had EVERYTHING on it, the spec list for the engine was about 2 pages long... Doesn't an LSD only help accelerating around corners - 60mph round roundabouts for you or me
[Edited on 22-04-2004 by 1800ed]
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Stone Cold Rattlesnake
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quote: Originally posted by Nismo
quote: Originally posted by Stone Cold Rattlesnake
wtf?
have a gange at
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=136787
just read it all its is most sad hope it turns out ok
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SteveW
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nah it lso help reduce wheelspin... so takeoffs are alot smoother...
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drunkenfool
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theres a 608bhp single engined LET I think...
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