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A1EX
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24th Jul 04 at 02:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Was with a tvr chimaira?!? i think, soft top thing it was, we raced from stand still all the way to a top end, from start it had the edge of about a car length to about 60 odd then i started to pull away quite a bit, from about top of 3rd onwards i was pulling away all the way to near the top end of 6th gear i was quite a fair few car lengths ahead, what kind of power are these? respect to the guy for going to near his top speed it must of been in a soft top
Icy
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24th Jul 04 at 02:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wot u drivin now? stil the 300bhp astra turbo?

arent the tvrs like 300bhp-400bhp? or my thinkin of the other ones
A1EX
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24th Jul 04 at 02:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
chimairas are the smaller ones with roundish headlights, and softops, yeh im in a 300+ astra still unsure of exact figure as it spins off the rollers grr lol
Icy
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24th Jul 04 at 03:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thought u sold it



cud be anyuthin from 240-340 the tvr
http://www.mole-valley.co.uk/page.php?cid=2
A1EX
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24th Jul 04 at 03:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nah i still got it, although if someone offers me in the region of 5.5k for it its gone lol, but its sooo much fun to keep, m3's to porsches, now to tvrs it can beat it was a 53 plate tvr if that makes any difference to its spec, best of it was he had his hot lookin blonde missus in the car and the top down which was nice. but it was very quick off the line no spin whatsoever, even with the lsd its hard to get good grip in mine
Icy
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24th Jul 04 at 03:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
new ones maybe faster eh hmmmmm
love the sound of them but i dont like anythin else bout em

any pics of ur car? think i may of seen one, black with twin headlights right?
think tims corsa be faster than ur car?

ur old corsa stil alive?

[Edited on 24-07-2004 by Icy]
A1EX
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24th Jul 04 at 03:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yah black with twins thats the one i got some older pics from a few months ago, i need to take some new ones with me good camera, mmmm tims corsa that the phase 3.5 one? dunno lol, lighter for sure as ive got fookin shite load of ice in the boot,plus im on 18's sooo itd be close but we'll have to see when runnin i dunno. wud be a good match, i really need to get mine on the qtr i just never have time to get down to pod or owt im gonna be at mean streets is it?!? some show at pod comin up anyways ill be around somewhere
Icy
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24th Jul 04 at 03:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh tims one around 320bhp
sleep soon me thinks :S tired
A1EX
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24th Jul 04 at 03:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
good fun to be had in that car then, ill give him a match soon enuff yeh me hittin the sac too, gotto be up at 9
SetH
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get rid of the ice, get some lightweight 16`s and strip it out!!
A1EX
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24th Jul 04 at 16:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its crossed my mind a few times. I had all the ice out the other day, and u can really notice the difference on acceleration. The 18s look real nice though...plus if i put 16's on it it wud be way too low, the sump catches on stupid speed bumps as it is It did have gold 17" courtenay speedlines on it when it was first done but they were sold a long time ago..
MatthewR
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24th Jul 04 at 16:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I cannot believe you have a 300bhp Astra and you have ICE and 18's
A1EX
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24th Jul 04 at 16:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it handles well and goes well with the 18's im sure there wudnt be much difference with 17's which is the smallest i cud go really, and the ice only makes a difference to a bit of accel and i dont go santa pod so its not like im tryin to knock seconds off my quarter. It also entertains me, after a while it gets boring listening to an engine all the time
CorsAsh
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24th Jul 04 at 16:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Whereabouts did this happen mate? Somewhere local?
A1EX
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24th Jul 04 at 17:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
in nuneaton, i was on my way to brum at about 1 in the mornin, he followed me onto the a444 if u know it, down to the m6 island
Jambo
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24th Jul 04 at 18:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Evisu
I cannot believe you have a 300bhp Astra and you have ICE and 18's


its his car. Why cant he
CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by A1EX
in nuneaton, i was on my way to brum at about 1 in the mornin, he followed me onto the a444 if u know it, down to the m6 island


Oh yeah, I know it well, live just off that bit... tis an interesting piece of road
A1EX
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24th Jul 04 at 18:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
very interesting lol
timrud_
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24th Jul 04 at 18:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Alex, would be good to have a play with your car! Like you, I've not had time to take mine to the pod, so I have no yard stick for performance in that department! All I know is what I have beaten on the road....
A1EX
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24th Jul 04 at 18:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh same here, i dunno if i would be any good at pod, only one way to find out, i suppose, but i wudnt expect anythin amazing form me to start with lol,
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I've never quater miled ever, so don't expect to pull any trees up! I can semi launch my car on the road, but from what I gather Pod is a lot stickier? Would have to learn how to launch the thing again?
A1EX
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ive never really tried launching mine as such, the diff helps a lot but sometimes its a bit too much, i might go down pod sometime when there not a lot of ppl there to look stupid in front of lol
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I've no LSD, so its the fine art of balancing the throttle to minimise wheelspin for me! Second gear launches are good, but the clutch smells after LOL

Agree about not wanting to look a fool! Might sneek in on a Thursday afternoon in a gap through the fence for some practice runs
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sounds like a good idea, if u can id def get an lsd on there really does help, more with the handling if anything
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Have to say, only 1st gear is useless on mine. If I gently feed the power it grips a bit in second.

I think I'm ok without one. BUT I have never been in a car with one on, so I deffo dont know what I'm missing out on!

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