corsa_godfather
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a mini cooper S was doin o.k till he started hs engine up hehehehehe
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MarkM
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take it wasnt a close run thing?
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vibrio
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they are slow
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corsa_godfather
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nope!had a good race last week however in me bros vectra gsi raced a motorbike down the motorway side by side the whole way.im sure it was a 1200 - 1400.got 155 out his vectra
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AJP
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quote: Originally posted by corsa_godfather
a snail was doin o.k till he started hs shell up hehehehehe
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corsa_godfather
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sice ive had a shot a one vib y dont u give me a shot a ure motor n al let u know whats faster
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MarkM
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quote: Originally posted by vibrio
they are slow
arnt they about 150 BHP??
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corsa_godfather
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good for the snail
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Drew
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quote: Originally posted by corsa_godfather
nope!had a good race last week however in me bros vectra gsi raced a motorbike down the motorway side by side the whole way.im sure it was a 1200 - 1400.got 155 out his vectra
i dont understand this - u saying the bike was a 1200???
im confused - if so - it would piss on ya
a 600cc bike would piss on a veccy GSi
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Adam_B
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quote: Originally posted by sport16v
quote: Originally posted by vibrio
they are slow
arnt they about 150 BHP??
167 apparently
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GT4Brody
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U reckon u got 155 out of a gsi? my gt4 which was about 300bhp only did just over 160
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MarkM
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How can they be slow...surely that BHP they should be decent...
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GT4Brody
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spose it could be tuned though, doh didnt think of that!
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Adam_B
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Weigh about 1275kgs. i think
[Edited on 15-07-2003 by Adam_B]
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vibrio
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quote: Originally posted by sport16v
How can they be slow...surely that BHP they should be decent...
gearing is too long. work version, hartage etc are quick but standard is piss poor
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MarkM
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Yeah but doesnt a 172 sport way about that and there only a few BHP more...and very fast!
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corsa_godfather
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trust me nothing done 2 it xcept a air filter on it v reg.down hill on motorway touched 155
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Drew
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even if he did get 155 - the bike would piss all over it
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corsa_godfather
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+ i dunno nothin bout bikes a thought it says 1200 on the side but it dont knw.the guy mite not have been hammerin it
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corsa_godfather
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the bike was quicker goin away but we caught up a good few times
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Drew
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if it was a 1200 - he was taking the piss out of ya
a 600 canes me - and ive got alot my bhp than a veccy
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corsa_godfather
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cool.mita been bout 600 dunno as i say dont know nothin bout bikes
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luca2020
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ur clock might of said it was doing 155 but probley more like 140
lol i had my novas needle verticle pointing downwards! coming back from london down hill 5 up, tho was a 1.4sr camed, skimmed and polished head, janspeed manifold and full system, i dont reckon i had 140mph lol
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corsa_godfather
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y???the speedo is set up etc for the 17s on the car which cum standard on the gsi so theres no reason y it would be out
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vibrio
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error read most if not all speedos do it.
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