Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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Actually - you were at FCS - you had a drag strip right next to you! Why didn't you take your car down the drag strip rather than get it on a rolling road. This would be a much more realistic figure of how well your car is performing and when you get a 17.9 or something we can all stand and laugh as you claim to have 115 bhp and 122 lb ft of torque.
1 final note - power figures @ the fly are just estimates... usually add on 23% or whatever the rolling road decides to add on that day.
They may have just decided to add a very big percentage from the wheels power to the fly. (for transmission losses) which is just bull.
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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driving a car down the strip in no way to judge cars power, i mean i set a 17.5 time in my car and a 15.7, no differenced in the car at all! just shows that practice makes it better
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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Originally posted by broster
driving a car down the strip in no way to judge cars power, i mean i set a 17.5 time in my car and a 15.7, no differenced in the car at all! just shows that practice makes it better
Hmm, true.
Though generally if you can't beat a 1.6 down the strip in a 1.4 - I wouldn't of thought you could beat one on the roads either  ... My point being he obviously thinks he and his car can go quicker than 1.6's - on the 1/4 mile we'd see if this was true or not (ok his launch may not be ace, but if it's like how he drives when he beats the 1.6's on the road that's all that'd matter).
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Kiddy_Corsa
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Registered: 7th Nov 02
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Astra VXR
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
Actually - you were at FCS - you had a drag strip right next to you! Why didn't you take your car down the drag strip rather than get it on a rolling road. This would be a much more realistic figure of how well your car is performing and when you get a 17.9 or something we can all stand and laugh as you claim to have 115 bhp and 122 lb ft of torque.
1 final note - power figures @ the fly are just estimates... usually add on 23% or whatever the rolling road decides to add on that day.
They may have just decided to add a very big percentage from the wheels power to the fly. (for transmission losses) which is just bull.
im agreein wiv u lot, i dont for 1 minute its 115bhp. but u seem u tak the piss 4 even sayin it is. i'll have it properly rollered next week.
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Kiddy_Corsa
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Registered: 7th Nov 02
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Astra VXR
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Why do mobile ones tell u bollox? and why dont proper RR's tell u bullshit?
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Why do you need to know what bhp it is?
Look at some of Iceman's threads - he's got a 2.0 16v on throttle bodies and has had massive differences in bhp over the past couple of weeks, just by going to different rolling roads.
The only true rolling road figure is what your arse tells you when you're driving it.
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vibrio
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Registered: 28th Feb 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
Actually - you were at FCS - you had a drag strip right next to you! Why didn't you take your car down the drag strip rather than get it on a rolling road. This would be a much more realistic figure of how well your car is performing and when you get a 17.9 or something we can all stand and laugh as you claim to have 115 bhp and 122 lb ft of torque.
1 final note - power figures @ the fly are just estimates... usually add on 23% or whatever the rolling road decides to add on that day.
They may have just decided to add a very big percentage from the wheels power to the fly. (for transmission losses) which is just bull.
you have great ability to talk crap 
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vibrio
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Registered: 28th Feb 01
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Originally posted by Joff
Why do you need to know what bhp it is?
Look at some of Iceman's threads - he's got a 2.0 16v on throttle bodies and has had massive differences in bhp over the past couple of weeks, just by going to different rolling roads.
The only true rolling road figure is what your arse tells you when you're driving it.
mine tells me to get new seats lol
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