ukcorsamod
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a while back i had a race in my 1.4 sport wiv my mates pug 1.4 xr n it was pretty even till we had to stop. i was told on here that it would be pretty even in the early gears as 8v have more lower down torque but that when i got into third id pull away. however last night i raced him down this very straight road (wiv one extra person in my car) but i couldnt catch him, all the way up to 90mph it was even. took it to just over 6,500 revvs in each gear, just before the limiter. his cars completely standard. so why is this? cheers
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Colin
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Maybe you just cant drive for shit....even in a straight line
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ukcorsamod
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lol, its not that trust me
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Ditch
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them pugs are about 100bhp aint they?
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Ditch
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or is that the xsi
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Jason Iles
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Pug is a lighter car, corsa's are heavy.
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Nismo
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power to weight ratio do people never think about this?
Ditch: thats the XSI 1.4 8v 100Bhp.
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ukcorsamod
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his is an xr, on parkers there 75bhp, thought his might be lighter
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Paul_J
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quote: Originally posted by ukcorsamod
took it to just over 6,500 revvs in each gear,
There's one prob for a start?
Doesn't your car make peak power about 5800 rpm. Thus whats the point of taking it to 6,500 in every gear?
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ukcorsamod
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i thought the closer you took it to the rev limiter without actually hitting it the better??
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ukcorsamod
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is that wrong?
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Marc
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yeah your losing power.
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