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 Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:57 am |
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Brillant read
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:37 pm |
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Location: Harrow, London
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Cheers. I just re-read it myself too  It makes me smile now. ALOT of it DID NOT at the time.
The main reason I've missed this forum is to pass the info in this thread on to people! Its great to be back.
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:48 pm |
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Location: Clipping the Apex!
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| Dillon wrote: |
hindsight is a wonderful thing  |
Have never agreed with anything more.
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:29 am |
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Hah 
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:50 am |
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Great project you got there, love the '1124cc, YEAH!' sticker on the back. 
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:51 am |
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Location: Barry, South Wales
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what a read. But i can appreciate what you have done to it even though it's only a 1.1 Suppose it was probably as I studied motorsport engineering in uni
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:14 am |
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great read Mega! Love reading stuff like this from what it was to what it is! Brilliant!
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:01 am |
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cheers all!
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:20 am |
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Epic. Indeed!
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:28 am |
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Cheers Alan.
I really want to get the car up to FCS in June.. Lets see how it goes. Nice to get her around the track even in her slowest state ...
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:07 am |
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Very good read mate!!
But i see you keep comparing weight to power ratio with the likes of the 1.6 and the GTi and say it will be more than them so will be say a GTi beater, But wont it need more torque to drive that bigger power to weight ratio, so in turn wont be a GTi beater :S
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:19 am |
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As a single word response: No.
80 Torques will move a 800kilo car further than it would a 1000 kilo car. Hence why a truck is slower than an SL 55 AMG. Lol. The Torque value is not affected by the Object's weight, but the acceleration, which takes into account weight - torque; wind resistance and many other factors; certainly is.
Think about it... 
However I don't think that a 1.1 will ever realistically be a GTi beater without just completely unjustifiable costs. Its still a nice project, but long term; The engine will have to change.
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:19 am |
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Also you need to understand the difference between BHP per tonne, and just BHP. I'm not sure you do.
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:57 am |
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Location: The car in front
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Fantastic thread MEGA, really impressive. My 1.1 used to be Aegean Blue, now it's Green Envy.
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:22 am |
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| Dabamash wrote: |
| Fantastic thread MEGA, really impressive. My 1.1 used to be Aegean Blue, now it's Green Envy. |
haha, that made me chuckle
epic read mega, such a transformation.
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| Le Mans Blue BMW 120D coupe
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