I didn't realise Jeeps were fast!

Zip · 14 Apr 2006 at 08:58

penski said:
I love your pub approach to cars...Keep expecting you to say "Yeah - Porsche engines go straight in a beetle...Straight swap, easy job, mate."

6.5 seconds at a push.

*n

I thought my coment was quite fair.
Even if people wouldnt take the X5 off road

rcrossco_1 · 14 Apr 2006 at 09:11

agw_01 said:
Hmmmmm I backed off quite a bit around the bends due to the tyres losing grip. Didn't want to stack it.

Anyway, excuses aside... we'll see what happens when I get better tyres.

Oh, and just FYI, I'm using the same springs that Simon used to have on his 220 GSi-T.

Sigh........

Just get a Turbo and laugh hysterically when they get thrashed by a Rover!

agw_01 · 14 Apr 2006 at 11:31

rcrossco_1 said:
Sigh........

Just get a Turbo and laugh hysterically when they get thrashed by a Rover!

This one's getting Turbo'd

[TW]Fox · 14 Apr 2006 at 11:33

agw_01 said:
This one's getting Turbo'd

Now come on agw, we've had this discussion a year ago.

BUY. A. TURBO.

Don't Turbocharge a rusty 220GSi, buy a mint GSi Turbo. You'll be happier in the long run

Conanius · 14 Apr 2006 at 11:46

FakeSnake said:
It really is FUN, embarrasing people in a 2 tonne car. It may have a heart attack when it comes to cornering quickly, but off the mark its very fun.

Perhaps if there is a SW MM this year, i will come in the Cobra. and take it easy.

I think we need one now I have a new car, i wanna take on those back roads in the puma

agw_01 · 14 Apr 2006 at 11:50

I knew that was coming

Yes, we've had this discussion before... about a 5 door 214. The conversion would have been much much more difficult and would have been quite pointless in a 5 door car.

The 220 is absolutely perfect for a turbo conversion. It already has the same engine, engine mounts, gearbox, driveshafts, subframe, ECU... and cosmetically it's identical to a Turbo.

Decent turbo engines go for around £250-£300, sorting the rust will cost around £150-£200 (haven't looked into it yet).

I really appreciate your concern Fox, but I'm sorry to say that the GSi is staying. You all told me not to turbo the 214, so I didn't. I'd be stupid not to turbo the GSi when I've got the perfect base car right there!

Anyway, it isn't going to happen for while

Oh, and you'll say that I'll get raped for insurance... SgtTupac has just bought a converted GSi. He's younger and has less NCB than me and seems to manage alright.

barnettgs · 14 Apr 2006 at 12:05

drunken fool said:
A Jeep that does 0-60 in 7.1

It is lovely until you see 18.3 mpg figure! :eek:

That is, let alone hard driving!

Matblack · 14 Apr 2006 at 12:06

barnettgs said:
It is lovely until you see 18.3 mpg figure! That is, let alone hard driving!

Managed to get my fathers old Jeep to read 1mpg by flooring it up a hill

MB

nicRob · 14 Apr 2006 at 12:07

Conanius said:
I think we need one now I have a new car, i wanna take on those back roads in the puma

And me in my Fiesta

I think we really do need another one yea, last one was great

Matt82 · 14 Apr 2006 at 12:15

drunken fool said:
While out on a gentle drive tonight in my FTO i stumbled across a little Jeep Grand Cherokee. We were plodding along single roads and then joined a dual carriageway where i thought i would show him a proper car..............

However, much to my annoyment, just as i floored it he did as well and i struggled to keep up

shortly after this it dropped back to single lane and i was right behind him as we came up to a roundabout exiting to dual carriageway again. Now by this time he obviously new i wanted to play and we took a lane each and floored it as much as we could. Much to my amazement he stayed with me all the way to 110 mph (on my private dual carriageway, obviously ). At this point i was thinking my FTO must be down on power but it would appear that after some research it may not be -

http://www.jeep.co.uk/jeep/versions.aspx?ID=465,18,147

A Jeep that does 0-60 in 7.1 Well, that explains why i had troubles keeping up

At least when i went past him i got a little flash off him for the fun

is yours a GPX too? lol

panthro · 14 Apr 2006 at 12:29

Get yourself an RS clio, according to most of the members on cliosport they might not always win in a straight line, but will destroy anything in the twisties, lol

v0n · 14 Apr 2006 at 12:59

penski said:
Keep expecting you to say "Yeah - Porsche engines go straight in a beetle...Straight swap, easy job, mate."

Well.. someone had to say it - as one would expect, Ferdinand Porsche engines indeed go straight in a beetle. Straight swap and not too complicated job.

Baron G · 14 Apr 2006 at 17:47

My RAV4 will dispatch 60 in 6.3 seconds and will destroy anything built by Jeep in twisties (driver skill being equal) clicky .

Not too shaby for a hardresser's car.

Just don't try taking it up the side of a mountain.

PMKeates · 14 Apr 2006 at 17:53

[TW]Fox said:
This is becuase the Citroen Xsara is a remarkably decent handling car - it is, after all, mechanically the same as the 306.

Whereas the Rover 220... well, it had miles more grunt and couldn't lose it

Everyone ph3rs my Xsara. It's not a 1.4, oh no, it's not a 1.6, that would just be silly, it's the most powerful engine ever produced by PSA - the 1.8 16v!! With the same amount of grip to the road as a nutcase on reality, my Xsara is the ultimate race car!

Seriously though, after driving a Xsara for 6 months now, I can tell the car handles quite well indeed. Despite being shod with wheelbarrow tyres from Homebase, it can still corner with some pace

Watch out agw - I'm coming to get joo!

Chris1712 · 14 Apr 2006 at 18:51

Sorry did i just read FTO and 'real car' in the same sentence?

Matt82 · 14 Apr 2006 at 19:46

how is it not real?

PikeyPriest · 14 Apr 2006 at 19:56

Theres a Dodge Ram near where i live. That thing flew away from us at a stupid pace and this was following in a 330 BMW. Saw it parked a few weeks later, it was called an ST something i think, but damn it was fast.

PMKeates · 14 Apr 2006 at 19:58

PikeyPriest said:
Theres a Dodge Ram near where i live. That thing flew away from us at a stupid pace and this was following in a 330 BMW. Saw it parked a few weeks later, it was called an ST something i think, but damn it was fast.

Probably an SRT-10. 0-60 in not much more than 5 seconds, with an 8.3L V10 pushing 500HP. No wonder it left the 330 for dust

Chris1712 · 14 Apr 2006 at 22:32

Matt82 said:
how is it not real?

Sorry it's just the way you said it, like showing him a 'real car', IE you were showing off to some ladies in your speed machine. FTO does 0-60, in what 7 seconds? The auto at a sluggish 8, its not like a speed demon. It's a nice car for your mums mid life crisis imo.

Matt82 · 14 Apr 2006 at 22:42

the average common or garden car out there would do 60 is 10 secs.

the GPX (and im no fanboy) has 100bhp/litre, a tiny, raspy, gem of a V6 that revs to a trillion. it is regarded as a good handling car on a similar par to the integra r.

in the grand scheme id say its much more special than your average motors out there etc.

what do you drive? do you drive at all? have you had an fto?