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bmh.01 · 31 Mar 2006 at 18:24

Firestar_3x said:
Cool, should be a huge upgrade over the 1.2 which is dog slow compaired to my other car, least its easy to drive.

Yep is a massive difference to the old 1.2 1st gear in the 1.2 is like 2nd in the 1.6, and the noise it makes at full chat is sexual. Gearbox is really nice and smooth compared to the one in my old 1.2 but i'm pretty sure the syncros in that had seen better days.
Managed to get £3800 p/x on my 2001 1.2 16 on 35k too, and that was from a renault main dealer and the car was £6k so i'm chuffed enough with the deal I got, especially seeing as according to parkers its only worth £3k p/x and the dealer price is £3.5k.

penski · 31 Mar 2006 at 21:35

merlin said:
Braking - I'm sure your testing crew noticed the car does an endo under heavy braking, no doubt they found it highly amusing. I'm curious - how many of them actually died after this discovery?

Irish wheelie!

Bedford Rascals do them...so much fun.

"The new Integra Type R - Handles like a Sooty Van."

[TW]Fox said:
So we've got one guy on here who thinks his Chevette 1.2 sounds like a V8 and another who thinks it was designed for driver involvement, blimey is there asbestos in them or something

Never said that. I said Pinto...It's on page 14 of the Ladybird Book of Talking About Cars.

merlin said:
Yet at the same time it's making us beleive that Lada's

...You do know that it's basically a FIAT? Proper suspension and axle location, sweet-handling, well-balanced, rally history, yeah? :rolleyes:

Still, without car fashion - how else could someone with a £200 budget pick up a trendy car.

£400.

You're very bitter, aren't you?

I've said it before; I bought the Shuv because that is what I wanted. if I wanted a new Mondeo or Focus, I would have bought one. If I wanted an Integra, I would have bought one. Don't confuse what car someone drives with what their budget is...

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Duke · 31 Mar 2006 at 21:40

Puma -

Little more power ?

Also what's going on with that rear suspension ??

[TW]Fox · 31 Mar 2006 at 21:46

penski said:
Never said that. I said Pinto...

You have said on numerous occasions, pretty much any time you can get it into a thread, that blokes keep telling your car 1.2 Chevette sounds like a V8.

Surely I'm not the only person who can remember that

Gaijin · 31 Mar 2006 at 23:55

Jonnycoupe said:
I can only assume you havent raced a ITR then and just basing that on a post on Honda R when everyone knows the driver makes ahuge difference to how well a car gets off the line.

No, because if I had I wouldn't have said A FEW now would I? I have read that post inconsequently. However, what is the difference? 20bhp and a bit of weight with the B18C4 designed to give more torque mid range for drivability. It is not inconceivable that the difference is slight.

Incidentally I have "raced" an Integra, but only at a traffic light grand prix if you will. Incidentally my car is not standard but then I doubt his was too given the appearance of his car. He was 2/3 of a car length when I broke off at the speed limit (60). Hardly a walkover. He got off as good as I did and i might add my Kumho's are on their last legs.

The question is, have YOU raced an Integra in an MB6 vti? Doubtful which makes you as good a judge as me at best.

geiger · 1 Apr 2006 at 00:36

Dandle said:
Turbo chargers from Evos are used by some guys on their 1.9Ts in the states as well as braking componants. I dont know how much is an exact swap on top of those but the Evo I to III is the same basic platform as the lancer/carisma and S40.

Sounds like a top tip

The_Dark_Side · 1 Apr 2006 at 09:54

Dandle said:
Turbo chargers from Evos are used by some guys on their 1.9Ts in the states as well as braking componants. I dont know how much is an exact swap on top of those but the Evo I to III is the same basic platform as the lancer/carisma and S40.

the way i see it, if the S40 and early Evo can trade suspension components then they much have similar if not identical chassis dimensions.
if that's the case then i wonder how much work is involved in a straight swap.
evo 3 powered S40 volvo...sounds like a hoot to me.

Tesla · 1 Apr 2006 at 10:18

[TW]Fox said:
You have said on numerous occasions, pretty much any time you can get it into a thread, that blokes keep telling your car 1.2 Chevette sounds like a V8.

Surely I'm not the only person who can remember that

No, I can recall this as I chatted to you about it on MSN too.

Pants · 1 Apr 2006 at 10:27

I would say thank you for the cool computer thing, i love it very much.

Simon · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:04

Gaijin said:
The question is, have YOU raced an Integra in an MB6 vti? Doubtful which makes you as good a judge as me at best.

He has an Integra with a B18C4 in it.

PeterNem · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:06

geiger said:
Ive heard of that being removed on other models for safety reasons, people trying to drive at 50mpg all the time and pulling onto the motorway doing 30
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen's_agreement

In which case this is even more stupid and unsafe... as while driving I keep reaching *through* the steering wheel to be able to press the stupidly placed reset button so I can get a rough idea of my realtime consumption.

Jonnycoupe · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:10

Simon said:
He has an Integra with a B18C4 in it.

I think Mb6's are having a Turbo Coupe moment, they're suddenly in reach of the barrys

Jonnycoupe · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:16

Gaijin said:
The question is, have YOU raced an Integra in an MB6 vti? Doubtful which makes you as good a judge as me at best.

You just listen to that Stuartthefish chap too much, Integras cross the 1/4 nearly 10mph faster than a Mb6 and with times typically 1 second slower... of course this is at pod. So theres no real need to say my mates lost but only by 2/3rd of a length or at the start they were level only at the end it started pulling away when you have emperical data to use. Hell the start of a quarter mile is traction limited acceleration so its perfectly reasonable to expect most FWD cars to go off at the same rate, especially when they have the same drivetrain and diff.

I just wonder how a car thats over 100kg heavier than a ITR with a less powerful engine suddenly becomes faster once you bolt the gearbox on it, unfortunatly no one else questions this train of thought. People seem to be itching in there pants to pay £600 for a gearbox :eek:

All IMO

Si, dont say i have a C4 in, that would suggest i have a poorly mapped engine lacking 100bhp/litre and a completely wrong VTEC point

Jonnycoupe · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:19

I think Id ask the guy who made mine if he had a Jap dictionary or even better a translator nearby.

nutcase · 1 Apr 2006 at 16:46

My first couple of questions would be "what went wrong 1978-79 for rustproofing??? Who decided a lubricant for fitting the front and rear screens that was CORROSIVE was a good idea???"

And then: "Why did you only make chillcast gearbox cases for 2 years?"

And then: "Thanks for having the daring to stick a turbo on an otherwise dull family car and turning it into a superb piece of kit that was only killed in the rally world when Audi came up with quattro.".

Saab 99T.

penski · 1 Apr 2006 at 16:57

nutcase_1uk said:
And then: "Thanks for having the daring to stick a turbo on an otherwise dull family car and turning it into a superb piece of kit that was only killed in the rally world when Audi came up with quattro.".

Saab 99T.

To be fair, it was mullered by the Chevette HSR, Lotus Sunbeam, Lancia Rallye, Ford Escort et al long before Audi turned up...

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