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Colin
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hey ive not got chromies but i do have a fat bastard driver in mine :oops: :lol: no wonder its slow :wink:
MORE BEER! :beer:
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These:
http://tamon.edave.net/gallery/v/member ... =xcf312a78
only weigh about 4kg each without tyres...

After i finish screwing around with engines i try to get the mightyboy to 'accept' the wider rims... probably with a grinder and a welder. :wink:
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OK, just some power to weight ratios for comparison. I've rounded down just to keep it neat.

Stock F5A MB - 34kW/Tonne
Stock F8B MB - 60kW/Tonne
Stock F6A DOHC Turbo MB - 81kW/Tonne

These 3 are assuming that the car's weight is the stock quoted 580KG's. I doubt many of you are, considering wheel/tyre choice, plus the added weight of stereos, fabrication for the turbo, etc. Let's factor in an extra 100KG's for that stuff, then see the figures...

F5A - 29kW/Tonne (same as the current victa ride-on lawnmower range, incidently...)
F8B - 51kW/Tonne
F6A DOHC Turbo- 69kW/Tonne
Naturally these figures change if there's mods involved.

Now let's add a little competition to see what we're up against...

Stock VL Turbo - 113kW/Tonne
Stock VS SS 5L - 104kW/Tonne (heavier than a VL, remember)
Stock VZ SS 6L - 157kW/Tonne

And just for fun (and for those who watch Top Gear :wink: )

Stock Pagani Zonda - 319kW/Tonne

Even my Wife's crappy little 1.5L hatchback that she pootles about in is worth 86kW/Tonne in it's current stuffed state.

I'm finding some people's "wins" to be a little bit far-fetched, unless you're running motors that are heavily modded, or the car's you're "racing" are flogged out P.O.S. that can't pull a wet thong off the back of a cat... That is if the other driver was taking you seriously to start with and actually "racing".

Sorry to put a dampener on the thread, but i'm just injecting a little bit of reality - We're totally outgunned & underpowered for drag racing (well, at least MOST of us are anyway...)
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Maaaayte... thanks for that reality injection! Its a much more succinct way of flying the BS flag that I was waving in my head. :rofl:

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edit.
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Woot best i have ever seen is a movie of a k6a turbo mightyboy hard tuned packin a whole lot of happy gas whoop the crap out or a r34TT up untill about the 159kmh mark..... when my boy can take v8s i will be happy but no earlier :twisted:
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Post the vid for kudos and belief.
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:keke:
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psychosis7326 wrote:Woot best i have ever seen is a movie of a k6a turbo mightyboy hard tuned packin a whole lot of happy gas whoop the crap out or a r34TT up untill about the 159kmh mark..... when my boy can take v8s i will be happy but no earlier :twisted:
and then you woke up... :P (sounds really fun but i would love to see it man)
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This vid might be true ive heard of some FF Kei cars running low 12sec 1/4 but even then is only just quicker and thats on the perfect conditions of the drag strip but still It might be true :D
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If the vid doesn't exist....Make one! :D :D
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ferdie
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evilgidget wrote:
Stock F5A MB - 34kW/Tonne
Stock F8B MB - 60kW/Tonne
Stock F6A DOHC Turbo MB - 81kW/Tonne

F5A - 29kW/Tonne (same as the current victa ride-on lawnmower range, incidently...)
F8B - 51kW/Tonne
F6A DOHC Turbo- 69kW/Tonne

Stock VL Turbo - 113kW/Tonne
Stock VS SS 5L - 104kW/Tonne (heavier than a VL, remember)
Stock VZ SS 6L - 157kW/Tonne

Stock Pagani Zonda - 319kW/Tonne
these figures scared me a bit, i just worked out my new rides approx figures for a comparison,
i came up with
280ish kW/tonne (as is assuming standard factory power figures for motor)
and
420ish kW/tonne by the end of the year (with the proven mods list i am putting into motion atm...)

thats scary.....
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What's your new ride?
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ferdie
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its a lotus 7 with the drive line from a mazda rx7 series 6 (twin turbo rotary 13b)

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although ive got this new toy i still miss my mb, i think its a sickness that wont be fixed till i get another one....

think i might save up and get another kei car by the end of the year...
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You f*#king what!?
Where the hell did you get that? I want one!
Road registered?
bloody hell!

edit: Cursed swear filter ramsey streeting my f**k!! :P
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