| Archive for The Motor Forum talking cars since 2006 |
| "him" |
The Motor Forum 30-60mph Challenge (UPDATED 17/03/09)Please post your cars in gear times for the 30-60mph increment.If everyone can time their car in 5th Gear, I think it will be best to cruise at a constant 30mph and then accelerate in 5th until 60mph is reached, rather than accelerate through 30mph from a lower speed. This will mean any turbo lag is recorded etc. Feel free to repeat the test in other gears too, automatics without 'lockup' can go for a "through the gears" test. Video evidence will be greatly appreciated, and will hopefully prevent any shouts of "bullshit" from the sidelines! 
============= Times 30-60mph (Petrol) - (Diesel) ============= 6th Gear Twelfth Monkey - Audi RS4 - 9s Martin - MINI Clubman Cooper S - 10s Martin - BMW 130i M Sport - 10.9s 5th Gear 
Twelfth Monkey - Audi RS4 - 6.7s Martin - BMW 130i M Sport - 7.8s ALF - Alfa 156 GTA SW - -8s Guitar Zero - Volvo S60 D5 - 8s franki68 - Audi R8 - 8s Nice Guy Eddie - Golf GTi (Ed 30) - 8s TimR - BMW M5 (E39) - 8+s simonp - Renault Clio R27 - 8+s - Video Martin - MINI Clubman Cooper S - 8.6s Piers - BMW Compact 325ti (E46) - 9.3s "him" - Saxo VTS - 10s - Video Roadsterstu - Fiat Grande Punto T-Jet Sporting - 11s Rodge - BMW 325i - 12s - Video Matt - Peugeot 306 XSi 16V - 12s+ Boxer6 - Subaru Legacy 3.0R Spec B - 12.14s TimR - Fiat Coupe Turbo - 13.2s Andy C - Peugeot 306 D-Turbo - 14s+ - Video Frank Bullitt - Audi A2 TDi (Remapped) - 16s - Video Mike - Focus TDCi (Remapped) - 19s - Video cbeaks1 - Fiesta TDCi - 21s Apex Clipper - Focus RS - 22.6s 
TimR - Transit 100 T350 LUTON - 22.6s 
Andy C - Fiat Grande Punto 1.2 - 24s - Video 4th Gear 
Dr. Hfuhruhurr - Porsche 911 GT3 - 3s JohnC - BMW 335D Coupe - 4.9s Guitar Zero - Volvo S60 D5 - 5s - Video Twelfth Monkey - Audi RS4 - 5s franki68 - Audi R8 - 6s Nice Guy Eddie - Golf GTi (Ed 30) - 6s Martin - MINI Clubman Cooper S - 6.3s Martin - BMW 130i M Sport - 6.6s Martin - Passat 2.0TDI Sport - 6.9s TimR - BMW M5 (E39) - 7s Spooner - Alfa 159 1.9 JTDm - 7.5s Blarno - Renaultsport Clio 172 Cup - 8s - Video "him" - Saxo VTS - 8s - Video Apex Clipper - Focus RS - 8.1s Andy C - Peugeot 306 D-Turbo - 8s+ - Video TimR - Fiat Coupe Turbo - 8.4s Frank Bullitt - Audi A2 TDi (Remapped) - 9s - Video Mike - Focus TDCi (Remapped) - 9s - Video Rodge - BMW 325i - 9s Piers - BMW Compact 325ti (E46) - 9.1s Andy C - Fiat Grande Punto 1.2 - 13s - Video TimR - Transit 100 T350 LUTON - 15.3s 3rd Gear 
Dr. Hfuhruhurr - Porsche 911 GT3 - 3s JohnC - BMW 335D Coupe - 3.4s Twelfth Monkey - Audi RS4 - 3.5s Guitar Zero - Volvo S60 D5 - -4s - Video franki68 - Audi R8 - 4s ALF - Alfa 156 GTA SW - 4s+ Martin - MINI Clubman Cooper S - 4s Apex Clipper - Focus RS - 4.5s Nice Guy Eddie - Golf GTi (Ed 30) - 4.6s Martin - BMW 130i M Sport - 4.7s SpecB - Subaru Legacy 3.0R Spec B Manual Tourer (2nd/3rd) - 5s TimR - BMW M5 (E39) - 5.2s Martin - Passat 2.0TDI Sport - 5.3s Spooner - Alfa 159 1.9 JTDm - 5.5s "him" - Saxo VTS - 5.5s - Video Piers - BMW 320d - 5.5s Rodge - BMW 325i - 6s - Video Roadsterstu - Fiat Grande Punto T-Jet Sporting - 6s Piers - BMW Compact 325ti (E46) - 6s Mike - Focus TDCi (Remapped) - 5.86s - Video (from another SLOWER run) TimR - Fiat Coupe Turbo - 6.1s Frank Bullitt - Audi A2 TDi (Remapped) - 7s - Video DradusContact - Ford Puma 1.7 - 7s - Video Jasper - Volkswagen Transporter Sportline 7s Through the Gears/Kickdown (for Kraft etc.) 
franki68 - Audi R8 - 2.3s Twelfth Monkey - Audi RS4 (2nd) - 2.7ish s TimR - BMW M5 (E39) - 3.4s kraftwerk - Mercedes SL500 (R129) - 3.5s - Video Apex Clipper - Focus RS (2nd) - 3.6s Nice Guy Eddie - Golf GTi (Ed 30) (2nd) - 3.6 ALF - Alfa 156 GTA SW - -4s simonp - Renault Clio R27 - -4s - Video Martin - BMW 130i M Sport - -4s TimR - Fiat Coupe Turbo - 4s JohnC - BMW 335D Coupe (2nd/3rd) - 4s SpecB - Subaru Legacy 3.0R Spec B Manual Tourer (2nd/3rd) - 4s "him" - Saxo VTS (2nd/3rd) - 4.5s - Video Rodge - BMW 325i (2nd/3rd) - 5s Boxer6 - Subaru Legacy 3.0R Spec B (kickdown)- 5.12s Piers - BMW Compact 325ti (E46) (2nd/3rd) - 5.2s Mike - Focus TDCi (Remapped) (2nd/3rd) - 6s - Video DradusContact - Ford Puma 1.7 (2nd) - 6s - Video BeN - Toyota Corolla - 12s === |
||||||
| kraftwerk |
So, no kickdown for autos, then? | ||||||
| "him" |
Only if I can use 2nd...
So no! |
||||||
| Matt |
I'll attempt this later. | ||||||
| needmorepower |
I'll try on the way home tonight so unlikely to have video footage.
Mind, don't spose many will care enough about the time of an oil-burning lardy (and his car) to cry bullshit! |
||||||
| TimR |
Woo hoo I'll get to try the stopwatch feature on the BM.
Lost my digital watch so it'll be guesswork from a ticking second hand on the Fiat. |
||||||
| Blarno |
If I can find a way of attaching my phone to my steering wheel, I'll give it a go too. Just tried it a few minutes agoa and it didn't take too long from 30-60 in 5th. | ||||||
| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
My car and I are currently in different countries, but I'll do this as soon as I can. Might be interesting for those with six-speed 'boxes to do fifth and sixth for comparison. And Steve Steel can do it in seventh ... | ||||||
| Blarno |
I'll try and be thorough and do it in 3rd, 4th and 5th. | ||||||
| Apex clipper |
Want a bet you'll beat mine...Takes forever for the turbo to spool up in the fukus. I'll borrow the stopwatch from work and give it a bash Thursday night (Last shift). Can we also have a 30-70 in 3rd tryout?
|
||||||
| Racing |
Umm....can only do this anytime soon for the Alfa and I think I'll leave it to ALF or Gurney. I wouldn't like to try and hit 60mph in central Moscow whilst accurately timing myself and simultaneously coping with all the nutters driving around me.
Besides, the Mercedes only has four forward gears. |
||||||
| "him" |
Next time...
|
||||||
| Apex clipper |
Righteo! 
|
||||||
| Rodge |
Right, I did it on the way home. First in 5th, then in 3rd just to show the difference.
So, 192bhp, 5th, a camera phone and a straight level road in a 325: 
Roughly 12 seconds 3rd gear halves that to about 6 seconds. 
Apologies for the poor quality. I'd have done it in 2nd but it only gets to about 56mph! I love the sound of it! |
||||||
| "him" |
Excellent, I am waiting for the right moment to try mine (and if I am honest the batteries in the camera to charge!) 2nd is too short in my car too!
|
||||||
| Frank Bullitt |
30-60; my car won't really pull 30 in 5th so the time will be utterly shocking. | ||||||
| "him" |
Isn't that the point though, to see how our cars compare (warts and all)? |
||||||
| Matt |
I didn't get to finish a run as the roads didn't allow it, but it seemed like it might take about 15-20 seconds. Fifth seems to pull better than fourth.
Next time I'm up Dartmoor, I'll try it as there's an ideal stretch of empty road out there. |
||||||
| Star69 |
The TDCi's torque could work in it's favour here.
Only problem is, it won't run in fifth at 30! Lowest it will pull from is 35. Turbo lag here we come... |
||||||
| GonnaBreakABuggy |
You'll all beat mine, I can't get 5th!
Or 4th. Or 3rd........ |
||||||
| "him" |
I have just posted my times...
My god it was slow in 5th!!!
30-60 (5th) - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mO1tnCrNRXk 30-60 (4th) - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cgmZt4607JM 30-60 (3rd) - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6yEKQiyb40Q 30-60 (2nd/3rd) - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=C0k-E7fhsqM And for "Apex Clipper", I did a 50-70 in 3rd ...[EDIT] Just noticed you said 30-70... 
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NCOBfbEFHoM It was 4s! (over to the Focus) |
||||||
| "him" |
Just get it rebuilt will you...
Do you need any other bits? |
||||||
| Apex clipper |
"Kin hell" That ain't hanging about! 4's you say?
Thursday. Will see me taking the back seats out or lowering them, and having a smidgen of fuel on board. Over to the Focus indeed!
|
||||||
| . |
Does yours have 115 ponies under the bonnet? Be interesting to compare yours to mine, then. You have an overboost function in 5th too which gives you somewhere around 200lb/ft for about 5secs to overcome the long gearing of 5th. Of course chipping it is far more satsyfying. |
||||||
| "him" |
That was from 50-70 though, I misread your post... 
I will have to try a 30-70! |
||||||
| Apex clipper |
No sweat fella! I'll time mine..about 50ish the turbo needle really swings to the right at about 1.5 bar and I must say holds that boost. I wonder what it'll post??? I'm safe in saying that no matter we post...we'll get our arses handed to us by the faster Forum cars. Did I mention the bends?
|
||||||
| "him" |
I was tempted to put Nicks GT3 at the top of each increment to save time... |
||||||
| Apex clipper |
Agreed. Although 12th's RS4 is mighty quick! Let's see shall we.   
|
||||||
| Frank Bullitt |
Indeed, but as it won't really pull 5th it'll take about half an hour to get to 40mph. Not sure we should include cars with a dodgy final drive that allow their '5th' to be where a Polo 1.0's 3rd gear would normally be... 
|
||||||
| BeN |
30-60mph means 50-100km/h. That's quite a task.
I know the Corolla can do quite well from 80-110km/h (the oft-mentioned 50-70mph run), but I'm not sure about 50-100. No idea how I am going to do this alone in Singapore. The filming that is. |
||||||
| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
I don't know how well it'll do in sixth to be honest, and even in fifth 30 mph is only about 1500 rpm. |
||||||
| needmorepower |
The Mondy just wont do 30 in fifth 
I double-checked last night and that equates to 950-1000rpm and it just wont shift at all! However, I will atttempt 3rd, 4th etc. Then I'll try the Cupra in an attempt to establish forum cred! (Am I allowed to run it with remap engaged?) |
||||||
| Star69 |
Yup, mines the 115PS. I didn't know about the overboost, should be fun finding out though! |
||||||
| "him" |
Of course... if you have time, try with and without! |
||||||
| "him" |
|
||||||
| Twelfth Monkey |
I was a little disappointed. Just over six seconds in 5th. Still, that's pulling from about 1350rpm, so it's barely got out of bed and the limiter in 5th (with speed limiter removed) would be 170+.
2nd is somewhere between 2.5 and 3. Nick's GT3 should be comfortably faster, and the R8 is both a lighter and has shorter gearing. |
||||||
| Gurney |
Will give it a go but will have to wait till Thursday. The GTA will easily pull 30-60 in fifth, wouldn't be a patch on what it would do in 3rd - maybe even second?
Suspect my car would be slower than ALF's, still a bit tight and I am not convinced that flappy paddle cars aren't generally slower though obviously won't affect this exercise as no changes involved. |
||||||
| DradusContact |
Dang this looks like fun. Ill see if i can find a way to attach the camera to the dash somehow. Anyone know how to edit MP4 files? | ||||||
| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Gurney, you should do the smart as well | ||||||
| "him" |
I use this - http://www.virtualdub.org/ But it would appear that you need to get a plugin to allow it to read MP4 files? If you use VLC player (and if you don't you should) - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ you can get this to convert the file to an .avi so that it can be edited in virtualdub? |
||||||
| Gurney |
I could time it with a sundial! Will give it a go, expect some biiigggg numbers. Can do that today with a bit of luck. |
||||||
| ALF |
I can't begin to imaging how you could time it with any degree of accuracy - I was going to say it needs a passenger, but then in a 156 the passenger would not be able to see anything. If I had the Stack timing gear I used to have on the Caterham, I'd play - that allowed two speed increments to be set (e.g. 0 and 60, or 30 and 70) then timed between them. Good fun - though my 0-60's were crap - the journo's must practice a lot!
Also, while I might trickle from 30-60 in 5th on some occasions, I'd never floor it - if wanting to go quickly it's just incompetent gear selection and a small throttle opening in a more appropriate gear would do the job much more effectively. |
||||||
| "him" |
For me, the time code on the video... I agree about the 0-60 times, I think it also helps that the journo's don't own the cars they are testing! To be fair though, it is a just a 'ballpark' figure we are after, not something timed to a tenth of a second... |
||||||
| Frank Bullitt |
No joy there I'm afraid - unlike the 'city coupe', 'fortwo's' have an automatic kick-down when you bury the throttle, even in 'manual' mode. I think my 3rd gear time will be of interest, not so 5th... |
||||||
| Gurney |
Hmmm, forgot about that. Only activated this a couple of times so far, will see what happens. |
||||||
| DradusContact |
How is everyone getting round holding the camera? | ||||||
| "him" |
Blu-tak for me, a blob on the static piece of trim behind the steering wheel... It did the trick! |
||||||
| franki68 |
Can I go back in time and use my 997tt for this ? I can't think of much that would beat that in this sense.
The M6 will be formidable through the gears as well |
||||||
| Humphrey The Pug |
I'll try and remember to have a ago in my Scenic tonight on the way home | ||||||
| Nice Guy Eddie |
This was rather crudley timed this morning using my wristwatch.
30-60mph 2nd - 3.1 3rd - 3.9 4th - No time recorded as yet 5th - 8.0 |
||||||
| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Wow, that's slow - don't use that gear much then! |
||||||
| "him" |
Those are quick times... It shows how much the car must struggle for traction if it can get from 30-60 in 2nd in less time that it takes to get from 0-30 in first! |
||||||
| DradusContact |
Copper: "any idea how fast you were going?"
Random Forum Member: "Yeah, but i was trying to time myself...........for these guys...........of which ive never met any of them............" (at least for me, yet) |
||||||
| "him" |
In my case I could show him the video!
In fact last night while I was driving around to warm the car up prior to the runs, I was sat in a Police Car Sandwich for a while, one if front and one behind... thankfully we went our separate ways! |
||||||
| . |
2nd/3rd = ranged from 5.7 - 6.2 secs. So call it 6.
3rd = 6.3secs 4th = 9secs 5th = 19secs! Did a 0-60 in 9.2 - with a fair amount of wheel spin. I discounted the 0-60 in 7.8 just coz it doesn't seem right somewhow. |
||||||
| Rodge |
I'm surprised at how slow my 5th gear time is compared to others, but it comes into it's own at much higher speeds.
I'll try it through the gears tonight to see how much quicker it is, and in 4th too. |
||||||
| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
The great thing about this is you can do it in a NSL without speeding: whereas I might need to be careful trying the 70-110* we mentioned before. * kmh, officer ... |
||||||
| "him" |
Good results Mike, I have added them (in brown) so we can distinguish between petrol and diesel! And Yes, a 7.8 without "evidence" might cause some raised eyebrows...
|
||||||
| . |
2nd/3rd: http://s95.photobucket.com/albums...ion=view¤t=S1031997.flv
3rd: http://s95.photobucket.com/albums...ion=view¤t=S1031978.flv 4th: http://s95.photobucket.com/albums...ion=view¤t=S1031983.flv 5th: Pull your chair up, get your pipe and slippers, sit back and relax whilst you watch this blockbuster epic. Well its as long as one. Didn't even hit peak Torque. http://s95.photobucket.com/albums...ion=view¤t=S1031990.flv And not a jot of diesel gruffness to be heard... |
||||||
| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
The trip counter's the fastest moving thing in it! |
||||||
| Frank Bullitt |
Wait 'till you see mine; it'll make that look Veyron-quick! |
||||||
| . |
I'm fully expecting your aluminium tin can to hand my arse to me on a plate, you know! | ||||||
| franki68 |
I managed a shockingly bad time of 8 seconds in 5th gear,since the motor has more hp than 12ths (miltek) and a lower weight I am suprised,although my technique of driving and using my stopwatch was rather poor,I am not sure that can account for the 2 seconds difference.I will try again tomorrow and do some other gears.
Officially dissappointed |
||||||
| Nice Guy Eddie |
Well I tried a recordording session but it didn't work out that well, I also think my time of 3.1 secs is a bit hopeful looking at what I have got.
I'll update tomorrow. |
||||||
| cbeaks1 |
Slightly downhill for part of it but the mighty 68PS Festa bagged a 21 second time. The first 10MPH were worse than glacial. | ||||||
| Twelfth Monkey |
Was it thoroughly (and I mean thoroughly) warmed through? I got 9 for 6th, fourth was a fraction over five, third about three and a half. If I look at the 30-50 times in the magazine's test and add a little under half the 40-60 for each gear (as 50-60 is always going to be quicker than 40-50) I look like I'm not too far off. Mine are a little bit quicker, but then the test car only had 1824 miles on the clock. A little loosening up seems reasonable. I'm going to amend my fifth gear time though. Applying similar logic suggests 6.7, which would make it all nice and consistent. |
||||||
| TimR |
According to the OBC stopwatch (controls in the centre console) my time in 5th was a disappointing 8.4s although the start revs were 1200 (25mph/1000 in that gear) and there did seem to be a bit of hesitation between flooring the throttle and the car setting off.
I'm sure the next increment - 60 to 90 - would be much quicker where allowed
I'll try the alternative gears if I'm out in it tomorrow. |
||||||
| :-( |
Can I go forward in time and do my yet to be built 320d? I'll try the Alfa tomorrow, given the chance. |
||||||
| TimR |
Just out of interest I'm going to try this increment in 5th again except start accelerating at, say, 25mph just to see how much time it cost by accelerating from 30 without a 'run up'. | ||||||
| franki68 |
very warmed up | ||||||
| Boxer6 |
Well, I tried tonight on the way home. A disappointing 11 seconds "locked" in 5th (remember it's a semi-auto!), but a quite enervating 3.5 in kickdown. I was a bit surprised at that TBH, but pleased all the same! | ||||||
| Frank Bullitt |
I've eventually got the videos uploaded but they are a little disappointing. The camera angle implies I started at more than 30mph which wasn't the case from where I was sitting, except the 5th gear run where I didn't press start until I'd been accelerating for about two seconds (to be acurate it took a few seconds to start!) 5th gear - make that 16 seconds: 
4th gear - 9 seconds: 
3rd gear - 7 seconds: 
Next time I'll not use sticky tape to hold the phone with... EDIT: not handed to you on a plate as such, but I'm impressed my car is as quick 'in-gear'; quite chuffed with the results. |
||||||
| Matt |
First attempt was 15.322 but it bogged down.
Second was a much better 12.190, with the car accelerated from 25-30, held at 30 and then pedal mashed whilst still on-cam. Quite chuffed with Lionel lately as he's started to turn first time on the key! |
||||||
| Gurney |
Frank was spot on re the kickdown on the fortwo. On my way to the gym last night I gave it a go and it just decided there was a pillock at the wheel and kicked down to third - which would be cheating.
In the GTA today which does not kickdown in semi auto. |
||||||
| Frank Bullitt |
"him", you might wish to not against my times that the A2 is remapped - 97bhp and 203lb/ft v 79bhp and 166lb/ft from factory | ||||||
| DradusContact |
Did 3rd gear last night, around the 7 second mark. Little bit dissapointed, car had been only running for 10 minutes so im thinking if it was a bit warmer the time might of been slightly better. Here it is anyway. A bit of bluetack kept my N95 in place nicely, though it was a bit too close, meant you couldnt see the other dials.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qt-4NJX6e9s |
||||||
| ALF |
Right, I bit my tongue on my reservations and when I eventually found a dead flat bit of empty NSL road on the commute, my incredibly unscientific experiment would suggest about 8 seconds (a bit under?) in 5th - smooth but dull - plus just over 4 seconds in 3rd and just under 4 seconds through the gears.
All very unscientific - would need repeating a few times and with a proper stopwatch on truly dead, and dead flat, roads to be more representative... |
||||||
| "him" |
Thanks for giving it a go though... I think we really need a wide runway and all our cars lined up rolling at 30mph! Clarkson DVD "shootout stylee"
|
||||||
| DradusContact |
Im up for that! Id like these results compiled into a table, with youtube links built in too, would be nice. |
||||||
| "him" |
That is "do-able", when we have some more results (and Nick has been reunited with his GT3), I will give it a go! |
||||||
| Humphrey The Pug |
I had a go at the 30-60 challenge in fifth, last nght on the way home but ran out of road so will have another go on a longer road tonight. | ||||||
| Roadsterstu |
Tried last night, using the CD player time counter
5th - 11 sec 3rd - 6 sec Quite happy with that. |
||||||
| BeN |
Wanted to try this today but other than the impossibility of filming and timing it alone, there just was no proper place to do it.
I managed to get 18 seconds from 50-90km/h though, which might be an indication of how pointless it would be if I did try anyway. |
||||||
| Rodge |
Him, I'm really impressed at your VTS, it's very quick and it sounds really good too.
Can you PM me your address and I'll post my car over for you to modify it and get me a few more ponies and a few less seconds? Anything around 250bhp and/or 8 seconds in top will do just nicely
Cheers! |
||||||
| Rodge |
I did mine in both directions on the same road to counteract this. There's one of those speed indicator signs at the end of the road but sadly, it wasn't working. |
||||||
| ALF |
You have too much time on your hands! I'm lucky my commute is quite long and highly enjoyable (when not stuck behind a 40mph-er) because I really only have time to use my car for transport at present... | ||||||
| BeN |
Someone should organise an airfield meet so that you all can do this 'properly and scientifically'.
|
||||||
| Nice Guy Eddie |
Right, I managed to film my efforts on my camera however I don't seem to be able to post them.
2nd was 3.6 3rd was 4.6 4th was 6.0 5th was 8.0 |
||||||
| Andy C |
I attempted this in 4th and 5th tonight, but didn't have my phone with me. I'll do it tomorrow with my phone.
Completely inaccurate, however in 4th it was around 9 seconds, and 5th was just over 16 seconds. |
||||||
| "him" |
Will your phone get to 60mph?
|
||||||
| Andy C |
If it carries on playing up, It'l be going at more than 60mph against my wall
Sometimes I wish my DSLR had video mode. |
||||||
| canadian bacon |
whats 60 mph ? | ||||||
| TimR |
Tried this again today but I have the following excuses :-
1) The roads were quite damp 2) Farmer Giles had tried to extend his field onto the tarmac resulting in the traction control being active for the whole of 2nd gear. 3) I had about 100kg of flat packed kitchen units and doors in the boot 4) The run in 4th was up a steepish hill. 5) I was using the dash mounted stopwatch and had to operate it with my left hand while keeping an eye on the speedo. So anyway. 2nd gear - 3.4s 3rd gear - 5.2s 4th gear - 7.0s Compared with ALF's results these are quite disappointing but I know that the M5 is considerably faster than my GT was. I'm out to Edinburgh in the Fiat tomorrow so I'll have plenty of flat motorway to try on. Only problem is that if it's damp it'll just wheelspin in 2nd when it gets to about 40 so that time might be a bit quick
|
||||||
| . |
Meh! Blast my longer gearing. Right - going on a graham diet and stripping all the junk out the boot. Not that I am competitve or anything and want to beat you... Chris, what is that loud clunking noise in your first video? Impressive times for the wee aluminium can there - certainy wouldn't expect that from a 1.4 TDI!! |
||||||
| Apex clipper |
Waaaaaaaaaay too damp tonight to try.
Tomorrow seems brighter underfoot.
*And just for a laaaaaaaaaf..I'll time the mighty AX. *Sleep tight Nick & Simon. |
||||||
| . |
I'm intrigued as to what times yours will do! Genuinely.
Heaven forbid a Ford pisses on everyones fireworks now! |
||||||
| Apex clipper |
It'll never hope to post the times of more expensive tackle held within this Forum..in some gears (Off boost) it's silly slow, but.. That isn't the complete picture now is it. Had a little seewhat in 5th at 30... I'd be better off walking! 2nd and 3rd on the other hand... 'Giddy aunt'
I drempt a dream. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjvywvWQRNg |
||||||
| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Hadn't you better attempt this on an airfield, so it doesn't matter which random direction you go? |
||||||
| Gurney |
Traffic terrible and damper than an Otters pocket here last night so was only able to confirm that through the gears it's about 4 seconds - not dissimilar to ALF.
Still in the GTA today as troutey is off but the weather is shaping up to be just as miserable. |
||||||
| Frank Bullitt |
I am quite chuffed with the times - looking at it again if I can perfect a quick 3rd-4th change then through the gears could be worth trying for about 6 seconds-ish. The noise is me going over the expansion joint on a bridge - the latter part of the 5th gear run was slightly uphill to that point but the gradient is so low it is hardly worth mentioning as 5th is in its stride. |