out of interest how much bhp does simos saxo knock out? - Page 3 - Saxperience

Adamski_frst · 25th July 2007, 23:27

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Originally Posted by Graeme

its not about "respect" though adam its about doing somthing that not many people have done!

and simo has ernt alot of respect in the saxo world as he has the 1st vts turbo!

i do get what you mean though, but wheres the fun in buying a car than anyone else can walk into a show room and buy?

i totally understand, the only reason i CAN critisize is that i know what its like, my fiesta turbo was individual and a very special car that i tipped ALOT of cash into and it did become a very quick car etc mag featured and won fast ford car of the year.. BUT knowing that and knowing what i spent i wish i'd have ploughed it into the cossie as blimey my cossie would be a 10s car by now

!!!

So now i just do my best to make people realise the logic of it all

Barry123 · 25th July 2007, 23:31

customising is an individual taste. for instance I dont give a fudge about speed... everyone's different.

Adamski_frst · 25th July 2007, 23:37

see thats where i am not if i could be in a car that looks amazing but cant get up a hill then it'd annoy me to hell..... but if i'm in a car thats fairly good but goes up a hill in 5th then i'm more than happy!

Simo^p · 26th July 2007, 00:46

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Originally Posted by Adamski_frst

just curious tho not slating saxo's by far i bought mine cause its a good all rounder... but why would people wanna sepnd thousands turboing them etc if they can't cope with the boost pressure and don't put in awesome times... agreed my mate's 106gti got 15.0 1/4 when he had done alot to it BUT even then IMO no car gets respect unless it breaks the 13's.. ???

Simple answer...... to see what would happen!

When my car was turbo'd initially (2000) nobody knew whether the engine, etc could take the strain. Once youve started a project youve got to see it through to a stable level... then carry on developing if you care to. That's pretty much where I got upto with my car. Sure, there are things that IW ould change or do differently, but at the same time, its reliable... as long as you come to terms with changing the odd driveshaft and gearbox

Regarding performance... dont read too much into booked figures and times. Its how the car performs and feels on the track/road that matters... not on a wet airfield, using some magazines dodgy timing gear

Simo^p · 26th July 2007, 00:48

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Originally Posted by saxo_lad_lee

205/40/ r17.

lee.

On 205/40/17 wheel/tyres the speedo is virtually spot on.. by calculation and via GPS.

Baz · 26th July 2007, 00:52

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Originally Posted by saxoash

lol can you do 60 in second aswell?

Dont think hes had it RR'd since them last figures

just for the hell of it....VTS can actually do 60 in 2nd we have all decided

Adamski_frst · 26th July 2007, 14:52

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Originally Posted by Simo

Simple answer...... to see what would happen!

When my car was turbo'd initially (2000) nobody knew whether the engine, etc could take the strain. Once youve started a project youve got to see it through to a stable level... then carry on developing if you care to. That's pretty much where I got upto with my car. Sure, there are things that IW ould change or do differently, but at the same time, its reliable... as long as you come to terms with changing the odd driveshaft and gearbox

Regarding performance... dont read too much into booked figures and times. Its how the car performs and feels on the track/road that matters... not on a wet airfield, using some magazines dodgy timing gear

defo no doubt like i said its great what u have done and acheived, all i was saying is that when people ask me now about fiesta rs tuning i try and put them off huge conversions cause if they want a quick car as jeremy clarkson once said, dont make a slow car fast, make a fast car faster!!! As it is cheaper and easier in the long run

... think its nice for people who have been there to point in the correct direction for others....

But fair play to you, my vtr is nice to nip around in but i would never get rid of the cossie...

jpsaxo · 26th July 2007, 15:48

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Originally Posted by ben306

S1 106 rallye, 16v Conversion running lots of bits.

Tops out at about 130 due to the box but does low 14's, 0-60 has to be low 6's and Its awesome around a track help by the fact the lad can really drive.

Never been on roolers but it will have to be soon for mapping as hes put new cams in (gone from fast road to full rally/race) I reckon its around the 170bhp mark and 750kg.

170bhp from a 1.6 16v Tu engine is not Full race / rally - mines pushing 170ish at the fly and is still perfectly driveable around town etc,

200bhp+ (N/A) from the vts/gti engine is full race spec

willsy · 26th July 2007, 23:27

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Originally Posted by saxo_lad_lee

just how far out is the saxo speedo ?? its a percentage right ?.

It'll always vary from car to car.

I was doing 80mph all the way home from the lake district today on the speedo and the satnav always read 78/79mph which is pretty accurate generally

Tupps · 27th July 2007, 09:27

Once i reach 81mph (On prvate roads obviously) in the works van the sat navs screams saying im doing over 70mph.....