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20th March 2011, 19:16
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Better than you would think actually. Much quicker than him through surtees but had no chance on the straights. Still managed to hold him off for a few laps once i first saw him in the rear view mirror and still had him in sight for a few laps, so yes a G40 is going to demolish a saxo especially with a decent driver in it...but hey trackdays are for fun! I felt like i was going more than fast enough.
I have a video i will whack it up in the track videos soon..
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20th March 2011, 20:31
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#142
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hmm, interesting. surtees. guess he had a lot to lose if he locked up into mclaren
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21st March 2011, 11:30
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Originally Posted by hard_corejoeboy
Better than you would think actually. Much quicker than him through surtees but had no chance on the straights.
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Cool. Was just wondering since in terms of weight a stripped out sax can be about comparible with the 40, just with 30bhp less.
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21st March 2011, 17:36
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Why how much power do they have??
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21st March 2011, 18:47
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power to weight will be about similar with a few mods. but the g40 is a bespoke race car. so has perfect geometry setup, rwd, sequential gearbox, slicks, the works
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21st March 2011, 21:11
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#146
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Blimey i saw that and assumed it had about 400bhp! How much are they as it sounds cheaper to get a rallye or a sax..
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21st March 2011, 21:58
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Here's a bit of a vid with the ginetta in...
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21st March 2011, 22:41
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Originally Posted by hard_corejoeboy
Blimey i saw that and assumed it had about 400bhp! How much are they as it sounds cheaper to get a rallye or a sax..
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If you were out looking for something like a Ginetta, a Rallye, or a Sax wouldn't really come into the equation.
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22nd March 2011, 12:29
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That m3 is going easy isn't it
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22nd March 2011, 12:53
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Thats what I thought, I think the M3's on its warm up lap.
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22nd March 2011, 13:15
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Originally Posted by hard_corejoeboy
Why how much power do they have??
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150 in G40 trim. The G40.Jr is restricted to a bit less.
Depending when your track day was, it was probably running stock michelin road tyres.
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How much are they as it sounds cheaper to get a rallye or a sax..
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Just shy of £30k, so yeah, cheaper to get a Sax...
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22nd March 2011, 18:35
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#152
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Thats what I thought, I think the M3's on its warm up lap.
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50 odd warm up laps and a pit at the end??
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22nd March 2011, 19:29
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c'mon, dont try and convince yourself a pretty standard saxo would give an m3 a run for it's money
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22nd March 2011, 19:35
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c'mon, dont try and convince yourself a pretty standard saxo would give an m3 a run for it's money
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Exactly!
Just because you can keep up with an M3 doesn't mean a saxo is quicker than an M3, well imo anyway. Trackdays aren't about comparing yourself with other people. It looks like the driver of the M3 was taking it steady, he might feel like thats the limit he wants to take it too. Scared of crashing it? Its a lot more money to lose than a saxo!
I could say I've beat clio 200's and a fair few scoobies at both Oulton park and Anglesey but I know for a fact they would piss all over me if driven well. Its just I like giving mine a bit of grief whereas they obviously don't.
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22nd March 2011, 20:15
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tbh it looks like a csl too so probably was being careful not to bin it into the barriers...
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22nd March 2011, 20:35
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#156
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c'mon, dont try and convince yourself a pretty standard saxo would give an m3 a run for it's money
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Oh hell no i was just laughing at the guys driving! I mean im a track day n00b as it is!
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22nd March 2011, 22:08
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Here's my other car, its work in progress and hasn't been on the road yet since i bought it and got it MOT'd.
Its a VTS but i'm trying to make it look a bit bland for road use.
Mods so far are...
Engine
Wrapped Raceland 4-2-1 manifold/Magnex cat back exhaust (which i'm selling), shrouded ind kit with Green filter.
Chopped bumper.
Suspension
So far (tonight) i've only dont the rear end, 23mm bars, 24mm ARB & borrowed Proper Grp N tarmac Bilstein dampers.
I've fitted 15" steels & citroen C2/3 wheel trims for the furio look.
As funds allow it'll become a production class hillclimb/track day car but also still be a daily driver with quaife box/diff, cams & predator ecu, saxsport with m/s cat... not sure what to use suspension wise on the front... ast's are looking good atm.
The car is sporting fablon over the sunroof to try and stem the flow of water to the interior when it rains... a c/f panel will be getting fitted in the future.
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22nd March 2011, 22:15
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#158
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How much for the 4-2-1?
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22nd March 2011, 22:18
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Its the cat back magnex i'm selling not the manifold.
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22nd March 2011, 22:23
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#160
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Ah already have one i think as mine looks the same
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