Is my car too slow?

[jonnM]

The problem with big, powerful saloons is that you need to be well into licence losing territory before they will show any real speed advantage. Just enjoy the V8 noise and be thankful you don't have speakers playing fake engine noise into the cabin

[BartW]

That's true. The V8 noise is melody to my ears, especially when I'm gonna get a decent exhaust

[Phillphill]

The vw s aren't slow, and the DSG boxes makes them rapid.

I have a vrs Octavia diesel estate 2015 with the dsg box and it would destroy my monaro Round towns and quick little blasts and that has 184hp!!

My sister has a golf r and that with a remap will push 370hp, not slow by any means and again with the box they are quick.
Modern cars aren't just quick because of power, it's all the gearbox and clever gear ratios matching the engine outputs etc

They are still boring as sin to drive though and I'd rather crawl to work then own a car that farts when it changes gear!

[anonymous-user]

Quick on the road is one thing but that's mostly because for a 100m sprint, traction is king. Make that a mile and suddenly the remapped Golf or RS3 will look very crap indeed.

[Garynogrip]

wormus said:

Quick on the road is one thing but that's mostly because for a 100m sprint, traction is king. Make that a mile and suddenly the remapped Golf or RS3 will look very crap indeed.

I agree, my rs3 would get demolished by a high power Hsv from 80 onwards, don't think I'll keep it very long, it's a great bit of kit but lacking the soul of a v8!

[anonymous-user]

Garynogrip said:

I agree, my rs3 would get demolished by a high power Hsv from 80 onwards, don't think I'll keep it very long, it's a great bit of kit but lacking the soul of a v8!

Good man, that's a brave thing to admit given it must have cost a bit. Now sell up and come home

[ARAF]

wormus said:

Garynogrip said:

I agree, my rs3 would get demolished by a high power Hsv from 80 onwards, don't think I'll keep it very long, it's a great bit of kit but lacking the soul of a v8!

Good man, that's a brave thing to admit given it must have cost a bit. Now sell up and come home

He's already got it for sale, if anyone is interested.

[robbyd]

I came up against a Golf R in my 1997 Legacy - an exact match from 20mph to something way beyond that.

Legacy twin turbo is all top end and if you can keep it on the boil, it flies.

Doesn't come close to an HSV with blower, though...

[Garynogrip]

wormus said:

Garynogrip said:

I agree, my rs3 would get demolished by a high power Hsv from 80 onwards, don't think I'll keep it very long, it's a great bit of kit but lacking the soul of a v8!

Good man, that's a brave thing to admit given it must have cost a bit. Now sell up and come home

It will be gone soon, fancied a change, though it would hold its own on a twisty mile lol

[kaw]

Quickest thing i,ve had a go with was a ttrs total destroyed it,but we were already doing around 60 when we went for it

[Aitch 'H']

BartW said:

Plus, 2litre is good size for milk, and Pepsi

[vxr2010]

Will Holden ever do a four wheel drive , the power is there , it's works for the amg mercs that have less power , but look how much they are , I'm sticking to Holden personally lol

[Codswallop]

HSV did a limited run of the coupe4 which had 4wd and 370bhp. Rather nice wide arch kit too

[vxr2010]

Supercharge that and job done then lol

[BartW]

I like the HSV being rear wheel drive only. Always keeps you on your toes.

And those days I want to feel the stability, I drive my gf's Aygo or my grand cherokee monster :P

[ARAF]

vxr2010 said:

Supercharge that and job done then lol

IIRC, the 4wd cars were retuned to lower levels, as the 4wd system couldn't take a lot of power.

[anonymous-user]

ARAF said:

vxr2010 said:

Supercharge that and job done then lol

IIRC, the 4wd cars were retuned to lower levels, as the 4wd system couldn't take a lot of power.

Correct, it had the transfer box from a Chevy Tahoe or something equally crap. There's a bloke in Aus who built his own using a crashed 4x4.

[vxr2010]

Supercharge that and job done then lol

[vxr2010]

My iPhone has a life of its own now , putting posts on with out me doing it weird , I think a good set up is the lower levels of power of new the 6.2 gts , too much I think makes it no good in the wet and harder to drive , I just accept I don't have the fastest car but it's a quick car

[willisit]

wormus said:

ARAF said:

vxr2010 said:

Supercharge that and job done then lol

IIRC, the 4wd cars were retuned to lower levels, as the 4wd system couldn't take a lot of power.

Correct, it had the transfer box from a Chevy Tahoe or something equally crap. There's a bloke in Aus who built his own using a crashed 4x4.

Also Auto-only - if that makes any difference.