Widest performance difference between cars you own?

[cheadle hulme]

Was chatting to a friend who couldn't believe that I still had the Skoda Felicia I bought as a stop gap 2 years ago. He thought it would feel like something from the stone age in comparison to my BMW 335i. It does actually, but in a good way.

Anyway, 306bhp minus 59bhp gives 247bhp difference.

O-60, 5.4 seconds versus 13.5 gives 8.1 seconds difference.

Anyone else have cars of massively different performance?

[_gez_]

Porsche 996 turbo and Ford Focus 1.6 (petrol).

Love them both for totally different reasons.

[Moogle]

1l, 3cyl, 65bhp Toyota Aygo.
4.2l, V8, 400BHP Supercharged Jaguar XJR.

[wackojacko]

Step father has a Saab 9000 CDE 156bhp
comparison to aslo owning a CL600 biturbo (550bhp+ / 500ftlb+) and a 400bhp Noble M12 lol !

Miter has a 1.6 pug 308 but daily driver is a CLK 430

[fb2]

Cerbera and a 1.4 diesel fiesta......

[Alfa GTV]

BMW 530D M Sport remapped - 280ish bhp 610nm torque
Vauxhall corsa c 1.2 - 70ish bhp 120nm torque maybe

490nm torque difference
210bhp difference

[ferkle]

saab 9000 aero tinkered with - 290bhp
vw t25 - 50bhp

(honda cb250rs - 22bhp)

[crmcatee]

Landrover 110 TD5 and a 410BHP Cobra


I love both of them.

[br d]

If it's on performance then some of my work vans are getting a bit tired and probably pulling 0 - 60 in about 50 seconds, compared to my car at just under 4.

Mind you, at least the vans earn money, the car just pisses it away.

[R1 Loon]

Cheating a bit but the cars are 306bhp and 255bhp so not much. I've got a horsebox with a mahoosive 100bhp, although that sould be nearer 140 after tomorrow's remap.

But the real cheat is the motocross bike 30bhp, so 306 - 30 = 276bhp difference.

Got another bike in the middle with 193bhp too, now that is fun.

[The Lukas]

fb2 said:

Cerbera and a 1.4 diesel fiesta......

[JM]

Escort Van 1.8 (non turbo) Diesel.
&
Subaru Impreza Turbo.



Well was that till a few weeks ago.

Also have had a Vauxhall Combo van and an Elise. they might have had different dynamics but they had the same indicator and wiper stalks!

[lance1a]

1983 BMW E30 320i Auto and a Volvo V40 T4. Only 80 bhp between them but a huge difference in real terms.

[whoami]

DBS Vs Land Rover 90 (c1 BHP)

[deadalfa]

Porsche 911
Land Rover Series II Diesel

Power difference of perhaps 170bhp. Not sure I've ever seen 60mph in the Landy.

Edited by deadalfa on Friday 14th January 22:29

[Mr E]

At one point we had a near 300 NHL turbo wagon and a White 1.4 automatic corsa.

Running them in convoy, the corsa burnt a lot of fuel keeping even moderate pace.

[superman84]

Evo 9 fq360
Punto 1.3 diesel
366-70=296bhp difference

Edited by superman84 on Friday 14th January 22:35

[PaulHogan]

Cayman S
A2 1.4 diseasel

[RobM77]

BMW 320d - 163bhp / ~1400kg
Lotus Elise S2 111S - 160bhp / 806kg

To be honest I never really floor it in either - straight line performance doesn't really interest me on the road that much - if I've enjoyed the previous corner, I'll have left it at the speed limit anyway

[schmalex]

Mercedes CLK500 - 350bhp. 0 - 60 in about 5.6. Top speed 172 (limiter removed)

Series 3 Landy - 70bhp. 0 - 60 on a good day. Top speed - 60 on a good day, about 56 if there is a headwind