A 90bhp TDI? What model, a go kart?

The car barely hits 60 in 14 seconds, i'm not believing it does it in 16 seconds, not standard anyway.

Klutch, just a daft automatic and he was "running in" his turbo, he wore a baseball cap....

Any pics of it Jamie? I'm after either a 2.0 TDI 140 A3 of Mk5 next, I like the A3's a bit more but my GF likes the golf. Also seem to get more stuff as standard with the A3.

Anyway, as for the clutch, my flywheel is fecked, my idle is like a bag of spanners, but it's smooth as hell when driving and the clutch never slips. It's also quite rough when reversing (like you described) new clutch is on the cards if i'm keeping it for another 6 months.

Nathan, best way to know what flywheel they have is that they started with the PD engines (2000's+)

Blueflame, i've no idea what dragstrip you go to, or how much of a downhill it's on, but the TDI in the video I posted has about 300bhp and that's doing 13.6. How on earth is someone doing 11 seconds with 270bhp? I call bullshit.

Sticky tyres, Shiftkit, A decent LSD and 300+hp in a soarer will net a high 12 with a good launch.

ah, launch. i was wondering why a good meal would help get a better split time. :/

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Blueflame, i've no idea what dragstrip you go to, or how much of a downhill it's on, but the TDI in the video I posted has about 300bhp and that's doing 13.6. How on earth is someone doing 11 seconds with 270bhp? I call bullshit.

How does a car do 300+mph in a quarter mile? You gonna call that bullshit? It is what it is, drag racing physics are somewhat of a phenomenon. That's there's never been, and never will be a realistic top fuel simulation.

Trust me, a 300bhp CAR of any kind doing a 13.6 time is poor, I've seen street legal beetles do better with less horsepower. AND less torque for that matter.

To brag about a 1/4 mile time, it has to be actually decent. You wouldn't win a drag race with a 13.6 unless you were bracket E.T racing or in a newb class. Stock GT TDi can do a 13.6 being driven by someone who knows how of course. Infact, I once saw a stock XR3i do a 13.9. And you know how much I don't like Fords.

Trust me when I say this, that rtech GTi is nothing special McLaren F1 (supposed to be one of the best cars in the world only manages 11.7 1/4 mile. Anything over 11 seconds is poor. Whatever it is.

Stock GT TDI can do 1/4 in under 14 seconds?!?!?!?!?!? HAHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Kws7h3OpY

Does that not look slightly fast? You never commented on my Leon TDI 1/4 from earlier either, 13.6 and that looked fast, he shifted quickly and got the power down very well.

The bugatti veyron does 1/4 mile in under 10 seconds, I know it means nothing, it's not meant for the 1/4 mile.

But a car with 150bhp (assuming it's the PD150 your on about) is never going to get a car down the 1/4 mile in the same amount of time as someone with 100bhp more.

I don't know where you get your figures from, but they're crap.

I've gotta agree with Bawbag here. Your time figures sound a little far fetched Blueflame.

A stock Escort XR3i doing a 13.9 quarter? I seriously doubt it, considering they only put out 105BHP, and the spec sheets I have looked up indicate the car is capable of a 17.0 quarter at the very best. Are you sure it was not a modified RS Turbo?

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But a car with 150bhp (assuming it's the PD150 your on about) is never going to get a car down the 1/4 mile in the same amount of time as someone with 100bhp more.

Not nesacerily true, a lot of factors come into play, even if we're not counting driver.

Like what, one of NASA's rocket ships helping? That's really the only thing that will make a stock 150bhp car weighting around 1.4 tonne do the 1/4 mile in under 14 seconds.

Look at the scooby I posted for example, that car looks rapid, yet it "only" does it in 12.5 seconds. It's doing 0-60 is around 4 seconds, yet a FWD diesel with half the power and a 0-60 time of 9 seconds will only be 1 second slower?

It's massively lol worthy, sure, some drivers are better at getting cars off the line, keeping the boost up, shifting at the proper times, but these alone are only worth tenths.

Wasn't debating the fact that his figures are bullshit, was more just pointing out that different chassis/drivetype/overall weight/weightdistrubution/suspension type/gear ratios/diff ratios/torque/powercurve all play a part in a quarter mile time, outright HP means ****all.

Quote from Bawbag :

Any pics of it Jamie? I'm after either a 2.0 TDI 140 A3 of Mk5 next, I like the A3's a bit more but my GF likes the golf. Also seem to get more stuff as standard with the A3.

I have no pictures but I'll get a few for you tomorrow. I also have a video of 30-70mph in 3rd but it's on my phone and I can't find my data transfer cable.

I'll email it from my phone to my email though and post them all up tomorrow for you.

Quote from Klutch :

Wasn't debating the fact that his figures are bullshit, was more just pointing out that different chassis/drivetype/overall weight/weightdistrubution/suspension type/gear ratios/diff ratios/torque/powercurve all play a part in a quarter mile time, outright HP means ****all.

not to mention the fact that unless you see/hear obvious mods.... folk think its stock unless otherwise informed.

a focus ST ( Mk1/2 ) does a 1/4 mile in what... 16.9... its a fair bit quicker then the xr3i.

at the same time though, a big dodge charger or similar would struggle to break 12's with a noob pilot.
its simple a game of swings and round-a-bouts.

Quote from Klutch :

Wasn't debating the fact that his figures are bullshit, was more just pointing out that different chassis/drivetype/overall weight/weightdistrubution/suspension type/gear ratios/diff ratios/torque/powercurve all play a part in a quarter mile time, outright HP means ****all.

Sure it does, but that would mean it wasn't standard....which is bullflames argument, that a 150bhp bog standard diesel can do the 1/4 mile in under 14 seconds.

Jamie....What!? you buy a turd corsa and the first thing you do is put a pic up here? Then you buy a decent MK5 golf and you haven't took a pic? Come on son!



In saying that, I bet the difference in pulls like that changed dramatically, i'm losing pressure somewhere, or a dodgy Maf/N75 valve, when i'm on the boost it sometimes has a mind of it's own. Still pulls well though, not that i'm saying my car is fast but it is quick.... :P

Quote from bawbag :

not that i'm saying my car is fast but it is quick....

RAGE :mad:

A 13.6 from a VW is nothing special, maybe if you are used to other cars it is. If you tune a car and take it to the strip and only get a 13second pass, you should be very very very disappointed in yourself.

Quote from Bawbag :

Sure it does, but that would mean it wasn't standard....which is bullflames argument, that a 150bhp bog standard diesel can do the 1/4 mile in under 14 seconds.

They can't

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Jamie....What!? you buy a turd corsa and the first thing you do is put a pic up here? Then you buy a decent MK5 golf and you haven't took a pic? Come on son!

LOL!

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In saying that, I bet the difference in pulls like that changed dramatically, i'm losing pressure somewhere, or a dodgy Maf/N75 valve, when i'm on the boost it sometimes has a mind of it's own. Still pulls well though, not that i'm saying my car is fast but it is quick.... :P

Try going on a motorway in 3rd at Max revs for 10 minutes, could be the EGR. Or the vanes on the turbo could be sticking however a hard run would heat up the components and free the gunk. Ford for example would charge you 2 hours labour for the above!!

Pics will be uploaded as soon as video has finished emailing.

Although she had a full wash, wax and polish on Saturady it's somehow all muddy and dirty and I've only done about 150 miles since.




And of course the obligatory iPod (stfu)







30-70 run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyDHty1wlLE


Any mods to it forthcoming? Well, I want a set of the GT wheels, and then I'll probably get some lowering springs (20-30mm only) and then get a GTI bodykit. Also am keeping an eye out for a leather interior. When that's done I'll be more than happy. Keeping it classy this time.
Cheers.

Jesus Christ that is bland.

Quote from doyal :

Jesus Christ that is bland.

It's functional, and it doesn't hurt your eyes. Who cares?

It is bland, but it'll sell well in the future

Quote from BlueFlame :

A 13.6 from a VW is nothing special, maybe if you are used to other cars it is. If you tune a car and take it to the strip and only get a 13second pass, you should be very very very disappointed in yourself.

It's not? 13.6 from a standard PD150 is!!!!

All the figures you've came up with are absolute tosh, under 14 is decent, sure it's nothing compared to a damn drag car, but try driving them around a corner. You should maybe go look at some 1/4mile times on facebook, like the cupra I posted earlier, if that doesn't look fast to you then fine, you obviously come from somewhere which is just a big downhill everywhere you go!

Looks nice Jamie, nice and clean. I might give it a go in mine tomorrow, but turbo lag? I barely get any unless i'm under 1300rpm! I'll try a 6th gear pull from 30-70 too. It shouldn't be too bad for a standard car, just a decat and EGR delete.

It did have sticky veins but it's been cleaned out a few times and hasn't been back in a while, used to come after 15 mins of driving on the motorway, slight throttle increase to overtake or keep speed up a hill would set it into limp mode.

No more thankfully, put some Dr Magic oven cleaner in through the EGR-Turbo pipe and it sorted it out. Not bad for 99p.

The 3rd gear thing, tried the whole Italian tuning thing as well, done 40 miles pretty much ragging it to try and blow the shit out to no avail.

Cleaning the turbo like I did just helps the problem but it will no doubt come back in a few months, i've seen a guy who done a innotec turbo clean (similar to what I done but from the outlet pipe) and it only cleaned a tiny part of the turbo, doesn't quite get into the important places. Rtech have done a how to on dismantling the turbo and how to clean it properly, though they only take £100 to do it, which would be my choice!

Quote from Bawbag :

It's not? 13.6 from a standard PD150 is!!!!

I grew up around drag racing, 13 is nothing to base a cars performance on.

Quote from BlueFlame :

I grew up around drag racing, 13 is nothing to base a cars performance on.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Excuse me, I've already called bullshit.

I agree with dustin here, if you dont think that a 13.xx time down a 1/4 strip isnt at least respectable for a standard production car such as a golf then you are quite frankly insane.

Quote from danthebangerboy :

I agree with dustin here, if you dont think that a 13.xx time down a 1/4 strip isnt at least respectable for a standard production car such as a golf then you are quite frankly insane.

Maybe I'm reading this wrong but Bullflame said 13.6 down the 1/4 from a modified golf (150 to 240bhp) is piss poor and claimed a standard PD150 could do it in the same time.

To which pretty much every calls bullshit to, 240bhp going under 14 secs is impressive, but 150bhp getting anywhere close, lolz.