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Old 09-06-2005, 06:28 PM   #21
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so any one recon i have a chance against a manual vs ute
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Old 09-06-2005, 06:30 PM   #22
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i underesteimated my car myself ....i raced a friends liberty (95 model) and stayed in front but i didnt think he was trying.....obviously he was...might hafta think about extractors
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Old 09-06-2005, 06:34 PM   #23
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yea i might look into them and a hiflow cat does it make much difference should i increase exhaust from 2' to 2.5' aswell or is 2' fine wid the others
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Old 09-06-2005, 06:42 PM   #24
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Chris: 2.25" exhaust will be perfect, if you want to save money just go with crush bend.
A manual VS ute should be too much for you, it's lighter and has the better gearing for the highway. Off the line you should give him some curry though!
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Old 09-06-2005, 06:51 PM   #25
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Hey chicaboo....would it be worth doing mods to the SOHC or should i just save for a new engine?
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Old 09-06-2005, 06:59 PM   #26
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I don't have any knowledge on the 1.8sohc soz, but I guess if you could pick up a BPT or a nice BPdohc for cheap and had some mates to help one weekend, you'd be in a good spot. But I'd say if you went to all that trouble the BPT would be money well spent. The 1.8dohc BPs go hard with some mods, I'm told they lack some low down torque compared to my engine, but then they redline at 7500rpm too...
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Old 09-06-2005, 07:07 PM   #27
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Really?? 7500? mine is only 7000 but thats an auto, so do the mannuels get more?? i still regularly get it to the lovely red colour. LOL but i still feel ripped off!!
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Old 09-06-2005, 07:46 PM   #28
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yeah I can understand you wanting more power.

must be painful having been beaten by a stock 1.6 BJ lol

all good I was suprised how mine went against yours, must be the driver :P

easy and probably cheapest bang for your buck is a BPT transplant. other then that expensive work on the block and head.

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Old 09-06-2005, 07:48 PM   #29
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**** this thread is huge ... someone is a post whore ... gav cough gav

red line at 7000, limiter is 7600ish.

as for the whole commy thing, the astina will hold them off the lights, but the commy has the in gear response, but who cares about straight lines when there are beautiful mountains all around us

oh and last time i heard the ute is heavier than a sedan, and a sedan heavier than a wagon
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Old 09-06-2005, 07:57 PM   #30
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Mazda autos classically can't handle high revs. Funnily enough they produce more torque at the wheels though...
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Old 09-06-2005, 08:02 PM   #31
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complete the exhaust (ie header), get smaller wheels (less rotational weight = more whp) and remove weight from the car.
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Old 09-06-2005, 08:04 PM   #32
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**** this thread is huge ... someone is a post whore ... gav cough gav

red line at 7000, limiter is 7600ish.
yeah I thought it was 7500rpm, next time I hit it I'll pay more attention.

hit it plenty of times in my BG SP especially once my 2" sports exhaust went on, really opened it up.

Shame the BJ's only go to about 6600rpm, only been there once from memory.

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Old 09-06-2005, 08:09 PM   #33
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man, i get **** like that from guys at tafe. until one of them tried to race me through edgie - barnsley in a statesman (of course i won ).
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Old 09-06-2005, 08:21 PM   #34
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Hey mike, gunna hafta put our cars head to ehad one day....i wanna see how much difference is between the SOHC and DOHC
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Old 09-06-2005, 09:36 PM   #35
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alot comes down to your launch and gear changes, and how crap the other guy is at them. bends & twisties in the road help if you're racing commonwhores and the like

but off the line stock astinas technically should get wasted by nearly anything, especially the 1.6 corollas, swift gtis, astras, barina sris, my car just cant keep up. and just drivin other cars reinforces how gutless the astina is! but hey, its my car, and i love it all the same with the zorst things should pick up a bit though

how u beat a statesman mike is a mystery to me, its a V8 FFS.
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Old 09-06-2005, 09:47 PM   #36
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ive beat Swift GTIs with a full car load..

Corollas no idea..
i beat a 2.5ltr liberty the other day..
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Hyundai Elantras..

Integra GSI....

Civics..

umm

Vl commonwhores..

i beat my dads VT when my brother was driving but that cars a hunk of crap ... lol

Hmmm what astina you got HI-RES ??
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Old 09-06-2005, 10:11 PM   #37
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Mcwilly - Just turbo it already!! lol I've said that I'd help/do the conversion for ya to save $$$.

Honestly dude, bang for buck is an expression that comes to mind for me. It's all pretty relative....little $$ = little bang (go). Bigger $$ = bigger bang (to an extent).

You're at the point where you have to spend alot to get a little more. The only worthwhile mod I could see you doing by keeping it N/A is buying an aftermarket ECU. Even then you have to spend upwards of $1000 and you'll still have less power than a stock GTX convertion.

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Old 09-06-2005, 11:49 PM   #38
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yea ill have to leave it for a bit because im not earning enough to turbo it at the moment. i really need to learn how to launch because i normally play catch up which normally, works but wid commodores and falcons doesnt. yea i was suprised wid the 1.6, another example of **** take of on my behalf. :-(
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Old 10-06-2005, 08:22 AM   #39
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alot comes down to your launch and gear changes, and how crap the other guy is at them. bends & twisties in the road help if you're racing commonwhores and the like

but off the line stock astinas technically should get wasted by nearly anything, especially the 1.6 corollas, swift gtis, astras, barina sris, my car just cant keep up. and just drivin other cars reinforces how gutless the astina is! but hey, its my car, and i love it all the same with the zorst things should pick up a bit though

how u beat a statesman mike is a mystery to me, its a V8 FFS.
what model do you drive hi-res ... and it could have been a V6 N/A statemans those things wiegh the best part of 2 tonnes
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Old 10-06-2005, 09:00 AM   #40
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James' and Rob's 1.6s have the benefit of very low gearing, 1st gear tops out at around 40kph or something crazy, which is why I believe the little 1.6s are peppy up to 80kph or so. But put them on the highway against the 1.8s and I don't think there'd be any arguing which car is faster...
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