July 15th iirc!

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Team Running Engine again!
Team Negative Camber!
My Budget track engine build thread!
Now appearing at a Trackday near you!!

And where are you staying?

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My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it?

Well yeah just a wee bit easier

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My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it?

I had a 1999 type r before the 6. The type r is better built, faster, and handled slightly better. Wouldn't say it was more reliable, as my 6 has been spot on.

Are they worth 4k? No way. Buy a well looked after 6 for £1000 and you'll have just as much fun!

I find this statement provocative.

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French military victories?
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I didn't found yet a Jap hot hatch with steering feedback as good as you get in the 306 or the ZX16V.

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It's not always the suspension set up
even so, its not simple to find the right set-up,
it's much easier to upgrade engine output of great handling car then upgrade mediocre handling car with great engine,
Whiteline have small catalog for the thing below :

"It wasn't until after testing that we discovered a tweak that
should have a large impact on slalom speeds and is, subjectively, the
single biggest improvement in handling precision and driving
enjoyment of anything we've done. Best of all, it costs $40. All
Subarus have vague, sloppy steering at turn-in. Once you've committed
to a corner, the steering is usually very linear and direct, but that
first moment when you're picking your line is fraught with
uncertainty. At the speeds the STi is capable of, this trait is
downright frightening. The problem is that the steering rack is
mounted in bushings that appear to be made of a proprietary mix of
Teflon and KY Jelly. Turn the steering wheel right and the first
thing that happens is the steering rack slides left. Only when the
rack settles into place does steering feel return. The stickier your
tires, or the older your car's steering rack bushings, the worse this
problem gets. A simple set of polyurethane steering rack bushings
from Whiteline makes a ridiculous difference in how the car drives.
Steering precision is vastly improved and turn-in is so much sharper,
we almost ran over the curb on the inside of the first corner we went
around. There is no down side. Is anybody at Subaru reading this?"

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Mine is sorted by soneone who knows what they're doing, trust me you'll need a charged 6 to get anywhere near mine

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Team "310bhp/tonne"

Team "Old Skool Kool"

Team "Faster than a standard 6. No really, both of them are"

Yeh, you probably right but
I thought the discussion is limited to the hot hatch space, not the roadster hyper-space.

BTW roadster chassis stiffness is always lower then closed shell chassis that in turn have influence on the steering response.

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I think he still wants a bit of go without ringing the tits out of it tbh. He's always been a pug man so reckon he may sway that way. Guess will get him to try a few CTR's, see what he thinks. Will let him drive my '6 to the viewings, set the benchmark

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I live work (to pay) for the 306

Phase 3 Astor. Built on Wednesday, 12th April 2000 in France.

Years of 'Creative Maintenance' mean this car is now much lighter and slightly more 'race' specced...

Erm I think you'll find that to be incorrect in the case of the Elise/Exige variants. It's known to be very stiff perhaps amongst the stiffest

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My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it?

haha, the Elise have very poor chassis stiffness value, at least in the last decade standarts.
it's just 10,000 Nm/deg, exactly one third of the RX8 chassis and much lower then the 24,500 Nm/deg of the MINI chassis.

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Well...be my guest, take a pick in this list :

Alfa 159 - 31.400Nm/degree
Aston Martin DB9 Coupe 27,000 Nm/deg
Aston Martin DB9 Convertible 15,500 Nm/deg
Aston Martin Vanquish 28,500 Nm/deg
Audi TT Coupe 19,000 Nm/deg
Bugatti EB110 - 19,000 Nm/degree
BMW E36 Touring 10,900 Nm/deg
BMW E36 Z3 5,600 Nm/deg
BMW E46 Sedan (w/o folding seats) 18,000 Nm/deg
BMW E46 Sedan (w/folding seats) 13,000 Nm/deg
BMW E46 Wagon (w/folding seats) 14,000 Nm/deg
BMW E46 Coupe (w/folding seats) 12,500 Nm/deg
BMW E46 Convertible 10,500 Nm/deg
BMW X5 (2004) - 23,100 Nm/degree
BMW E90: 22,500 Nm/deg
BMW Z4 Coupe, 32,000Nm/degree
BMW Z4 Roadster: 14,500 Nm/deg
Bugatti Veyron - 60,000 Nm/degree
Chrysler Crossfire 20,140 Nm/deg
Chrysler Durango 6,800 Nm/deg
Chevrolet Corvette C5 9,100 Nm/deg
Dodge Viper Coupe 7,600 Nm/deg
Ferrari 360 Spider 8,500 Nm/deg
Ford GT: 27,100 Nm/deg
Ford GT40 MkI 17,000 Nm/deg
Ford Mustang 2003 16,000 Nm/deg
Ford Mustang 2005 21,000 Nm/deg
Ford Mustang Convertible (2003) 4,800 Nm/deg
Ford Mustang Convertible (2005) 9,500 Nm/deg
Jaguar X-Type Sedan 22,000 Nm/deg
Jaguar X-Type Estate 16,319 Nm/deg
Koenigsegg - 28.100 Nm/degree
Lambo Murcielago 20,000 Nm/deg
Lotus Elan 7,900 Nm/deg
Lotus Elan GRP body 8,900 Nm/deg
Lotus Elise 10,000 Nm/deg
Lotus Elise 111s 11,000 Nm/deg
Lotus Esprit SE Turbo 5,850 Nm/deg
Maserati QP - 18.000 nm/degree
McLaren F1 13,500 Nm/deg
Mercedes SL - With top down 17,000 Nm/deg, with top up 21,000 Nm/deg
Mini (2003) 24,500 Nm/deg
Pagani Zonda C12 S 26,300 Nm/deg
Pagani Zonda F - 27,000 Nm/degree
Porsche 911 Turbo (2000) 13,500 Nm/deg
Porsche 959 12,900 Nm/deg
Porsche Carrera GT - 26,000Nm/degree
Rolls-Royce Phantom - 40,500 Nm/degree
Volvo S60 20,000 Nm/deg
Audi A2: 11,900 Nm/deg
Audi A8: 25,000 Nm/deg
Audi TT: 10,000 Nm/deg (22Hz)
Golf V GTI: 25,000 Nm/deg
Chevrolet Cobalt: 28 Hz
Ferrari 360: 1,474 kgm/degree (bending: 1,032 kg/mm)
Ferrari 355: 1,024 kgm/degree (bending: 727 kg/mm)
Ferrari 430: supposedly 20% higher than 360
Renault Sport Spider: 10,000 Nm/degree
Volvo S80: 18,600 Nm/deg
Koenigsegg CC-8: 28,100 Nm/deg
Porsche 911 Turbo 996: 27,000 Nm/deg
Porsche 911 Turbo 996 Convertible: 11,600 Nm/deg
Porsche 911 Carrera Type 997: 33,000 Nm/deg
Lotus Elise S2 Exige (2004): 10,500 Nm/deg
Volkswagen Fox: 17,941 Nm/deg
VW Phaeton - 37,000 Nm/degree
VW Passat (2006) - 32,400 Nm/degree
Ferrari F50: 34,600 Nm/deg
Lambo Gallardo: 23000 Nm/deg
Mazda Rx-8: 30,000 Nm/deg
Mazda Rx-7: ~15,000 Nm/deg
Mazda RX8 - 30,000 Nm/degree
Saab 9-3 Sportcombi - 21,000 Nm/degree
Opel Astra - 12,000 Nm/degree
Land rover Freelander 2 - 28,000 Nm/degree
Lamborghini Countach 2,600 Nm/deg
Ford Focus 3d 19.600 Nm/deg
Ford Focus 5d 17.900 Nm/deg

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