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 lotek
Seasoned Pro  Location: Berkshire Registered: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 6,107 Status: Offline |
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 Posted 27th Jun 2010 at 17:18
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*days*gti6*
Seasoned Pro  Location: St Austell Registered: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 1,139 Status: Offline |
Post #27
Could have just been a standard Z20LET with a DV? As mine standard was faster than my 6...When it was 270bhp it was beating my mates evo fq in straight lines Mine sounded like this standard with cone filter:  Loved that sound  ________________________________________ Insta: damo_mayes |
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Posted 27th Jun 2010 at 17:09
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bennn
Seasoned Pro  Location: Shrewsbury Registered: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 2,705 Status: Offline |
Post #28
sounds mint, when you had the cone on it had you got rid of the crossover pipe or was it still there?________________________________________ Cherry Red 306 HDIChampionship White Integra DC5 Type R |
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Posted 2nd Aug 2010 at 22:21
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paul_gti6
Seasoned Pro  Location: Chelmsford Registered: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 3,030 Status: Offline |
Post #29
390ftlb? thats seriously high, mean 290? |
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Posted 2nd Aug 2010 at 22:29
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cress87
Seasoned Pro  Location: Norwich Registered: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 11,360 Status: Offline |
Post #30
 ________________________________________ You feed beefburgers to swans.  I may have been speeding Mr Policeman but [a] I live for the 306 and [b] did you see that dog? omfg |
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Posted 2nd Aug 2010 at 22:31
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joevts
Senior User  Location: barnsley Registered: 21 May 2008 Posts: 608 Status: Offline |
Post #31
welshpug! wrote: the 2.2 n/a coupes are 160 bhp but a fair lump of torque I believe. thought it was about 147bhp? sure you don't mean 160lb/ft? in europe they had the astra OPC before the 2.2 and the GSI turbo came out, that was a 2.0 NA with 160bhp, nearest thing vauxhall ever did to rival the 6/VTS. i've always liked the mk4 astra, very similar shape to the xsara but more angular/chunky  don't like the VXR though, looks like a toy spaceship, as does anything made after 2000  |
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Posted 3rd Aug 2010 at 00:03
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bennn
Seasoned Pro Location: Shrewsbury Registered: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 2,705 Status: Offline |
Post #32
joevts wrote: welshpug! wrote: the 2.2 n/a coupes are 160 bhp but a fair lump of torque I believe. thought it was about 147bhp? sure you don't mean 160lb/ft? in europe they had the astra OPC before the 2.2 and the GSI turbo came out, that was a 2.0 NA with 160bhp, nearest thing vauxhall ever did to rival the 6/VTS. i've always liked the mk4 astra, very similar shape to the xsara but more angular/chunky don't like the VXR though, looks like a toy spaceship, as does anything made after 2000 The OPC was the european version of the GSI turbo and the current opel opc is the european version of the VXR ________________________________________ Cherry Red 306 HDIChampionship White Integra DC5 Type R |
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Posted 3rd Aug 2010 at 22:17
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bennn
Seasoned Pro Location: Shrewsbury Registered: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 2,705 Status: Offline |
Post #33
cress87 wrote: you dont like vauxhalls. we get it. ________________________________________ Cherry Red 306 HDIChampionship White Integra DC5 Type R |
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Posted 3rd Aug 2010 at 22:19
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joevts
Senior User Location: barnsley Registered: 21 May 2008 Posts: 608 Status: Offline |
Post #34
bennn wrote: joevts wrote: welshpug! wrote: the 2.2 n/a coupes are 160 bhp but a fair lump of torque I believe. thought it was about 147bhp? sure you don't mean 160lb/ft? in europe they had the astra OPC before the 2.2 and the GSI turbo came out, that was a 2.0 NA with 160bhp, nearest thing vauxhall ever did to rival the 6/VTS. i've always liked the mk4 astra, very similar shape to the xsara but more angular/chunky don't like the VXR though, looks like a toy spaceship, as does anything made after 2000 The OPC was the european version of the GSI turbo and the current opel opc is the european version of the VXR yeah OPC is basically what they call the GSI, but before the turbo, there was a period when the fastest mk4 astra on sale in the UK was the SRI, think that was the 134bhp 2.0, but on the continent at that time, they had the 2.0 NA OPC which we never got  |
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Posted 4th Aug 2010 at 00:19
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