Originally Posted by bioforger (Post 11577712)

Yea well he's American so your argument is irrelevant :)

Originally Posted by Littleted (Post 11575056)

Guys also won the 1000 dollar willall reward he posted 11.48 in a mapped stage 1 a45 target was first a45 under 12

Originally Posted by Vtec-Abuser (Post 11578206)

Wow, this thread has seriously gone off the rails!!! :cuckoo: Why people keep rising to some bloke who claims he can beat any car because he has longer gears, I don't know.. :freak3:



Little out there Ted.. It was 11.84, not 11.48 (big difference) and it was ran here, so means bugger all IMO..

It will happen very soon though, that I have no doubt.

Originally Posted by Vtec-Abuser (Post 11578206)

Wow, this thread has seriously gone off the rails!!! :cuckoo: Why people keep rising to some bloke who claims he can beat any car because he has longer gears, I don't know.. :freak3:

Little out there Ted.. It was 11.84, not 11.48 (big difference) and it was ran here, so means bugger all IMO..

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgW5K948UA0

It will happen very soon though, that I have no doubt.

Originally Posted by scoobyJim2 (Post 11574035)

Ol he noticed! He wasn't doing bad untill he changed out of second into 3rd about 50mph where i carried on to about 70mph in 2nd and then i left more of a gap at the end of 3rd gear.
I beat most people because my gears seem to be longer.when im at about 5000rpm with another 2000rpm to go,they seem to be at redline

Originally Posted by Vtec-Abuser (Post 11578764)

It's this comment I was referring to...



The A45 has a twin clutch auto, so there will be no drop in performance between changes like yours.

Go back under your bridge.. ;)

Originally Posted by Vtec-Abuser (Post 11578764)

It's this comment I was referring to...

The A45 has a twin clutch auto, so there will be no drop in performance between changes like yours.

Go back under your bridge.. ;)

Originally Posted by Matteeboy (Post 11578773)

Silly manufacturers making these lightning quick boxes; they should just use longer gearing.

My auto is faster than the manual version partly because it has very short gears. So not sure this "long gearing" nonsense.

Originally Posted by fat-thomas (Post 11578802)

Is he still banging on about his 1500 quid sh1tbox wagon???
He will be making up a story about having 8k to spend on a car next....

Originally Posted by scoobyJim2 (Post 11578934)

Actually got 8k plus my car ;)

Originally Posted by scoobyJim2 (Post 11578934)

Actually got 8k plus my car ;)

Originally Posted by scoobyJim2 (Post 11578933)

Short gears rev up quick,probably giving more thrust in each gear but not for long enough. Similar to turbo diesels.loads of grunt but not enough puff in the gears.especially a mapped turbo diesel.as soon as you hit full boost you have to change gear

Originally Posted by scoobyJim2 (Post 11578941)

And i get paid soon,thats another 2k or so if i want

Originally Posted by Matteeboy (Post 11578950)

But we are talking about turbo PETROLS. In a GTR's case TWIN turbos.
We are talking about much more advanced petrols - one's with far less lag than yours.
We are talking about gearboxes far quicker and more advanced than an old 5 speed manual.

You are talking about a very old car that started off with just over 200bhp that you claim is well over 100bhp more just by upgrading a turbo. If you DID somehow get that sort of power, it will be incredibly peaky and have more lag than a reduction in fuel prices.

You are also "arguing" with people that clearly know a hell of a lot more than you. Your car may (possibly) be Focus RS quick but you are talking about the A45 which is MUCH quicker and a GTR which is MUCH MUCH quicker.

Just concede that if you apparently "beat" these cars, you just caught them out napping or you "raced" in a situation where the other driver thought "I'm not playing" or more likely "that's bloody dangerous."

I pity the people who hear you bang on about your supercar slaying WRX - or is it only us poor sods that get it?

Now please PLEASE

Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 11579423)

WTF is all this recent WRX talk about?

Have we all bought the wrong cars now then. :D

Originally Posted by Matteeboy (Post 11579696)

We have. In scanning the classifieds for one of these physics defying miracle cars...

I notice our friend suddenly becomes vague when asked what the mods are or if proof of the outlandish claims are sought. So, any Vbox performance figures?

I have roughly the same power, similar weight, RWD but sticky tyres so disadvantaged to 60 (4.6s) but the opposite to 100 (10.9s; when drive train losses of 4wd kick in).

I however would never ever claim to be able to beat a GTR (a tiny handful of situations could use the lower weights advantage), I'd have to be right on it or very lucky to outdo an A45 and I'm pretty certain an R8 would leave me for dust. My car does have a few surprisingly good lap times (including toasting a modern STI and S3) but I'm still REALISTIC.

So come on; where's any PROOF?

Originally Posted by Matteeboy (Post 11579705)

Amusingly my wife learned to drive in an N reg (new at the time) WRX wagon. ;)

Originally Posted by Matteeboy (Post 11579696)

We have. In scanning the classifieds for one of these physics defying miracle cars...

I notice our friend suddenly becomes vague when asked what the mods are or if proof of the outlandish claims are sought. So, any Vbox performance figures?

I have roughly the same power, similar weight, RWD but sticky tyres so disadvantaged to 60 (4.6s) but the opposite to 100 (10.9s; when drive train losses of 4wd kick in).

I however would never ever claim to be able to beat a GTR (a tiny handful of situations could use the lower weights advantage), I'd have to be right on it or very lucky to outdo an A45 and I'm pretty certain an R8 would leave me for dust. My car does have a few surprisingly good lap times (including toasting a modern STI and S3) but I'm still REALISTIC.

So come on; where's any PROOF?

Originally Posted by fat-thomas (Post 11579699)

+1 i believe it has none other than...wait for it............an sti turbo:lol1:
and added to that its the performance chassis that is the wagon.
i think sadly all these wrx tools have never driven a proper performance car.
i went in a gtr on a track day and it would utterly destroy most cars anywhere.
id imagine the same could be said of the amg looking at the stats and specs of it.

Originally Posted by fat-thomas (Post 11579699)

+1 i believe it has none other than...wait for it............an sti turbo:lol1:
and added to that its the performance chassis that is the wagon.
i think sadly all these wrx tools have never driven a proper performance car.
i went in a gtr on a track day and it would utterly destroy most cars anywhere.
id imagine the same could be said of the amg looking at the stats and specs of it.

Originally Posted by fat-thomas (Post 11579709)

luckily it didnt have the fabled vf35 fitted............supercar slayer apparently,thats why most sti owners bin it or sell them to the wrx boys:lol1:

Originally Posted by scoobyJim2 (Post 11579869)

I test drove a blob sti a few years ago.it wasn't that special really!
I've driven ferrari 360,lambo gallardo & murchialargo.
The 360 was fun with padel shift but when i was ragging it,i was thinking to my self,its not really any faster than ragging my car

Originally Posted by scoobyJim2 (Post 11579859)

I never fully claimed to beat the gtr but was surprised i stayed on him at all,despite actually nearly rear ending it,for whatever reason.
Do you think I wasn't shocked when i came up against these cars and wasn't obliverated!?
I've not unveiled my mods because i don't want to,to you horrible lot lol you're not worth it and i get more satisfaction not telling you,especially when most of you just make assumption like 'he's got a turbo' or 'it isn't even mapped' or its just a sh!tty wagon! Why should i satisfy yous??
If any genuine nice enthusiasts asked,i would tell.
But i will say I have never claimed to have the most modified car but it does go really well and definitely punches above its weight!

Originally Posted by scoobyJim2 (Post 11579869)

I test drove a blob sti a few years ago.it wasn't that special really!
I've driven ferrari 360,lambo gallardo & murchialargo.
The 360 was fun with padel shift but when i was ragging it,i was thinking to my self,its not really any faster than ragging my car