Just a wee but of feedback wanted really. I'm thinking of going to 350 on my classic and would be nice to hear from people's experience of how quick they feel And compare to other cars and any 1/4 times would be interesting too.

Cheers
Dave

 

What power are you running at the moment ?

 

many people say that a 350bhp classic will easily beat a 380-400bhp newage i have a 350 bhp classic myself and must say it more than puts a smile on my face!

 

im running 330. What are your specs zippy ?

 

Im running 330, its plenty enough to put a smile on my face. Not to much power to control easily being that i use it everyday.

 

yay that old chestnut.

 

its a jdm version 6 wrx with vf34 turbo,yellow injectors,hks mushroom filter,fmic,3" total decat exhaust from turbo back,tubular exhaust manifold,walbro 255 fuel pump etc i think it is a nice power figure without going over the top

 

sad but true tommy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFUEYgYoThg

 

not always true,loads of factors involved in how quick it is not just bhp.

**** generally spouted by idiots like hamster that have no experience of both cars.
yes the classic is lighter but the newage has different gear ratios and six speed box

 

What gearbox mate ? nice figures with few mods, who mapped it ?

 

standard 5 speed wrx box with greenspeed lightened and balanced carbon kevlar stage 1 clutch at the mo mate but thinking about 6 speed conversion as feels like it could do with an extra gear when on motorway

 

If you are already at 330bhp, will you notice another 20?

And it would undoubtedly be cheaper shedding weight to get the same performance.

 

very good point i suppose if you get the extra 20 and shed weight you would defo notice it more though

 

You d hate the short box on type R then ? who mapped yours ?

 

I d guess i wouldnt notice the 20 much. Going lightweight is the way forward

 

yes mate had short box before not keen lol currently rebuilding it but thinking about andy forrest for the job when its done

 

Personally i love the extra from the short box

 

yeah the poke is nice its the motorway cruising i dont think its very good at

 

Good god man, take an alternate way to your destination. My car was not not designed for M ways

 

Lol at the newage v's classic yet again.

My type r was at 330 for a while with 18's and it's a better drive at 300 with 16's, but i don't see them as a speedy type car, more of a tail out fun toy, and with the short ratio gearbox and dccd it's more about balance and control than speed for me, in fact i prefer to keep the speed down, especialy on the road.

If i want to scare myself with speed i just buy a big sports bike and do some track days, much cheaper than modding a scoob to do something it's not really designed for.

 

would love to mate most of the time motorway is unavoidable

 

Sound advice

 

I live in the sticks. Plenty of quite B roads

 

Not spend lots of money on our cars making them faster? What! Stone him!

 

I ran a 12.4 @ 111mph with 330bhp, just got the final map done and now is at 350bhp, its quick enough for me! lol

 

Great result, what was your 60ft ?

 

Thankyou! It wasnt great at 1.9 but it spun off the line quite a bit

 

You got to 350 with a little map tweak or was there more ?

 

It was road mapped just before we took it to pod but we weren't too sure of actual figures at the time. Put it on the rollers 2 days ago where it started off at 330 and Simon (JGM) got it up to 350bhp/380lb ft. (Im probably going to get this bit wrong so forgive me) but it was mapped without the map sensor as we didnt have the correct bit with us to fit it, apparently with it it could of made nearer 400, but as it goes it is quick enough for me at the moment so i may leave it be, plus im still running 5 speed. Hope this makes sense!

 

im running 440 /420 in my classic with jap spec 6 speed still not fast enough though i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed more power lol