VXR8 GTS,
08 September 2012, 10:48 PM
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VXR8 GTS,
Anyone had a play with one of these, i did on the way up to the Forge action day, It came up behind me on the M4 all yellow and mean looking at about 06:30 this morning, he passed me then slowed and pulled across into my lane and my passenger said he looks like he wants to play, so i obliged
i dropped it down a gear and planted it and as i passed him i could hear the thing howl as he went down the box
well as it happend i pulled away until i finally lifted and he cought up and pulled along side and gave me the
Well later on i bumped into the guy at the show and he said that he'd been looking to have a play with somone as he was a little board on the sedate run upto the show with the car club he was with, He said when he saw my car he thought here we go, But when he initially passed i did'nt react and he was dissapointed, Next thing he said i came flying up behind him
so he responded by dropping it to 4th and flooring it, but he said i kept pulling away and then he hit his 155mph limiter with me still pulling on him, he said that had never happend before
and he did'nt think Impreza's had a very good top speed he also told me his car was above std power with tuning, anyway i was well chuffed and what an awesome car too
i dropped it down a gear and planted it and as i passed him i could hear the thing howl as he went down the box well as it happend i pulled away until i finally lifted and he cought up and pulled along side and gave me the Well later on i bumped into the guy at the show and he said that he'd been looking to have a play with somone as he was a little board on the sedate run upto the show with the car club he was with, He said when he saw my car he thought here we go, But when he initially passed i did'nt react and he was dissapointed, Next thing he said i came flying up behind him so he responded by dropping it to 4th and flooring it, but he said i kept pulling away and then he hit his 155mph limiter with me still pulling on him, he said that had never happend before and he did'nt think Impreza's had a very good top speed he also told me his car was above std power with tuning, anyway i was well chuffed and what an awesome car too
08 September 2012, 11:25 PM
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Anyone had a play with one of these, i did on the way up to the Forge action day, It came up behind me on the M4 all yellow and mean looking at about 06:30 this morning, he passed me then slowed and pulled across into my lane and my passenger said he looks like he wants to play, so i obliged i dropped it down a gear and planted it and as i passed him i could hear the thing howl as he went down the box well as it happend i pulled away until i finally lifted and he cought up and pulled along side and gave me the Well later on i bumped into the guy at the show and he said that he'd been looking to have a play with somone as he was a little board on the sedate run upto the show with the car club he was with, He said when he saw my car he thought here we go, But when he initially passed i did'nt react and he was dissapointed, Next thing he said i came flying up behind him so he responded by dropping it to 4th and flooring it, but he said i kept pulling away and then he hit his 155mph limiter with me still pulling on him, he said that had never happend before and he did'nt think Impreza's had a very good top speed he also told me his car was above std power with tuning, anyway i was well chuffed and what an awesome car too
i dropped it down a gear and planted it and as i passed him i could hear the thing howl as he went down the box well as it happend i pulled away until i finally lifted and he cought up and pulled along side and gave me the Well later on i bumped into the guy at the show and he said that he'd been looking to have a play with somone as he was a little board on the sedate run upto the show with the car club he was with, He said when he saw my car he thought here we go, But when he initially passed i did'nt react and he was dissapointed, Next thing he said i came flying up behind him so he responded by dropping it to 4th and flooring it, but he said i kept pulling away and then he hit his 155mph limiter with me still pulling on him, he said that had never happend before and he did'nt think Impreza's had a very good top speed he also told me his car was above std power with tuning, anyway i was well chuffed and what an awesome car too
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Vauxhall VXR8 GTS (Std spec)
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/...xhall-vxr8-gts
Price: £51,200; Top speed: 155mph; 0-62mph: 4.9sec; Economy: 20.6mpg; Co2: 324g/km; Kerbweight: 1831kg; Engine type, cc: V8, 6162cc, normally aspirated, petrol; Installation: Front, longitudinal, rear-wheel drivel; Power: 425bhp at 6000rpm; Torque: 406lb ft at 4600rpm; Gearbox: 6-spd
Mines a hawk wrx, circa 380/410
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/...xhall-vxr8-gts
Price: £51,200; Top speed: 155mph; 0-62mph: 4.9sec; Economy: 20.6mpg; Co2: 324g/km; Kerbweight: 1831kg; Engine type, cc: V8, 6162cc, normally aspirated, petrol; Installation: Front, longitudinal, rear-wheel drivel; Power: 425bhp at 6000rpm; Torque: 406lb ft at 4600rpm; Gearbox: 6-spd
Mines a hawk wrx, circa 380/410
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i heard someone mention V8's
That yellow one is just a big standard gts, i know the owner. nice car but at nearly 2 tonnes in weight a tuned scooby will eat it alive, depending on the distance the vxr8 might catch up but needs to be delimited and a very very long straight.
They do sound good though
What do scoobies top out, gearing wise?
That yellow one is just a big standard gts, i know the owner. nice car but at nearly 2 tonnes in weight a tuned scooby will eat it alive, depending on the distance the vxr8 might catch up but needs to be delimited and a very very long straight.
They do sound good though
What do scoobies top out, gearing wise?
09 September 2012, 10:20 PM
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yep they are a pain to launch, im crap at santa pod.
Ive got a line lock and some used 18" mickey thompson drag radials so want to go back and play, but standard clutches dont last hard launches, the hydraulics get very hot and you just end up with no clutch pedal
Ive got a line lock and some used 18" mickey thompson drag radials so want to go back and play, but standard clutches dont last hard launches, the hydraulics get very hot and you just end up with no clutch pedal
