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Re: More OOMPH! from my Ford Ka -
02-15-2004
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You can't compare cars and bikes. If my RC car had 60bhp, it would waste any motorbike. Not exactly a fair comparison. Like comparing apples and dinner plates. |
citroen ax car.
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But not my cup of pee.
Hardly a wolf in sheeps clothing??
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"DervMan" <dervman (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:c0nql8$19g1ud$1 (AT) ID-136275 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de... And of course, you can probably get a Sportka for less, too... And i bet the sportka is substantially heavier than its "roofed" sister. === Slower. |
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"DervMan" <dervman (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:c0nql8$19g1ud$1 (AT) ID-136275 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de... And of course, you can probably get a Sportka for less, too... And i bet the sportka is substantially heavier than its "roofed" sister. === Slower. |
FWIW, I looked at the figures and thought the SportKa was disappointing
on paper.
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"**-**" <m.faulks (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote in message news:c0o0de$182pr6$1 (AT) ID-199813 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de... . My 314ft/lb doesn't arrive until 3600rpm, closely followed by the 307bhp at 5650rpm ;-) Whats it hauling??? Tin foil citroen. or Lead shed bmw. |
say. It weighs in at 1230kilo's in road trim. Took around 2000 hours to
build with a good 1500 of those hours being development. Brakes are a one
off, Wishbones are a one off, Undertray is a one off, Chargecooling System
is a one off etc. etc. Hits the 6000rpm softcut in 5th which equates to
162mph. Not bad for a big 'ol sweedish barge.
Future plans involve, more carbon fibre, some titanium and finding a way to
bond honeycomb aluminium to steel.
Matt
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"**-**" <m.faulks (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote in message news:c0o0de$182pr6$1 (AT) ID-199813 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de... "Bob Sherunckle" <nowayjose (AT) thisisp (DOT) com> wrote in message news:c0nu52$nd0$1 (AT) titan (DOT) btinternet.com... "Doki" <doki (AT) SPAMMENOTspidar (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1076848657.8236.0 (AT) ersa (DOT) uk.clara.net... AstraVanMan <FuckOff (AT) WithThanks (DOT) com> wrote in message news:L5JXb.6151$cb7.47701 (AT) newsfep4-glfd (DOT) server.ntli.net... It's not a chip as such, the ecu is reprogrammed via the diagnostics port, so you can turn it on and off when you want. I'd go with nitrous if I were trying to get more power from my Ka though, AFAIK the chip gives a pretty small increase in horsepower, whereas nitrous could give you an extra 20 horses when you need it. Wow!!!!! Eighty horsepower. Strange the things these people who own these quaint little underpowered shopping trolleys get excited by.  80 horses is 33% more than 60 though, so I'd imagine it'd be pretty noticable and handy for overtaking. Of course, Diesel drivers dream about having a whole horsepower, and being able to go above 2000 revs .Why would you want to go over 2000 rpm when you have a big fat 220lb/ft of torque at 1900rpm. I want a CVT that will keep my engine at 1900rpm all the time. 1900rpm, cool. My 314ft/lb doesn't arrive until 3600rpm, closely followed by the 307bhp at 5650rpm ;-) Well - I'll never have 307bhp, that's for sure. However a Jabba remap promises around 185bhp and 300-320lb/ft of torque, still at a crank speed just above tickover. Economy is currently around 39mpg, I wonder what the impact would be on that. |
a 2litre 4cyl ;-). I guessing its a TD from the torque/HP, might not go fast
but you could happily pull a house down with that torque at those revs LOL
Matt
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"DervMan" <dervman (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:c0nql8$19g1ud$1 (AT) ID-136275 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de... And of course, you can probably get a Sportka for less, too... And i bet the sportka is substantially heavier than its "roofed" sister. === Slower. |
Streetka even. But then you don't buy this sort of vehicle for speed, if it
were that quick, who'd see you posing in it?
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Previously, <c0oq6k$ps8$8 (AT) news7 (DOT) svr.pol.co.uk>, FEo2 Welder gobuggeryourself (AT) home (DOT) mr.spammer> dipped their finger in oil and wrote: "DervMan" <dervman (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:c0nql8$19g1ud$1 (AT) ID-136275 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de... And of course, you can probably get a Sportka for less, too... And i bet the sportka is substantially heavier than its "roofed" sister. === Slower. The SportKa is the roofed model. FWIW, I looked at the figures and thought the SportKa was disappointing on paper. |
Yes. This is primarily because it has low gearing, on the road it feels
quicker than it should going on the raw data. No slingshot, though, but
then that's why Ford sell the Focus RS model (or, heh, the ST170 perhaps).
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"AstraVanMan" <FuckOff (AT) WithThanks (DOT) com> wrote in message news:L5JXb.6151$cb7.47701 (AT) newsfep4-glfd (DOT) server.ntli.net... Wow!!!!! Eighty horsepower. Strange the things these people who own these quaint little underpowered shopping trolleys get excited by. Most cars would be seriously wasted by that amount of horsepower on a motorbike!!! |
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Wow!!!!! Eighty horsepower. Strange the things these people who own these quaint little underpowered shopping trolleys get excited by. |
MR2s) makes up for it.
Stig Blomqvist - not a man known for "underpowered shopping trolleys
(sic)" - rallied 60bhp Kas in the late 90's!!!
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