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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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24/03/2013 11:32
24/03/2013 11:32
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What about the below from last week?
Link only works on pc.
Wow!  You going some on those tight lanes kid...  Dont want any Mad cows stepping out on you testing E85. 
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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24/03/2013 13:36
24/03/2013 13:36
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I have removed the link due to comments of some unsuitable driving on public roads.
FCCUK do not condone any driving as such.
On other terms, good to see Joes coupe making some big power in sparco's old shell and DLT's nearly finished.
Im sure Barbz may push some more boundaries this year when this dam snow goes.
300bhp for me would be considered big power.
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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#1417861
25/03/2013 10:50
25/03/2013 10:50
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Isn't the last pic jbt's coupe? It is Joe, I was lucky enough to see it on the rollers last week. Very impressive. You'll need to be VERY lucky to see it on the road....  Sorry John, couldn't resist it!! You can slap me tomorrow...
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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25/03/2013 11:14
25/03/2013 11:14
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Biggenz
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His Coupe doesn't really exist...
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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#1417879
25/03/2013 11:17
25/03/2013 11:17
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tim42
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His Coupe doesn't really exist... 
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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01/04/2013 23:58
01/04/2013 23:58
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Most importantly managed by the superb Syvecs S6.
I'll bet a Mars bar this will set the best 1/4 time  You going fit a Toucan dash and run the flex fuel? Let me know when you see Ryan G, I'll pass by.
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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28/07/2013 22:58
28/07/2013 22:58
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Has everyone given up on building high powered Coupes, as it's been very quiet for a long time now. Oh yes indeed, my speciality bruva! As D-day draws near here's a preview of whats to come.... Can't believe that the Coupe tuning scene has gone from strength to strength over the past 2 years.  Torque Italia Stage 3 OEM Lambo White GTX'D  Quaife'D (Big thanks to Johnny Bigfoot) And the brakes to match.  Most importantly managed by the superb Syvecs S6.Est HP 500+ on pump gas. Next  Torque Italia Stage 4 GT3076-56trim Quaife'D(Big thanks to Johnny Bigfoot) DTA Engine management.Est HP 500 on pump gas. Alfa GTA 330mm brakes.  GTX'D Quaife'D(Big thanks to Johnny Bigfoot) Syvecs S6 Engine management.Est HP 500+ on pump gas.  Ahh, one of my favourites. Torque Italia Stage 5 2.5L GTX'D Quaife'D(Big thanks to Johnny Bigfoot) Omex 710 Engine management.Est HP 600+ on pump gas. Making a gut wrenching 297hp @ 3000rpm At 1 bar it tickles 507hp, 410trq @ 6500rpm. much more to come naturally.  All will be revealed very soon..... Note: As for Santa Pod, a well know member has smashed the long standing time on pump fuel! LOL!. I will leave that for him to comment What's all this about the record 1/4 time being smashed?? Do tell!? Dave
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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29/07/2013 22:31
29/07/2013 22:31
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What's all this about the record 1/4 time being smashed?? Do tell!?
Dave All will be revealed very soon!
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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29/07/2013 22:36
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looking forward to finding out, I'm amazed the record stood so long, not discrediting the amazing achievement in the first place but with the latest developments in the last couple of years I'd have thought it would've been improved upon earlier.
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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30/07/2013 07:41
30/07/2013 07:41
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Oh yeah I understand a 1310kg fwd coupe is not the best candidate for drag racing compared to a tin can civic with 700hp but people are getting more power out of these cars now I would have thought somebody might have had a go.
Almost any car including impreza's, evo's,, mustangs will break gearboxes on a dragstrip due to the extreme shock off the line, gearbox development then moves on to allow them to go quicker.
It would be nice if there was a rolling acceleration competition
Nigel did you ever have a go at that 30-130 event the MLR boys originally started?
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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#1440215
30/07/2013 19:07
30/07/2013 19:07
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What would you class as high powered? Yep, what is it? I might sneak in..
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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30/07/2013 19:25
30/07/2013 19:25
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Nigel did you ever have a go at that 30-130 event the MLR boys originally started? I considered it, but by then we had Specky in his 600+ bhp Tigra who was taking FWD honours wherever he went. At the last TOTB I entered, Specky came in the top ten overall in the top speed run - amazing car. A Coupe is simply too heavy to do well in any acceleration event. Even with massive weight saving, you'll struggle to get it to a tonne. However, show the Coupe some bends and it comes into its own - far more fun.
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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30/07/2013 19:57
30/07/2013 19:57
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What about in a punto a 2.5 20vt monster?
I my self have a punto with a 2ltr 16vt engine only standard but still very quick
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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30/07/2013 22:11
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I think your all missing the point here.
What do you expect from a 15 year old Italian car.
When people mention times what they fail to realise is a production fq300 Evo and an Audi Rs6 cannot break 13's
For me that's the benchmark of a quick car.
The coupe is an excellent drag weapon,as I proved a few months back.
The point here being that my car went down the strip as the only road car.
By road I mean
Fuel
Seats
No cage
No weight saving
No trailer
Macdonalds wrappers
Driven there and back
Etc etc
The only non road item were the drag slicks.
I drove it there,did 9 runs and drive it back with a boot full of tools and several costa coffee cups for company.
Many cars Didnt,so as for reliability I don't know why people condemn this car.
What else that cost 10k running over 600bhp could you comfortably do this in.
The only cars quicker than me are barely recognisable as cars.
Not to undermine them but there strictly a 1/4 mile car .
Some of them have spent over 500k and only driven the car for 500 seconds over 3 years.
All coupes including my own can hold there own at the strip,be abused on the track,cruise on the motorway and then be picturesque next to almost anything.
So is it really worth taking away everything to gain a few seconds?
I would rather conquer the big guns around 30 corners than one straight.
Maybe a handful of cars ever produced are as versatile.
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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#1440277
31/07/2013 06:11
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I think your all missing the point here.
What do you expect from a 15 year old Italian car.
When people mention times what they fail to realise is a production fq300 Evo and an Audi Rs6 cannot break 13's
For me that's the benchmark of a quick car.
The coupe is an excellent drag weapon,as I proved a few months back.
The point here being that my car went down the strip as the only road car.
By road I mean
Fuel
Seats
No cage
No weight saving
No trailer
Macdonalds wrappers
Driven there and back
Etc etc
The only non road item were the drag slicks.
I drove it there,did 9 runs and drive it back with a boot full of tools and several costa coffee cups for company.
Many cars Didnt,so as for reliability I don't know why people condemn this car.
What else that cost 10k running over 600bhp could you comfortably do this in.
The only cars quicker than me are barely recognisable as cars.
Not to undermine them but there strictly a 1/4 mile car .
Some of them have spent over 500k and only driven the car for 500 seconds over 3 years.
All coupes including my own can hold there own at the strip,be abused on the track,cruise on the motorway and then be picturesque next to almost anything.
So is it really worth taking away everything to gain a few seconds?
I would rather conquer the big guns around 30 corners than one straight.
Maybe a handful of cars ever produced are as versatile.
Makes a lot of sense to me 
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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#1440283
31/07/2013 07:11
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Biggenz
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Coupes are one of the worst cars to launch with really poor 60ft times. Luckily the long 3rd gear makes up for that.
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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31/07/2013 07:27
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Coupes are one of the worst cars to launch with really poor 60ft times. Luckily the long 3rd gear makes up for that. Not at all, Look at the mechanicals of this platform. Driveshafts are very close to the subframe with the engine hung well in front of the car. Very much like riding a powerful motorbike. Lean forward to get the power down. Just looking at the design,launching is exceptional as is grip even without an LSD. But should induce massive under steer as it sometimes does in stock form. The loss of grip lies with the rear suspension.
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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#1440294
31/07/2013 08:27
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Coupes are one of the worst cars to launch with really poor 60ft times. Luckily the long 3rd gear makes up for that. I partially agree - getting 1.5 tonnes moving from standstill in a FWD turbo'd car is not at all easy. In all of my many runs down the strip, I never got below 2 seconds for the 60-foot, with my best being a 2.01 on the way to a 12.38 et I'm really tempted to try it again (now that I'm running a Quaife), but my adrenaline always trumps my mechanical sympathy and I can't afford to break any more bits
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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31/07/2013 09:11
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Without full dot rated slicks a 2.01 sec 60ft for a big bhp fwd really is not bad at all
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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31/07/2013 09:24
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I'm really tempted to try it again (now that I'm running a Quaife), but my adrenaline always trumps my mechanical sympathy and I can't afford to break any more bits [/quote]
You only live once Nigel, be an interesting comparison!
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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31/07/2013 09:28
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Nigel is the tightest man alive so your flogging a dead horse there
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Re: No more high powered Coupes?
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#1440312
31/07/2013 10:05
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Nigel is the tightest man alive so your flogging a dead horse there And he is getting on in his age too  Still looks younger than me .
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