Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

It wouldn't surprise me, but obviously without seeing how you took the roundabout it'd be impossible to know, looking at it though, I'd easily say you could take it at 30. Although I know in standard spec my Escort Van would understeer like a bastard at relatively low speeds. I never crashed it though.

i thought i could take it at 30 but with the car being lowered around 110mm and being on ridiculously stiff springs it does kind of take it's toll on the wet handling characteristics, it's a 1.4 tdi remapped with a surprising amount of torque so it does like to spin it's wheels in the wet

Quote from Derv94 :

i thought i could take it at 30 but with the car being lowered around 110mm and being on ridiculously stiff springs it does kind of take it's toll on the wet handling characteristics, it's a 1.4 tdi remapped with a surprising amount of torque so it does like to spin it's wheels in the wet

Lol, school boy error. A supple car is a fast car. The suspension is why you crashed, when you rebuild it put back the original springs and dampers. I suspect you could easily take that roundabout at 30 then. It is a fun trade off, you want the lowest car with the least amount of roll, but the softest suspension you can get away with. Too soft and it'll wallow around like a yank tank. Stiff springs only work on a race track, the smoothest roads are still worse than the roughest race track.

Also, when it comes to diesels, unless you spend HUGE cash, all they are doing is turning up the fuel pump. It is a brute force way to increase power, it works but is very dirty.

That all said, since you're a VAG boy, low and slow is the way to go. Good luck with your rebuild, although I don't agree with that scene, I respect your right to do it and your car actually looked good.

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

Lol, school boy error. A supple car is a fast car. The suspension is why you crashed, when you rebuild it put back the original springs and dampers. I suspect you could easily take that roundabout at 30 then. It is a fun trade off, you want the lowest car with the least amount of roll, but the softest suspension you can get away with. Too soft and it'll wallow around like a yank tank. Stiff springs only work on a race track, the smoothest roads are still worse than the roughest race track.

Also, when it comes to diesels, unless you spend HUGE cash, all they are doing is turning up the fuel pump. It is a brute force way to increase power, it works but is very dirty.

That all said, since you're a VAG boy, low and slow is the way to go. Good luck with your rebuild, although I don't agree with that scene, I respect your right to do it and your car actually looked good.

252nm of torque in a car that weighs around 900kg through 175 tyres isn't a great combination to start with but on a dry B-road the car does come alive, sticks to road like s**t on a shovel. while rebuilding i'm going to raise the suspension up by 60mm to give me a dropped look but saving my sump from any damage

Quote from G!NhO :

Installed my new chrome exhaust, sounds just a tad deeper now.

Lookin so damn fine!

Quote from Derv94 :

252nm of torque in a car that weighs around 900kg through 175 tyres isn't a great combination to start with

Quote from BlueFlame :

Lookin so damn fine!

Thanks

Quote from Derv94 :

252nm of torque in a car that weighs around 900kg through 175 tyres isn't a great combination

680nm on 285's doesn't work well either.

140nm on 165's works great.

Awsome movie

http://player.vimeo.com/video/44245290

And new wheels

Omg way too much poke, buy wheels that fit you dummy this is dangerous.

Quote from Scrabby :

Awsome movie

http://player.vimeo.com/video/44245290

Please tell me next time you're at Zandvoort, I could take some pictures.

Quote from G!NhO :

Omg way too much poke, buy wheels that fit you dummy this is dangerous.

The irony.

sweet video

Quote from Bose321 :

...The irony.

I was just posting about the exact same thing. I'll try & contain myself/leave it to your two words though..

Quote from Bose321 :

The irony.

Sarcasm detector broken? Ps my wheels dont poke.

Quote from G!NhO :

Sarcasm detector broken? Ps my wheels dont poke.

Methinks you missed the irony's intended recipient, (that or I did, as I wasn't implicating you in my agreement ).

Lol, my car's setup at that height is better adjusted and safer then most streetcars

Quote from Scrabby :

...my car's setup at that height is better adjusted and safer then most streetcars

I don't think either of us were really getting @ ride height specifically. Dang drifters!

Just sayin'

I meant it was nice why nobody see my sarcasms

Nobody understands VAG drivers.

You are nobody so you are right.

Quote from PoVo :

Nobody understands VAG drivers.

i guess the issue is they never got over the trauma of being thrown into the world and try to crawl back into a vag as often as possible

Quote from Shotglass :

i guess the issue is they never got over the trauma of being thrown into the world and try to crawl back into a vag as often as possible

Aren't you actually driving a 2nd generation Scirocco?

Quote from 5tag :

Aren't you actually driving a 2nd generation Scirocco?

Shotglass drives an MR2 turbo.