Will let you know if I can do it without the clutch slipping!

 

997 turbo does it in 2.2 (!!!!)
v8 vantage 4.1

to give you an idea of performance car figures

hot hatches


astra vxr 4.0sec,
Golf GTi’s 4.4sec
Clio 182 5.6sec

 

I'll try it and let you know after my trip home on Friday

Then on November 1st I'll try it again

 

A bit over 5 seconds.

But my 2.4 is pants, so others should get better figures...

 

If I floor my car in 4th at 50mph I can feel the gear box and clutch shaking because I have too much torque at that speed


(I can do 50-100 using 3rd and 4th in a smidge over 10 seconds though :thumbs

 

Will try with a non Alfa Yaris SR to see how slow it takes and make me want a GT even more!!

 

2008 2.4 20 valve diesel Brera, 6000 on the clock P-Box K&N panel filter, on empty and 12 stone ish driver, no spare wheel: 3.8 seconds less if I brake spool...

 

and people say Brera's are slow that is a bloody good time :thumbs:

 

80-120 kmh times km77.com. Alfa 159. Información. Prestaciones.

 

cool - 50 - 75mph - alfa comes pretty well up especially when you consider the twin turbo cars in the group

Porsche Boxster S 3,9 50-75 through the gears! no wonder i can keep up with them! before anyone says sublime handling etc etc i've driven one - yes good but not that good IMO my old aircooled 3.8 could kick their buts dispite having a big lump of alloy hanging out the ass end

 

and people say Brera's are slow that is a bloody good time

thanks 156Chris, yes p-box is stonking marcevo1 :thumbs:

 

Difficult to say - I will get my speed restrictor (wife) to time it next time I'm out.

 

Gave it a try on the way home ... 4th was a rather disappointing 4.1 seconds ... 3rd on the other hand a much more respectable 2.8 :thumbs:

 

only as quick an aston martin vantage... never mind

 

I'll get my stop watch out

 

Around the 4.5s mark for a remapped 147 JTD 16v m-jet.

Couldn't do it without the clutch slipping a bit though

To do this right, do you hold the car at 50 then hit the throttle or accelerate from 40, start the stopwatch at 50 and stop it at 70? I reckon I could get a far lower time with the turbo already spinning accelerating hard from 40mph.

 

i held it at 50mph light throttle then gunned it - 5 seconds for a standard 210bhp q4 - i wonder what it would do remapped.... watch this space ;-)

 

what sort of range of times are we all achieving planting your foot down at 50mph up to 70mph in 4th gear? - bit more realistic than the normal car mag 5th gear slog which will break most petrols

To do this right, do you hold the car at 50 then hit the throttle or accelerate from 40, start the stopwatch at 50 and stop it at 70?

 

Coolio, I did it right! Official readout was 4.6 something but I'm not that confident in the accuracy of holding exactly 50, the timing of my fat thumb as I'm driving and catching it as it hits bang on 70 so I'm saying around the 4.5 second mark!

 

well this is hard to believe....

210 q4 TI sportwagon remapped
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Not my car of course as it may invalidate my warranty - a friends...

3.6 seconds! I AM ABSOLUTELY AMAZED! amazingly close to the p box (saying alot for the p box IMO) - you may be wondering why i'm selling the unused pbox on ebay? basically my insurance didnt like it but was ok with a remap! seems daft but my insurance isnt a normal one as its trader policy for modified vehicles - so not exactly the norm....

 

well this is hard to believe....

210 q4 TI sportwagon remapped

3.6 seconds! I AM ABSOLUTELY AMAZED! amazingly close to the p box (saying alot for the p box IMO)

nice one m8, promise you didn't brake spool?? only jokin :thumbs:

 

Should I try this in the one and a half ton Croma, I can hold 4th on the auto box.

 

tail wind

 

My p-box 1.9, carrying 1 passenger and full of fuel did it in 5 seconds on the dot.

 

good indication that a remapped/p box 1.9 is as quick as a standard 2.4 - so must be banging out about 300lb/ft?

 

14 seconds in my Ford Mondeo 1.8 TD..

 

10 seconds in my 1.8, least its better than a 1.8 diesel mondeo, 7.5 secs from 3rd gear

 

OK lads, ego boost for you all here...

Toyota Yaris SR 1.3 normally aspirated car. Full tank of gas and a 100kg driver....

8.32 seconds.

Thats nowhere near some of the times posted, but pretty damm respectable for a 1.3 'old granny car'!!!!

 

Got the Mondeo's time down to just under 12 seconds with a little bit of proper diesel in the tank..

 

a little bit of proper diesel in the tank..

opposed to coal

 

A shade under 5 seconds for me

But I have to say that 50mph in 4th equates to 2100rpm which isn't the best revs for the Brera to take off from ... now 3rd is a different matter

I can't wait to see what the difference is post 1st November

 

But I have to say that 50mph in 4th equates to 2100rpm which isn't the best revs for the Brera to take off from ... now 3rd is a different matter

Exactly!
Appropriate gear for the road speed/engine speed blah dee blah.

4th will knock on the door of 100mph (if you are on a private track) so asking for full welly at 50 is not ideal.

 

Isn't 2100rpm slap bang in the middle of the torque band?

 

just a smidge below it comes on full chat on a remapped car

2300 - 3000 flies - 55 to 75 would be very quick

 

Not in mine it isn't hence why I said what I did

Now give me 2500 - 2750rpm and it's a different mater

 

agree its all about right gear... right time with the diesel power band (or lack of it) loads of torque but all over in 2500 rev band

thats why a lot of petrol drivers cant get to grips with a performance diesel IMO - rev teh nacks of it and go nowhere - or assume grunt from 1500rpm

my last motor had a centrifugal charger on it (was 400bhp prior to teh supercharger) - short changing was also a requirement - as the back end would try to overtake you any anything more than 4k! good fun but tiresome after a long day at work on the way home on teh M56 in rush hour :lol: