Rovertech 2.0

I was crusing along my private test track with a couple of my mates last night when I pulled up to a set of lights next to an Audi S3. Anyways a quick glance each others way and it was on, so we both boot it and to my suprise dispite his extra horses and 4WD traction we are equal up to about 70 (inches per minute of course). He starts to pull very slowly after then but we hit a series of round-a-bouts and on the exit of them he seems to be getting a insane amount of traction but still not enough to loose me (im on his donkey boy the whole time).

Eventually we stop to pull over and chat, thankfully as my brakes had totally faded, so I ask him about his car. He said its be re-mapped and it now kicking out 260bhp as opposed to the standard 225 and he was shocked that I was keeping up. When I told him my coop is totally standard it looked like he was about to cry lol. He then said it must be down to weight and I said the coop weights about 1230kg, he said the S3 weights 1400kg!!!!!!

Anyways im happy that I upset a much more expensive, more powerful, smaller car

That'll teach him for tresspassing on my test track

nice one! i ve had a few plays with s3's and s4's. dont think i ll bother with the RS4/6's though lol
coupes weight 1150 dont they?

will_c wrote:nice one! i ve had a few plays with s3's and s4's. dont think i ll bother with the RS4/6's though lol
coupes weight 1150 dont they?

I've got a Rover brochure from 92 and it say's a coupe with all the options and a full tank weights about 1230kg. I forget the actual figure but it deffo v.close to that, i'll look when I get home.

My mate bought an S3 and its very nice. I really like them.

My other friends got an S6 as his weekend car!!!!

danr wrote:My mate bought an S3 and its very nice. I really like them.

Yeah me too, bit pricey though.

danr wrote:My other friends got an S6 as his weekend car!!!!

Alright for some, wish I was that well off.

keironewoodgate wrote:I was crusing along my private test track with a couple of my mates last night when I pulled up to a set of lights next to an Audi S3.

You have lights on your test track

Nice work thou mate its good to bring these guys down a peg or 2

Jynx wrote:

keironewoodgate wrote:I was crusing along my private test track with a couple of my mates last night when I pulled up to a set of lights next to an Audi S3.

You have lights on your test track

Nice work thou mate its good to bring these guys down a peg or 2

Yeah i've spent alot of money of on my track getting it to look authentic!!

Complete with authentic white Volvo T5s with blue flashy lights

T16 Dave wrote:Complete with authentic white Volvo T5s with blue flashy lights

And authentic innocent bystanders.....I'm not having a dig though cos I've done my fair share of shady maneuvours on the public highway.

T16 Dave wrote:Complete with authentic white Volvo T5s with blue flashy lights

LOL

I was having a play in an RS6 (estate - not sure if they all are estates) on the A38 between Exeter and Plymouth.
I'm pretty sure he was giving it some, as we weren't going slowly and we were slowing down to let each other pass etc.

anyway, both accelerating in a straight line and I was pulling away from me - which surprised me a bit.
I'm not sure if he had any passengers though..

matpj wrote:I was having a play in an RS6 (estate - not sure if they all are estates) on the A38 between Exeter and Plymouth.
I'm pretty sure he was giving it some, as we weren't going slowly and we were slowing down to let each other pass etc.

anyway, both accelerating in a straight line and I was pulling away from me - which surprised me a bit.
I'm not sure if he had any passengers though..

I am not convinced a 220 Turbo with less than 250bhp could "have" an RS6, but could have happened I guess

I know.
thats what I was thinking, but I was pulling away and we were accelerating from 70 mph.

yes its naughty - before everyone starts...

maybe he had a car load of people or something.
there was only me in the car, and I had almost zero fuel, so theres a bit of a weight saving...

Turbo coupe with less than 300bhp pulling away from an RS6?? Think he must have left it in 6th gear from 50mph... I raced one up the M1 to over 140 and it was pulling away from me...

hey i'm not arguing with that!
I was surprised too, and yes, maybe he was in 6th accelerating.
it was all from over 70 mph to about 110 (I don't like going any faster than that)
maybe he'd stuck an RS6 badge on a normal A6 estate?
like I said, maybe it had 5 people in it. who knows?

I was certainly doing my best, and down-shifting here and there to get some better acceleration.
maybe he wasn't trying particularly hard. The RS6's are monsters.

i had a blast with an RS4 once, once he realised i wanted to play, he left me dead

If you compare the power to weight its not that far off,

him - 186

you - 163 aprox?

then he has greater transmission loss so about equal ?