Autocar got a 15.5 sec 1/4 from their test car, but it had a sunroof and leather, so quite heavy? they also got a 15.1 1/4 mile from a Leon Cupra R with 237bhp - thats something to aim for! (will be there at 8am if its not raining.)May take mine to "the pod" in aprill GTI spring fest is the 11th i think, maybe fun
Who knows but shows my bedding in method paid off
just out of curiosity... what is your bedding in method?
just out of curiosity... what is your bedding in method?
It seems to have worked well!. There were a few threads on oil last night so I thought I best do another check on mine. I've done 4k miles in about 3 months and used very very little oil so the piston rings must have a decent seal. I only needed to add a drop (less than a litre).
Basically I took it easy for the first 100 or so miles to give the brakes and tires time to get a little bedded in then drove the car as normal with some hard acceleration and did not use the cruise control (as apparently this can cause flat spots on engines which are bedding in). I read a long and interesting webpage about a guy who builds race engines and has tried various methods and finds the technique I used the best for getting engines that make the power and use less oil.
you'll be far to busy booting it past people and then thinking "****, supposed to be taking it easy" (repeat) to worry about cruise control
haha yeah this ^^
You dont want to kill the car just give it a good taste off all the different types of engine use.
You dont want to kill the car just give it a good taste off all the different types of engine use.
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Thought the Cupra R has in the region of 260BHP? Was it just a standard Cupra?
What date are you going pod?
current Leon Cupra, u 'r' right, not R! GTi Festival is Sun 11 April, hope it doesn't rain, could use a pit crew to store spare wheel, tools, fuel etc so i can get car as light as possible - going for a fast time.
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Picking on the wee ibiza's
I think a 200hp on a diet ibiza tipping the scales at 950kg with DSG would give me a run for my money on a standing start run. Hear that these map to about 220-230hp aswell.
What I would really like to see though is a de-dpf FR in action
I remember when I put my Mk IV Cupra TDI on the Awesome RR back in 2006....the dyno suggested over 170bhp ATW with 185bhp at the fly (book says 160bhp). Cue howls of derision from the then-owner of the SCC forum whose p*ss-poor Mk III Cupra was comprehensively beaten.
How I laughed.
How I laughed.
I went on a rolling road day in my old 106GTi at the same place. Mine made 143BHP ATW with quite a few engine mods. There were 206 GTi 180's making 175/180BHP and a standard Clio 182 made 179BHP so it must be there or there abouts.
My Megane was around 210bhp ATW & 230bhp at the fly when I had it on the rollers there last summer. Again, close to book.
A note of caution though - you'd be lucky to see a 182 make anything close to book if the RS forum is to be believed.
A note of caution though - you'd be lucky to see a 182 make anything close to book if the RS forum is to be believed.
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