I am not impressed, not even a bit (RT)

[DTWD]

Hi, I was on my way back from work about an hour ago and I nipped in and got some petrol. On my way back home I saw the long road ahead of me was empty. So I stopped, put my watch on my steering wheel and decided to test my 0-60 time. First run I left till 70 and got 19 seconds. I did fudge up the switching off of the stopwatch though. So its probably nearer 18 seconds. Second run 0-60 in 17 seconds. Buggered the start up something rotten though, so its probably nearer 16 or even 15 seconds.

I was just not impressed at all though, seing as Renault say 11 seconds. I am 25-50% (approx) slower.

Saying that its old (late 91) but its been driven well and only has 50k on the clock and I have only been thrashing it these last few months. And even then I have been waiting till it gets warm. The previouse owners was a old women then and a youngish girl, but she wasnt a maniac. In fact she was worse than my mum. Very slow.

It hasnt had a service in over 12 months. Kept telling my dad it was ready and he was adament it wasnt. Found the service book the other day, so its in for one next week sometime. But I havent noticed anything unterward with it. Always starts, never cuts out etc

Its also got an accoustic shelf in there and a sub and amp. They easily weigh the weight of a person, but I wouldnt have thought it would make that much difference.

Its got no mods except for 15" wheels. Am doing exhaust, chip and induction later in the summer.

I just wondered what everyone elses experiences where. I know there are some on here that are particulary quick.



Paul

ps I also realise its only an RT.

 

[badley]

Abosulutly no mods done to my car and 0-60 is 11 dead.

 

[Ben j]

u should also realise your using a stop watch! your never get an accurate reading!!

 

[badley]

the 11 secs was done with a small person timing me

 

[rt172]

Ben j - you must be really ham-fisted if you reckon you cant stop a stopwatch within 6 seconds of reaching the correct speed!!!! Its easily possible to time yourself to within a second using a stopwatch.

 

[DTWD]

Yeah, you can be pretty accurate (to whole seconds) on a stop watch. Nothing in the points though. But I was definatly not impressed with over 16 seconds. After the service I will run the tank virtually empty, take out the audio stuff and see what I can do. Still dont think I will be anywhere near 11 seconds though.



Paul

 

[Ben j]

6 seconds is a bit much, but u can easily lose a couple of seconds

 

[DTWD]

By doing what?



Paul

 

[Hippychick]

My freelander is almost as slow

Have you tryed folding up the parachute

 

[Ben j]

not hitting start exactly as u start accelerating and hitting stop exactly when u hit 60. u can easily lose a second each end. but 6 is a wee much i agree!

 

[DTWD]

Quote: Originally posted by Hippychick on 03 April 2003


My freelander is almost as slow

Have you tryed folding up the parachute

When the insurance asked me what could have prevented me hitting that deer in scotland. I told them a drouge chute (braking parachute) would have. They shut up asking stupid questions after that.



Paul

ps I dropped my keyboard, now I have yellow text, even if I change it in the colour options. Strange!

 

[Ben j]

cool trick!

 

[DTWD]

I will try timming it again tommorow. With and without someone in the car (passanger I mean, odviosly I need to be there). I will try several different runs.



Paul

 

[Essex_Lad]

wots the best ne 1s got out of there 1.4RT?

 

[rt172]

Im going to test the accuracy of stopwatch timings with the AP22!

 

[DTWD]

Quote: Originally posted by Essex_Lad on 03 April 2003

wots the best ne 1s got out of there 1.4RT?

I know someone got 10 flat the other week. I am a bit far off that yet



Paul

 

[Essex_Lad]

when i first got my car standard, i got 11.1 and i fcuked iot completely cut out the engine in 1st and spun the wheels slightly, i was used to my light corsa clutch, its my excuse and im stickin wit it!

gotta try another one, u reckon taking out the spare wheel, sound and back seats will make much difference?

Al

 

[DTWD]

I reckon all my stuff (wheel, audio shelf and sub) is going to weigh as much as an average person. So with the seats out aswell I think you will make a decent waight saving. Thats my plan anyway.



Paul

 

[Essex_Lad]

ill give it ago tomorrow and let ya know if i break the 10sec barrier or smash into one tryin!

 

[DTWD]

I am lucky, I got roads all around me that are just big and open. Nice for testing, only problem is getting on them without tractors...grrrr countryside.



Paul

 

[Essex_Lad]

ill jus avta use the video camera and then time it on the playbak means i dont have a passenger puttin stress on my lil engine!

 

[derv]

im my rt (97 P reg) i had 2 10" subs, and 2 amps which all weighed quite a bit, i had a stainless steel cat-back exhaust and always used to get about 10.5 seconds (roughly) to 60.

 

[RobFenn]

DOnt you stop and start, leave it on the dash and let it tick, just make sure u look at the watch to see when you go and when you get to 60, hopefully that will avoid f**k ups!

 

[Glennclio16v]

Many people say having 15"s on the RTs makes a great deal of difference to accelaration!? Either that or your pulling away in 2nd!

 

[Essex_Lad]

well i got 15s on mine and i dont reckon it slows it down to 17secs

 

[Essex_Lad]

jus been and done a 0-60 wit my bro wit the video camera!

10 secs flat! not bad considerin i have 15" wheel, K&N, backbox, 2 phat b******s in the front and the windows open (For sound affects)!

video will be posted shortly!

 

[Rick]

What speed are you getting to in 2nd before you change up?? Mine gets up to about 55mph at around 6k revs, so thats when I change.

Stereo gear will make a slight difference but unless youve got a BIG install I dont think its going to contribute too much. Certainly not to the same degree as having someone in the passenger seat.

Basically, if you thrash it and your still only getting around 15/16s then theres definately something wrong, either with your engine or your speedo.

 

[Scribbler]

My rt does it in sub 10 seconds with media player recorded in wav format at full frames per second. The time according to the stopwatch is 9.2 seconds but anywhere under 10 seconds i would say is good. The car has proven 88bhp and if you do the maths based on about 900kg when theres no spare tyre ice or anything in the car then thats about right. The proof is better illustrated when saxo vtrs very slowly disapeer behind my car when they try and race me. about 90mph they start to catch up though. I have sold the car now though and am collecting my new valver all being well on saterday so top end wont be a problem. The lad who is buying my car is called Al, so i hope he joins the club and continues to upset those VTRs.

 

[Rick]

CLIO14RT, I hope to be following the 16v route in the summer. Would be interested to hear just how much of an improvement a valver is over an RT.

Rick

 

[Essex_Lad]

i get bout 55mph in 2nd which is a bit crap course u loose bout second changin gear!

im gonna take out my spare wheel, rear seats and few other bitz hopefully thatll lose some weight!