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lol @ 8 secs.
llooking at 11-12
llooking at 11-12
The really new ones with under 10k miles are dog slow. A good mate of mine bought a brand new 1.2 16v extreme and it wouldnt even wheel spin. Flat to the floor in first and the rev counter just slowly climbed, it was rubbish. My 1.2 on the other hand will light up the front wheels in second.
Those figures ALexS pulled up...which 1.4 is that? is it the mk2 one or mk one?
Because I have raced my friend a few times and I know he was changing at the right points and every single time I beat him.
Is the 1.4 lump heavier or something then?
E-ray - how sure are you the guy you were racing was changing at all the right times?
And the Gtech starts as soon as I drop the clutch and finishes when the speedo says 65 mph. How can it not be accurate?
Sam
Because I have raced my friend a few times and I know he was changing at the right points and every single time I beat him.
Is the 1.4 lump heavier or something then?
E-ray - how sure are you the guy you were racing was changing at all the right times?
And the Gtech starts as soon as I drop the clutch and finishes when the speedo says 65 mph. How can it not be accurate?
Sam
yeh sorry to say he was, his my mate and his alright driver. not trying diss your car dude cos im sure its quicker then most standard 1.2's but dont think you can beat a mk1 punto sporting.
The figures I gave for the 1.2 8v and 16v were for the mk2 ph2 and out of Renaults own brochure. The figures I gave for the 1.4 were for the mk2 ph1 (can't get a 1.4 8v ph2) and were from www.parkers.co.uk.
Out of interest a Mk2 ph1 1.4 8v is quicker to 60 by almost a second in comparison to the 1.2 16valver.
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
i used to take mine to 6,000rpm in first then 5,500rpm after that.
i find it tends to drop off the power after 5,500/5,600rpm so no point going any higher.
i find it tends to drop off the power after 5,500/5,600rpm so no point going any higher.
It does drop off power after 5500rpm.
But you aren't looking to change at the point where the most power is, you are looking to change to keep each gear at the highest average power throughout the gear.
That is to say that you should change when the BHP output at the time of change should equal the BHP output at the time of putting the clutch back out again in the new gear.
Sam
But you aren't looking to change at the point where the most power is, you are looking to change to keep each gear at the highest average power throughout the gear.
That is to say that you should change when the BHP output at the time of change should equal the BHP output at the time of putting the clutch back out again in the new gear.
Sam
I have found mine gives realistic results. I hit 60 in 6.4 and 100 in c. 16.8 (can't remember the exact time). If they're set up correctly then, by all accounts, they are accurate
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
i know that lol but i find that taking the revs over 5,500 it just dies that much that if you do change up it pulls harder when the next gear comes in than it does in the previous gear so just makes it slower really.
