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Mr2 Roadster
I bought my RS1 recently from a nice dude on here!
It's got a few extras and has been well maintained but when I was out with Dansta who has a fast cup, there was nothing in it. We only got one traffic light run as we caught the attention of some dudes with flashing blue lights and got in a bit of trouble!
It's got a few extras and has been well maintained but when I was out with Dansta who has a fast cup, there was nothing in it. We only got one traffic light run as we caught the attention of some dudes with flashing blue lights and got in a bit of trouble!
Neil82cup said:
I always love the way cup owners do this. Renault say a RS1 weighs 1035kg and the cup weighs 1021kg. Yet a RS1 was weighed and was 1100kg. So they all say a RS1 weighs 1100 and a cup is still 1021, because Renault said so.
I bet if you weighed a cup at a weighing station it wouldn't weigh 1021kg
I reckon it'd be nearer 1070kg.Official kerb weights are never right.
Unless someone has weighed a cup?
TDI tyre shreader
I never understand the reasoning behind everyone saying that the cup is faster because its lighter, which in theroy it should be if it was a race car. Think about it, its a road car the weight advantage could be lost by a full tank of petrol and a fat driver!!! plus with a set of wheels with a diff offset how can anyone else expect to compete with a cup in the corners!!!
TDI tyre shreader
Im not if anything im having a laugh about it, the point that i was making is that (in more detail) say you take a 172 and a cup there is around a 80kg weight difference, if mr cup has just filled his car up and the 172 that happens to pull up next to him with the petrol light on then this weight advantage is some what lost since around 1L of fuel is around 1kg-ish than thats around 40kg heavier. 80-40 = 40kg
then you could some stuff in the boot maybe a spare wheel (cups dont have one do they? cant remember) and the weight loss is quickly so would be slower, but then again the same could be said for the 172.
Im talking about an everyday situation anyway, personally i couldnt care less if you pull away from me as i would be too busy laughing my arse off
then you could some stuff in the boot maybe a spare wheel (cups dont have one do they? cant remember) and the weight loss is quickly so would be slower, but then again the same could be said for the 172.
Im talking about an everyday situation anyway, personally i couldnt care less if you pull away from me as i would be too busy laughing my arse off
Nippy white cup
lol Thats what I was thinking. I think the easiest way to think is two cars, 1 cup and 1 172 both with the same fuel in and and empty boot. Same weight driver and same road. You could argue all day about having different weighted people in the car. I know, lets have it both cars with max passengers...the cup is only allowed 4 as it is technically a 4 seater
Chris
Chris
172 Ph1/Scooby MY00
As the South West airfield events show, it's mostly down to who drives the hardest and the most efficiently - rather than the car. I reckon a lower weight car or even 10% more power won't make that much of a difference for cars of a pretty similar power to weight. No diff between any of 'em! Only difference is the drivers!!
