Flea - aerodynamics are good mate - hence 'limited' top speed of 157 leptons.

Matt, once I remap and get some official figures, we should do some unofficial speed testing again, and James with whatever he has next, put some of the 4wd vs 2wd myths/debates to rest

Joe

Just got in from work.

What a meet.

Great turn out. On the run I hung back for Bockers and Kenno to catch up . Didn't catch up with others as went different route.

Neil, that arsehole was too close for comfort. I was already breaking

Not bad route in the end guys. Hitting some mad speeds through Ashridge Just need to sort out the damping a bit now

Bockers, You seemed to be holding your own with me and Ken. Not bad for standard

Great to see everyone. Must do it again before the summer ends

Oh and a big thank you to everyone for again making my Stuart welcome. He was a little scared but still loved the evening

Joe, he thought my driving was fast enough so I don't think he'll go in yours

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Flea - aerodynamics are good mate - hence 'limited' top speed of 157 leptons

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OK, concrete slab probably overstated it somewhat Looking at the later evo's I can see what you mean about them being pretty aerodynamic.

What the mofo my fuel consumption was stupidly ridiculous too bloody turbos

I think my coup which is slightly modded was very evenly matched against James EVO when we did our side by side tests - nothing really in it. Infact the M3 with one up seemed/felt quicker compared to my coup

Mr Testosterone mode: DB you didnt beat me last time as with Doc Frag and others from the forum I open a can of whop a33 everytime at karting ....err except for that last time with hurtsy and civic but theyre both skinny feckers

Right keep your eyes open for karting thread.....

In the right gear at the right revs a modded coop would probably keep up with a std (de-catted) Evo. However where the Evo excells is at lower revs, for eg in 4th at 40-50mph the coop would be a long way behind before it even got into its stride.
As for handling DocFrags coupe is the best around but i don't know how hard you were pushing last night, but the Evo's had a lot lot more in reserve. An Evo 7/8 Fq300 driven by the Stig around the TG test track would be seconds quicker than even DocFrags coupe i would say.

Still i drove my coop to the Lake district at the weekend and i still love it. It sounds much better

Hey you mofo!!

I think you're right there James.

Last night, I wasnt pushing to the limit, around country roads with the Coupe , you can only run to 90%, but beyond that its a test of faith. If you can see the road ahead, then you can push harder, but round roads I don't know, even when the road was clear, nope not pushing to the limit, but that would also apply to you James as well. So that's why we all kept with each other.

But the EVO, it seems to be able to let you run beyond 90%, it always wants to help you out, and keep you going round the corner , keep you on line!

I've raced on road and track many Scoobys and EVO's, and not many of them are driven by guys that really know how to drive their cars, unlike Matt and James the sideway boys!, so its easy to keep up.

But when these 4wd cars are driven well, you can't match them, with slow corners especially, the EVO's just slip the back out, and then they are already pointing in the right direction to exit the corner whilst you are still balancing the Coupe, still negotiating the turn.
They then gain a car length or so before you can get going again

Round faster corners, then the difference is not so noticeable, as to throw the car into a 4wheel drift does not necessarily gain you as much, although its a lot of fun I would have thought!

Joe

We need a track day to sort this out! Joes coupe is by far the best handling coupe I've ever expereinced but I dont think its anywhere near an Evo being well driven. James and Matt havent had them long as arent fully commited in the higher speed corners yet. remember the evo is a rally bred, all conquering chassis and 4wd system, the coupe is based on a tipo!

Kevin sort karting, I will again whip you! Last time it went.....

Civic
Hurstymofo
Rog
Me
You (big homo)
SA

Remember I have a weight penality on all of you mofos. Kevin you will never beat me at karting, I remember having to try and teach you how to drive at cadwell!!

Shabba, karting is in hand, we are speaking to daytona about dates and times, will probably go for a grand Prix event, should get something up on the board this weekend

We can grab Neil to organise a nice run before hand

I'm going to have to go on a diet for karting

joe

Kevin last time we went Karting you kept stopping, attempting to pick up a fare.

and NO you can't borrow mine or Matts car for your shifts this weekend!!

A weekend or friday night is better for me, dont get home until fairly late you see.

Kevin - this will be you, your the blue kart, I'm the red one. link

You beat me overall becuase my kart broke and I got stuck in the pits! You NEVER beat my laptime though.

Fair point you did beat my laptime, but I passed you on more than one occassion. Its overall that counts not on one lap.

Plus you broke the kart by not staying on the tarmac

Better luck next time

It will be settled at the next karting event, in the meantime I will give you a good beating this weekend.

C'mon you two... get a room. Kevin, it's all right, I won't tell Dawn

Neil

Dont know if its been mentioned or infact you spotted it doc but kev was on three wheels round one of the round-abouts!!!!!!!

When we were behind him, i saw his rear right lift off the ground... he must have been seriously pushing it!!!

Any comments Kev?

kev, pushing it in a corner? Cant be right!! Seriously, you had to see how slow he was at cadwell, he even had his stereo on and was following the track via his sat nav!

everytime your tempted just read up on a 'my cars blew up' story then note its a modified coupe.

Sounds like you lot had fun - I would have like to come along too but I was busy supping £10 bottles of Beer in Venice

Ooohhhh karting. I thought I came 3rd when we went last time? And the time before at Milton Keynes I got a puncture on my 'out' lap and spun off in spectacular fashion.

And more importantly - did you have the Lamb again Doc?

Shabba you only drive 22 miles a year hence why nothing gets a chance to blow up.

Modded coups can be very safe too - infact IMO safer in some aspects.

I must admit there has been a somewhat negative coupé vibe from the Shabba these last few weeks... standard is obviously not fast enough anymore

This Friday evening I will be in and around the North London / M25 area on my lonesome Anyone around for a mini meet as the weather is looking fine and would be great for a good blast followed by a beer

Hi Flea,

aww that's a shame, I can't do this Friday, would have loved a blast!

Just cleaned the Ramair filter, and put the proper 50:50 methanol/water mix (instead of just water ), omg! she's flying again , I can't believe how much difference cleaning the filter does!, I won't leave it 2 1/2 yrs again

Joe

I think I sorted myself out on the lady front nicely on sat night thank you very much!

The coupe is great for what it is, I just dont see the point in trying to make it more as its not worth the results. I will have my coupe until it dies, nothing can replace it under £15k for me.