Xr6t Vs Evo7

[bcl]

  Mercurial said:

You're dead right there. I ran a Bugeye rex recently.

Bugeye rexes, especially the MY01, are slugs.

[turb06]

  bcl said:

  Mercurial said:

You're dead right there. I ran a Bugeye rex recently.

Bugeye rexes, especially the MY01, are slugs.

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Amplified though when one gets a bad start and one doesnt, it would ahve been closer if the starts were even.

Dazza.

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What the Evo misses in Second will usually pull away in third and bye bye in the wet. should have raced it all the way.....might as well say it doesn't go well in first as well.

[Guest intehnet]

australian spec evo 8's run about a mid 13 second quarter with a proper launch.

The computer has launch protection built in.. if the car is stationary, you can't rev it past 5000rpm (7500rpm redline), if you get it rolling at about 1kmph, you can launch it off the redline and reel off about a 13.5 or so..

without the launch, teh car is only about a 14.0 second car, thus I'm not suprised your XR6T krept up on him!

Put an exhaust and intake on both of these cars and it will be interesting... verrrry interesting.. due to the light weight of the evo, it doesn't take much to get one to crack into the 12s..

as for comments on the styling, that's all up to personal opinion.. I mean.. some people like the look of bug eye wrx's :(

[mickq]

Manual, standard. But runs very well.

FYI it was an EVO6 not a 7. Finger slipped.

Straight line in the rain is not much different than in the dry. Little more care to put the power down but that's all. Around corners is a different matter - much more care.

I practice driving hard in the wet - I go out of my way to do it. that's why I dont crash into people when its wet - as Im in wet mode.

F1 drivers drive >300kmh in the wet and do it just fine. No reason road drivers cant do the same...at slightly lower speeds.

Rain isnt something to be afraid of. Its simply something you need to adjust to and be aware of what the cars new traction limits are.

How do you do that? Practice finding those limits on empty roads so you know where they are.

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  vik351 said:

Racing in the rain,end up in the drain crazy stuff

vik of the blocked sw drain

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BRAVO BRAVO. Vik king of the poets. :lol:

Mickq - is your T an auto or manual? modded or stock? Either way that's a pretty good effort, except of course the in the rain part, but hey.

Dazza.

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[mickq]

Rear wheel drive in the wet is fun, and can make for even better control as you have excellent throttle steering available.

If you arent used to high-po cars in the rain, that's not the same as it being so dangerous it shouldnt be done. Just means you need more practice or else need to sit at home when the rain starts.

Everyone knows the STi is a great car. But its also nowhere near as driveable as the XR6T. Not to mention if we put as much boost through an XR6T as your STi has stock standard, YOU would be the one left behind....

Turning up a turbo is easy....

  bcl said:

I don't understand why anyone would want to race in the wet, let alone drive fast in the wet.

Powerful rwd cars and turbo power are a deadly mix, and traction control is a necessity, so be careful and treat wet roads with respect.

As I have rexes, if it's raining the T will usually stay in the garage.

And hypothetically if you wanted to race against my STi in the wet, I guarantee that you'd be left well and truly behind (as you would in the dry).

Brian

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[mickq]

Phase 3?

Do what a mate of mine with a hi-powered rotary in a small car used to do: start in 2nd gear! Works a treat.

  PASHEN said:

I hate driving my car in the wet full stop, let alone race in the wet.  When I do drive in the wet, Barina's take off quicker than I do....and I have 265's. What sort of rubber do you have?

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[mickq]

  saleen said:

How do you know he was in second?

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Easy - when I pulled up next to him at the lights I wound my window down. His car was 3ft from me and his engine about 4ft away. I was hoping he might take off fast and I would hear what it sounded like.

He did a slow 1st gear to about 40kmh (with me matching him). Went into second, and 2 secs later floored it....and then I did to. Except for that first 1m he pulled ahead (fast I might ad-thought I was toasted) the grunt of the T when it came online easily kept up and eliminated his intial jump.

His blowoff valve was too loud though. Sounded like rice flying everywhere.

[mickq]

that's based on the ASSUMPTION that we took off in 1st gear. I didnt state that, so either you were there or are just foaming at the mouth trying to make a point that is irrelevant...

  Turbo6man said:

  saleen said:

How do you know he was in second?

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Well, he said:-

On the way back from the supermarket tonight, I had the chance to take on an EVO VI in second gear, in the rain. Up to about 100kmh from about 40kmh.

We were both in second, after both taking off carefully from the lights.

Now, assuming both cars started carefully in 1st when they left the lights, and they both changed gears before 40 kph, it's probably a fair conclusion that unless someone missed a cog the very next gear after 1st is 2nd.

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[mickq]

I doubt it very much. 3rd gear in a big engine like the 6T will kick ass as it inherently has tons of grunt.

Not sure about the auto, but 3rd gear in my car doesnt let up. It will go from walking speed to 160kmh with ease. And damn quickly too.

In fact the orirignal Wheels or motor mag said that the 3rd gear overtaking time for the XR6T was the fastest of ANY CAR THEY HAVE TESTED. Including the Supra and Skyline, which from memory they made a point of highlighting in the article.

There is no way that an EVO would get kicked in 2nd yet miraculously do better in 3rd. Small capacity ars like that tend to drop off, not increase. 2nd gear is usually their killer gear, not 3rd.

I probably have that article floating around if needed. ALthough Im sure it would have been posted at this site in the early days of the XR6T.

  catcha said:

What the Evo misses in Second will usually pull away in  third and bye bye in the wet. should have raced it all the way.....might as well say it doesn't go well in first as well.

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