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#173868 - 03/08/09 05:22 PM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: Alex_H]
LHT_ST Offline


Registered: 29/12/08
Posts: 857
Loc: Chavham, Kent
only ever been close to 6000 in the higher gears never been above about 5k in second gear and have never hit the limiter
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#173869 - 03/08/09 05:27 PM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: LHT_ST]
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Registered: 15/10/08
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I hit the limiter on purpose the engine just killed itself to 2000 revs
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#173870 - 03/08/09 09:58 PM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: Adam08]
sim Offline


Registered: 26/03/09
Posts: 439
I hit 60 in second gear every now and again without hitting the limiter, wouldn't do it all the time though.

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#173871 - 04/08/09 06:20 AM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: sim]
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Registered: 17/07/09
Posts: 120
Loc: aberdeenshire
i havent noticed if i have done 60mph in second gear as i always change at 6000rpm as the torque curve starts to fade off.
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#173872 - 04/08/09 09:11 AM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: x18wag]
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Registered: 13/01/09
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Hmmm - 60 in second does seem a little excessive, I'd be scared of blowing the head gasket. Saying that when we had our little tear up from the Black Cat petrol station to Ellington prior to FITP one of the guys (electric window man for those in the know) was bouncing off the redline in 4th trying to keep up with us modded guys
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#173873 - 04/08/09 12:42 PM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: sandyle]
abc Offline


Registered: 02/03/09
Posts: 378
i only take ip up near the limiter when some shady little chav goes past in a corsa or summing and thinks hes gods gift, then he gets embarresed by having the ST roaring past him

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#173874 - 04/08/09 07:57 PM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: abc]
Alex_H Offline


Registered: 01/03/09
Posts: 15061
Loc: SE London
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i only take ip up near the limiter when some shady little chav goes past in a corsa or summing and thinks hes gods gift, then he gets embarresed by having the ST roaring past him



+1 Done that the other day
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#173875 - 05/08/09 09:22 AM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: Alex_H]
Kaxe Offline


Registered: 01/07/08
Posts: 8157
Quote:

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i only take ip up near the limiter when some shady little chav goes past in a corsa or summing and thinks hes gods gift, then he gets embarresed by having the ST roaring past him



+1 Done that the other day




HaHa well done becuase they need to know who's boss and that the only car that is worth 'doing up' is the and not the sh*tty 1.1L banger that has 49bhp LOL


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#173876 - 05/08/09 10:08 AM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: Kaxe]
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Registered: 01/03/09
Posts: 15061
Loc: SE London
It was my most loathed car - A Corsa! and it was a Black 1.4 with the bloke holding the wheel with one hand right at the top and leaning right over so he was looking out the middle of the windscreen Typical chav stance
Who aint done it once on here tho
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#173877 - 05/08/09 11:07 AM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: Alex_H]
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Registered: 01/07/08
Posts: 8157
yeah they might aswell put one seat right in the middle of cars for chavs so they can 'play cool' LOL!


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#173878 - 05/08/09 11:54 AM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: Kaxe]
abc Offline


Registered: 02/03/09
Posts: 378
its the ones with the 1.0 corsa b's, slammed to the deck with lexus lights on the back and playing ultra fast dance music loud as hell.

how times have changed!!

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#173879 - 05/08/09 12:07 PM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: Spiers]
Kev Offline



Registered: 01/03/06
Posts: 10490
Loc: Birmingham, UK.
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I did the 0-60 run in 8.1 seconds and changed just after 55 to 3rd gear.
Maybe if i held it in 2nd might of done it 8.0 something or less.
Its to risky, its so close to the limiter.




Agreed, i also did the 0-60, and 60 in second is soooo close to the limiter on a standard .

With Dreamscience the limiter can be altered, but this would be to suit the engine mods.

I will be posting up a vid of my official 0-60 sprint at FF soon on the 'Meet ups and Events' section, so you will be able to hear the engine and judge for yourselves.

My time was 8.03 secs. My mods are Flexi and Cat back, and thats all.

P.S. You must excuse my language on the vid after my run, but as others have said, it is soooo nerve racking thinking that so many people are watching hoping that you stall it at the start or blow your engine; plus, being interviewed at the start didn't help my nerves settle.
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#173880 - 05/08/09 01:14 PM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: Kev]
w3dal Offline


Registered: 16/05/07
Posts: 1319
Loc: Essex
nothing wrong with hitting the limiter every once in a while, that's why its there to protect the engine from damage.

mine is raised to 7,150 and i hit it often, due to the fact im running cams and it doesn't let off the power it catches you out.

Dal


Edited by w3dal (05/08/09 01:15 PM)
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#173881 - 05/08/09 01:20 PM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: w3dal]
Kaxe Offline


Registered: 01/07/08
Posts: 8157
Yeah I love my cams too. It just keeps going LOL!

I've never hit my limiter though even back when it was standard...

I guess I don't rag it enough then LOL!

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#173882 - 05/08/09 01:42 PM Re: Hitting 60mph in second gear [Re: Kaxe]
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Registered: 16/05/07
Posts: 1319
Loc: Essex
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Yeah I love my cams too. It just keeps going LOL!

I've never hit my limiter though even back when it was standard...

I guess I don't rag it enough then LOL!




drive it like you stole it mate.
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