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 My R19 16v does 400mph.....but not really...
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simonds1
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Joined: 29 Jan 2005
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:03 pm

My mate Dom drove into town with me when I got my tyres fitted last week. He's got a mitsubishi FTO..... GPX model, tiptronic, full stainless system, induction kit the size of birmingham, just over 200bhp, etc........and it doesn't seem much quicker than my beast that only has a K&N 57i.....everything else standard. He was flooring it on the way in like trying to loose me, but I was keeping up Very Happy and he was like "um....HOW??" when we got there lol, and I was kinda like the same. Was impressed I could keep up with such a car like. But anyway, on the way back from having tyres fitted.......I was infront and thought I'd see if he could keep up with mee............and he couldn't! Shocked I lost him lol. So how can my 137bhp 5dr hatch be seemingly quicker than his 200bhp japanese sports car?? I just don't get it. Nor does he. But yeah I thought the text I got off him when I got home was funny. I text him saying that I'd nearly crashed on way home cuz my new tyres weren't as grippy as I was expecting them to be and did he know if they had to be 'bedded in' at all......and I got this reply.....

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400mph! Pretty impressive I thought Laughing
Chet T16
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Joined: 12 Feb 2004
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:09 pm

lol
Wicked Neo
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:40 pm

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simonds1
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:48 am

Laughing hehe. Damn right
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:20 am

Rustyarchs has a FTO GPX MIvec same engine as your mates with the crap auto box. He thinks its super fast but my 16V woudl have it.

I honestly far preffered his old rover 820, reminded me of my saab.
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