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Ford Focus 1.6 - 145 mph!!!!!

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  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 34,562 Forumite
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    My corsa has 59 BHP. I run it on veg oil which probably impacts on its performance.
    Could I chip it to get it to go faster? Or is the only way it will hit 3 figures is to drop it from a plane.
    After a while the chips would block the fuel filter so probably not a good idea.
  • andygb
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    lil-smeg wrote: »
    With a super chip most cars can go faster than what the speedometer offers.

    This set a side, a mod such as a air filter or exhaust can allow extra MPH on a engine, but this would depend on each car, not complete unbelievable to be honest.

    I have personally had a Ford Mondeo ST24 that was tuned, and did almost 180 MPH on the clock, this said it was tuned at a specialist centre and had a super chip fitted which I bought from eBay!


    So why did you not take it racing, you would have cleaned up.
    Do you have any idea what it takes to get a car up to 180 mph?
    It takes at least 500 bhp, and in the case of the Mondeo a new, much more streamlined body. Oh yes, you have to remove the whole interior, and replace all the panels with fibreglass ones. You then have to lower the car, and fit some sort of device to improve downforce - a wind tunnel helps.
    The best bit, is that you cannot use the standard engine or gearbox.
    Pistons, conrods, valves, camshafts, water pump, lightened flywheel, special clutch. Then you have to have a special gearbox put together, one WHICH WILL SUPPLY RATIOS TO ENABLE YOU TO REACH 180 MPH WITH ALL THIS NEW POWER.
    I suppose that your Mondeo can rev to 9000 rpm?
    How do you stop it from 180 mph?

    I suggest that tomorrow morning you get up, look in the mirror, and say to yourself:







    "Why is that creature from Fraggle Rock staring back at me?";)



    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    I never really expected such a response to this thread.:D
  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
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    edited 17 August 2010 at 11:09PM
    lil-smeg wrote: »
    Is there a reason why everyone seems in a fool mood here??!
    Nothing fool (foul?) going on here, just the need to bring some reality into the discussion.
    I have no doubt at all that the speeds you were talking about were pure fantasy (you might believe them yourself).
    Happy chappy
  • davemorton
    davemorton Posts: 29,084 Forumite
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    If his car is as fast as his posting, I believe him! 119 in less than a day, some fast typing there. Is it week 3 of 6, or week 4??
    “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
    Juvenal, The Sixteen Satires
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 34,562 Forumite
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    2 AE's on the same thread, wow !! :eek: I smell a troll-fest brewing.
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 34,562 Forumite
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    awwww, I was just away to get my popcorn and comfy chair :rotfl:
  • wealdroam
    wealdroam Posts: 19,180 Forumite
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    lil-smeg wrote: »
    I cannot post links, only joined last night.
    Actually Sassy, you only joined tonight - 17 Aug 2010.
    First post at 5:40pm today.
    Amazingly, 121 posts by 11:35pm same day.
  • pwllbwdr
    pwllbwdr Posts: 443 Forumite
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    Interesting that lil-smeg chose to quote my reply in post 44. Very sassy, don't you think?
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 34,562 Forumite
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    wealdroam wrote: »
    Actually Sassy, you only joined tonight - 17 Aug 2010.
    First post at 5:40pm today.
    Amazingly, 121 posts by 11:35pm same day.
    And last Sassy activity 5:33 pm today, spooky.
  • pwllbwdr
    pwllbwdr Posts: 443 Forumite
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    lil-smeg wrote: »
    Do hope you have back that up with evidence??!

    Is it libel?
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