iceman Posted November 2, 2003 Report Share Posted November 2, 2003 Had a race with one on Saturday night. Man, the works Coopers are fast! Had surious problems trying to lose the guy. He was sticking close to me right up to 120, I just couldn't believe it. I was thrashing the R32 and still he was close behind me. The R32 is faster but not much in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted November 2, 2003 Report Share Posted November 2, 2003 Try chipping it to make john works trn in his grave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted November 2, 2003 Report Share Posted November 2, 2003 Also iceman, how many miles have you done in the car, what fuel do you use. It all takes its toll with this lovely but vunerable machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3ETT Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 I should imagine this is about right. Think of how much less the cooper weighs than the R32 and they should be pretty close in a straight line. Personally I think that the R32 is miles more at home through the twisties than drag racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 The stats do show a 2 second differnace 0-100mph, between the R32 and the works?? Not that stats are everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3ETT Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 [ QUOTE ] The stats do show a 2 second differnace 0-100mph, between the R32 and the works?? Not that stats are everything [/ QUOTE ] I wonder how much of that is the 4wd advantage off the line tho - once you are moving, i bet there isnt much in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allison Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 I have an R32 and my other half has a mini copper s and his mini is faster than mt R32 standard. But his mini is 250bhp!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 Understanadable...just Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted November 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 8000 miles on the clock so you could say it's run in. I only use Shell Optimax, other fuels tend to lead to random performance. I know a few of you guys have argued about what fuel trade(RON) to use 95 or 98. Well if you read the supplement part in the destruction manual, it does state use only Super 98 Ron fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 In that case i am suprised the works is so fast, considering what they say on paper???? If you want the extra kick iceman, i sugest a remap or chip. I dont know if you get digitech or aything like that overthere, but you could try asking on the vwvortex forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClimberSP Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 I'm starting to worry about all that... I read that a Mini is so fast than a R, that the S3 is faster, etc, etc and then I saw in some magazines that the R32 is no so low compared with other cars like the Mitsu Evo or even the Impreza STI. I feel the car is very fast (very), but I don't know if it's suggestion... Any idea?? PD: By the moment I have to say that in an acceleration with a TT 225 HP from 80 km/h, the TT can not follow the R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Yes that's about right. Know what your oppenents worth before you try to give him a hiding. The R32's power needs to go up ideally to 300BHP to give it the power it deserves. It's a great car but needs more power for an aspirated four wheel drive engine. The ALFA 147 also has a V6 but doesn't carry the weight or drag of the Haldex 4 wheel drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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