Advice on Projects! Estate, 1.8, Track?

[Eeyore]

sam don't bother with 50 profiles. If i were you I'd lower it on springs, uprated dampers, thicker (23.5mm) torsion bars, decent uprated rear shocks, and get some 16" wheels. Then check everything's attached properly suspension wise and you should have a pretty epic machine. Mine is happy around corners at some pretty silly speeds, always feels very predictable though, and never feels like it's leaning at all.

Also, I'm sorry tom, but you're talking bollocks. There's no way on this planet sam's 1.8 could keep up with my estate. Wouldn't even get close. Unless we're talking well into 3 figures, but even then I'd possibly have the edge.

I dont know Jonny. The 1.8 did put out a million horse power according to the dyno at FCS!

He already has the wrong (50) profiles lol.

Has yours been dyno'd Jonny? If so how much? I'm sure it is quicker dont get me wrong, just dont thnk it'll be that much. Obviously it'll feel quicker with torquier diesel, but in an actual race? Hmmmm.... See heres the thing with hdi vs 1.8 - yes youve got boost in a HDi, but the 1.8s got revs and will pull from anywhere right round to the red tbh. The hdi drops off boost at gearchanges and runs out of puff quick in each gear which looses you the torque and with such a small torque band, even though you have more torque for a shorter time, I think it'd be fairly even. I've got no doubt at all that the 1.8 would take a stage 1 HDi estate from a standing start. 30-70 in 3rd, not so sure. Stage 2 HDi estate would beat it, but with 100 extra kg, not by much I reckon. Would be interesting to find out with proof though, raher than just guesstimates using power/weight and revs vs boost.

tom im sure Jonnys estate would beat the 1.8. It only just kept up with Mooey65s stage 1 hatch which was running 120ish hp. Im pretty sure Jonnys is running 150+ anyway! Nobody says ohhh lets have a race but only using 3rd gear D:

I think we can have a race just for lols on my local air strip. Ill get the 1.8 out of the garage. Jonny in his estate and we can get someone else to drive your stage 1 estate while you sit on your empty golf shell haha