Cupra Stage 1 v ST Mountune - Santa Pod

[WeeG]

i would love that mate! Would just need to organise time off work, if i'm honest i doubt it'll touch a lota highly tuned petrol hot hatches. But i guess you don't know until you try. Would be kl mate. Will wait for the good weather to come in. Sportlines are on two weeks tomorrow. And i am toying with that WALK kit. In all honesty poverty coming back to the thread that focus was quick mate and it was rolled at 262bhp, and i was surprised i pulled on it, but maybe i'm underestimating my car a wee bit.

 

[delboyuk2005uk]

hows your clutch holding up with all that torque? I am on 330lbs so another 100lbs is crazy

 

[Al]

i would love that mate! Would just need to organise time off work, if i'm honest i doubt it'll touch a lota highly tuned petrol hot hatches. But i guess you don't know until you try. Would be kl mate. Will wait for the good weather to come in. Sportlines are on two weeks tomorrow. And i am toying with that WALK kit. In all honesty poverty coming back to the thread that focus was quick mate and it was rolled at 262bhp, and i was surprised i pulled on it, but maybe i'm underestimating my car a wee bit.

I will be at the Edinburgh meet in mine next Sat if you want to see mine bud.

 

[WeeG]

Yeh clutch seems fine just now mate just never boot it under 2.5 k. DJ Horace that would be amazing mate, i'm in the glasgow end and would need to see if i'm working overtime next weekend, but would be amazing, how's your car running?

 

[Poverty]

Yeh clutch seems fine just now mate just never boot it under 2.5 k. DJ Horace that would be amazing mate, i'm in the glasgow end and would need to see if i'm working overtime next weekend, but would be amazing, how's your car running?

I think you are underestimating your car, but thats all the fun of it, you cant really appreciate how quick your car is sometimes till you have had some plays against cars you know that are quick and you beat em!

DjHorace's car is a step or two above mine, deffo try and get a ride in his if you can as thats pretty much a ultimate k04 leon.

 

[Adam's Cupra]

Get your arse to AmDEssex ( Rolling Road day) on sun 21 and see Pov's car in the flesh it really is an animal bloody lovely looking aswell. As to the question Cupra will win altho at end of the day its down to the driver. I'd give it ago in mine but then thats just me growing up in Essex ( fecking hate fords)

oh rubbish I only live near bluewater so that like 10 minutes away, but the misses wants to go look at a bloody cat in southend tomorrow.... Will try and swing in on route but not sure if she will enjoy it LOL.

I need to keep an eye out for meets round this area, I want to try and swindle a ride in a stage 2+ to convince myself it's worth spending the extra cash

 

[micky 32]

DjHorace's car is a step or two above mine, deffo try and get a ride in his if you can as thats pretty much a ultimate k04 leon.

Isn't your car a stage 2+ also? Thought that was the highest stage for the KO4?

 

[RobH]

Isn't your car a stage 2+ also? Thought that was the highest stage for the KO4?

yeah but djhoraces has laods of chassis mods aswell like diff, engine mounts etc etc etc etc etc etc .

 

[Poverty]

Isn't your car a stage 2+ also? Thought that was the highest stage for the KO4?

Yeah it is but dj Horace has the diff and chassis mods to match the power

 

[Poverty]

oh rubbish I only live near bluewater so that like 10 minutes away, but the misses wants to go look at a bloody cat in southend tomorrow.... Will try and swing in on route but not sure if she will enjoy it LOL.

I need to keep an eye out for meets round this area, I want to try and swindle a ride in a stage 2+ to convince myself it's worth spending the extra cash

next time me, dangb and the fat plasterer are out on a sat night I will drop you a pm and you can roll with us and get some scalps to your name also. Just warn the Missus to not wait up lol

 

[Adam's Cupra]

next time me, dangb and the fat plasterer are out on a sat night I will drop you a pm and you can roll with us and get some scalps to your name also. Just warn the Missus to not wait up lol

Sounds good, LOL I'll make sure I tell her

 

[LeonFR07DSG]

pov what time you lot gettin to AMD tomorrow? how long will you be there for... might pop down...

 

[Poverty]

pov what time you lot gettin to AMD tomorrow? how long will you be there for... might pop down...

not sure yet working it out now with dan

 

[Ben CTR]

Interesting thread..



Think we all know my thoughts on this..

 

[Ben CTR]

Power's not everything

ST's make very high torque low down, much higher than their competitors. My old ST only made 280bhp, but hit 364lbft, 80% of which was available at 2000rpm.

Mine made 363lb/ft on Stage 1 Revo mate.

 

[RobH]

Interesting thread..



Think we all know my thoughts on this..

I think the 13.1@109mph pretty much ends this thread

 

[Al]

An Ed30 with DSG is gonna be faster than a Cupra with equivalent mods though. The 13.1 is a good 0.4 seconds faster than I managed with the power mods - in fact with all the power mods to make what people commonly know as stage 2+. Ben only has an exhaust, map and panel filter. DSG shaves about half a second off a 1/4 mile time vs manual version though.

Nonetheless, a Cupra should still bury a standard turbo Focus ST over the 1/4 mile assuming both are being driven by capable drivers.

 

[Ben CTR]

DSG definately helps on the time, but I don't think it's as much as 1/2 a second TBH. The launch control is certainly no advantage over a manual, especially FWD. There are two lads on Mk5 forum with K03 GTI's who have exactly the same mods (in fact the DSG has a diff too) and they are only 0.2 second apart. I think a Stage 2+ Cupra with the right driver can easily get a low 13 @ Pod on the right day with a good launch. Especially if Stage 3 VXR's can run 13.6's there..
Would be interesting to see what Pov and others do if this up coming meet @ Pod takes place as by the sounds of it he isn't shy to give his car some beans..

 

[RobH]

DSG definately helps on the time, but I don't think it's as much as 1/2 a second IMO. There are two lads on Mk5 forum with K03 GTI's who have exactly the same mods (in fact the DSG has a diff too) and they are only 0.2 second apart. I think a Stage 2+ Cupra with the right driver can easily get a low 13 @ Pod on the right day with a good launch. Especially if Stage 3 VXR's can run 13.6's there..
Would be interesting to see what Pov and others do if this up coming meet @ Pod takes place as by the sounds of it he isn't shy to give his car some beans..

were you using r888's to get that time ben? Also Hurdy's got pretty much every mod going and did a similar time, although he should be in the 12's this year.

 

[Al]

If Pod was closer, I would give it a go. For what its worth, at Crail last weekend a Stage 3+ Astra VXR made 13.993 @ 106 approximately. That was a car with all the bolt ons with a hybrid turbo and 313bhp.

Astra, as you say, now and then make 13.6 at Pod. The quality of the surface at Crail is crap, but you can compare 2 cars there, and for what its worth, I did see a Focus ST make 13.6 at Crail, but it was not running its original turbo . Never seen an Astra VXR go that quick on a standard turbo at Crail.