martynb Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 The fast lap was obviously staged to make their point though - does anyone seriously think the Stig couldn't have kept it on boost if he had wanted to ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 just seen it. it did look a mad fun car then was shocked when they showed the bad points. like everyone says since when do you set off in 5th expecting power. in sequential mode in supra if dont take much before you driving fast. put car in ttc mode then you will know what lag is like. you put your foot down and then you wait for turbos to spin up. when i was at dragstrip last year i tried it in ttc mode and mates watching in stand was saying you could see when the turbos kicked in as it just went mad and was off. you can feel yourself actually waiting for boost to kick in. i thought the evo looked good fun but not for 47k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Originally posted by martynb The fast lap was obviously staged to make their point though - does anyone seriously think the Stig couldn't have kept it on boost if he had wanted to ? Well you never know he is a shite driver after all!!! And why did they also put a touring car driver in the Lambo to race it? Are touring car drivers cheap to rent or something (IIRC all 3 people that have been Stig are touring car drivers)!!! They could at least get someone who's driven a RWD car!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Originally posted by SupraStar 3000 so,... what was the point of the 5th gear start? I think it was to show how little power you actually had without the turbo. Remember, he was driving against a 1.6l Fiat in 5th gear vs the Evo's 2.0 engine in 5th so you'd think that 2.0 > 1.6! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 It's gearing though isn't it. A rally car could beat almost anything off the line, but maxes out at about 110!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Well yeah, the gearing of the Fiat would be top out around 120 probably, and the evo 175 ish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Originally posted by tbourner It's gearing though isn't it. ...and very low compression - which was the point, wasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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