Thanks Nick... will be taking the car out tomorrow to work to get some miles on but they already feel better than the others...
Bill got hold of a corner weight kit this weekend so thought it would be rude not to at least see how much the old girl weighs in at...
She had just over half a tank of fuel, all my stereo gear and the rather heavier NS-2r's...
...scores on the doors...
Was really surprised as was expecting well over 1500kg
Obviously there could be some work regarding weight distribution and of course I wasn't in the car at the time but that would require coil overs and faffing which tbh I have no real interest in... the camber plates are ready to go on over Christmas break hopefully and then I will get the front aligned to a fast road ish spec and that will be that... I am under no illusion she is lardy but turns out not as lardy as I thought
Then put Bill's Leon Cupra on (Mk5 chassis)... was rather surprised at the result...
I didn't realise they were that heavy and this is FWD!!!
Obviously the Lupo had to go on too...
Skinny little ****** lol...
So... power to weight is interesting....
Lupo: 370hp (ish, can't remember actual figure off hand but at this point largely irrelevant), 1047kg = 352hp/tonne
My S3: 477hp, 1475kg = 323hp/tonne
Can't remember the exact figure for the Leon either off hand... gonna go with 360hp for now, 1433kg = 251hp/tonne
I'll ask Bill tomorrow for exact figures and edit the post but irrespective of the actual figures its still interesting
Clearly I need to sort these cams out to nudge ahead lol
That said I do have a lot more torque and the means to deploy it plus the S3 is inherently more stable when venturing into triple figures than the Lupo but the skinny little pocket rocket is gonna be causing a fair few performance car owners to take their cars back to the dealers thinking they have suddenly lost power after going up against it LOL...
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