Just got burnt off by an old Civic !!
09 September 2006, 08:03 PM
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Just got burnt off by an old Civic !!
Isn't it a bugger ! 273bhp 01 Ecutek WRX with Prodrive springs and Whiteline ARB beaten by an old lowered Civic Vtec with a couple of neds in it !!
Ok, it wasn't quite like that. I'm sitting at traffic lights on a major roundabout when said neds pull up at the red light and start revving their motor. I initially decide not to take them on as they're going for the same exit as me and I reckon we'll probably obliterate each other's mirrors on getting to the exit !
So the neds zoom off, I start slowly for 5 secs or so but then have a change of mind and decide to pursue. ..............Not able to keep
up ......Nope ...... .Not good enough handling ? .....Nope.
.............~ No, the problem my car had was having a 30something driver that wasn't willing to follow the neds as they overtook 2 cars that were entering the next roundabout and continuing to perform dangerous moves !!
Damn. Still, I made the young lads happy enough to wave their fist at me as they disappeared with me stuck behind traffic !
Andy Mc
Ok, it wasn't quite like that. I'm sitting at traffic lights on a major roundabout when said neds pull up at the red light and start revving their motor. I initially decide not to take them on as they're going for the same exit as me and I reckon we'll probably obliterate each other's mirrors on getting to the exit !
So the neds zoom off, I start slowly for 5 secs or so but then have a change of mind and decide to pursue. ..............Not able to keep
up ......Nope ...... .Not good enough handling ? .....Nope.
.............~ No, the problem my car had was having a 30something driver that wasn't willing to follow the neds as they overtook 2 cars that were entering the next roundabout and continuing to perform dangerous moves !!
Damn. Still, I made the young lads happy enough to wave their fist at me as they disappeared with me stuck behind traffic !
Andy Mc
09 September 2006, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 360ste
later they could be dead.
Originally Posted by andythejock01wrx
...30something driver...
09 September 2006, 08:32 PM
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Hey, anybody under 40 is a 30something in my book !!
This Civic was extremely low but it seemed to have been done pretty well.
Was quite quick but I reckon I could have beaten it on a nice twisty b-road, suitably empty. Not willing to risk other folk by doing daft overtaking moves
though !!
Andy
This Civic was extremely low but it seemed to have been done pretty well.
Was quite quick but I reckon I could have beaten it on a nice twisty b-road, suitably empty. Not willing to risk other folk by doing daft overtaking moves
though !!
Andy
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It takes a better man {or woman} to know they would shame these people if they tried than to actually race with them & it's safer 
after all if you know you have a car that can do the business why would you need to show it to those who obviously know it can too.
after all if you know you have a car that can do the business why would you need to show it to those who obviously know it can too.
09 September 2006, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by andythejock01wrx
Hey Hojkoff, you're 19 and also live in Edinburgh. Don't happen to own an
unfeasably low Civic do you ?
unfeasably low Civic do you ?
I'm a bit more upmarket with my 306 GTI. If you let me know/remember (which I'm sure won't be a problem at your age
) where you saw it, what colour it was, when and what time I'll try my best to find out a bit more.
Originally Posted by andythejock01wrx
Hey, anybody under 40 is a 30something in my book !!
Oh and I'm defiantly not a ned...I'm a real boy!
09 September 2006, 09:45 PM
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Cool.
And I'm nowhere near as old as yer Pa !
The car was a red Civic, reg K20TEC (pretty good plate for an 90's VTec ! ).
Seen it before ?
What do you drive by the way Hojjy ?
And I'm nowhere near as old as yer Pa !
The car was a red Civic, reg K20TEC (pretty good plate for an 90's VTec ! ).
Seen it before ?
What do you drive by the way Hojjy ?
09 September 2006, 10:25 PM
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taht kind of suggests that it may have had a k20 lump in it....if its in a **** light old civic then that will certainly move!!!
09 September 2006, 10:31 PM
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Hmmm. never heard of a K20 motor.
What do you know about i Neilo ? When was it made, what technology and, more importantly , what bhp ?
What do you know about i Neilo ? When was it made, what technology and, more importantly
, what bhp ?
09 September 2006, 11:04 PM
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i think the k20 was the engine used in the Civic Type R....so 197bhp, but if it was an old civic then it certainly wouldnt weigh veery much
10 September 2006, 10:19 AM
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Ok, googled the Honda K20 engine. Standard engines are either 160bhp or 200bhp (there are several variants, not just the Type R motor).
However, they can apparently be modded up to 240 bhp or so.
Was probably pretty quick !
However, they can apparently be modded up to 240 bhp or so.
Was probably pretty quick !
10 September 2006, 11:44 AM
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Had one of these trying to race me earlier in the year when I was road testing a 205 gti mi16 with twin webers. Was on the inside lane of a dual carriageway when 3 rough types drove past giving it fingers and laughing. Just shifted down a gear and planted it and zoomed ahead. Was quite amusing the look on their faces when I went past.
10 September 2006, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by andythejock01wrx
Isn't it a bugger ! 273bhp 01 Ecutek WRX with Prodrive springs and Whiteline ARB beaten by an old lowered Civic Vtec with a couple of neds in it !!
Ok, it wasn't quite like that. I'm sitting at traffic lights on a major roundabout when said neds pull up at the red light and start revving their motor. I initially decide not to take them on as they're going for the same exit as me and I reckon we'll probably obliterate each other's mirrors on getting to the exit !
So the neds zoom off, I start slowly for 5 secs or so but then have a change of mind and decide to pursue. ..............Not able to keep
up ......Nope ...... .Not good enough handling ? .....Nope.
.............~ No, the problem my car had was having a 30something driver that wasn't willing to follow the neds as they overtook 2 cars that were entering the next roundabout and continuing to perform dangerous moves !!
Damn. Still, I made the young lads happy enough to wave their fist at me as they disappeared with me stuck behind traffic !
Andy Mc
Ok, it wasn't quite like that. I'm sitting at traffic lights on a major roundabout when said neds pull up at the red light and start revving their motor. I initially decide not to take them on as they're going for the same exit as me and I reckon we'll probably obliterate each other's mirrors on getting to the exit !
So the neds zoom off, I start slowly for 5 secs or so but then have a change of mind and decide to pursue. ..............Not able to keep
up ......Nope ...... .Not good enough handling ? .....Nope.
.............~ No, the problem my car had was having a 30something driver that wasn't willing to follow the neds as they overtook 2 cars that were entering the next roundabout and continuing to perform dangerous moves !!
Damn. Still, I made the young lads happy enough to wave their fist at me as they disappeared with me stuck behind traffic !
Andy Mc
edinburgh is quite bad for this, i get many a bellend trying to chalange my Uk300. obvisouly not many survivie lol. altho an s2000 did manage to stay right on my **** for a while the other night
10 September 2006, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by andythejock01wrx
What do you drive by the way Hojjy ?
I take it the K20 engine is still designed for a front wheel drive car? 240 bhp going to the front is pretty nuts and pointless if you ask me.
Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
205 gti mi16 with twin webers
NICE! Bet that shifts! Genics are you from Edinburgh? I saw a UK300 last night (I think) at about 9 or 10 pm at the traffic lights at the junction between Gorgie Road and Balgreen Road, was that you?
10 September 2006, 12:42 PM
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hmm dont think so, i am aware of one other uk300 in edinburgh tho. mine is easy to spot as its running gold pf7's unlike the standard ones. also missing front number plate and some damage to front end lol. still waiting to get repaired after an accident
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Originally Posted by stifmeister
My motto is: Give 'em plenty of room to hang themselves.......then sit back and watch the show!
they were ok i saw him a couple of days later dented car dented pride and very red faced ha ha