calais_304
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- 98' VT Calais s1 - 195i
Hi all
first of all I know it's a calais and it's probably full of un-needed crap thats weighing it down, it's got a 5L 195i in it and i have fitted paceys, twin 2.25 system.
now my problem is this thing takes forever to get up and move (i swear any six could hold me till about 100km/h even 120km/h off the line...and honestly i find that disgusting for an 8)
the car itself is in very good mech order, i just can't understand why this thing is so slow off the line!
i ended up doing a lil test on the weekend (private road of course) i found that cruisin on 180km/h and planting the foot will take it up and past 200km/h no worries and it does this quite quick could probably get it to 240-250km/h, but say cruisin on 100km/h and planting the foot it will really pull no harder then a 6!!!...
so anyway whats going on with this thing, why will it make all it's nice lil pulling power roughly above 160 but is such a slug at low speeds?
what can i do to get this slug of an 8 to actually perform like one? will diff gears help? suggestions please...oh and im not after any chargers that comes when i stroke it.
first of all I know it's a calais and it's probably full of un-needed crap thats weighing it down, it's got a 5L 195i in it and i have fitted paceys, twin 2.25 system.
now my problem is this thing takes forever to get up and move (i swear any six could hold me till about 100km/h even 120km/h off the line...and honestly i find that disgusting for an 8)
the car itself is in very good mech order, i just can't understand why this thing is so slow off the line!
i ended up doing a lil test on the weekend (private road of course) i found that cruisin on 180km/h and planting the foot will take it up and past 200km/h no worries and it does this quite quick could probably get it to 240-250km/h, but say cruisin on 100km/h and planting the foot it will really pull no harder then a 6!!!...
so anyway whats going on with this thing, why will it make all it's nice lil pulling power roughly above 160 but is such a slug at low speeds?
what can i do to get this slug of an 8 to actually perform like one? will diff gears help? suggestions please...oh and im not after any chargers that comes when i stroke it.