PDA

View Full Version : Valver vs Mk2 Astra GSi 16v



clowo16v
02-08-2005, 00:24
Went drivng a couple of days ago and this Astra kept trying to race me, beat it easily every time and I had 4 people in the car and he was on his own. I thought it must have been a 16v rep at first, but he stopped in the middle of Barnsley so I pulled over and it was a proper 150bhp redtop lol.

Looked quite gutted when I said it was only a Valver he was hoping it was a Williams. There was another Valver following us when we were going slow aswell, didn't race though so I didn't get to see it properly.

See ya

Matt

gtbloke
02-08-2005, 10:16
Must be arsed then m8 as i have known some of these to be as quick as a cosworth on acceleration...these were a very fast car in their day, and cant see a valver keeping pace nor a williams

clowo16v
02-08-2005, 10:56
Nah the GTE is fast the GSI 16v was a bit heavier, its about 7 somat to 60, and mines 7.09 0-60 so I hammered it lol.

See ya

Matt

gtbloke
02-08-2005, 11:10
ahh sorry m8 i thought u meant the gte 16v :oops:

Jabba the...
02-08-2005, 11:50
ive had 2 gtes and 2 gsis and i was pushing a valver up the road in my gsi, they are quick and not hugely heavy, very torque engine.

clowo16v
02-08-2005, 12:16
Well my dads old GSI 16v was nothing to write home about really, got it timed to about 7.4 0-60 and 0-100 about the same as my Valver. He hated it after owning a GTE before. Glad he sold the GSI lol, ended up with a 280bhp Renault 21 turbo which he had for a couple of years until he crashed into a tractor trying to avoid a broken down car parked on a blind bend.

He's stopped driving fast now though, never had a ticket all his life even though, by everybodies standards he was absolutely mad, used to get from my house to Pontefract in 6 minutes flat in the 21, which at the speed limit is about an 18 minute journey. First time i'd done 160mph in that car lol, it was like being in a computer game cars didn't look like they were moving.

See ya

Matt

Zollo
02-08-2005, 13:24
used to get from my house to Pontefract in 6 minutes flat in the 21, which at the speed limit is about an 18 minute journey.
Matt

180mpg average speed for 18 miles. Not bad at all. :wink:

clowo16v
02-08-2005, 16:29
LOL most of it is bypass lol. Theres about 2 mile of 30mph open lane, 6 miles of 60mph limit bypass, about 2 miles of 40mph then a mile of 30mph open lane again lol. Usually takes about 18 minutes if the traffic is flowing at the speed limit, I can manage it in just less than 8 lol. Can only get to about 130mph on the bypass though, the 21 was doing 150-odd.

See ya

Matt

Zollo
02-08-2005, 16:41
used to get from my house to Pontefract in 6 minutes flat in the 21, which at the speed limit is about an 18 minute journey.
Matt

180mpg average speed for 18 miles. Not bad at all. :wink:

Oops, that should have been 180MPH average, not mpg. Even more impressive if there was 30/40mph sections aswell! :o

clowo16v
02-08-2005, 17:59
Yeh he didn't do 30-40mph though lol. It's a stupid limit though, its not in a residential area or anything, just a bit of road leading from the estate to the bypass lol.

See ya

Matt

number1
09-08-2005, 19:12
had a play with a mk3 gsi last night pulled on him in the higher gears easy well over 125 edged past him after a long uphill duel lol third gear seemed to have eaten him
Dave

Jabba the...
09-08-2005, 19:45
up till k reg they were red tops after that except 4 a few later gsis they were pathetic 1.8 ecotec a million miles away for a torquey redtop they dont even compete!

2 live
10-08-2005, 08:59
lol.


if any of u use kazaa....theres a clip on there of me old valver against a gsi at york .........titles summat like "white astra gsi vs black clio"