Valver vs RSI

[Lunner]

Race aghainst a proper RSi, at teh airfield day i had a couple of drag races against a valver, first one was almost neck and neck, he won by a whisker, and the 2nd one i fudged up my start and he won by miles

And what exactly is a proper RSi?

Ok, proper as in a fast one, not, by the sounds of it a slow one

[gtbloke]

Ok, proper as in a fast one, not, by the sounds of it a slow one

Fair comment but the same could be said of a valver

Valvers are faster end of rant... if they arent then why did renault even bother manufacturing them

[measor]

What makes the one I encountered a slow one, I like to think that maybe my valvers a fast one

[Lunner]

If anyone wants to strip their car and have a go at being faster at the next track day go for it.

In a straight line they are faster, i'll admit that, but round a track RSi is faster, you all know as well as i do that you have all the valver's power in the last 2k of the rev range, on the RSi you have full torque from 2.5k upwards, ie pulling faster out of corners, faster intial speed downt eh straights, can overtake

[Lunner]

....plus they are about 30kgs lighter as std

[Andyvalver]

[Lunner]

Two words.......Bring it!

[Andyvalver]

If a valver ever drops below 4k when being driven hard then its not being driven hard enough imo

[Lunner]

Obvously never done a track day then

If you enter a longish corner at 4k, you'll be backing off before you get out of it or hitting the limiter

[Zollo]

In a straight line they are faster, i'll admit that, but round a track RSi is faster, you all know as well as i do that you have all the valver's power in the last 2k of the rev range, on the RSi you have full torque from 2.5k upwards, ie pulling faster out of corners, faster intial speed downt eh straights, can overtake

I've got to say Lunner, that's not really going to be the case, is it?

F1 cars, BTCC cars, hell, almost every race car, has stacks of power all stuffed at the top of its rev range. On a track you're always on it, always at the top end of your rev range. If you're in the lower part of your rev range coming out of the corner, you're in the wrong gear. Low down torque is always useful, but it isn't nearly as important as outright power