blowing away a vs on a budget, iz it possible??

[xr8ute]

Originally Posted by ST170ish

Theres another car thats medium sized and will dust stock V8's like the Xflow corty... the humble centura with a 245/265(R/T spec yehaa)

you bet me too it, the Centura is ugly and quick...very cool

maybe you could drop a 265 hemi into a Cortina? Have seen that swap in an XD before.

[LuvinmyEB]

A 2 Litre Escort would eat him for breakfast, although a decent one for two grand are a little hard to find these days (if you do see one for that price let me know. :P).

My EB has beaten new Holden Statesmans, one P plater in particular who just couldn't resist every time he used to see me. :tosser1:

Just make sure you end up getting a car that you want for you and not just spending money to beat your mate.

[big_pete]

Originally Posted by xr8ute

you bet me too it, the Centura is ugly and quick...very cool

my mate had a centura with a 245, damn it flew. i think they look good.

my mums EA - 3.9 with 5 speed manual is very quick.

[Mike Gayner]

I have an EA S packer MPFI manual and I'm telling you, they are overrated. They really are not as fast as people on this forum make them out to be. Not only would my mates auto VP commo destroy my EA in a straight line, it womps it around the twisty stuff too, and it's a hell of a nice ride to boot. I think your would really struggle to beat a VS for $2000 or less. Only way I can think of would be to buy a little turbo Starlet or Pulsar or something.

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by Mike Gayner

I have an EA S packer MPFI manual and I'm telling you, they are overrated. They really are not as fast as people on this forum make them out to be. Not only would my mates auto VP commo destroy my EA in a straight line, it womps it around the twisty stuff too, and it's a hell of a nice ride to boot. I think your would really struggle to beat a VS for $2000 or less. Only way I can think of would be to buy a little turbo Starlet or Pulsar or something.

I saw a comparasin between the VN and the EA when they first came out. It was in wheels magazine. The cars were dead even, until the drivers got in and started the engines. The VN Sh*t all over the EA. I would imagine that the VP has more go that the VN, so the EA would have no hope in hell.

[AUIII XR8 MAN]

Any MPI manual XF, EA will do the job. They are cheap buy, cheap to fix & easy to get parts for than any old commy that why most taxis are Falcons.

[FRDXR6]

Yeah go the 4.1 XF manual my mate has one of them and it was buggered with over 400 000km and running on gas and it still kept up with my other mates auto VN which can keep up with other VS auto's.

[pauljh74]

Here's another idea - get a half cut of a Jap import with a mild 4 cylinder turbo motor - you said you were driving a Corolla, drop one in that if it is your car. If it isn't yours then go for a Falcon/Cortina with some mods I suppose

[Brute33]

You're better off updating your BMX for a better model , and saving your paper round money for a little longer.

[Peuty]

I still think a dictionary would be a wise investment.

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by LuvinmyEB

A 2 Litre Escort would eat him for breakfast, although a decent one for two grand are a little hard to find these days (if you do see one for that price let me know. :P).

I agree, a Mk II 2.0 GL or something simular like what I've got should leave you with enough change to afford some mods, such as a set of extractors, which would ensure he didn't stand a chance.

Besides, then you could have the added satisfaction of saying to him afterwards "How does it feel to get beaten by a car with an engine almost half the size of yours?" or "would you like some cookies to go with the 2L of milk that just owned your @rse?" LOL

[champsky]

oh dear, why buy a heavy lunk to try and beat it?????

EA's are a waste of money for speed imo, if you insist on getting anything like an ea get teh eb or even better the ed, i had an EA.....never again, my 2litre eski flogged it, had the launch hands down, plus my carby was stuffed.

go the corty bro, but make sure its the 250 X-flow, not the 2L lol
dont bother trying to beat him, nothing great bout beating a commonwhore, get something youll like to drive and looks god, which imo the corty has both, both the TE and TD.

but yeah, keep racing to the track, enough douche bags crashing and making it worse for the rest of us

[LuvinmyEB]

Originally Posted by The MaDDeSTMaN

"would you like some cookies to go with the 2L of milk that just owned your @rse?"

I may change my sig to that! LOL!

[Des]

Go the light car, decent motor and good gearing route. I had a '63 Mk I Cortina Consul Deluxe (gotta add the "deluxe"). These came std with a 1200. Keep the diff (geared at 4.125:1), install a 2.0L with a manual (you should be able to get as a set) add a decent carb, I had a twin downdraught weber on mine. This thing would flog any XE/D/F series six (or dunnydore six) and make turbo Laser drivers cry. I scared quite a few 8's with it as well. Only problem is it will be revin' pretty well at any speed over 80 mph....

[santoitaliano]

budget.. you can blow it away under 10 bucks..

jiffy fire starters = ~$5
redheads matches = ~$2
look on his face = PRICELESS!

lmao

[Mike Gayner]

Originally Posted by santoitaliano

budget.. you can blow it away under 10 bucks..

jiffy fire starters = ~$5
redheads matches = ~$2
look on his face = PRICELESS!

lmao

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[BlueRaven]

Originally Posted by Peuty

I still think a dictionary would be a wise investment.

Yes. Do that.

However, I have an idea :P

BUY AN EX-TAXI!!

For 2 grand, you can have a fridge spec white EL, with its weight reduction, being the absolute most basic GL you can get, it will easily flog your friend.

Umm. A word on reliability. Its a mixed bag really. If it starts costing you lots of money, sell it quick... but at least you owned your mate.

[deankdx]

go and hire a HYUNDAI GETZ for a day 1.5 manual, if its quicker to 100km/h he'll be the laughing stock, if its not its still a fun car to cruise for a day

[Walkinshaw]

the original reviews EAvsVN gave the ea such a bad wrap becuse of its 3speed+2.77 diff which made it hopeless in a straight line. An EA 5speed was quite quick for its day. 0-100 7.5, 400m 15.5sec stock.

[mutanti]

Mate had a cordie with a 250 worked and blueprinted, extreeme headie work, extractors... etc etc....
, only problem it ever had was traction and fanbelts....
Used to chew most local v8s with ease...
some if lucky got close

[merlin]

Ok so you said no to the bike ideas:

So then - how bout a Cordia Turbo?

[donno]

Originally Posted by deankdx

go and hire a HYUNDAI GETZ for a day 1.5 manual, if its quicker to 100km/h he'll be the laughing stock, if its not its still a fun car to cruise for a day

In wheel's they struggle to do a 10s 0-100 in manual, mid 11 in auto. But i've been proven wrong many times before. Might have to go rent one :evil_laug

[Kenaz]

Originally Posted by neb

if you bought a manual ea that would probably beat him, should be able to find one for less than $2000 easy enough. but i dunno about reliability with an ea lol

Probably not. My old VS kept up with 2 highly modified manual EAs and absolutely spanked a stock MPI 5 speed EA. I have the later on video somewhere.

At the time mine was a bone stock VSII Berlina V6 auto.

[deankdx]

Originally Posted by donno

In wheel's they struggle to do a 10s 0-100 in manual, mid 11 in auto. But i've been proven wrong many times before. Might have to go rent one :evil_laug

i hired the 1.5 litre Hyundai GETZ not 1.3 in QLD nearly 2 years ago and i was mighty impressed by it.
last year i hired another but it was 1.3 and not so impressive, still brisk in performance but the 1.5 is a little BEAST. (if they styled them on an XE sedan in the same GETZ size and rear wheel drive with LSD i'd buy one!!!)

[4.0i_SiX]

Originally Posted by deankdx

you could buy a VN 5 speed and drive it like a boat

Hows that....straight into the ocean? lol

I say buy a 4.1 cortina, we put alot of commie drivers to shame in our old beast!

By the way, my old bog stock ea GL 5 speed used to pull half a car length on my mates slightly modified VS ute, which in turn ate stock VS sedans

[82falcon]

4.1 cortina seems to be the consensus, but i also like the matches idea...

[Resty]

Taken from woglife.com. Taming ur VL turbo: "Tell everyone at the drags that you're running 32psi, and after the Cortina sucks your headlights out , say " oh my digital boost controller was stuck on 11psi "

But seriously all this to beat him??

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Heard someone say this regarding this thread at the fordforums.com.au area of AFD yesterday:

$200 Escort, plus an $1800 shot of NOS

Hehehe :hihi:

[GreenMachine]

That was going to be my comment... Whatever you're driving now, plus $2000 worth of nitrous - You'll only get one chance at it (and hours of fun afterwards picking conrods and bits of gearbox out of your shins), but you could get all that bogan respect you so desire!

[Smoke Pursuit]

Go hire a BA XT from Hertz for the day, that should blow him away. If your really desperate get a WZ Statesman 245 GEN III on hire!