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Cars 2005 Ford Transit 1.0
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Please do! Pretty hard to get any sort of performance data on these things as you can imagine...
I'm fairly confident power is as it should be tbh, my only question is drag, but without concrete data (be it better CFD or just some evidence of what sort of speeds these things can do), I don't fancy making any changes on feel alone.
imo the top speed is too low, its rather normal to have these pass you at 140 km/h
I have driven the high roof variant on the autobahn and it did 130 with ease
Hmm, I reckon it be pretty difficult to find accurate numbers on real life topspeed and acceleration for such a car.
For one, getting accurate top speed requires a fairly long stretch of road, without even the smallest in- or decline, and it must also be a calm day, not too hot, and ideally also not too cold. Contrary, any car which is not redlining at top speed, will hold a higher then its advertised top speed on a level road, if it has before been accelerated on a section of road with a slight decline, or with some tailwind. This accounts for 80% of all "my car does 20km/h more then its advertised top speed" comments. Then you also have to account for the usual tolerance of engine performance. Nobody knows whether the Transit used for the Topgear segment had actually 125, 135, or even 145HP. Then, any speedo is advancing, so that rules out all youtube vids without GPS. That all is before we discuss tyres, their dimensions and pressures. In short, I would not trust youtube and the internet too much on that particular subject.
Best thing would be to know what speeds Sabine reached at certain points of the track during her run, but that may be impossible information to get hold off. Second best thing would then probably be to go with the numbers as published by Ford.
For one, getting accurate top speed requires a fairly long stretch of road, without even the smallest in- or decline, and it must also be a calm day, not too hot, and ideally also not too cold. Contrary, any car which is not redlining at top speed, will hold a higher then its advertised top speed on a level road, if it has before been accelerated on a section of road with a slight decline, or with some tailwind. This accounts for 80% of all "my car does 20km/h more then its advertised top speed" comments. Then you also have to account for the usual tolerance of engine performance. Nobody knows whether the Transit used for the Topgear segment had actually 125, 135, or even 145HP. Then, any speedo is advancing, so that rules out all youtube vids without GPS. That all is before we discuss tyres, their dimensions and pressures. In short, I would not trust youtube and the internet too much on that particular subject.
Best thing would be to know what speeds Sabine reached at certain points of the track during her run, but that may be impossible information to get hold off. Second best thing would then probably be to go with the numbers as published by Ford.
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Maybe with enough donations I'll go and buy an old Transit and test it myself
PS. in case its not clear, thats a joke! You don't need to donate at all - very appreciative to those who did but just enjoying it is more than enough of a reward for me
All I see are some slow ass laps
What an unfortunate turn of phrase...
I only had the chance to test it for a really short time as it's blazing hot in my apartment. However, it was still incredibly fun to drive. It's much more forgiving than I thought. Also, to me, it looks much faster while driving than it really ist. I was braking too hard most of the time were I didn't even need to brake at all.
Will have some more fun with it once there are bearable temperatures in my apartment again.
Will have some more fun with it once there are bearable temperatures in my apartment again.
When I try to drive this van, my wheel won't work! It works with every other car, but not this one. Could you help me, please?
You might need to supply a tad more information than that first.
For starters, what wheel is it?
Logitech Driving Force Pro USB
WOW 17 sec in front of meAll I see are some slow ass laps
What have you done?
Eck Simpson
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At last, I got some time with the 'Tranny' (ooh er missus). Alright, so I'm still damned slow (even with Gary's shifting guide) but it all fitted well. With Ken Bruce (and play list) blasting out of the radio, me shouting (wrong) answers at Pop Master, the diesel barely audible over it all. The only thing that could be missing, a rogue parcel rattling around in the back.
Thank you Gary...
@garyjpaterson
Hi gary, just a quick question. Is there any way to change the colour of the blinking lights of the lightbar?
And is it somehow possible to turn them on/off?
Cheers.
Hi gary, just a quick question. Is there any way to change the colour of the blinking lights of the lightbar?
And is it somehow possible to turn them on/off?
Cheers.
its part of the digital instruments.ini which would require editing the data.acd
Eck Simpson
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I'm sure that was pretty much it, between 3 5 and 3 7 5, it may have been in the wip thread (and I'm way too lazy to look for it now
). In my hurry to at least try a lap (or two) on Friday (before the protests got too loud and I was forced out the door), I just thrashed it. It didn't like it...
They don't like it, I blew 3 engines in the 70's (first generation) boss then upped me to a 2.0lt jobby and warned me if I broke it I was fired.
Hopefully get to test this properly today.
Really liked this guys video on the RSS GT pack, so been looking forward to this one for a while now!
