Top Gear Comparo Thread.

[Car-less]

I went all out - well almost. No oil change, no rollcage, no LSD. Think I got pretty much everything else though;

13,500	Stage 2 Turbo		 300hp -> 372hp
 3,000	Large Racing Intercooler 372hp -> 394hp
 1,500	Racing Chip		 394hp -> 409hp
 4,800	Racing Exhaust		 409hp -> 450hp
10,400	Fully Custom Gearbox
 4,700	Triple Clutch
 1,050	Racing Flywheel
 3,000	Carbon Driveshaft
 4,700	Racing Brakes
17,000	Fully Custom Suspension
 1,200	Stage 1 Weight		1550kg -> 1364kg
 5,500	Stage 2 Weight		1364kg -> 1317kg
22,000	stage 3 Weight		1317kg -> 1286kg
22,500	R3 Tyres
   500	Gold Rims
 1,200	Functional Wing
======
116,550

 

[Nazzii]

Almost all of my credits spent creating this DIY touring car

Started of with body and suspension:
Weight reduction:
ST1-1,200
ST2-5,500
ST3-22,000
Weight dropped from 1440 kg to 1224 kg.
Rear wing-1,200
Increased rigidity-30,000
Fully custom suspension-17,000
Racing brakes kit-4,700
Brake controller-10,600
Nismo rims-500
R3 tyres-22,500

Then went to engine and transmission:
I was thinking what to do. Go along N/A way or boost way. End decision was Supercharger.
S/C-13,500
Engine balancing-12,000
Racing chip-1,500
Race exhaust 'n' air filter-4,800
Fully custom trans-10,400
Racing flywheel-1,050
Triple plate clutch-4,700
Carbon driveshaft-3,000
and something that cost 4,500 forgot what it is....

So started with 295 hp I ended up with 449 hp and very nice torque line on dyno sheets

And all that just for 170,650Cr

 

[SVX]

Very, very nice pictures Nazzii. Do you edit them? You should start a gallery.

 

[bogitiman]

So I got the RX-7 to a stage 2 turbo tune of
448 horsepower and down to a feathery 1079kg


Mr bogitimanslow and his nsx, due to the naturally aspirated tune, could only get
431 horsepower but still got an extremely light 1082kg

 

[Nazzii]

Very, very nice pictures Nazzii. Do you edit them? You should start a gallery.

Thank you. Well I use Photoshop to edit some colours and I have some nice plugin for Photoshop which makes pictures smooth, it's very good if games doesn't have AA...

 

[Korza]

I agree with SVX, you should start a gallery.

 

[shotamagee]

About time for round 3 isn't it Korza?

It's been over 72 hours.

 

[Korza]

Top Gear Comparison Challenge #12: DIY Touring Cars

Flynn77 got his Buick down to 1328kg with 450 BHP exactly
Nazii managed to get his 350Z down to 1224kg and it now makes 449 BHP
fabmaru's Subaru now produces 438 BHP and weighs 1164 kg.
Car-less managed 450 BHP out of his GT-R which weighs 1286kg.
shotamagee's old Camaro is now making 443 BHP and weighs 1202kg.
DriftMastrClass' Impreza is now making 442 BHP with a curb weight of 1215 kg.
bogitman has turned his RX-7 into a feather weighing 1079kg with 449 BHP.
And bogitmanslow's NSX Type R is almost as light as the RX-7, weighing 1082 kg with 431 BHP.
AndersonG22 has finished his NSX-R which is now making 446 BHP and it now weighs 1079 kg.

Round 4: Testing your Car
The Producers have booked the infamous Grand Valley Speedway, home of numerous touring car events. For this challenge you will try and set the fastest laptime. PM me your laptimes. You have 48 hours.

The fastest time will recieve 40 points, next up gets 35, then 30 etc.​

 

[AndersonG22]

I was busy escaping carson city murdering gang members, cops, a pigmandude, and a snuff film director on manhunt, sorry.

The Honda NSX Type R has 446hp, an oil change with royal purple, a wing so it can fly, and weighs 1,079kg. Sorry for the delay.

 

[Flynn77]

*is eagerly awaiting the results*

 

[Korza]

I've had times from 4 out of the 9 competitors so far...

 

[AndersonG22]

*is eagerly awaiting the results*

Ya damn right...

 

[shotamagee]

Here are my somewhat delayed specs for my Camaro

Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 '69

65000 - Car
4600 - Race Brakes
10300 - Brake Controller
10200 - FC Gearbox
4600 - Triple Clutch
1000 - Race Flywheel
6300 - Variable LSD
2750 - Carbon Driveshaft
16000 - FC Suspension
22250 - R3 Tyres
70000 - NA Stage 3
1250 - PC Chip
1100 - Weight Stage 1
5300 - Weight Stage 2
21000 - Weight Stage 3

Total 241650 CR

 

[Korza]

Top Gear Comparison Challenge #12: DIY Touring Cars

Flynn77 managed a 1'54.140 in his Buick
Nazii's 350Z completed the lap in 1'53.181
fabmaru's Subaru completed the lap in 1'54.98
Car-less nimble GT-R managed a 1:49.879
shotamagee's old Camaro marginally slower than Flynn's Buick completing the lap in 1:54.264
AndersonG22 used the wrong tyres and has been disqualified from this round.

Driver			Car					Points  
======================================================================	
Car-less		Skyline GT-R V-Spec N1 (R34) '99	40	
Nazii			350Z GT4 Edition '04			35	
Flynn77			GNX '86					30	
shotamagee		Camaro Z/28 '69				25	
fabmaru			Impreza Sedan WRX STI sp.C '04		20
AndersonG22		NSX-R '02		                    DNF

Round 6: How user-friendly is your car?

User-friendliness is important in all cars, epically in race cars. For this challenge, you will give the setup for your car to a fellow competitor. They will test your car and rate it out of 10 for driveablity, Handling, Acceleration, Top Speed and overall performance. However many points your car is awarded in this round is the amount of points you get. You will give the setup of the car to me, and I will give the setup to them. The person you give your setup to will be drawn out of a hat. You have 72 hours from the time you receive the setup.​

 

[Flynn77]

Why is there a 10 point gap between Anderson and Car-less? And where is shotamagee in the standings?

 

[Korza]

My bad. I have fixed it.

 

[Car-less]

Car setup submitted for testing.

So when I recieve someone elses settings, I should test their car and score it 1-10 for each of;
Driveablity
Handling
Acceleration
Top Speed
Overall performance.

...with a maximum combined score of 50, or a maximum average score of 10?

 

[Flynn77]

Hey, Korza, when you edit your posts to add new info, can you let the rest of us know so that we're not in the dark?

EDIT: I was referring to the rating criteria, but now I can't remember what you posted initially. :/

 

[Korza]

It was just spelling mistakes I corrected.

 

[Petrolhead1]

^ Nah I believe since we had a similar taste in cars we both can be Clarkson.
BTW, BH-21 I bought my own Honda City Turbo and am having a blast with it.
Edit: I will not Subtract wheels from your leftover balance as they have no effect on Performance and same goes for car wash.

Apparently, washing your car makes it slightly more aerodynamically efficient

 

[Car-less]

^Nope, carwash does nothing.

I just ran some tests with a 24,000 mile Subaru Impreza Spec C, bought new, never been washed, never been oiled.

1) I sent B-spec Bob round Fuji 80's in the unmaintained car for three laps and noted each laptime. I then gave the car a wash and repeated.
2) Then I reset the console, changed the oil and ran three laps dirty and three laps clean.
3) Next I changed the gold 10-spokes for used steelies and ran three laps before repeating with Enkei 3-spokes.
4) Finally I bought a new Subaru Impreza Spec C and ran three laps without changing the oil.

Used, Dirty,  No Oil   1:34.878   1:34.908   1:34.930
Used, Washed, No Oil   1:34.878   1:34.908   1:34.930

Used, Dirty,  Oiled    1:33.526   1:33.488   1:33.522
Used, Washed, Oiled    1:33.526   1:33.488   1:33.522

Used, Washed, Steel    1:33.526   1:33.488   1:33.522
Used, Washed, Enkei    1:33.526   1:33.488   1:33.522

New,  Washed, Stock    1:33.688   1:33.494   1:33.694

Note how each pair of times is identical, showing that washing the car makes no difference at all - no matter the oil condidtion. Also note how the changing of wheels made no difference compared to the pair of times above using the stock wheels.

The only differences seen are between the thee oil conditions; used and dirty, used and fresh, new and stock.*

*The fact that a used car with fresh oil is slightly faster than a new car might come as a surprise to some, but I already knew this after some extensive testing on power loss and engine wear.

 

[Korza]

You have too much spare times on your hands Car-less.......

 

[SVX]

you have too much spare times on your hands car-less.......

+1.

 

[fabmaru]

I'm a total . I don't get what is supposed to do in this challenge. Could somebody tell me?

 

[Korza]

Send me the setup for your car and I will pass it on to someone else who will review it.

 

[shotamagee]

Send me the setup for your car and I will pass it on to someone else who will review it.

Who are we still waiting on?

 

[Korza]

Car-less, fabmaru, Nazzii and AndersonG22. Hurry Up!!!! Anyone who hasn't submitted their setups by 5:00 pm GMT+0 on the 29th will incur a significant penalty.

 

[Car-less]

Car setup submitted for testing.

Who are we still waiting on?

Car-less, fabmaru, Nazzii and AndersonG22. Hurry Up!!!! Anyone who hasn't submitted their setups by 5:00 pm GMT+0 on the 29th will incur a significant penalty.

???

I PM'd my parts and settings to you about 48 hours ago!

 

[Korza]

My bad, sorry. I didn't see it. Just waiting on AndersonG22 now.

 

[AndersonG22]

My bad, sorry. I didn't see it. Just waiting on AndersonG22 now.

Give me 5 minutes, sorry.