Anyone heard of Asian/Pacific Cars?

ozpower · Jul 01, 2003, 2:41 AM

All I see here is civic this, focus that. a) the civic is a budget hatchback, get over it. With a lot of tuning they can produce results, however stock, even the Type-R is nothing to rave about (when put in the context of the cars mentioned below). b) the focus is a european car, and isnt as great as some people seem to imagine. it is a step forward for ford, however how about a turbo 4wd version. Subaru have proved it sells. Which brings me to the cars being produced in Asia Pac at the moment. For starters , Australia. Recently released, the new BA Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo. Packing 240kw (326HP) and 450Nm (2000rpm) torque from a 4.0L inline six, weighing 1670kg (3686lbs), it is fairly heavy, however it is only running 6psi from the factory.

Of course, japanese cars are the best value for money in the world. The R34 GTR, Nissan 350Z, Mazda Rx-8, Supra SZ, Lancer Evo 8, Impreza Sti are all attainable cars with supercar performance. These are real cars, worthy of tuning. The Supra's internal can handle 600HP stock, and with minimum mods (exhaust, intercooler, bov and remapped ecu) can produce 200+ KW at the wheels.

How about some discussions on real AsiaPac cars?

For information on hard tuned japanese cars, check out www.exvitermini.com, a site displaying Australian tuned japanese cars, including a 1350BHP GTR, capable of 8.96 1/4's,and a 300Kw (at all four wheels) WRX, with links to TAS 2003 (tokyo auto salon), and various movies, including the 0-300km/h record attempts in japan (13.72 from veilside), the JUN evo drifting at a tuners convention in Germany (awesome), a 300km/h run in a wrx on wet roads in N.Z and other insane car vid's. Well worth a look.

RiceBoy · Jul 01, 2003, 3:01 AM

yeh, the supra and gtr are all hella awesome cars, but talking only about civics and focuses doesn't mean we hate them. i for one actually love the supra and gtr more than the civic or focus.

anyway, the point is that nobody's thinking big enough (at least not for now) in this forum. someone has ought to talk about a supra or gtr or z car or whatever pretty soon (it's not like no one in this world has a supra).

mallon · Jul 01, 2003, 4:48 AM

Civic and focus are around the £15K
Impreza, Evo and XR6 are all around 30K - twice the price

Thats why they arent always mentioned together

jimkk29 · Jul 01, 2003, 6:05 AM

Cool. Japanese engineers are really talented!

Raith83 · Jul 09, 2003, 12:07 AM

I just wanna say that this forum has lots of room to grow which is a GOOD thing, I don't see why you expect nothing but constant talk about super tuned 'god' cars.

Variety is the spice of life

Raith83 · Jul 09, 2003, 1:16 AM

Oh, I AM a silly American btw, and I don't really know the conversion of Nm of torque and kW to Lbft of torque and Hp. Are there any sites that anyone knows of that would help me in this translation process until I know relatively what each of the stats are equivilant too? Thank you all so much

jimkk29 · Jul 09, 2003, 4:54 PM

I only know that 1 HP = 0,7 KW.

RiceBoy · Jul 10, 2003, 6:38 PM

0.746 kilowatts to be exact

jimkk29 · Jul 13, 2003, 7:01 PM

Sure.

sportmotori · Jul 15, 2003, 10:34 AM

I Had a Civic and I loved it,its awesome car.
here in Israel we dont have no supras and no GTRs but we love theme actually we see movies and realise what is these cars.
but they cost a lot more.

McLaren F1 LM · Jul 15, 2003, 10:52 AM

I had a civic i loved it not that bad but there better cars for the same price

White-Night · Jul 15, 2003, 11:17 AM

in israel .. the civic is one of the best in the price range!

jimkk29 · Jul 15, 2003, 4:16 PM

In Greece too. Civic is a very good car.

RiceBoy · Jul 16, 2003, 1:20 AM

In the US, there are about 20 other cars like the civic

But I think the civic's the best cuz its reliable and can take down 5.0s with a little nitro

White-Night · Jul 16, 2003, 8:19 AM

i though the name of honda is Acura is the US ... ?!

Jul 01, 2003, 2:41 AM	#1
ozpower Starting Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3	Anyone heard of Asian/Pacific Cars? All I see here is civic this, focus that. a) the civic is a budget hatchback, get over it. With a lot of tuning they can produce results, however stock, even the Type-R is nothing to rave about (when put in the context of the cars mentioned below). b) the focus is a european car, and isnt as great as some people seem to imagine. it is a step forward for ford, however how about a turbo 4wd version. Subaru have proved it sells. Which brings me to the cars being produced in Asia Pac at the moment. For starters , Australia. Recently released, the new BA Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo. Packing 240kw (326HP) and 450Nm (2000rpm) torque from a 4.0L inline six, weighing 1670kg (3686lbs), it is fairly heavy, however it is only running 6psi from the factory. Of course, japanese cars are the best value for money in the world. The R34 GTR, Nissan 350Z, Mazda Rx-8, Supra SZ, Lancer Evo 8, Impreza Sti are all attainable cars with supercar performance. These are real cars, worthy of tuning. The Supra's internal can handle 600HP stock, and with minimum mods (exhaust, intercooler, bov and remapped ecu) can produce 200+ KW at the wheels. How about some discussions on real AsiaPac cars? For information on hard tuned japanese cars, check out www.exvitermini.com, a site displaying Australian tuned japanese cars, including a 1350BHP GTR, capable of 8.96 1/4's,and a 300Kw (at all four wheels) WRX, with links to TAS 2003 (tokyo auto salon), and various movies, including the 0-300km/h record attempts in japan (13.72 from veilside), the JUN evo drifting at a tuners convention in Germany (awesome), a 300km/h run in a wrx on wet roads in N.Z and other insane car vid's. Well worth a look.

Jul 01, 2003, 3:01 AM	#2
RiceBoy Experienced Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 724	yeh, the supra and gtr are all hella awesome cars, but talking only about civics and focuses doesn't mean we hate them. i for one actually love the supra and gtr more than the civic or focus. anyway, the point is that nobody's thinking big enough (at least not for now) in this forum. someone has ought to talk about a supra or gtr or z car or whatever pretty soon (it's not like no one in this world has a supra). __________________ My Fast thinks that ricers...are for the weak

Jul 09, 2003, 12:07 AM	#5
Raith83 Tokyo Xtreme Racer 4 life Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Toledo / Ohio / U.S.A. Posts: 1,667	I just wanna say that this forum has lots of room to grow which is a GOOD thing, I don't see why you expect nothing but constant talk about super tuned 'god' cars. Variety is the spice of life __________________ [color=green]"I don't break the rules, I bend them......alot"[/color]

Jul 09, 2003, 1:16 AM	#6
Raith83 Tokyo Xtreme Racer 4 life Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Toledo / Ohio / U.S.A. Posts: 1,667	Oh, I AM a silly American btw, and I don't really know the conversion of Nm of torque and kW to Lbft of torque and Hp. Are there any sites that anyone knows of that would help me in this translation process until I know relatively what each of the stats are equivilant too? Thank you all so much __________________ [color=green]"I don't break the rules, I bend them......alot"[/color]

Jul 10, 2003, 6:38 PM	#8
RiceBoy Experienced Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 724	0.746 kilowatts to be exact __________________ My Fast thinks that ricers...are for the weak

Jul 01, 2003, 4:48 AM	#3
mallon Enthusiast Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 1,371	Civic and focus are around the £15K Impreza, Evo and XR6 are all around 30K - twice the price Thats why they arent always mentioned together

Jul 01, 2003, 6:05 AM	#4
jimkk29 SCF Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,080	Cool. Japanese engineers are really talented!

Jul 09, 2003, 4:54 PM	#7
jimkk29 SCF Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,080	I only know that 1 HP = 0,7 KW.

Jul 13, 2003, 7:01 PM	#9
jimkk29 SCF Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,080	Sure.

Jul 15, 2003, 10:34 AM	#10
sportmotori Junior Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 52	I Had a Civic and I loved it,its awesome car. here in Israel we dont have no supras and no GTRs but we love theme actually we see movies and realise what is these cars. but they cost a lot more.

Jul 15, 2003, 10:52 AM	#11
McLaren F1 LM Experienced Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto,Canada Posts: 554	I had a civic i loved it not that bad but there better cars for the same price

Jul 15, 2003, 11:17 AM	#12
White-Night Enthusiast Join Date: May 2003 Location: At The Steering Wheel Posts: 1,035	in israel .. the civic is one of the best in the price range! __________________ I Don't Drive Fast ... I Fly Low

Jul 15, 2003, 4:16 PM	#13
jimkk29 SCF Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,080	In Greece too. Civic is a very good car.

Jul 16, 2003, 1:20 AM	#14
RiceBoy Experienced Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 724	In the US, there are about 20 other cars like the civic But I think the civic's the best cuz its reliable and can take down 5.0s with a little nitro __________________ My Fast thinks that ricers...are for the weak

Jul 16, 2003, 8:19 AM	#15
White-Night Enthusiast Join Date: May 2003 Location: At The Steering Wheel Posts: 1,035	i though the name of honda is Acura is the US ... ?! __________________ I Don't Drive Fast ... I Fly Low

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