1.1 on 18s

1. shane Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2004 Stoke United Kingdom (England) Posts: 124

   #1 12th April 2007, 16:09

   my mate has a 1.1 106 and was thinking about putting 18s on and turning it in to a show car. would he lose much speed and would it be worth doin?
2. Certi Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2003 Falkirk (Scotland) Posts: 5264 Civic Type R

   #2 12th April 2007, 16:11

   He'll have no speed with 18s. I had 17s on my 1.4i and when you couple that with a heavy boot install the car is useless over 70mph. I'd imagine the 1.1 will be a fair bit slower.
   
   Surely if he's making a show car he wont want to go fast anyway.
3. shane Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2004 Stoke United Kingdom (England) Posts: 124

   #3 12th April 2007, 16:14

   he was going to get it chipped just to make it go a bit quicker when it was finished. but dont know how much it will increase the bhp by
4. Scottp Administrator Joined: Dec 2002 Glasgow United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 26097 Chelski Traktor

   #4 12th April 2007, 16:14

   going to have to go wide arch and move the fuel filler pipe as well as massive arch mods
5. Certi Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2003 Falkirk (Scotland) Posts: 5264 Civic Type R

   #5 12th April 2007, 16:15

   Chip will do very little to improve the speed on a 1.1 with 18s. Only real way of increasing speed is a bigger engine, or smaller wheels.
6. Toad Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2007 Reading Posts: 8980 French tin can

   #6 12th April 2007, 16:52

   You are joking right? Why would you be concerned about speed in a 1.1?
7. Scottp Administrator Joined: Dec 2002 Glasgow United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 26097 Chelski Traktor

   #7 12th April 2007, 17:13

   chip on a 1.1 is going to do absolutely nothing in fact on a 1.1 unless hes prepared to spend thousand to get to only vtr power then its going to be show with no go
8. Bondie Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2006 Bristol Posts: 3200 Slammed Corsa SXI

   #8 12th April 2007, 17:27

   Im on 16"s their alryt i top out at 100ish in my 1.1.
   
   Bondie
9. djrem Saxperience Addict Joined: Feb 2007 Ramsden Bellhouse (Billericay) Posts: 12826 Various.

   #9 12th April 2007, 17:32

   10 inch wheels all the way.
   
   1.1 on 10inches will do like 110 plus
10. Barry123 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2005 Aycliffe Posts: 32205 Saxo VTS

    #10 12th April 2007, 18:10

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by djrem 10 inch wheels all the way. 1.1 on 10inches will do like 110 plus

    ...on the speedo yeah... but about 50mph in real life.
11. chesh Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2007 Leicester Posts: 225 02 Plate Saxo 1.1 Desire

    #11 12th April 2007, 19:59

    Im on 195/45/15's and have clocked my speedo at 110mph (dont know if its right though). I have a 02 plate 1.1. Wouldnt go no where with 18's on!
    
    Tom
12. Predator_R32p Super Moderator Joined: Mar 2003 Durham (England) Posts: 37932 1. AX 2. Mk2 Saxo VTR 3. MK4 R32 DBP

    #12 12th April 2007, 20:17

    dont bother, i wont move
13. Toad Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2007 Reading Posts: 8980 French tin can

    #13 12th April 2007, 20:18

    Chesh, if you want an exact figure of your top speed, you need to either get your setup checked on a dyno, or you can also get it GPS checked. I've been led to believe that speedo's are pretty inaccurate.
14. Mattsaxo Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2007 Leicester Posts: 428 Saxo 1.4 Furio

    #14 12th April 2007, 20:27

    speedos r set out by 5 - 10 mph anyways
15. chesh Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2007 Leicester Posts: 225 02 Plate Saxo 1.1 Desire

    #15 12th April 2007, 20:31

    Thats cool,
    
    I was just saying what my speedo says. I wouldnt mind going about seeing what my top end is just for a laugh!
    
    Where can i go to get it checked on a dyno. Does it cost much?
    
    Tom
16. Barry123 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2005 Aycliffe Posts: 32205 Saxo VTS

    #16 12th April 2007, 22:51

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Mattsaxo speedos r set out by 5 - 10 mph anyways

    ^^ this bollocks me off. the speedo is out by a percentage. when you do 10mph are you stationary???
    
    

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by chesh Thats cool, I was just saying what my speedo says. I wouldnt mind going about seeing what my top end is just for a laugh! Where can i go to get it checked on a dyno. Does it cost much? Tom

    I wouldnt bother with the dyno man, just grab a gps unit from a chum and run the car at a constant speedo indicated 50mph. look at the gps unit to tell you what speed you're actually doing.
    
    then do this to work out the percentage error
    (50 - gps speed) x 2
    
    but you'll find that your speedo is about 10% out (like mine)
    
    so you actually did 99mph.
    
    Ad
    
    
    PS dont speed.
17. paul_saxo_VTR Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 126 Supercharged VTR, Audi TT 225

    #17 12th April 2007, 23:10

    i have 18's on my VTR show car and it is now supercharged, The 18's do take alot of accelaration away as when i had the supercharger fitted to my other vtr with 15's it was alot quicker.
18. Aron Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Feb 2007 Nuneaton Posts: 3554 EP3 Civic

    #18 12th April 2007, 23:18

    Yer my mates got a 1.1saxo with 17's and topped out at 90mph, as got a pretty heavy kit on aswell though. But another has a 1.1 106 with 16"s which was doing 110 next to me and mines bin speedo checked and i hav gps in the car.