Vectra Driver: My New Daily Drive

[vectradriver]

Just got hold of this baby...

It's the 106 S16 and I've given it the racing exhaust, the ECU, the balancing and Stage 3 weight reducion. Only 136bhp but 840kg, so surprisingly quick and definitely agile. As you can see from these shots, it has been to the 'Ring already (2 Lap Family Race against Altezza, Mazda 6, Alfa 166 etc) and Hong Kong. It has also done 4 laps of Tsukuba Wet. It is a really great car, but it's mental brother, the white Rallye in my collection, should be even more fun. It has over 200bhp and stock wheels. Will have to take it out and post the pics in this gallery.

 

[Dead_Poetic]

ha very cool man!

 

[jessekatianda]

Heh. I was just going to ask you how does it compare with the Rallye version of the 106. I'll wait..

 

[Barracuda]

well i was bored and i figured out that the best new lightweight small euro car for power to wieght would be the lupo gti. the 106 s16 stock has 116hp with a weight of 960kg while the lupo has 123hp with a weight of 975kg. but in looking under classic cars i found that the best overall would actually be the 76 gt1 with 108hp and a wieght of 820kg. sry, i was REALLY bored.

well, i added everything possible to the lup gti and it came out with 235hp (243hp with turbo but i plan on trying to drift it, i hate lag) and a wieght of 882kg. im really sorry this is off topic but i cant stop myself

 

[vectradriver]

Well the uber-Rallye was useless with the TCM and ASM off, so I scrapped it for another Rallye with the same upgrades as the GTI. On my new series of power laps, it was just over a second slower than the GTI around Deep Forest Raceway.

 

[Master_Yoda]

I've never seen that car. Looks like fun!

 

[vectradriver]

It's nice and light and unless you go mental with the power, it handles really sweetly. I am now seriosuly tempted to get one of my own when I get my car next year.