Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: wastedperfection on 08 June 2007, 16:17:42
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Hi,
Just thought i would fly the flag for the omega as i had a race earlier on my local A road with a sierra cosworth. COnsidering he has a turbo and dump valve blowing off every 2 seconds , i held him off all the way from 80 to 140mph. His face was a picture i will cherish for a long time. Obviously from a standing start he may have won , but a long stretch , combined with some very tight sweeping bends (doing 120mph plus) , i outhandled, outperformed and generally smacked his bum.
Matt ;D
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thats what i like to hear giving a cossie a pasteing, though there maybe not much in it 2.5 v6 does 60 in a ruff 7.5 to 8.0 secs, standing start :y :y :y
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Yeah. Probably same acceleration due to all his wheelspin. I absolutely hammered him in the bends. I was suprised myself how good the omega handled.
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would like to add i've raced a escort cossie local car(red) and was about the same on accelaraction and could not keep up on corners believe it or not ,and i'm only 2.0 16v with induction kit,and big exhaust:y :y :ymine does 0-60 in around 9-10secs witch is not bad for size and power plant under bonnet :y :y :y
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I'm sorry peeps but I can't belive you had a Cossie in a race LOL ;D
Having owned a Cossie sierra i know for a fact it would take an Omega from the start,out accelerate ,out corner and deffo out top end you.
infact my last 4 cars would destroy an Omega in a race
Cossie Sierra
Mitsubishi Eclipse
Scooby Wrx
Skyline GTS R33
Don't want to rain on your parade but I don't think the cossie owners were trying ,or couldn't drive LOL ;D
I love the Omega for it's refined power and comfort,but it sure aint no Street Racer 8-)
TOOL 8-)
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I agree with TOOL, the cosworth sierra is a very rapid car, theres not many standard (230 BHP) ones on our roads, most have been tuned & modded to give up to 300+ BHP. Also there are alot of fake cars with the body kits etc that look very much like the real thing. My 2.0 16 v standard car had trouble keeping up with a Golf tdi the other day :-[
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I'd have to agree with Tool on this one, a standard Cossie will easily beat even a manual 3.0/3.2 in almost all conditions. And I suspect there are very few standard Cossies out there these days. I had a Scooby WRX STi and that would quite easily out-accelerate my 840 until well into triple figures (840 has a higher top speed but is heavier), and the 840 in turn will easily out-accelerate my 3.0 Omega at any speed. I suspect the Cossie would have pretty similar performance to my Scooby.
Now if there were a significant number of corners in there it's quite possible you're a much better driver which was enough to overcome the performance deficit. I had a similar run-in with a Corrado VR6 in my Omega, he out-accelerated me off a roundabout onto a NSL dual-carriageway, but there were a few bends about half a mile up the road and I came past him there as he slowed so much :D
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My little old Carlton out drags a standard Cossie all day long ;)
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I'm sorry peeps but I can't belive you had a Cossie in a race LOL ;D
Having owned a Cossie sierra i know for a fact it would take an Omega from the start,out accelerate ,out corner and deffo out top end you.
infact my last 4 cars would destroy an Omega in a race
Cossie Sierra
Mitsubishi Eclipse
Scooby Wrx
Skyline GTS R33
Don't want to rain on your parade but I don't think the cossie owners were trying ,or couldn't drive LOL ;D
I love the Omega for it's refined power and comfort,but it sure aint no Street Racer 8-)
TOOL 8-)
cossie is possible to beat ,i agree though would not bet others, top cars,the lad who raced in cossie has got rid off now has vectra v6 what a surprise
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i had a race earlier on my local A road with a sierra cosworth. , i held him off all the way from 80 to 140mph.
It's this kind of behavior that kills innocent children >:(
Two young lads were killed head on when two people playing a simelar game lost control - only last week
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i had a race earlier on my local A road with a sierra cosworth. , i held him off all the way from 80 to 140mph.
It's this kind of behavior that kills innocent children >:(
Two young lads were killed head on when two people playing a simelar game lost control - only last week
totally agree mine was on private land mate has massive farm with private roads,should not be done on any public roads ,should be left to race track or private land :y :y :y
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i had a race earlier on my local A road with a sierra cosworth. , i held him off all the way from 80 to 140mph.
It's this kind of behavior that kills innocent children >:(
Two young lads were killed head on when two people playing a simelar game lost control - only last week
totally agree mine was on private land mate has massive farm with private roads,should not be done on any public roads ,should be left to race track or private land :y :y :y
Totally agree - motorsport on any designated track is great and gets a complete :y from me!
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i have a classic car mag with both serria saphire cossie vs lotus carlton,lotus is much faster than cossie mag says, but says for everyday driving they say the cossie was easier to drive lighter clutch,as lotus was very heavey on clutch but faster,its all swings and roundabouts :y :y :y
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Sorry guys, I am locking this off.
Discussions about street racing and doing highly illegal speeds are not what we are about.
If you want to race, take it to a track.