MPSs in Hot Tuner Shoot Out - Motor Sept 2012

[SarcasticOne]

Attached is the PDF scan of relevant sections for MPS...
not the greatest scan, and ive had to reduce the quality of it a bit (ie, alot...) original was 21MB, this is 1.7MB

anyways, feel free to discuss
slow qtr mile time for both is obvious... (14s???) but most interesting bit for me (and @bd581) was the comment about how wheel offset has affected handling

Enjoy!

EDIT (JMac) - HQ Version (22MB) Open at own peril, suggest right click save as rather than opening - http://www.ozmpsclub.com/files/HotTuner2012MPS.pdf

Low quality version attached below

[dazza]

"The leveller is cost, given that The THR package is getting on for $18K before you factor in the rims and rubber.

[RedDjinn]

Holy shit THR and MRT MPS's are close, interesting fact is THR mps had more power but was only hundreds of a sec faster (MRT BNRs2 17psi 215kw , THR i think BNRs3 (23psi so i was told 241 kw).. Cant believe the costs im glad i do it all myself!

Wonder is Jim retuned it for the event?

We all know fitting wider rims wont help cornering, adds looks... Anther interesting thought MRT fitted 215 wide tyres Why???..

[MattMPS3]

Are you able to get me the big version of the PDF Sam via yousendit or similar ?, I can work some prepress magic over the file that should bring it down to a sensible size, and still legible

[Jmac]

Good win for TH over MRT.
Awesome work boys!

[Jmac]

Or email it to me and ill upload it to the forum

[Jmac]

APR Golf R looks the goods too, need to buy this copy

[Caffeine Fiend]

APR Golf R looks the goods too

This ^

Love what APR do with Golfs. Not cheap though once you go past Stage 1

[allo80]

Be interesting to see how the MPS fared against the others on a bang for buck basis. IT looks like the MPSs have been left for dead compared to the other cars, but interesting to see how much they spent overall.

I still love my car

[dazza]

Be interesting to see how the MPS fared against the others on a bang for buck basis. IT looks like the MPSs have been left for dead compared to the other cars, but interesting to see how much they spent overall.

I still love my car

MPS is doing well for the price I guess.. More so looking at the gen1 what you can buy one for now is alot less than a Golf R. Some of those numbers are BS I reckon

[SarcasticOne]

Or email it to me and ill upload it to the forum

Are you able to get me the big version of the PDF Sam via yousendit or similar ?, I can work some prepress magic over the file that should bring it down to a sensible size, and still legible

both got a PM

[TD]

Bought the mag tonight.

APR Golf R :thumbup:

The turboed 86 looks to be the goods as well.

Understeer was the complaint common to both MPS's, but good to see MRTs entry on some stickier rubber this time.

[SMOKEY]

Would like a high res too!

APR are quality - mate has stage 2 - but they're like Apple - once you start with them they lock you in. It gets real expensive real fast.

[Jmac]

ill try and upload tomorrow morning if all goes well.

[SarcasticOne]

matt should work magic on it

[naasif]

Isn't the TH MPS Peter's car ? I think we met him on the central coast meet the other day.

[Robmps]

Isn't the TH MPS Peter's car ? I think we met him on the central coast meet the other day.

Yep same car, same Pete!

[Reedy]

I'm surprised they ran those wheels on the TH car, why not just swap back to a set of wheels with the proper offset? It probably cost them half a second on the circuit.

the 215 tyres on the MRT car is apparently a typo. Just like the typo saying the TH car has 4 pot brakes but the photo clearly shows the stock caliper.

[bd581]

Shame the MRT car was under tyred....again.
But I do understand that they were showing what's capable of a truly streetable car. Semi slick the others ran aren't really daily tyres.
The turbo 86 is quick, what it could and should have been. However, at $67k its only a bit quicker on the track than one of the Golf R's, but slower everywhere else. The golf is only $3k dearer and isn't built like a subaru!
Will be interesting to see how long the turbo 86 lasts before some really big bills start rolling in.

[Jmac]

Uploaded file, check first post.