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The Morris
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noble M12R

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Had a play with one of these today ona straight stretch of road. We both pulled away from a roundabout, through to 4th gear, had to stop due to car and then pulled away in 3rd up to 4th again. Very surprised, it didnt pull away that much. It was faster, but not by that much.

I know they have 350BHP, but i was dissapointed i expected it to pi** all over me. I imagine a turbo with 300bhp would be its match.
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Either you've got some serious horsepower in your MR2, or the Noble driver wasn't getting the max out of his car (i.e. changing up too early, etc). :)

Those babies are amazingly rapid. :twisted: I'm jealous. :lol:
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He seemed very keen by his driving style. I know they have 350bhp, but dont know about the torque. Mine is a mildly tuned tubby, nothing special.
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I was out in a Noble GTO3R a couple of weeks ago round Combe.

They are very quick and absolutely fly when the revs climb.

I'd suggest he wasn't trying overly hard. they weigh less than a tubby too so you'd need say 380ish bhp at least to match one.
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Or maybe he was just a poo driver, hence why he stayed with him.
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980kg
0-60 in under 4secs
top speed bout 170mph
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Post by pizza boy »

He was probably racing you in 5th lol I usually do that with slower cars which are not worthy of a downshift :lol:
Ive witnessed Nobles on track and they are stupid quick no doubt about it.
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Morris these car make 350 on 15psi /1bar itz nice to see the Mk2 dealing with the cars from the BLair Era
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Blair era ???

Tony or Lionel ??

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Speaking of Noble.... I want one :shock:

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A guy i know had the noble M12 untill 2 weeks ago and is about to pick up the M14. You have to get it just for the rev needle that changes colour.
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i was at the mph04 show last year and my god i saw that m14 close up the brakes are the size of my head!!! as soon as we get the posting pictures in this fourm easier i will send some pics! :D
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Alex_Dunn wrote:i was at the mph04 show last year and my god i saw that m14 close up the brakes are the size of my head!!! as soon as we get the posting pictures in this fourm easier i will send some pics! :D


the pics are easier to post on here than you could wish for

  • get the address for your pic

  • hit the Img button up there ^

  • paste in your pic address

  • hit the Img button again


bobs yer aunty :lol:
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Or use the new 'album' feature on the board to upload pictures.
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