10.8 second qtr mile FWD - RECORD

[MATT BLACK]

My mate managed to get a 10.8 sec qtr in his FWD rover on Sunday at USC pod. His car is a red 220 rover running 750 bhp - this goes into the records as the 1st and only FWD car in Europe to get into the 10's.

 

[al]

750bhp in a FWD!! Chuff!

 

[Pat_986]

Fair play!

 

[biojo]

where was that older shaped clio from,was posted ages back , which had one fecking huge turbo sticking out of bonnet.

 

[Dan Page]

nice one

Got any pics of the car?

 

[Martin]

wheres the vid? lol

 

[Gweebs]

It be fooked in the twisties.....LOL!!!

 

[sh33n]

Blimey, that is damn fast for RWD or AWD, never mind FWD!!!

Crazy stuff, congrats to that man.

 

[sh33n]

It be fooked in the twisties.....LOL!!!

PMSL, I would imagine it to have a fixed diff?

 

[Don]

From a mate at www.Rover-Coupe.com

Donny

 

[kpowell911]

Fair play! As said before 10 seconds in ANY drive is f**king awesome let alone FWD!

Whats the World Record for a Road Legal FWD? I take it thats road legal hence the tax disc?

Is this Andy Nicholl's or something like that?

 

[Martin]

Yep Andy Nicholls..... does he own/run a tuning company now?

 

[MATT BLACK]

There was a 1992 FWD 800 bhp civic at Elvington about 6 weeks ago - that span in all gears up to 120mph.....then blew the turbo. If that got traction i think he would take the record

 

[MATT BLACK]

Andy is a development manager for AET turbos's. He used to race that 500 hp Maestro that held the title for fastest FWD car in the UK for a while - his brother runs that now.

 

[Timmay]

f**k me thats quick

 

[kpowell911]

Andy is a development manager for AET turbos's. He used to race that 500 hp Maestro that held the title for fastest FWD car in the UK for a while - his brother runs that now.

thats where I recognise his name from that MG MAestro, BEAST! Managed about 170mph+ didnt it?

Arent there FWD civic in the 9's in the us? Cant find nothing on Exvitermini as that only shows 4wd?

Also found this to put things into perspective:

Ferrari Enzo: 11.1secs@133mph
Porsche Carrera GT: 11.3secs@131mph
McLaren F1: 11.6secs@125mph
Saleen S7: 11.8secs@119mph

 

[JJsRT]

Thats foookin fast.. wait till my old man hears about it being a rover hes like rover man lol

 

[Ali]

Not shy...Will you beat it matt?

 

[Guy]

lives near me i think in Scunthorpe??

noticed hes changed the frotn end on it again

 

[clowo16v]

Its a nice bit of engineering but completely pointless. For the money he's spent, plus with that sorta power you could put a rear wheel drive car easily into the 8s.

Matt

 

[James.]

Rapid :approve:

 

[SimonV6]

Just imagine how much faster it would have been had it been RWD lol


Simon

 

[Justin]

what 1/4 time does your clio run matt?

 

[Martin]

i reckon he could get a lot quicker if it was'nt road legal...wheely bar , slicks the size of small children more weight saving etc

 

[paddymph]

fek, that is quick, I've seen that Maestro run up york too, rapid!

Did Geordie run his?

 

[biojo]

i know some one mentioned this been road legal , but i didnt think u was allowed bonnet pins for it to pass a MOT

 

[Mattieuk]

Its a nice bit of engineering but completely pointless. For the money he's spent, plus with that sorta power you could put a rear wheel drive car easily into the 8s.

Matt

If everyone thought like that mate, we would still be rubbing sticks together to make fire.

Fair play to the chap.

I bet its quick off the lights outside maccy D's

 

[Clio 1.216v Dynamique]

Did I hear the word ROVER? What the hell

 

[kpowell911]

i know some one mentioned this been road legal , but i didnt think u was allowed bonnet pins for it to pass a MOT

I maybe mistaken regarding its legality, I've never done a 1/4 in my life, but I have been to most events, and I thought it has entered God of the pod which i thought meant it had to be street legal. I also noticed a tax disc.

However I could be getting confused with TOTB and I'm sure one of the 1/4 mile gurus will set me straight

 

[Martin]

i know some one mentioned this been road legal , but i didnt think u was allowed bonnet pins for it to pass a MOT

thought wrong chief

 

[jordy71]

was on friday that matt. the next run he snapped a diveshat on the line.
jordy did run the scirroco yes he managed a 11.6 @132 mph on his last run of the day.

Ryan

 

[speedynz]

What was the speed at the end of the 10.8 run?

 

[sharkaroo]

how much did he spend on it?!!

 

[Lee]

I saw that car a the Tuner GP at Donington last year. It looked stupidly quick then.

 

[jordy71]

think the 10.8 was 137 or 138. didn,t actually see it but andy wouldn't stop talkin bout it.but i cnt blame him tbh.

 

[clowo16v]

how much did he spend on it?!!

Enough to build a 6 sec pro mod dragster apparantley lol. My mate balanced a crank for it a few weeks ago.

Matt

 

[Chris n nic]

But then it wouldn`t be as impressive tho...you don`t see many Pro Dragsters on the roads these days


Chris

 

[Guy]

he does drive that on the road.. or he did last year when it had the older MG front end on it, as my mates a copper and he said he pulled him over so he could have a look round the car, and andy tried saying it was just a normal standard rover.. LOL

that was also before he had those arches on - the wheels protruded the arches by a fair bit (so would have been an MOT failure too)

 

[JoelDee]

Jeeeeezz :-o

 

[GarethM]

fook me thats fast!!!

well done to your mate