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10.8 second qtr mile FWD - RECORD

MATT BLACK

MATT BLACK

Car  MERCEDES CLS AMG
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.
 
where was that older shaped clio from,was posted ages back , which had one fecking huge turbo sticking out of bonnet.
 
Blimey, that is damn fast for RWD or AWD, never mind FWD!!!

Crazy stuff, congrats to that man.
 
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From a mate at www.Rover-Coupe.com

Donny
 
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?
 
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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
 
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.
 
MATT BLACK said:
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.
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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
 
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
 
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
 
i know some one mentioned this been road legal , but i didnt think u was allowed bonnet pins for it to pass a MOT
 
clowo16v said:
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
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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;)
 
biojo said:
i know some one mentioned this been road legal , but i didnt think u was allowed bonnet pins for it to pass a MOT
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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 :)
 
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
 
But then it wouldn`t be as impressive tho...you don`t see many Pro Dragsters on the roads these days ;)


Chris
 
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)
 
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