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Those slips are all very well but my Honda 90 was so quick they couldnt get a reading! Infact I had done the runs and left before the machine worked it all out!¬
320d M Sport
yeah some were quick, some werent that quick. i met TimO for first time and hes a thoroughly nice chap! he was well happy with that time (as he should be!) and its a bit crap when he posts it and he gets slated. Fair play i say, leats he went and had a go, i never saw 1 other 172 yesterday?!
Well done mate. Cossies arent what they used to be. As someone said the hothatch car market has moved up a notch or two since the Cossie was conceived.
Wish I had been there but want to go to Elvington next week to watch ten of the best. Will be some stonking motors coming down with us (convoy style) so if anyone wants to pop over and say hi look out for any cars with team newcastle on them (corny but good for a laugh)
"cossies are crap top end standard"
Craggy - A Standard 2wd Saph Cossie is geared for well over 170mph.... BUT in standard trim it will never see that sort of speed LOL. Agreed standard they are poo, but no other car I know of has the easy tunability...
SoLow - "go to Elvington next week to watch ten of the best" TOTB is on 4th August (same day as Ford Fair...), must be a qualifying thingy your going to?
Tim
Okay people A few things to get straight:
I raced Timo172 on that slip - I could not get into second gear so slowed down.
Timo had raced a cossie on another slip and beat it.
Craggy owns the fastest standardish VTS in exsistance
It also was a mint day - The Clio crew seem alot more competitive (and friendly) than my old saxo lot.
Charlie
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brothers keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you."
ok fair play to all of you,
well done, suppose tyres have alot to do with it then
Arent escort cossies just sierra cossie with escort shells? My friend stevieb was telling me the other day. Ill have to ask him about it again.....
Their top end cant be very good due to the big Handbag handle on the boot. I raced a mildy-modded one down the hogs back and was pushing him along, overtook him then he came up my arse and did the same, car came in front of us. It then moved, we both floored it, he couldnt gain on me at all. I moved over and he couldnt pass, if anything i pulled a bit. We came into some traffic and i moved back into right lane, he decided hed undertake everyone, looking thoroughly pd off. Mustve been a dog. Those extra revs of the group n ecu i had in at the time helped tho....
its just a shame that the consistency of engines arent apparent,
thats whats stopping me from buying a clio cup or a williams, id be gutted if i got a slow un.
clio 20v
robfenn been watchin too much pulp fiction lol
adi
To say the Escort Cossie is just a Sierra is completly wrong and a bit like saying a Clio is a Megan or a Laguana as they use the same parts in areas.
Simon the Escort was based on the sierra floorpan and used the saff 4x4 running gear. The engine was also based on the Sierra one. It is slightly longer than a Std Escort but shorter than a Sierra. Bit of a mongral. The whaletail does affect top speed quoted:140mph with tail / 145 without. I did see a mag artical that claimed not to get over 125mph but everyone that owned one at the time in the RSOC BB said that was rubbish. http://www.fasterfords.com/brochure_escort_cosworth.htmhttp://www.fasterfords.com/brochure_escort_cosworth.htmhttp://www.fasterfords.com/brochure_escort_cosworth.htm
clio 20v
yeh agree with simon there look at craggys vts an jons wiliams both thrashed regularly and are fast as fuk
adi
Ill start thrashing my Willie
again when (if) I ever get it back from Renault! Mine was definatly quicker after me using it for a month compared to when I bought it - my mate commented on this last week so shows how much of a difference some red-line action seems to have made - of course its now dead which could also be a side effect!
clio 20v
fuk it just thrash it they fukin love it, its the engines sole purpose in life
as long as you warm the oil up and change it regularly it shud be rite
adi
haha ive never agreed 100% with all the posts beneath mine as i do today!
"he he, thrash the fukker and it will do you proud"
class!
"fuk it just thrash it they fukin love it, its the engines sole purpose in life
as long as you warm the oil up and change it regularly it shud be rite
adi"
My sentiments exactly!!!
"i cane mine, always have, thats what warranty is for innit?"
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hmm thrashing all the time eh?
i think i might get me a cup, newnesh ahhh, but can i sell my r5 for one arghhh
ive only ever seen one on the roads, i tell you they are fookin rare in slough