Quote: Originally posted by Mitchy on 25 December 2004
Markus, my pal had a 400bhp GTIR, doubt it would see an 11.5 1/4 mile though. Thats maclaren F1 pace.
As to 1/4 mile times, unless run at the pod they mean nothing IMO. Anyone can strip the car, and run on petrol fumes. York times and pod times vary quite a bit.
I reckon 60 onwards myself and hippychick will need something special to convincingly pass us 60-160.
Theres more than one way to skin a cat and more than one way to get 400bhp.Its been built for reliability and would take more power on a bigger turbo&wilder cams but I chose this spec for a reason.Im pretty confident Ill hit mid 11s but well have to see.
Ive run a 12.3sec @ 110mph at the pod in a mates car with less power than mine had when I ran at York,so make sense of that.York is also an official FIA venue so thats good enough for me,if not you
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I doubt Id pass anybody 60-160 as Ive had a custom ratio box made which will top out around 150mph.Im considering having a second map with an 8000rpm rev limit though for 1/4 miling/topspeed runs(such as TOTB)which would allow me to stay in 4th over the line and hit around 160mph or so.
Im aiming for 0-60 in approx 3.5secs,0-100 in approx 8-9secs with lots of midrange torue and minimal lag.