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    Fastest car you have been in....

    Now A-B driving i have been in some awsome cars and the quickest was an 05 WRC Subaru awsome. Made my eyes bleed.

    Now in a straight line then a recent stoll up the local bypass in a freinds newly aquired Sapphire Cosworth have changed the leaderboard. Now in my youth i have many Cossies inc Escort etc and working for Garrett turbochangers and in the 90s we did all the Group A and touring car stuff and dyno testing. I did have decent spec car with a gen 400hp.

    Now this thing he bought for 8.5k and the recepits pack he got with the car show a 12.5k engine rebuild (3months ago)>!!!!!!! The Spec is basically a Touring car engine with more modern ad ons with a net result of 560+bhp at 8k rpm.38psi peak boost and maintains 36psi !

    Now going out in it reminded me of the old days of cossy ownership - squeeky dash and having to put it in 1st before going for reverse so it doesnt crunch etc....

    Car idles and fine and drives really smooth and you would not notice whats to come. Get to the bypass and it just a 3 mile straight dual carrageway in the countryside puts it in second and hoof it and 3k it statrt to come in very impressive and the 5k goes again all the way to 8250rpm limiter with no tail off and the push you get was like being on a missile. It was so quick i started to giggle as it was beyond scary.! then into 3rd and then realise that it must be slightly wheelspinning (no tramp) as the shove was even harder and then 4 then 5th and do know what the top speed is but we were on the limiter in 5th (8250rpm) on 17" wheels (greater RR than std) showing 1/2 inch past the 170mph mark on the speedo and we were not even half the way down the bypass.! Given the power and 2wd the tractions was very impressive but on the way back we say where we launched from secon and you could see black lines for about 100m....

    His friend has an R1 and it pulled away from that comfortably (talked to the R1 owner and confirm this) and the local spiv in his gallardo got torn a new one and was drop like a stone too. Now round a track you would just kill yourself and how the old touring car drivers used to drive these thing beggers belief, bring them back i say Rouse and Soper, Harvey etc..

    Amazing......8.5k (credit crunch) car LOL

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    I need a spell checker.....LOL

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    yeah they are very impressive motors!!! where about is the bloke from? cus i know of a local cosworth that performs to a similar level.

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    Quote Originally Posted by webby
    yeah they are very impressive motors!!! where about is the bloke from? cus i know of a local cosworth that performs to a similar level.
    White Sapph based in Nantwich done know when the lad he bought it off come from though.

    Rebuild was at Dave Brooks in Crewe so guessing not too far away.

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    beast! not keen on the sapphires tho, wants it in a hatchback model

    fastest car i've been in, 650bhp evo, i cant even remember what it felt like it was so silly

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    Atom..........rediculous!

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    my firend 2.0 starlet turbo 300bhp+ sits next to another friends 500bhp evo (i say friend his more a friend off a friend and i havnt been int he evo)

    speedo vid (speedo in mph but its going up in kph)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGYASl4kwmc

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coops
    beast! not keen on the sapphires tho, wants it in a hatchback model

    fastest car i've been in, 650bhp evo, i cant even remember what it felt like it was so silly
    Used to have Evo's myself and i would say this is as fast as RC developments one once on the move and thats just under 1000hp..! His best mates Skyline has 600hp spent 50k and it smoked it...! He has subsequently put the Skyline up for sale and getting a similar spec engine in an Escort Cossie.

    Makes me want to get this one when he sell it which wont be long as he changes them every month or so and just stick it in the garage and take it out every couple of weeks just to give me a reality check and remeber to not take life so serious...! LOL

    Going out in it still makes me smile... :D

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    would have to be adrians noble...from 30-160 down the straight at snetterton......rapid

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    quickest thing i have been in is my home made go kart (acceleration, not top speed),

    106bhp R6 engine + 150kg weight + 16k redline = alot of fun

    Quick video here of the first day we took it out


    Youtube Video


 

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