Prior to getting my scoob 2 years ago i used to go to the pod three times a year in a mildly modded renault 5 gt turbo and it did 15.1's at 93mph all day long !

 

Don't go thinking I know too much - I'm just saying what I've seen! This guy however I have never seen but he is probably more the sort of thing you read about in the magazines and quote down the pub.....
http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...D=87085&Page=1

Don't suppose he is still under manufacturers warranty though

 

BoostII.

So a P1 will struggle to beat 14secs but your std 00 car did 14.5

A P1 will be a second quicker - 13.5 1/4 should be about right.

At around 103mph.

 

Craig H,
Perhaps the P1 I was watching that could not get less than 14 secs was a duff one? His mate was a fair bit quicker also in P1 so I assumed one was modded and the other was not. Still it shows that if cars come out of Prodrive with such large differences then this must be considered when talking about real world performance.

What's the point of you saying what it should have got, or quoting what the fastest P1 you ever saw got. This guy was trying because he was competing with his mates - another P1 and a Cossie - and these were his real times.

 

One thing reading times, another doing them your self!

 

Het that's me your talking about!

The car is standard apart from full HKS super dragger & ss downpipe

I was running 13.1 & 12.9 - that was with fairly brutal starts i.e. dropping the clutch @ 5K

my mate has a buggered clutch hence 14.1 times

I would expect to get 13.5 in a standard P1

Hope that helps

Chris

 

My 94 WRX (non STI) recorded a 1/4 mile time of 13.43 at 103.9 mph with just exhaust and air filter mods. Was rolling roaded a fortnight later and produced 265bhp and 260 lbft, only just slightly over 260bhp it came out of the factory with.

Colin.

 

My best time is 14.4 secs with a 0.9 sec reaction time and a 5000 rev start for my standard 97 my saloon turbo at York.

 

Classic, what better way to spend a weekend if your clutch is knackered! 12.9 is more impressive - I must not have watched that one.

 

Slight exaggeration on the Saxo taking 20 mins to get to the limiter. It will pull hard as hell to 85, relatively well till 130 and then slow as hell from 130-140 (all speedo indicated speeds not actuals).

Well put it this way if when I get my scooby I can't get under 14 seconds I'll sell it. Make all the excuses you like but the scooby should have no excuse for not being able to pull hard till 100mph. Fair enough after that wind resistance and a sapping 4WD is murder and the sleeker 2WD's should pull away.

Still can't believe these standard 14.8ish scooby times are you boys not a little worried that a standard hot-hatch costing £11k new is only a half second or so behind! Get modifying!!

 

Saxo boy.

Do you really think a drag strip is the place for an Impreza?

Have you been to strip in yours? are you quoting figures from the press?

If all you want a car for is acceleration, get something else. If you wanna go round greasy off camber corners then get an impreza.

[Edited by davyboy - 4/23/2002 8:34:24 AM]

 

Standard VTS in 15.3, this guy has had his modified and he can only get 15.4.

http://www.saxosportsclub.co.uk/members.asp?carid=1018

A standard car is more like 15.9-16.1

Si

 

i was at the pod im my black wrx

did a 14.33 1/4 not to bad suffered from clutch slip tho neen a new one fitted soon

stu

 

imprezaturbo555,

saw you there mate, towards the end when they made it free runs , was you pleased with your 14.33? or could you have done less with a better start etc.?

see ya on Saturday 18th May (redline rumble RWYB) if your going again?

 

The 15.3 was set at Crail on Sunday the 7th April (my name is Kenny MacLeod if you want to look it up on their website). The car is completely standard and was running with me only (during that run) on a half tank of SUL with the spare wheel removed. The 15.3 was my best with a driver alone average of about 15.4-5.

Frankly I’m appalled at the lack of Impreza defending going on here! The quarter mile is not a huge distance and any performance car should be able to post a good time. When the scooby first hit the big time (many moons ago) it was renowned for it’s corning ability AND it’s impressive straight-line acceleration. It was the car of my dreams 3-4 years ago and now I’m having serious doubts as all I ever read on this site is how Leon this kept up and Audi that thumped me!! I’m beginning to wonder if half you lot can actually drive these things?? Surely to god with 215bhp and 4WD for the launch you can do the quarter in a standard turbo in 14 dead or under. You can argue all you want about the scoobies abilities through the corner and nobody will argue back as it is bloody quick but equally if you get a really good driver behind you in a hot-hatch chances are he’ll keep up. If I buy the scooby I want to know it isn’t going to be embarrassed in a straight line trash yet you lot are suggesting they are not that impressive?? The VTS only has 130 ponies and the Impreza is by no means a bloated car, there is no excuse for a modded 260bhp scooby not being a full second and a half quicker than my car. If it’s not I think I’ll put a full exhaust system on the saxo, strip it out some more and dump a supercharger in it then have some fun murdering Impreza’s! In case you hadn’t noticed 260bhp is double the Saxo’s power, if you doubled the weight you’d have near on 2 tons. A standard turbo weighs about 1250kg and I refuse to believe that wind resistance and gearing and 4WD will cover the rest of that distance!!

Stand up for yourselves. The day’s of the Impreza being the unquestioned cheap mans supercar are gone, I need some proof that this car is actually fast. Cossie if you’re reading this your car was proof enough that the WRX’s are!! Give me some good news, someone tell me they can crack the 14 second barriers in a UK turbo!!

As a point of interest the new BMW 330 thumped my Saxo at Crail. Have any of you scooby boy’s staight-lined it against one and what was the result.

 

Saxo i have seen plenty of Imprezas go up the strip at Crail
(and been in a couple) and i can assure you that if a totally standard
UK Turbo dips under 14secs thats bloody impressive.

However if you had one would you leave it standard? I doubt it!
When i can afford mine ill put an ITG filter, full decat, dawes
and would be hoping for 250+bhp and that will get you sub 14.
And thats before looking at an ecu upgrade!

Andy Tang's UK was running 356bhp with no internal mods.
Wonder what time that would get!

 

i did 14.8s with a not so good start and a reaction time of nearly as much as a second! reckon ill be touching 14.0s in my standard My00 the next time i go, if anyone is interested in coming down / up / across theres a RWYB on Saturday 18th May at Santa Pod, check this thread for more details...
http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...ThreadID=86122

 

I like my Scooby and it makes me feel good - that's why I bought mine. If I had a Saxo I would feel like a bit of a girl. Also my car makes me grin a hell of a lot and occasionally scares the crap out of me which is also nice The time it ran a 1/4 mile the only time I ever tried is not so important for me. Each to their own I suppose

Peccy - I didn't think the reaction time was included as part of the 1/4 mile time

[Edited by Boost II - 4/23/2002 12:16:26 PM]

 

hi peccy

i was happy enough with my 14.33 but know it could of been faster with a bit better start i was hoping to to get under 14 but always next time ill be at the redline rumble so pop over and say hi if u spot me again

stu

 

where's santa pod?? sounds american desert sort of thing.,

 

place called poddington,bedfordshire

 

That’s interesting Kosy, those are just the kind of mods I would consider. My aim is to buy a car that, amongst other things, can cover 0-100mph in 13.5 seconds or under. I’m hoping that a modded UK Turbo with plenty of stick off the line should just do that.

Peccy a second reaction time Had you been on the sauce??? I could get away quicker than that after a night on the tiles!! I think you’ll get the 14 dead with a good start or at least the very low 14s. Don’t forget, when I set the 15.3 in the Saxo it wasn’t my best reaction time of the day, also, I easily lose a half second feeding the power in at the start to prevent wheel spin! The Impreza simply must be able to do 14 dead if you’re brutal and change gears quickly and at the optimum point!

Lets not forget that Cossie got 11.8 (ish) from his WRX RA and he hasn’t spent big money on the engine. Also I seem to remember him saying that he feels the extra gear change required cause of the short ratio’s actually hinders his quarter mile time!! Are you trying to tell me that Cossies car is 3 seconds quicker than a standard UK over the quarter mile? It’s quick but surely not that quick – that is a huge difference in quarter mile driving!

The Saxo is a girls car, all except the VTS that is. I’ve hardly ever seen a girl behind the wheel of the S. Also believe it or not the VTS actually feels pretty special, I’ve had lots of people of various ages comment on it when she’s all cleaned up and yes it can be scary quick sometimes. I still want a scooby though cause the are a better package over all and should be faster in all circumstances and conditions than the hot-hatches. If they are not, I’ll just make myself broke to ensure that it is!!

 

Seat 1.8 T

195 BHP
239.9 Torque

0-60 6.34
Q/M 14.6

Wicked funny, recommend to any one !!!

Sold now and after a bit of fun in a scooby.

 

Saxo boy I think you need to keep your saxo or at least drive an impreza as if you dont seem to get the impreza package. Unless you understand it then you will be disappointed. Anybody can build a drag car, big bhp lightweight body and a heavy right foot, job done. Try planting your foot out of a tight wet bend and watching the torquesteer and smoke coming off tyres in your FWD hatch. A 215 bhp UK model you are looking at 14.5 an 280 import about 13.5.

Also seems strange that impreza are doing exactly what the mags say but your saxo is way quicker. According to EVO 0-100 is 14.6 so 14.5 @98 seems a fair result. Saxo VTS 0-100 is 22.6, so I woudl have thought at least 17 @85 maybe. I am not disputing your time as you have it confirmed it just doesnt seem the norm somehow.

cheers

chrisp

 

I've driven plenty of Impreza's and been in Cossies, Scotsman's and John Banks (Silly fast, std MY99 and modded MY00) So I do 'get' the package!

I still think that despite the fact it wasn't built to do so the Impreza should be more impresive in a straight line!

 

I've seen a Renault 5 1.4 turbo, front wheel drive do a 12.62 1/4 mile.

I know it's off topic but I thought it was pretty fast.

 

There in no comparison between a saxo and a scooby is like comparing 2 different things,saxos are girly cars,scoobs are high performance cars.Compare EVos, scoobs, integrales...Get it right and get a proper car-

 

Yawn red all been said before! I know they are two different cars but unfortunately a lot of my day to day driving is down bypasses, etc and I really would like to think that (considering the extra expense) the Scooby would be able to well and truely leave the VTS for dust from say 20mph - 100mph (on a track of course ) Those 1/4 mile times would suggest that my car would be worryingly close to a standard UK scooby! Surely you boys are just posting crap times??

 

Or maybe yours are bullsh!t?

 

Well if they are lots of people that were at Crail that day will be mighty pissed off! I'm not making this up, I'm not trying to put the scooby down - I love them and nearly trashed the Saxo today admiring one in my rear view mirror - But I would like to think they could, frankly, murder my car!

Anyone else got better 1/4 mile time's from a stadard scooby? I'm particularly interested in the MY99 which is the year model I would be after.