Tommy 2000

Check out this beast, 0-60 in 1.8 secs!!

http://www.patdoran.co.uk/car.htm

LG John

What's the point of the 'scooby slayer' bit Has the Impreza become the benchmark by which all cars are measured. Do ferrari secretly race scoobys to see if their up and coming models can hack it with the Impreza?? This car does 0-60 in under 2 seconds....would '700bhp RS200 Macca F1' slayer not be more appropriate.

Nice car btw

skoobidude

Don't mean to pi$$ in the fire here but a certain piece of media would explan that its physically impossible for a road car to hit 60 in that amount of time.
Something like 2.8secs theoretically. I mean, look at the spec, its on road tyres as well. Miss-print I think.
Nice car though. And, yeh, Scooby as a bench mark. Blimey, we're honoured!

Nick

Veracocha

I thought that too. 1.8 seconds is unrealistic. An F1 car can barely do it in that time and it is less than half the weight!

Scoobs_4ever

My Gran Turismo 1988bhp Suzuki Hill Climb car isn't that fast!!

RON

You guys have obviuosly never watched rallydross, damn them cars are quick, almost a blur when they pull away, for my money what they're saying is spot on.
And anyway, where does it saye 'road tyres'?????? Avon do race tyre aswell as road you know!

[Edited by RON - 12/23/2002 11:24:19 PM]

CooperS

Hi all,

I went to see the rallycross finale at Croft in October, I reckon that the 0-60 time is right, this RS200 skinned EVERYTHING down the main straight from the standing start, this included Per Eklunds awesome Saab, Dermot Carnegie's 650BHP Focus + modded 6R4's and the like. (you should see it go round corners!)
I didn't get to see the review on Sky but my mate said Colin McRae said it was the fastest and maddest car he'd ever been in.
check out

www.rallycrossuk.com

Andy

FRP

I thought a Scooby would beat a Macca F1 car, its got AWD and everyone on here says NOTHING with 2wd would beat a scooby.

Chris L

Ferrari slayer, merc slayer, skyline slayer - if it weighs as little as that and has 700 bhp - it's going to murder anything.

Having had the great privilege to have been in Richard Squire's RS200 - I have to say they are the most awesome cars on the road. Damn thing spun its wheels in every gear (and jumped three foot sideways when we changed from 4th to 5th) at speeds well into 3 figures (seem to remember 150 coming and going very quickly - not on UK roads before anyone asks) - and that was on low boost (about 450bhp I think).

If you are ever offered the chance to go in one of the cars - do it, they will redefine your definition of a fast car.

Chris

dazc2

Collins Performance has 2 of these in the work shop....1 standrd and the other is at the other end of the scale with 790bhp....it skips when changing gear as it spins the wheels....revs to 14k and from a standing start reaches 160 mph in just under 9 seconds!!!!!

but thats not on road tyres either.....absolute animal

Tommy 2000

Sorry guys, 'Scooby slayer' was a half-arsed attempt to have a dig at the 'Scooby versus...' crowd, i.e. show me an Impreza that will match those figures!!

..and if you don't believe the 1.8 secs to 60, ask the UK Rallycross Champion to take you for a spin!!

astraboy

*puts name down for a spin*
That is one seriously fast car. I like RS200s as well
astraboy.

davyboy

I seem to remember someone saying the lancia gp B rally car would have qualified on 6th place on the grip at the Portugese GP one year.

....and that a group B rally car could accelerate to 0 - 60 - 0 quicker than an f1 car.........on gravel.

Not sure I believe either of them as I have never seen any supporting evidence.

CC

it's a FORD that is faster than ANY subaru .

chrisp

So ,

Can you go down tesco/safeway/sainburys etc and do the shopping it
Can you do the school run in it
Can you get it through an MOT
Can you get it in sonic blue
Can you get gold wheels for it
Has it got a bright switch
What the fuel economy like
What it like it town traffic
Can I get a sports exhaust for it
Can I insure one and what do I say when they ask me if its been modified
Can my local Ford dealer do a service for me on it
Can it go sideways for 2 hours without stopping

Regards,

ChrisP



[Edited by chrisp - 12/24/2002 7:02:14 PM]

chrisp

It maybe quick but fancy a race over 100000 kms

http://www.subaru-global.com/about/h.../1989-001.html

chrisp

Or a 24 hour race :

http://www.subaru-global.com/about/h.../1996-001.html

tezza

edited

[Edited by tezza - 12/24/2002 7:28:10 PM]

Sparky1066

It looks like a pile of crap.

GINGA

Wouldn't like to call the man a liar you seen the size of him? when he finishes on the podium he doesn't stand on it!! and he's still taller than the bloke on the top step!!

dhorwich

i think it would slay most cars with a 0-60 time like that..!!!

Dan

scoobynutta555

nice car the rs200 im a fan, but i do seem to remember that they crashed a lot when they were rally cars. And the scooby slayer comment is a bit silly

rsquire

It was pretty wicked wasn't it Chris and it was only a 570bhp job. Driving it to and around the Nurburgring will be one of life's special moments for me..

The fastest one tested that I know of was an Evo version back in 1986 by Autocar driven by Stiq Blomquist. It did multiple 0 to 60 runs with the average being 2.8 secs and the best 2.1 secs and a standing 1/4 mile in 10.7

FASTER MIKE!!

i`ve seen some where quoting ford motor co, doing a 1/4 mile in 9.5secs at somthing like 140mph and 0-60 in 2.8 they reconed it would top out at over 200mph. the top speed is a little hard to belive.
this would be what i`d spend a lottery win on mmmmmm rs200......

mike

thecirsch

LOL @ Chrisp,

You forgot to mention that you've never seen an RS200 in a lake either

I'll get my coat,

Ed

rsquire

I could believe that as a "theoretical" top speed. But the shape would prob stop it getting there. they were a little bluff front. Mine was geared for 29mph per 1000 rpm in 5th with a rev limit of 9250..

It would take a very, very brave person IMHO to get one up to that speed..

There was a Ford sticker on the windscreen which had the following numbers on it.

0 to 60 2.8
o to 100 7.0
1/4 mile 10.2

The one that I had was 575bhp and 475 lb/ft which believe me was MORE than enough

Richard


[Edited by rsquire - 5/24/2003 9:14:19 AM]

The Zohan

It is a great car but why did you have to call it 'scooby slayer', looking for trouble where we?

Can you go post it on the Porsche,TVR,EVO,TT, Ferrari, etc sites and insert the correct marque in the place of Scooby and see what reaction you get.

Redkop

There's a user on this bb called The Rapid 1 - he did 2.99 0-60 last year at Ford Fair in his Sierra Sapph and thats only 400 + bhp.

john banks

Impreza 0-60 under 2 seconds:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...conebasher+060