Carl2

I saw this on another forum and wondered if anyone has come across it on their travels?

26th October 2003 - dp tuned Saxo staggering 12.88sec 1/4 mile
Simon Leeks running a dpmotorsport Saxo VTS Turbo has set a staggering record time for this conversion. Running at Elvington Yorkshire at a Straightliners Drag Race meeting on the 26th October 2003. Simon recorded a time of 12.88 seconds over the 1/4 mile, with a terminal speed of 112 mph. Our congratulations go to him and his car, the record is just reward for his relentless perseverance.

Oh and well done to everyone else who raced that day, sorry, but we got a bit carried away with Simon's time! Here is the full list of results:

C93 Grant Parker Audi Quatro 2.2Ltr 11.28
C86 Ian Walley Cortina Mk II 11.60
C63 Richard White EVO 6 2 Ltr 11.99
C91 Mark Beales Mitsubishi GTO 3 Ltr 12.30
C99 Scott Parker Impreza 2 Ltr 12.36
C95 Monkey Mark Toyota Supra 3 Ltr 12.53
C57 Steven Darley Imppreza 2 Ltr 12.64
C94 Andy Ncholls Rover 220 2.1 Ltr 12.68
C96 Simon Leeks Citroen Saxo 1587cc 12.88 <----
C58 Paul Robson Impreza WRX 2 Ltr 12.93
C77 Micky Owens Impreza WRX 2 Ltr 12.97



[Edited by Carl2 - 1/20/2004 8:11:16 PM]

[Edited by Carl2 - 1/20/2004 8:12:19 PM]

Eatpies

lol ive been in Si's car, that was running standard gearbox
it now has full close ratio dogbox on it, geared to do 117mph! lol
if anyones intrested email me and ill get you full spec.

16vmarc

I was there that day with si

catflap

Unless I recently dropped about 100 IQ then its hardly a Subaru beater

C99 Scott Parker Impreza 2 Ltr 12.36
-Vs-
C96 Simon Leeks Citroen Saxo 1587cc 12.88


12.36 Vs 12.88 humm…….


Then again what do I know, ive only done math at Degree level


Credit to the tuners....

Jonto

lol - also, how many scooby beating saxo's are there !

Carl2

ok catflap, here's the full list with all the other cars removed. I thought it would be abit too long when I put the first post up.



C99 Scott Parker Impreza 2 Ltr 12.36
C57 Steven Darley Imppreza 2 Ltr 12.64
C96 Simon Leeks Citroen Saxo 1587cc 12.88
C58 Paul Robson Impreza WRX 2 Ltr 12.93
C77 Micky Owens Impreza WRX 2 Ltr 12.97
C77 Micky Owens Impreza WRX 2 Ltr 13.06
C81 Steve Carr Impreza 2 Ltr Turbo 13.14
C77 Micky Owens Impreza WRX 2 Ltr 13.17
C98 Martin Metcalfe Impreza 2 Ltr 13.25
C81 Steve Carr Impreza 2 Ltr Turbo 13.34
C85 Yuk Shek Impreza 2 Ltr 13.61
C89 Paul Hopwood Impreza 2 Ltr 13.64
C53 Peter Varey Impreza WRX 2 Ltr 13.67
C88 Steven Dodsworth Impreza Terzo 13.90
C54 Harvey Smith Impreza WRX 2 Ltr 13.98
C97 Marc Edison Impreza Turbo 2 Ltr 13.99
C65 Richard Thorpe Impreza 2 Ltr 13.99
C52 Taj Daems Impreza Turbo 2 Ltr 13.99
C97 Marc Edison Impreza Turbo 2 Ltr 14.00
C89 Paul Hopwood Impreza 2 Ltr 14.01
C76 Aaron Chan Impreza WRX 2 Ltr 14.24

I won't even mention that it's a fwd 1.6.

OK so the saxo got beat by 2 Subarus out of loads, that ain't bad is it? Or put another way, the saxo beat loads of Subarus

Hol

iTrader: (1)

Blimey!, A Saxo beating Ford Cortina Mk2.

I bet that has been posted on ALL the forums.

Stuart Page

iTrader: (4)

Harvey's running 11's in his 585bhp monster now....

Saxo still impressive for FWD though...

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Anyone know owt about the Mk11 Cortina?

I used to have a Mk11 Lotus Cortina which was amazing.

Alcazar

skiddus_markus

Yeah-it's very quick and he races in his slippers.From what I can remember it's a 3.1litre twin turboed and supercharged Granada engine with nitrous.Lots of nitrous.

catflap

I have a metro

I have added after market engine parts so that now it produces over 400bhp, after market shocks/wheels/brakes, seats, ect, gear box, .........


Come to think of it the only thing metro is the badge.


BUT ITS A SUBARU BEETING METRO

I find this train of though simply idiotic, just my opinion, but it IS NOT A SUBARU BEETING SAXO, not even in the slightest.

Its a highly tuned, presumably, race spec car, the badge has little relevance when these cars are so individual and unique. Vast amounts of efforts and money are spent on it to change its characteristics.

Think about it....its a contradiction in it self, its tuned and improved so that it NO LONGER BEHAVES LIKE A SAXO.

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realise that you can tune almost any car to beet a Subaru,, but it aint a saxo, Its a tuned saxo...BIG difference

Its been said once, and it’ll be said a million times,

Comparer like for like

I just don’t fall for the ordinary car beets Super car mentality, Only to look closer and see the massive amounts of time and effort placed on the car by professional tuners or enthusiast to create such a good car.

If anything your belittling their efforts.



All my opinion of course, and all light hearted. but then again I`ve never conformed to common thinking.


[Edited by catflap - 1/22/2004 7:03:59 PM]

Cabinet Enforcer

The cortina didn't do a proper run, it blew a pipe in the engine bay and it was coasting when it went over the line, it can go quite a bit faster I would think. The owner is a top bloke too.

def

how much bhp that car got sounds awesome.
which gearbox????

def

16vmarc

Si`s saxos gearbox blew up half way down strip so his time of 12.88 seems like an error!....

mn_angrybeats

Why would you need to tune a car, many of those 1/4 mile times are nothing special....

StickyMicky

im not that botherd

after all i havnet even fully decatted mine yet and my engine mods stand me under £300

besides, when i arrived the saxo had blew up never got to see it run

shame, would have liked to see it in action

Hol

iTrader: (1)

I agree with Catflap.

Nothin more to be said

Dream Weaver

What a surprise, Scoob owners getting all wound up cos a FWD motor is quick

[Edited by Dream Weaver - 1/23/2004 8:55:54 AM]

Dream Weaver

Maybe you dont see the point though. When you mod a much smaller engined car to something that is quick, and leave it standard looking you are going for the surprise element (dont know if this Saxo looks std btw).

The underdog so to speak. That is the point - people are not saying here is a std Saxo that can beat any Scoob, therefore all Saxo's can. The point is, its a road legal Saxo (that may look std), so therefore it is a Scoob/Evo/TT (whatever...) beating Saxo.

As for the amounts spent, my 205 didnt cost the earth to convert, looks std and will surprise much bigger motors thats the point.

16vmarc

It looks standard apart from the 5" tailpipe.

def

More to the piont a wrx is a standard car but is a wrc hero were as the saxo is well.
just a saxo.
so if the argument is like for like then it would only be fair to compare the saxo with a uk non turbo saxo.
just my 10p

Hol

iTrader: (1)

What a surprise Dreamweaver never thought that we all had fast FWD cars before scoobies and may have a 'valid' (as opposed to 'Just an') opinion



Which one was it then?

[Edited by Hol - 1/23/2004 8:21:07 PM]

catflap

Far from it dream weaver

I don’t own a scoob, I own a tuned megablade, a 900cc engine car, But I know what your saying,it’s a good point and well put, and in many ways I agree. It is nice to see the underdog win.

The flaw in the underdog argument in this example is that I suspect (this is pure speculation of course) that there was more money/effort/resources at the disposal of this car, than some of he others, so based on this criteria, I’m not sure it could be considered an underdog…but the ideal is a sound one.

We all love the underdog


[Edited by catflap - 1/23/2004 10:57:21 PM]

skiddus_markus

Or put it another way.......900cc kit car beating Scooby.

catflap

Excatly


(not in the wet it wont thouh lol)

Carl2

Errr Like it says in the 1st thread Hol...........

[Edited by Carl2 - 1/24/2004 6:57:16 PM]

[Edited by Carl2 - 1/24/2004 6:57:51 PM]

Eatpies

whats everyones problem??
a few people of here seem fine and have emailed me for his spec (sorry i havnt got it yet, i will soon!)
Si's VTS looks completely standard, its a 1.6 16v VTS engine running a DP motorsport turbo conversion.
why cant people just be impressed with someones achievement for once?

47 NAT

I agree....fair play to the guy and with a very respectable time as well

Nath

CraigH

Catflap,

your train of thought is spot on.

Shame most on here don't think the same when their tuned scoobs beat xxx supercar

still got the Westie? We've had an interesting development