0-100-0 Challenge for Autocar
24 February 2000, 05:42 PM
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David,
I have just received an e-mail from Stephen Sutcliffe to say that I am on the shortlist. However, I won't hold my breath as this is what he said:
"You're on the shortlist, but at the moment the shortlist is getting longer by the minute. It currently consists of some quite rediculous sounding cars. i.e. a 1000bhp Skyline, a 750bhp RS200, a 700bhp Cobra...
Can we leave it that I'll be in touch when we have a definite date for the story, which at the moment looks more like being early to mid-May."
Oh well, I thought my car was fast, but put up against this kind of machinery will be like running a R5 against an Impreza.
Mike
I have just received an e-mail from Stephen Sutcliffe to say that I am on the shortlist. However, I won't hold my breath as this is what he said:
"You're on the shortlist, but at the moment the shortlist is getting longer by the minute. It currently consists of some quite rediculous sounding cars. i.e. a 1000bhp Skyline, a 750bhp RS200, a 700bhp Cobra...
Can we leave it that I'll be in touch when we have a definite date for the story, which at the moment looks more like being early to mid-May."
Oh well, I thought my car was fast, but put up against this kind of machinery will be like running a R5 against an Impreza.
Mike
24 February 2000, 09:43 PM
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A guy a work told me he thought the current road going car record is held by an Ultima GTR. Not really surprised and after seeing the spec .
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25 February 2000, 09:28 AM
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Stef,
No, the record is still held by the F1 LM. Before that a Dax Rush (400bhp Cossie engined with 4wd) and before that the RS200 that I am pictured in on our web-site (www.rsnorfolk.co.uk), which will be put on the dyno this week or next in an attempt to get a genuine 600+bhp out of the Brian Hart 2.1 Evolution engine....(to retake the record).
Mike
No, the record is still held by the F1 LM. Before that a Dax Rush (400bhp Cossie engined with 4wd) and before that the RS200 that I am pictured in on our web-site (www.rsnorfolk.co.uk), which will be put on the dyno this week or next in an attempt to get a genuine 600+bhp out of the Brian Hart 2.1 Evolution engine....(to retake the record).
Mike
25 February 2000, 01:35 PM
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I recently did the engine management system on Will Gollops old BiTurbo 6R4. It was way to larey to set up on the rolling road so we mapped it on Endstone airfield. I got to do the driving, it was unreal this thing has 750bhp. It alledgedly does 0-100 in 2.9seconds, I would like to bet that this could easily get this record. Check out the MPEG of me driving it on our web site.
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25 February 2000, 08:30 PM
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Triva Time....
There is (or was!) a Metro 6R4 in the Williams F1 museum at their site in Oxford. Apparently, Patrick Head liked it!
It's just down from the Ferrari F1 car.
Chris.
[This message has been edited by ChrisB (edited 25-02-2000).]
There is (or was!) a Metro 6R4 in the Williams F1 museum at their site in Oxford. Apparently, Patrick Head liked it!
It's just down from the Ferrari F1 car.
Chris.
[This message has been edited by ChrisB (edited 25-02-2000).]
26 February 2000, 11:53 AM
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williams designed the transmission in the 6R4, not the whole car.
The transmission was the week link sadly, they should have got a rally expert like Xtrac to do it, the F1 spec stuff was too fragile.
The transmission was the week link sadly, they should have got a rally expert like Xtrac to do it, the F1 spec stuff was too fragile.
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