frisby123

by an escort cossie, he was at the back of me so i florred it in 4th then 5th he just flew past me like i was in reverse i was driven a rb5 wrsport with ppp, do you think his cossie was standard or modded

TonyBurns

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Probably a 350+bhp modded one

Tony

nathanb

iTrader: (1)

Very likely to be highly tuned!

StudentScooby

proberly 400bhp or something mad to fly past you, they are well tunable

frisby123

as it came past the boost must of kicked in and it dug in again then shot away, passed him at the lights there was a very strong smell of petrol.
how would the cossie do against a type r, p1, wr1 etc

powerman1

go back and check the road for bits of pistons and con rods off the cossy...highly tunable very unreliable

New_scooby_04

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I'd suggest there are very few std Cossies left on the road. 350+bhp is quite easily acheived apparently. Very, very quick at that level of tune, although reliability can be, er, interesting, and handling, er, also interesting!

Ns04

Bubba po

Being beaten in a race by another car has been scientifically shown to reduce the length and thickness of the penile shaft, and to significantly reduce both the mass and sensitivity of the glans. The only cure is to find some way of minimising the defeat by discounting the other vehicle in terms of age, handling and perceived coolness or desirability.

Gutmann pug

pmsl

Greatnorth

I was noticing that too mate...I mean I cant believe any car can go faster than my Subaru Its' simply not possible!

frisby123

the cosie was blue and had a personal plate with only 4 digits on it turned off going m6 north towards cannock ayone on here seen it around

GC8

'Proberly'? Tell me that you arent a student of English language for f*cks sake!

PROBABLY

Snowy_RA

Mabey M.A.D

scooby222

definitely not standard, i fended off a standard one in my uk my00 with only a decat. and i know he was trying as i bumped into his lil sis who explained that was why he sold it a week later and bought a scoob

Martin2005

"Fended off"

God the way people describe their actions on here makes me scream

kingofturds

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Maybe you should have floored it instead

tath

Highly unreliable???!! It's a 20+ year old design that still manages to outlast an ej20. IME they're tough as old boots and come specced to a standard that a uk/wrx would sacrifice a left nut for.

stisye

Maybe he saw your scooby before you saw him and he just caught you on the hop?

StudentScooby

Im not! did computer studies degree in 2002....

Best to edit for perfect spelling

StiX

iTrader: (4)

I had one speed big style in a 30 to catch up with me the other week.

Just about to go into a dual carriageway, and the young lad was looking well smug.

I start thinking, whats the bets he has loads more power than standard.

So, childish I know, when on dual I'm curious so floor it, and pull over to inside lane straight away so he can go past. He looks surprised but fair play starts to reel me in but very slowly, but can't get by before next roundabout.

As we are slowing down, hes going right and me left. His expression has changed to a sort of - ok fella, got me there.

Because my car is bog standard looking, but running 273/273, I'm guessing the smugness came from that.

StudentScooby

My old 2wd saff cos had just a stainless exhaust and a bleed valve and felt quicker than my current RB5 and previous mr2 turbo.

Edited for spelling police...

KENSHIRO

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its the same old story theres always sumone faster than you accept it......its like me for the past 4 months ive been drivin around in a rover 214 bein laffed at by chavs in corsa's now ive got my scooby .........can i find any chavs in crap cars ......can i buggery

^OPM^

i cant find any young kids to race me either in my mondeo 1.8 verona (with alloy wheels ), think the 0-60 time of eventually puts em off lol

gatecrasher3

They're hardly unreliable

rgv_stu

yeah no way unreliable
my mate had his for 6/7 years 150k odd miles before any engine trouble and that was only due to drifting at stupid speeds on the local airfield. only thing that used to go pop was 3rd gear on the mt75 box everything else was pretty sound.

[Davey]

The cossie is just like the scooby in many ways.. Its a pretty relaible car as standard if you dont drive it like a c*nt all the time and keep it maintained.. Same with modifications too, it depends how well the engine has been built..

Oh and most of the owners are a paranoid wreck too!

So thats three things in common

Awd Chaddy

'arent'? What's your first language then?

misty

I refer the honourable **** to my comments which I post every single time one of these "I was beat" (should be "beaten"!!) posts is reported. Ergo, why does it have to have been a modded car that whoops their ***? Accept it, scoobs are not the fastest cars on the road, in fact 95% are only really modestly quick!!
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flash hood at the ready....

New_scooby_04

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Me max'd Nova Bust you all, blood!!!

Ns04

*AL*

I used to have a stage 3 tuned Escort Cosworth, power was around 330 BHP.There are plenty of 400BHP + out there as you found out!
As for being unreliable that's rubbish! If they are set up correctly then they are fine, just like any other turbo car.The cossie 'YB' bottom end is one of the strongest around, unlike the Scoobies.