Bart/Pablo ..Sierra porn!

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:07 am

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:34 pm

im not one to pee on someones achevement but if that cossie was running the correct radial wheels he wouldnt get close to to 200mph.
it is very impressive and the guy driving looks like taking sunday drive

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:01 pm

I thought Rod's car was a legitimate monster.....not saying that 800 odd horsepower and 190 makes him less so, but is the tyres thing (to help the gearing I guess) factual? I didn't notice them being balloon like........just assumed they were running some kind of trick gearing.

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:09 pm

i have the mag feature on the car ill dig it out now

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:31 pm

here you go mate

the wheels that he is running are fronts 215/40/17 and the backs are 235/45/17 and they should be the same as fronts all round.
now to put this into perspective i had 225/55/15 on the back my old GT once and they should been 205/50/15 and because of this small difference i calculated that i was going 1MPH faster every 10MPH.
a good part of my dislexia is im good at maths.

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:32 pm

just noticed as well in the same magazine is christians old escort RS turbo

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:41 pm

Is Rod's car two or four wheel drive?
Surely any records like this have to be backed up with GPS stuff though, not what the speedo says. What does the gearbox ratios allow as a theoretical maximum?

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:48 pm

yea it was done via GPS
car is 2wd.
runs uprated gearbox, 10.5" jag diff 3.54 standard is 3.62
and has a hydrolic triple plate clutch

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:26 pm

I think Rod is a member on here isn't he? I'm sure he joined a while back.

As far as I know, the car has been in continuous development ever since in the quest for even higher power and top speed. I also think it runs 19's for top speed runs now too- they may have been on in that Fifth Gear vid as they look larger than 17's.

Edit- http://www.bigpower.co.uk/forum/member.php?u=2181

Tk · Post by Tk » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:37 pm

does it matter if he's running bigger wheels/tyres ? i cant quite grasp this as its a modified car