What's that smell? A burnt IC? Oh my god, no, it's... diesel!!!
Escape!!
Seems we are all kids, even the silent watchers 😉, many want that big boy's toy 🙂
Escape!!
Seems we are all kids, even the silent watchers 😉, many want that big boy's toy 🙂
dervs stands for heavy fuel boat engines? I think so, as they push diesel. A bit out of topic, and it's my fault! Sorry!
Mk1 Fiesta with the modern 2.0 Duratec was it? They're quite tunable, I know Cosworth do some parts for them and 200bhp N/A is possible. Bit more modern than my Duratec 25... (2.5 V6 - very lazy and slow before mods)
I suppose it will smell when you are left behind a cloud of burnt oil 😛
I think that makes me sound faster now 😀
Brent
I think that makes me sound faster now 😀
Brent
I should have 321bhp and bags of torque! I lit up in 1st and had to go to 2nd too early which is where the 4wd of the fiesta took the edge off the line. I spent the next 3/4mile trying to catch up. Given the claims of the fiesta, I was suprised he didn't just bugger off into the distance.
Not sure if I got a better start then the 335. On paper I had more power but I think he had me on torque. I may have had the edge due to the much longer higher rev limit. He did say he was pulling me back in when I let off!
All I know is it was great fun to race like that in a legal and (semi) controlled enviroment.
The guys name is Graham Blackwell. I used to work with him. He invited me to go to the photoshoot with him. He wrote about the drag race in his blog but excluded me because I was "ill" that day 😉 😉.
He used to run a zetec but swapped to a fiesta STi Duratec lump, His website is www.zetecinside.com if you want to take a look ( I know you also like these things Simon!!) Lots of very custom parts.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
:'(
give me my former life back... guess it will never.
farewell my rotary.
I now drive a carburated and water leaking renault, until gas is too expensive (85€ for a full tank, madness )... never again I think...
give me my former life back... guess it will never.
farewell my rotary.
I now drive a carburated and water leaking renault, until gas is too expensive (85€ for a full tank, madness )... never again I think...
The 535d is a Auto and that slows them down off the line due to the torque converter.
Hey Ian I have more torque than you 😛 258lb vs 400lb 😛😛😛😛😛😛😛
But lower HP 321 vs 270 and less revs to play with 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁 but a huge Garrett turbo 🙂
Yours is still quicker btw
Brent
Hey Ian I have more torque than you 😛 258lb vs 400lb 😛😛😛😛😛😛😛
But lower HP 321 vs 270 and less revs to play with 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁 but a huge Garrett turbo 🙂
Yours is still quicker btw
Brent
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Anyway - has anyone tried fitting a 7805 to R107 so that the RF (laser) board is isolated or added a 7805 to isolate the cpu yet?
These are all simple yet very worthwhile tweaks
Brent
These are all simple yet very worthwhile tweaks
Brent
Sorry Ian, I didn't realise your M3 had that much power. Very cool, 3 fast cars that day. lol @ "ill" that day...
That Fiesta look amazing, 200bhp from a little 2.0 and in such a small car, wow! And the pipework, woweee...
That Fiesta look amazing, 200bhp from a little 2.0 and in such a small car, wow! And the pipework, woweee...
I was very ill you know!!!
It was funny, I only had a few days left at my old job and well, something more interesting came up!!!
It was funny, I only had a few days left at my old job and well, something more interesting came up!!!
I was writing from the POV of stitching along queues of traffic in this 😉:
-when the reek of diseasels ahead is horribly obvious. Only 165hp (at 12K rpm), but it's also only 430Kg wet... 😀
Cheers
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Awesome!!! 😉 Thats 1/3 the weight of mine and it revs higher with the equivalent of approx 375bhp/Tonne!
...all from a 1litre engine (Yam R1) . That means a free sequential 6-speed box and clutchless upshifts too 😉
I was going to ask if it was a bike engine revving that high. I know what you mean, I never use the clutch shifting up (on the bike of course). Nice engine that. I used to have a Thunderace which was the YZF1000 before the R1. People dont realise how bullet proof bike engines are. GSXR1000 now and loving this weather as I'm sure you are ;0)
So I'm guessing its a space frame. Whats the running gear?
So I'm guessing its a space frame. Whats the running gear?