Jus to go on from what deano said....
Fastest non road legal (like this escort) 4wd car in the WORLD down the 1/4mile is the HKS drag R33 with a 7.671sec at 182mph

2.2seconds slower so far than this car...
Fastest non road legal 4wd 4cyl car (like this escort) in the world down the 1/4mile is a Mitzi Eclipse with a 8.875sec at 153mph so if he can get 1sec off hes the fastest 4cyl in the world
He aint got a prayer of touching the Skylines tho...
Even the ROAD LEGAL Skyline 1/4mile record is 8.55secs at 166mph
And the second fastest did it in 8.61 and the terminal speed was a fookin mad 173mph!
And yus, Smits right, been posted before, cars from Nicosia in Cyprus