Just got back.

@ 5.20 i left my house, and after 3 hours and 215miles We were at avon.

But it Rained, and rained, So Shakespear called it off before any one had run.

And just got home and un packed, So all in all i spent £85 on fuel, food etc ect, for a waste of a day.

But got speaking to a Bloke called Carl, who had a mint F reg XR2 in red, which he's owned from new, it was running 2.0 PE cvh on Bike carbs, he said it was rolling roaded @ 182bhp, but he's best time it run yesterday was a 15.9 @ 89mph on Budget tyres, but to me 89mph shows 140-150 bhp.
Will get some pic's up, But also he said he won a PF mag xr2 shoot out in 1997, running same engine but on a 34 dmtr carb, with a 15.3 1/4.

Also looked around, and spoke to a bloke with a 8.9 second road legal mk2 escort drag car running between 1200 - 1400 bhp yank style engine and nos. (it run 8.9 on old spec engine which was 1100bhp).