i think its down to personal prefance,
if a 400 bhp fwd rst/frst was set up properly, and driven well, 11's are on the cards, even on good road tyres.
Originally Posted by Micky
Originally Posted by Garage19
Can someone please explain the point behind doing this.
They have limited traction for drag racing and are useless round a track.
For the life of me I cant understand why people think a RST doesnt handle on track.Every year,for the past 5/6 years at National Day I pass Cossie's in my RST,and when I get talking to the owners they all have at least 150 BHP more than me!!!!Have done the same at Castle Combe over the years too.Am getting a little tired of my RST but am very reluctant to spend thousands on a Cossie track car to find it laps the same or slower than my RST,and slightly off topic,but after reading countless topic's on Passionford about Cossie owners having their cars break down,I'm not too sure a Cossie would be reliable either.Regards,Micky
Originally Posted by Micky
No secret what so ever as Ive typed it out on Passionford a few times in the past.Koni's,lowered 25mm on Chassis Dynamic springs,fully polybushed and did run on Colway F2 remoulds,but now runs on Marco's second hand slicks.Marco cant get the slicks anymore,so when these wear out I'll be back on the Colways.All suspension parts are standard 20 year old FORD parts,no trick adjustable ZOO or MEF stuff!As I tell everyone that asks me in the pits at trackdays,there's nothing exotic on my car,just easily available parts that hundred's of other RST's have fitted the lenght of Britain Regards,Micky
sounds more like you drive it well, and use it to its full, where trackdays i've been on, theres alot of people that dont push it, or know there cars capabilitys.
Originally Posted by S1
Originally Posted by timrud
My car is not even 300bhp, and it knocks low 13's out.
I think the cars that have given big power FWD's a bad name, have had a bucket load of money spent on the engine, and maybe missed a few other important areas out!
Mines 270ish and it does 12.7 1/4's, 0-100 in 9.5, quick enough to put many high power rwd cossies to shame.
mine was 180 bhp, and run 13.6 @ 100, in full road trim, and tyres.