been having a chat with my mate tonight who is an owner of a calibra turbo which pushes in the region of 300bhp. Now the arguement is:

Would a 300bhp calibra turbo be quickier over a mile than a 300bhp escort RS Turbo?both cars would be running standard gear ratio's.

whats your opinions. Now i personally believe the calibra would be quickier over the forst quater but the escort would ctath in the later stages as the calibra struggles after about 120mph

cheers all a11ova

 

i had a cav turbo with a eds 2.5 kit fitted running apx 380 bhp and doing 13.8 at santa pod asfor 120mph mine went of the clock @160 mph easy dont no how fast in real life thats just what the clocks said but who nos anything can happen

 

Anyone know how fast a S2 gearbox will go?

 

think it is around 148 could be wrong

 

do you mean a std gear box??

 

a 300bhp rst is silly fast compared to a calibra at the same power a 250 bhp rst will beat it as i used to beat my mate in his 300 bhp astra gsi turbo

 

geared to 157mph

 

And does anyone know top speed of an S1 box? I had heard S2 boxes were a lot faster top end.

 

Why does the Calibra struggle over 120mph?

My mates used to hit 150+mph on the clocks with only basic mods!

 

thought it was 149mph?

 

Think the scort would be all over it...

 

u cant define top speed with out revs!

 

 

I think the Escort would take it - purely from a power to weight ratio. Having never weighed either I can't say with certainty but I would imagine the Escort is some way lighter than the Calibra.

 

Ive had cav turbo's before and id say the rst would beat the calibra turbo over the mile in the dry, due to power to weight. But not by much in my opinion.

But in the wet, and/or with some corners involved then it would definatly be a different story, and the calibra would win hands down.

And as said above, the calibra wouldnt struggle over 120 mph. They can acheive over 150 mph as standard and a 300 bhp turbo will just pull and pull to the red line, no problem.

 

Good point, you've got that aswell as the transmission loss of the Calibra cos it's 4WD too!