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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 11:31 AM
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Default 1st FWD car in the UK to run a 10sec quarter!



Andy Nicholls in the MG ZR has ran a 10.8@140mph at Santapod!

Been a long time coming for that car, it was always gonna happen, jus needed to get a good run, and it has.

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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 11:32 AM
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Er didnt he get knocked out of the semi finals at totb by the mighty corsa
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 11:36 AM
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Er didnt he get knocked out of the semi finals at totb by the mighty corsa
Bothered
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 11:38 AM
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thats going some.
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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anyone got a picture of the car sounds awesome
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Tas662
anyone got a picture of the car sounds awesome
Typed his name in and got this

http://www.andy-nicholls.co.uk/
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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http://www.an-racing.com/index.html
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 12:09 PM
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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800bhp
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 12:44 PM
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Was that today Steve? Well done
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 01:15 PM
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Did this car used to be green or is that another monster?
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good luck RST's
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So its not the end of Rover after all
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800bhp

Tell me about it, just what i was thinking
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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Awesome
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that is rapid
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 06:27 PM
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Was it out today or just yesterday???

Enjoyed the Atom today
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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did any one see the white integra 1st run @12.49 115 terminal, does any one know if got the time down, this car was fully loaded, yet it wasnt fully prepped for lightness and has loads more improvements to come! the guy still had standard brakes and suspension set up though, no traction all the way too 4th! maybe with chassis tweaks and some serious weight loss he get that time right down! the head was standard, bottom end standard apart from low comp, he had it dynod at just shy of 400bhp and something like 360ftlbs of torque on only 17psi!
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Big Well done to Andy, guess the bits I sent you worked.
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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 08:12 AM
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Stavros, thats an awesome result mate, what tyres was it on?
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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 08:46 AM
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Just to add that the 10.8 run was on Fri evening.

On the last pass he snapped one of his drive shafts so had to make an early retirement from the event.

He might have done a better time if he had done a few more passes I reckon.
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Originally Posted by Danny B
Big Well done to Andy, guess the bits I sent you worked.

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Just heard he was on road legals.

That really is an AWESOME achievement, well done Andy
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Originally Posted by Paddy rst
800bhp
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Stunning, fair play to him, thats mental! What an acheivement!
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Crying i missed him run, saw the car driving around.

Top car

I saw the Atom run to, was lifting the fron wheels when it launched, fooookin nutter!!
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Originally Posted by Danny B
Big Well done to Andy, guess the bits I sent you worked.
What bit were these?
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
Just heard he was on road legals.

That really is an AWESOME achievement, well done Andy
and i have just been told it was on full slicks
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impressive
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Originally Posted by sbd16v
Originally Posted by chip-3door
Just heard he was on road legals.

That really is an AWESOME achievement, well done Andy
and i have just been told it was on full slicks
Ah, i was fed duff info then.

In that case im not really sure what all the fuss is about especially then TBH, as i dont really see a high 10 as more impressive than his previous low-mid 11s on road legals.

Still cool to have the first 10 second fwd in the country in a way though i guess if thats the case for drag cars too.
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Would be nice to find out for defo, but I must admit I would be suprised if it wasn't on slicks.
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It was fuckin impressive to watch!
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
Originally Posted by sbd16v
Originally Posted by chip-3door
Just heard he was on road legals.

That really is an AWESOME achievement, well done Andy
and i have just been told it was on full slicks
Ah, i was fed duff info then.

In that case im not really sure what all the fuss is about especially then TBH, as i dont really see a high 10 as more impressive than his previous low-mid 11s on road legals.

Still cool to have the first 10 second fwd in the country in a way though i guess if thats the case for drag cars too.
doesn't say that on his frontpage..

With continuing development on AN-Racing’s MG ZR Replica, Andy Nicholls has got his FWD car into the 10’s on road legal tyres.


AN-Racing's tuning of the Rover T-16 engine has broken new ground thanks to more than 13 years of continual development.


Thanks to this continued development, over 800bhp has been achieved from the Rover T-16 engine.
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Andy was using wrinkle wall M & H slicks.

I was camping with them all weekend at USC

Still a great time and I'm sure he will pull a better time soon.

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