Here's another instalment from Croft RSOC day last month. This one is a little longer (40mb) and mainly features a Blue Sapphire, though if you look closely at the beginning there is an XR4i which was always comically sideways throughout the day There are other cars in there too.


www.carvids.co.uk/snet/bluesapphire.avi

 

d/l'ing now thanks chap

RW

 

I must add, it started off good for me, until we go round to start the next lap and I go from 2nd to 5th

 

What car are you driving c_w?

It goes well. Nice n smooth on the throttle and later on the braking than the saph cossie. Far tidier than his driving.


.... BUT the saph cossie driver looks like hes having a good time with all the slides!

Nice one

RW

 

It's a 205GTi. Quite quick but not as quick are your net-connection must be!!

 

 

goes well ur 205 top vid!

 

c_w, is that you martin?

d/l now

 

That saff was on the track at Donny on national day

quite quick i believe MAD 400bhp jobby

gotta say your 205 fuckin flys! what u done to it

 

outstanding footage

 

Bloody good video and the driving is very cool either!!! Got to admit i'd be backing off behind him a bit unless I had the power to sail past!! Knowing first hand what Saphs can be like sideways! (Snappier than a croc in a Steve Irwin documentary!)

Whats the spec on the 205 then? I'm building a red 1.9 up for track use at the moment! Be nice to know what sort of power that is running (certainly isn't standard!! )

 

i recently installed a new hard drive, the vid wont show the picture, has anyone got the bundle codecs i can install, ?????? (link)

it sounds a cool vid, but i cant see a picture lol

 

very impressive driving, and equelly impresive 205!!

steve

 

Good video, the opug must be a mi16 lump mabey on some bodies

 

Bugger - I cant get it to D/L

Neil.

 

Nope it's not Martin! The engine is a standard Mi16 so about 150-160bhp.

 

I best get my cheque book out then

What brakes/suspension/tyres set up mate???

 

downloaded but no picture , having to download divx or some shit like that ,
its taking ages so it better be worth it

 

Brakes a bigger 283mm discs with the standard calipers on spacer brackets. I was running Yellowstuff pads that day, quite a good pad though they did wear faster than I expected but I didn't pay the full price for them and don't think I would say they are worth Ł70 or so.

It's lowered on Jamex front springs and reset rear torsion bar at the back.

I was running mixed road tyres at Croft which made it a bit unbalanced which was why it was a bit edgy through the Clark curves, not sure if you can see it on the video, I would like to see some footage of mine going through there if anyone has any as the back end was very twitchy. The rear tyres were brand new F1s (not ideal dry tyre particularly when at full treaddepth) and the fronts were well worn bridgstones so it turned in too nervously at high speed at times! and the back was pretty floaty.

 

Got it now

Good vid!

The Moonstone car is Sean (cossiekid) is it not?

Peugeot is a little belter isnt it?

Neil.

 

Wicked vid!
Saph was rather smokey, or are they all like that at high power?!

 

Awesome vid..... I want my saff back LOL

 

Cool vid.

I am not suprised you couldn't get past with the smoke screen being laid by the Saph and the 3dr in front of him

Martyn

 

Sorry, reg plate is 886, not 666 - cossiekid it aint

Neil.

 

C_W, I'm gettin the spacers and GTi6 discs for mine so it looks like it will be stopping well

Whats your views on the lower front strut brace for normal road driving, does it take it too low???

 

fookin wicked vid mate

 

I think it is Cossie Sean? I don't think the video is clear enough for the reg plate?

 

I'm not sure about the brace, I don't have a lower one fitted, but I don't think it sits any lowerthan the sump as it sits "behind" the sump.

 

Winner

Can't wait to go and abuse mine.

How much different would you say the Mi lump is compared to the 1.9?? Alot faster, or just a bit?

 

I never tracked mine as an 1.9 8v, I put the Mi16 engine in '99 and started using it on trackdays from then. I'd say it's a lot better as the 8v runs out of puff at high revs (well mine did).

I wouldn't say it does to bad as it is now

 

the saph aint cossie kid (sean), its a lad called paul from notts who aint on here, t34 greys MAD conversion

 

can'nt see a picture is the xr4i red ?if so is it an xr4x4?

 

It's a bluey/grey RWD early XR4i. If you were in a red 4x4i then your car might be on the others I have.

 

what others mate?

 

podge you need to install divx pal

 

nice one mat i'll have a go did u buy some 16inch alloys of mr brown (yellow)

 

Here's some more

http://www.carvids.co.uk/snet/focus_535_escort.avi

 

wicked vid mate me bro has a 205 mi 16 and i have a 2wd saff(360 ish) and he can't keep up with me

 

Error downloading Codec? What's that all about?

 

should maybe try looking for a gti-6 engine mate.supposed to be much better than the mi
saying that the pug in the video maybe dispells that myth coz its fooking flying