I'm involved in a discussion on Scoobynet. Some of the numbnuts actually beleive the Scoob was an even match

Does anybody know what tweeks the MA Developments car was. Especially in the suspension and braking dept

 

standard suspension and brakes 405bhp

 

Thank you

 

Just ask Mark to go over there and tell the full story. That would be easiest and put an end to it all....

I believe the 5 minute race actually took 2 hours to film from start to finish IIRC...

 

uive read about this before, from what i read the cossie wooped its arse on each take so then they gave the scoob a chance on the last take to make it look better

 

It was a TOTAL edited fix.

The unedited facts shown the Cossie totaly rinsed the Scooby

 

hope MAD tell us the story.

 

got the link to scoobynet oranoco?

 

One of the Scoobynet boys claims to know the owner of the Impreza used and :-

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They couldn't believe what happened on the day, various different drivers tried each car and the results were the same, basically I guess that the circuit they had set up suited the power delivery and the 'slighty' adjusted chassis of the Scoob

As they say; 'we'd 'ave 'im in the twisties'


I remember reading the magazine article on it at the time. IIRC, it said something like "under acceleration, the cossie just rocketed away from the scoob", but claimed the scoob made it all back under braking / in the corners. I don't know what the cossie had done to the chassis, but a Type R with the Leda's (assuming set up properly), and uprated Brembo brakes is probably going to be a fair bit quicker braking / round corners than a standard cossie (or a standard scoob). If it was a fairly tight, twisty track, being massively fast on the straights is only a small amount of having good lap times. And whilst it may have been a fair bit slower, it's not as if a 308bhp Type R is slow on the straights.

 

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...8&page=1&pp=20

Play nicely if you go there as none of them have been arse holes about it.

 

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Originally Posted by Oranoco

Play nicely if you go there as none of them have been arse holes about it.

Good advice - keep it friendly........we are all car nuts after all

 

It would look good if this actually came from Mark himself cos then they can't argue...probably still try though.

 

theres a reply on scoobynet for you oranoco.

 

The spec of my car on that day 402hp/401ftlb, koni shocks standard springs/brakes worn out tires payed me for a new set aswell after they burnt them out ,
The cars where timed round the circuit Scoob Vicky and a Grp n driver dont know his name, My car clarkson and Me both lapped the same time either Clarkson is a better driver than we think or I am crap I did 2 laps my first was the same as Clarkson 2nd I cocked up and went wide ,
Both Clarkson and Vicky said the scoob could not live with the Escort in a straight line so the Scoob made it back in the turns,
I am happy about the cars timed the same but the staged race made the Escort look slow on the straight but the result would have been the same if it had been a proper race.

Mark

 

i thought the scooby whooped it ass

 

So what we're saying is that a 400bhp Escort Cossie killed a standard scoob?

 

Not a standard Scoob....

 

What I am saying is if it had been a drag race I would have easly won if there had been any more corners the Scoob would have easly won

Mark

 

Cool car that Type R -if I was gonna have one, it'd be that! Agreed, with those comparisons it would have decimated the cossie in the corners.

In fact, std v std, it would have killed it!

 

the difference 5 years makes when it comes to advancement of engineering I guess the escort was last of the old breed and the scooby the start of the new tricks

 

Rich, not just because the Escort would have been well down on power compared to the standard scoob

As stated by Mark 'koni shocks standard springs/brakes worn out tires' so i reckon the cossie done pretty bloody well!

Mark - Just out of curiosity, what did Clarkson think about the car in general?

 

Franky - I meant std v std suspension setups.

 

should do an event scoobynet members vs passionford members They always seem to be bashing fords

 

He loved it also said it was one of the easiest cars he had launched, He also said that if he had know about modding cars when he had his he would of done it .

Mark

 

Rich - Ah, fair do's mate...wasn't having a go or owt

Mark - Thats quality, so was being able to launch it so well the thing he liked best...or did he not really say much else?

 

He loved the power and the car

Mark

 

Well, he did used to own one

 

How long ago was all this, is the video still available to buy?

Didn't clarkson also do a vid where a load of Escort Cossie's raced in a line, is that out aswell to buy?

 

Dan - Thats the same video...Jeremy Clarkson At Full Throttle.