185 mph in a Vauxhall Astra VXR, how does that compare with other top seed runs done by some of the big power Ford cars FWD, RWD or 4x4 ?

Steve

 

if its able to do a second run at that speed then not bad

 

What model Astra? H or J, either way thats some going.

 

Depends on distance, track etc uphill, downhill, hurricane behind it etc

But a verified 185mph is a pretty good speed

 

That would mean it's faster than Luca fiesta which was 181 mph I think or it could be 187 mph now thinking about it , either way it's very fast for a fwd car and close to the uk record.

Cheers paul

 

Kendrew Barracks on the 12/05/2018, using their runway which so I am told is 2 miles end to end so over a distance of about a mile, several runs done all in the 184, 185, 184 mph range, V-Box system used to record performance and speeds
A road legal. metal panelled, fully glazed with electric windows but stripped out interior.

Steve

 

Were they not running around 1.2 miles or more at Vmax ?

VBox data would be able to tell you exactly what distance was used.

Google Earth shows it as around 1.72 miles long though for the main runway, 1/2 mile is still a good distance to slow down

What is the UK record if any ?

 

Standing mile 185 mph
0-60 5.52s
0-100 9.34s
1/4 mile 13.21s

The distance measured might have been a mile, but the amount of wheel spin I think the from wheels covered more like a mile and a half

Steve

 

The 0-100 time is pretty fast but the 0-60 looks like they had some trouble getting the power down.

 

Masses of wheel spin, I have suggested launching in reverse and doing a 'J' turn, but when I say this no one take my comments seriously...................I wonder why.

Steve

 

Not a bad idea that

I bet it torque steers

 

Those Astra's seem to go well with some mods, but seem to need forged rods at fairly moderate power. A shame the gearbox is so weak though. I know someone who is building a monster 2.2 lump. Think he said it should be 700bhp+ when done.

185mph is not to be sniffed at.

 

Thats nothing, MO hit 207 in his RS turbo

 

It takes a whole lot of horsepower to go from 185mph up to Ł
207mph

My old cerbera used to read 180mph but I don't think it was ever much over 150mph, the needle used to just waggle around Lol

 

Not sure you remember MO lol.

 

Hah hah awesome

 

Ah, I see...MO was a little economical with the truth, perhaps?

 

He was the guy that was out racing lambos and m3’s in his escort rs turbo lol he’s on here still

 

Classic



He is?
Bet his RST is capable of far higher speeds now!

 

Good top speed this Astra.
It’s 800hp on race fuel and 700 on pump this car.
Toby will be pleased it’s on an efr too, nice to see a big go car putting down some times/speeds too lol

Cheers Paul

 

Shame they don’t do a ford version of this event.
If the Vauxhall boys can arrange something like this then surely the ford fans could...

Cheers Paul

 

I'm guessing he was at the recent Vmax ? rather than a Vaux event ?

I'm sure if you had enough people and spoke to Straightliners, they could arrange something. They hold all sorts of events all through the year, although their big speed events are mainly bikes.

Or possibly Javelin do a few too.

 

I think it would be difficult to get numbers now perhaps. The enthusiasm in Ford circles seems to have dried-up for this sort of thing, especially among the owners of the older stuff. Most of the 80s/90s stuff is locked away because it's too valuable. There must be some potent RSs and STs out there though.

 

It was at an event called race wars

Cheers Paul

 

Very true

Cheers Paul

 

 

It would have done 200 mph if he had got Mark Shead to map it. Did I tell you about my car?

 

 

Not in this thread no but I’m sure you will lol

Cheers Paul

 

I think we need to adopt a piston heads "whoosh parrot"

gcfcos got it

 

This one?

 

just like crail raceway the last time I was there

 

Similar looking girls?

 

I assume you've never been to the Kingdom of Fife? Similar but there's more fat and tight leggings and the skin on shows more orange

 

Not that one mate ha ha

Cheers Paul

 

Not sure, I’ll try and find out, surely a 9180 for that power though?

Cheers Paul

 

675hp on v-power and 798 on race fuel.

Yes it’s a 9180, on a Nortech manifold and link management.

Tuned by Owen developements.

Cheers Paul

 

 

Have you ever seen a efr turbo on a 5 cylinder?

 

Could you run twin scroll on that? I had twin, twin scrolls on a 6 cylinder BMW.