Turbocabbie

I notice your signature now states the following :

Your signature never used to state Formerly which generally means an officially timed Escort has now gone faster.

What car was this and what speed did it do and where ?

Bet this car was not running a CVH though

T28 RST

The new top speed holder is a CVH

Turbocabbie

wow... who's car is it then and what gearbox is it running

gus

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why would you say that?

Turbocabbie

Most people looking for high power seem to be doing Zetec's, Duratec's or ZVH's these days.. So I naturally expected it to be one of these

T28 RST

If you search hard enough on here you will find out whos car it is and what speed it got

Turbocabbie

OK I gather the car in question is Ollie's S1 and he retain the 1.6 CVH

Am in mistaken but did'nt he used to run a 1.9 CVH ?

Christian and Beccy

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I will post it because the 'camp' that it came from has already.

Oli did 173.5mph with his 1700CVH.

He has the record fair and square.

Turbocabbie

shame about your turbo though Christian

Christian and Beccy

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Yeah. I'm not entirely disappointed with my cars performance on that day, knowing that I only really had one run which was intended on being a sighting lap really.

maxrs16

what gearbox is he running because at that level of speed his speed is considerably higher than Christians

Christian and Beccy

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I wish I could give you all the details. I can tell you this much though, at 168mph, I was at around 6600rpm, I can easily rev to 7200 perhaps even 7400.

Not that I expect to achieve the 183mph that my gearing would make at 7400rpm. Aerodynamics will certainly have an effect.

maxrs16

so you were expecting to get similar speeds with your current setup before the turbo failure

Daveysaff

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Is yours the fastest 1600 then

Rick

Chrisitan did 171.x On his sighting lap. How is any rst considerably faster?

maxrs16

nobody said what time Cristian did so with the information given at a top speed run if someone went nearly 5 mile an hour faster that is considerably quicker Rick you are a cock

BRAMMER

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Bit personal

I think 2008 will show many new records as the increase in ford tuning over the last couple of years for all models has escalated massively.

CVH for 185mph

maxrs16

your right 2008 will be a good year sas's car should do some good times also i think

Christian and Beccy

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I was just bantering when I said about Oli's being 1700cc, it is as far as I know as it has big pistons from what Karl told me. However, mine has 80.5mm pistons, so it could be argued that mine is around 1620cc or whatever. He beat me fair and square.

However, I just wish I could have finished that second run, I know it was a good one.

All that said, with regards to the above, there is no way on gods green earth that 185mph will be happening in a Mk4 Escort that I drive. 170mph is bad enough. Remember we are very close now top speed wise to where the Cossie's were only 5 years ago or so and I don't feel that the RST is a good idea to go any faster.

Christian and Beccy

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Besides which, to do 185mph in a Zetec equipped RST really should be fairly easily achievable, infact, Sunny and/or Paul J will do it, I know that. I don't think its possible in a CVH, as you would need 500+bhp and that just ain't gonna happen from a 1600CVH.

AJC

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for the time being

Christian and Beccy

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??

orion turbo

would a bit of laughting gas not give you a bit of extra power needed for the 185mph

Christian and Beccy

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1. I wouldn't use NOS.
2. Once you get to where we are in Top Speed, you need SO SO much more power to go even a little faster.

It's quite unbelievable that we (the RST boys) have raised the bar from the 150mph that we achieved 4 or 5 years ago, to where we are now and I am fairly sure that 185mph from a CVH just won't happen, its an unrealistic target IMO. I'd be over-the-moon with 175mph to be honest, infact 170mph was pretty special I think.

orion turbo

so even with like a 100 shot like sas has got wouldnt make much difference at all

plus it would neet to be a pretty solid spec like wire rung and all

you say ur car geared for 181mph ?
what box u using is it staright cut ?

Christian and Beccy

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Thing is, to make an engine strong enough for 350bhp, its not really strong enough then to take a 100 shot IMO.

Wire-rining is a little bit old school too, in my opinion.

My car is geared for 183mph and no its not straight cut. No-one makes a proper gearbox for the RST with ratios that will go fast enough for me (without having to rev it to 8500rpm!!)

orion turbo

arnt u still using a standard crank?

to go any futher in ther power stakes what would u say the weak link in your engine would be?

is urs 351bhp at the wheels or fly?

AJC

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Christian and Beccy

im just hoping my cvh will be quick whe done, i see no reason for it not to be,

doubt 173mph like but that was just banter

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

Yes, the CVH crank is strong.

It's not so much whats weak as making a 1600cc engine spool a turbo that'd be big enough to make more power than that!!

Christian and Beccy

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LOL. What you doing to it? You got a project thread?

Tim

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Its a good job my nos broke or i would have been using mine on the topspeed run lol dont u know it pmsl
Still makes me laugh that the fastest cars topspeed and 0.60 0.100 and 1/4 mile are cvh's lol

-beefy-

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either way personalllly i dont think it matters who holds what record , im more eccited that theres still people pushing the boundaries of what can be don with the rst's and the cvh engine

christian , if u feel like ur coming to the limits of your engine , would u ever consider going zvh or zetec ??

not for power ( you got enough lol ) more to keep ur head busy and devlope a new engine and see what apt can do with a zvh ??



btw what u think u could get out of a zvh

Christian and Beccy

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I am only interested in the CVH to be honest. I know that by removing all the key parts (turbo, injectors, ECU etc etc), I have the bits for a BIG power Zetec 16v, but for me its not as exciting as tuning the original engine that my car rolled out of the factory with. I mean THE orignal engine, still with its original unmachined crank.

I have no intention of doing a ZVH either, in my opinion (and it is my opinion), there are some real dead ends in that conversion, like availability of a decent head-gasket. Remember thats my personal opinion.

I don't want to be the one to find the Aerodynamic limit of the Escort body and put it onto its roof.

When I have had enough of the good old CVH, I will move onto something TOTALLY different, without a Ford badge. It probably won't be something unusual either, I'm feeling drawn to a 'sensible' fast-road car, like a Clio Trophy.

djmillsy

Christian and Beccy
does your car still run mfi

djmillsy

oh and what cam are you using

James Raby

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mfi at 170 +mph LOL hehe
i'd look in projects thread

Christian and Beccy

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No!!

Newman, but custom spec for my setup.

T28 RST

James Raby

Not seen you on here for a while, you keeping well

Chris69

sorry but at still on mfi
respect to you christian but i still recko 170+ is within your reach with a cvh
the bottom end must be capable of more than that with steel parts etc
cmon the 1600cc cvhs for all th rst boys out there not wanting to go zetec just yet

Billy_RS

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ROLMFAO!


That was soooooo random, yet soooooo funny