mad max

ok guys how many of you have been done by these pocket rockets down the strip or on the road

Anonymous

my mates is only about 270/280 bhp. he done a 13.5 at santa pod the other week

and was at bedford track day with it. think he had some oil problems that day too at beds

Oranoco

They are shit hot off the line. Love them

shane

yeh i love the old pulsars,was gone get one but running costs put me off!

Shings

My mate just swapped a supposed 300 bhp one for his 2wd saph.

I was impressed at how chuckable it was and it was quick off the line..
But that was it

Oranoco

Same as with Cossie's though everybodies Pulsar is sposed to have 300bhp but the rollers usually tell a different story

UBster

Got a good wooping by one about 7 years ago!

If only my 1.3 rs turbo lookalike had a 5 speed!! Loved that car!

Watching them down the pod they are awesome, couple of years ago it was a damp shitty day and out of about 7 pulsars not one went above 13.5 second qtr's! Would like a drive in one

notSteveS2

only thing id liek to think bout sellin my RST for....

love em.....


proper machines.....


tappered plenums... roller throttle bodies.... roller bearin turbo....

all standard stuff!!!


wicked machines!

EIL132

Martin(Dumped) did a 12.2 in his, fast little cars over the 1/4

saffsta

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I have always been impressed with them still tinkering with the idea of getting one for a bit of fun

RichardPON

Ours:



Ballistic off the line. Has run a high 12 at Pod.........

Rick

yea - love em - short wheel base means little weight shift, means mental off the line

xr4x4rs

iTrader: (5)

i have a vid of my old cosy against my mates one both running silimalr power he beat me first 3nd time i won

but when we were at the pod he was only 0.4 secs quicker he ran a 13sec flat all day i could ony get 13.4 all day



but god they go well

rsnissan

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LOVED mine spanked the shite out of loads of cossies in mine from a standing start

MarkTurbo

Hate the things, they're shit

Red16

MarkTurbo what spec is your's? sounds quite tastey

my mates just bought a bog standard import from a lad in york, done about 50k miles, since then he's fitted 17" superleggera's, Blitz induction kit and stainless de-cat'd Scorpion stainless exhaust system. We're taking it to be chipped at a place in Scotland called Star Performance on Saturday, hoping to see around 280bhp @ 1bar.

MWF

I loved them till I saw one in town and the GF said "Has he stuck all that shit to it?"

morto

awsome performance just think ther dame ugly, ther very very fast tho


andy

Cola

My mates has a beautiful one, but he refuses to race me.

Probably cos when his brother tried in his courtney turbo'd astra, he blew his engine up.

If it wasn't for the cost to him, I would have been very proud (in fact I do stillr etain a bit of his engine shrapnel )

Cola

WHy do we NEVER see it?!

Anonymous

AWESOME cars but a terrible gearbox

If there was a really good replacement box available at sensible money i would have one by now.

Neil@FastFord

i have dicked a couple on the road but i wouldnt even bother at the strip or from the lights! wicked little cars, love em!

fordsportjay

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i have had 2 come through the garage in deals-one of them ate a gearbox within a week of me selling it and the other blew the engine as quick!

wouldnt touch one again!

RichardPON

I don't know really - just never comes out all that often, and eats petrol!

dumped

Seems i was v lucky with mine - ran mid 12s all day, never ate a box or engine - infact never ever cost a penny bar doing the clutch. Bleed valve was only mod lol

Do like i did - save your gearbox and tyre costs all in one by using darkhorses! lol

Cola

SHOCKING excuse! After all you have seen my cos I expect to see it outside oour house at least once in the next month lol.

Escy

They are really good off the line but once rolling I don't rate them much. Had a play with a one that had a massive FMIC on the front of it. I killed it around twisty's which I was shocked about.

I've also noticed that they seem to be shite after about 100mph, but then again it is 4 wheel drive and looks like a brick so to be expected.

Alot of car for the money though.

GavStyli

i like them my cousin had one, but some really shite ones out there! raced one at pod rsoc day last year

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...C5C8D8BF61.htm

MarkTurbo

When i did those times in my signature at Bruntingthorpe it just had a Blitz airfilter relocated behind headlight, full mongoose exhaust, Bosch motorsport fuel pump, Hks 1.2 mm headgasket, Ap racing clutch, and 1.2 bar boost

Since then i've fitted a front mount intercooler, tubular manifold, made up a split turbo elbow, and i'm running 1.4/1.5 bar boost I reckon now i could drop the 0-60 down nearer 3.5, probably get around 9 secs 0-100 and a very low 12 1/4 mile

Heres how it looks now:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...o/DSC02291.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...o/DSC02289.jpg

AlexF

LOL

It isnt real is it now

AlexF

Whats so duff about the gearbox?

Is like the RST box... its just a little too weak?

Alex

Tonks

am i right in what ive heard that the box struggles with anything around the 300bhp mark.

Remember racing one in my 205 which had 230bhp and hamering one which the owner reckoned had 300bhp. then something broke on it

Red16

cheers for that

MarkTurbo

Red 16, no problem

I reckon its just luck with the gearboxes, i've broken 2 running standard boost but the one in there now has taken numerous 6000rpm launches and 1.5 bar and is still going strong

Gti-R's arent very quick with standard power, once rolling my Gte 16v used to keep up with mine when i first got it

Anonymous

your mates at central day looked foooking awesome

wildheart

iTrader: (4)

Quite like these cars myself

One of the few jap cars i'd consider owning.

Whats insurance like on these compared to cossies?