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Old 07-03-2007, 05:27 PM
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just wondering what is the fastest someones had out of one?cheeRS
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Old 07-03-2007, 05:30 PM
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ive had 125 out of mine and it wasnt at the limit, should be good for 130+ if you have a long enough bit of road
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Old 07-03-2007, 05:41 PM
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how heavy are they though?
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Old 07-03-2007, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by COSSIE CAL
how heavy are they though?
mines are 4x4 so its pretty heavy

weight is 1165-1240 according to handbook i think 4x4 is more than 1240 tho
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Old 07-03-2007, 05:55 PM
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I Know Stu[The original] Has had i think 167.5mph out of his MKII RS2000
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Old 07-03-2007, 06:50 PM
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ive seen 130 on mine so i suppose thats about 120 in reality
wipers dont half whistle at that speed
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are you sure? ive seen 120 in my 1.8 zetec GTi, im sure i could have had more if the road was longer


EDIT that was 120 on my clocks, no gps or nowt
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Old 07-03-2007, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
are you sure? ive seen 120 in my 1.8 zetec GTi, im sure i could have had more if the road was longer


EDIT that was 120 on my clocks, no gps or nowt
well it read 130 and a bit but are they accurate?
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Old 07-03-2007, 07:03 PM
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Had my 2wd 1996 off the clock at 140.

No bullshit, thats what the clock said. It did take ages from 130 though.
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Old 07-03-2007, 07:05 PM
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snap i had my old 96 2wd off the clock as well,slowed down from 135 but pulled round!!
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Old 07-03-2007, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
are you sure? ive seen 120 in my 1.8 zetec GTi, im sure i could have had more if the road was longer


EDIT that was 120 on my clocks, no gps or nowt
ive seen 125 in my 1.8si on the clock and the same in my RS, sure the RS has a higher top end tho, just dont fancy risk getting caught doing that sort of speed
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Old 07-03-2007, 07:22 PM
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had my old 4x4 off the clock on the 4 lane stretch off the A1 just past peterboghorror...
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I have wound my mk6 2wd round to 137, on the limiter in 5th. That is with the 6500 rev limit but most chips move this to 7000rpm so 140 should easily be possible.
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There is a very real difference between speedo speed and actual speed.

My old 2i had a clock reading of 130mph but Performance Ford's very posh test kit said 119mph
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Old 07-03-2007, 07:46 PM
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I saw 85MPH on my mates one if that counts.

L plate MK5A.
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i thought that most speedos r bout 10% out, The speed performance ford recorded 4 Oranoco, xr2i would back that give or take a couple of mph imo
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Old 07-03-2007, 07:59 PM
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i had a burn up with my m8's civic type-r and my clock was at 140 and he was behind me and his clock was at 140 then he overtook me
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I must be getting old

I always thing of a Mk2 escort when people talk about RS2000s.

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Old 07-03-2007, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by cossie4i
I must be getting old

I always thing of a Mk2 escort when people talk about RS2000s.

Steve.
im the opposite i always think of mk5 or mk6 when they say RS2000 as i have one, half the time they are on about the mk2 tho
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i had 135 in my old 2000 4x4 god i miss that car
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Done think I've been over 80mph in mine yet.....lol
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Been 140mph+ in my mates one. Speedo speed, not actual.
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