rapidcossie

I am over the moon with the engine and car mate.

rapidcossie

Daviet
If it is then Ill remove my sig til November

Dingy

why am i causing trouble, asking a question to someone i know.....


I know mine makes over 500bhp at lower boost than most with a t4 in car LOL....

does that count......

540bhp per saff is what 1400 kilo's with all the extra stuff.... 385 ish per tonne....

Daviet

i dunno if the car is even on the road tho or if it has been since they moved up to scotland so i would keep the sig

Rod-Tarry

It will be back soon, then Neil & Euan can battle for whos fastest .

rapidcossie

Time will tell

Kevin Sharp

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i,m gonna whoop both their asses

rapidcossie

bring it on tractor boy

Kevin Sharp

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Nash

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Euans sig says 'fastest cossie in scotland 184.7mph(453ATW)'

Andys car isnt a cossie. It might be cossie powered but that doesnt make it a cossie.

If Euan had put fastest Ford in Scotland it might be different.

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Steven_RW

Dingy mate - words most pointless question

I know passionford is generally populated with crap chat - but this takes the biscuit

One thing I would be interested in is the improvement in acceleration times seen from a standard H-pattern box to a sequential one. When you listen to a decent cossie on a sequential box its ALWAYS on the power - I wonder what sort of differences that makes in 0-100 and 0-150 etc.

What do u think Rod? Would you see improvements if you ran one in your car?

Cheers!

Steven RW

Dingy

why is it pointless...

I just wondered if he had a comparision to andy's car......ffs....

whats pointless is you trying to sort your geometry with no gauges

Steven_RW

Know whats amusing about the geometery is its the best its ever been since a drunk martin, stockton and a clueless me set about changing it lol!

Acceleration wise would it not be more interesting to compare the Focus to Kev Sharps old escort cossie - atleast they are both 4wd?

Cheers

RW

Rod-Tarry

Of course I would, if I was interested in quarter mile times, but my Tremech is un-breakable even if we push Power to circa 1000bhp so its going to stay. The Tremech is a quiet road box & thats important to me cant stand all that din with things like fancy boxes, anti-lag & screamer pipes, pensioners prefer a quiet life .

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Steven_RW

Rod - I mentioned it as you quote some impressive acceleration times for your motor and wondered what the impact of a sequential box would be. I now understand you only quote the acceleration times as a consequence of the power needed to get to over 200mph and its not something you are directly interested in.

I've yet to drive a car with a sequential box, the closest thing being the DSG box on a golf gti... which isn't quite the same lol

Lets get back to the point - Euan how does your 2wd standard transmission heavier than std Saph cossie compare in acceleration to AG's light weight tubular front end, clever transmissioned sequential box'd slick shod 4wd race car focus?

Cheers
RW

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Dan

sunny

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Too many tears on this post!

MikeR

Very well put Steven RW


Mike

Staffi

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Might aswell join in.

rapidcossie

The focus might be a tad faster

dumped

I thought the focus was on an H pattern box?!... 6 speed, dog engagement over looked of course....

Watty you mongatron!

andrewg

remember i was runing 2" exhaust boxes at croft

i still think 4wd would struggle to beat 2wd on top speed unless there was a huge power difference

but in november we will find out

carlo

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Im on holiday i will miss this

timrud

Euan, earlier in the post yo said it was unfair to compare your car to the others mentioned. Fair enough.

Then you proclaim to be fastest Cosworth powered car in Scotland, is that not a comparison, and a blatant contradiction?

Rod-Tarry

Think Euan claims to be fastest Cossie as its in the log book title not Cossie powered, much the same as myself, a Cossie engine could be put in something more aero-dynamic & go faster but it does not make his claim any less valid. As far as im aware their are no Cossie powered cars of any type in Scotland that have gone faster than Euan at this point in time, Andrew may well put that right in November. Its great to see Topspeed being discussed again as in the 3 years since 200mph was breached its been a totally un-cool thing to do .

timrud

Rod, I think the whole ever lasting debate all comes down to splitting hairs.

WTF does "fastest" mean

I bet that Focus would piss everything, until it ran out of gears. So Euan wins one thing (top speed), and his is king?

Its like the Ferrari F1 car having a better top speed than a Maclaren, but it lost the race. Which would you rather have.... seriously. A car the pulls 5mph more, or one that wins all the races?

The top speed dream is a tad one dimensional. Cars are multi purpose after all.

I know that you have done many thousands of miles in your car over the years/builds, but would you not derive more satisfaction from your car if it was a jack of all trades, rather than a one trick pony?

I'm not having a dig at either your car or Euans car, as they are both fantastic bits of kit, and something I would be very very proud of. But why not diversify its abilities?

Get it on track

Steven_RW

Everyone has different aspirations - lets just face that and move along

RW

rapidcossie

I dont claim to be king of anything Tim.............I wish I was

Can someone please do me a sig which says "highest recordered top speed cossie in Scotland" please

Rod-Tarry

My car has all the right bits to be a track car, but why would I track an old banger like a Cossie its nonsense, dont you guys follow TA & the like & see where its at. Is Andrews car a 18 year old pile of shite of course not.
If I were to go on the track it would be in an official series in a proper car, with a proper driver, with winning the aim, not the rubbish I hear on here with perceived quickness of cars around a track at shows, put the clock on them & their would be a few shocks.

My car exsists purely to retain the Fastest Cossie in the world title for MAD & drive me from A to B when I fancy it, this one dimentional car can still do 0-180 in 17.8 secs so enough grunt for an old bugger like me, its 18 years old now & one more Topspeed run will see it gracefully retired.

timrud

RW - Good point!

Rod I do see what your saying about time attack etc..