AndyBrew

if its figures you all want I filled my Audi A6 2.0 TDi up with BP Ultimate Diesel this morning and its telling me I have a range of 760 miles

Spiky

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awsome news martin

really pleased for you, it was flying on less boost, god knows what it's like now


another passenger ride please???

SapphyMike

show off

AndyBrew

I know, I know, I'm hoping Diesel Monthly are going to do a feature on it next month

Nash

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Well done Martin i will look forward to reading the results when the Mag comes out.

ballin

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Don't tell that Minty bird, she LOVES diesel/mpg and all that kinda shit!

rapidcossie

Maybe all he meant was that he saw 8200 as max revs and it was holding 2.4 bar at some points of the rev range...not necessarly together tho..

The revs sound good anyway as that is what destroys engines, not boost.

NEIL A

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Good work Martin glad its all coming together now, from the times you posted before on 1.5 bar it must be crazy quick now. What mag was it for today ?

cressy

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well done to all the reyland crew one of my favorite escorts i was at donno sunday and saw the other reylands escorts

Gatecrasher

well to make an assumtion on what went on i bet he saw 2.4 bar and a held 8200 rpm through 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and Run out of road before he see 8200 rpm in 5th have we really got to wait a whole month to find out i only got my mag in the post this morning

Whatever went on Martin well done

Martin-Hadland

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This was not for a magazine feature, the mag feature was for the Sierra.. I was simply there getting the boost map sorted and checking the fueling, contrary to popular beliefs the only reason that this had not been done earlier was because its too dangerous on the road and going to brunters takes a day out of my week and I have been far too busy for that .

We were going to see what the top speed was but sadly it was getting dark by the time we were ready.. So I tried running with nearly no light and found that Escort headlamps are shite I simply did not know where the end of the run way was So after braking stupidly early we only saw 190 mph this was on 1.9 bar and no spoilers removed after this we were informed that the car had tripped the noise meter and this meant game over having said that it was too dark anyway..

The 2.4 bar figure quoted was during mapping we had to go there and see But was held flat all the way through 5th gear and most of 6th... It won't be used at that much though as it goes well enough a 2 bar.

I hope there's enough there for to all argue about

Happy with my engine, oh yes

Kev.H

glad your car is fixed top speed is so not interesting anymore and freaking dangerous I just wanna see what 2.4 bar means at time attack next year you better be planning on wipping the floor

rigwrecker

Chip

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190 with .5 bar and loads of space to spare sounds very promising

Mike Rainbird

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So how fast was Lee's then ?

mk2rstaff

well done for all your hard work, its now time to enjoy all that slog mate, i am glad it all has come together for you in your own time, well done again

Ian M500COS

Hmm... tell that to my old block as two H-Section WRC rods decided to leave the building at less than 6500rpm!!

Ian M500COS

p.s. ......Well done Martin, can't wait to read the feature.

Martin-Hadland

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Maybe it does but I do find myself asking why am I bothering given the potential dangers for such little gain.

Lambchop

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lol

Matt

and of course what the mad camp says must be true

is it just me that reckons theyve more cheek than a cows arse to comment on reliability. they ought to be called the rebuild camp if anyone

mk2rstaff

just push it as much as you feel fit martin, i would not like the bill for repair or the time taken out of buisness hours to fix either, most people would be over joyed with what you have achieved already mate

Mike Rainbird

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As if 190mph just isn't fast enough for a car (apart from it being better than almost ANY production super-car can achieve in the same space).

My car won't go any faster than 180mph now with the 3.9 diffs on it, and that's at 8000rpm.

Chip

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Im in the group of people on here who if I was handed your keys and asked to do a run at brunters at 200mph+ I would decline politely.

I think its a fucking stupid hobby really, Im very interested it in from a technical point of view, but I think you guys should have all just standardised at a 1 mile distance to do your runs over and then no one needs to take so many risks with their lives, and it would still prove who's car does what!

Kev.H

init all the posts ive seen about crashes and blow outs and just the other day an evo loosing it at 183 by just backing off whats the point man I used to think it was cool that Rod did 6 million miles an hour now I think its dangerous

take it to the track kick arse a time attack

Mike Rainbird

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Thing is, Rod's car will do 200mph within a mile anyway .

SiZT

straight-line racing is for fags, still like going the pod though

Benni

I can image you have alot more fun on track anyway.

Chip

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And then have 3/4 of a mile to stop

Rather than doing 206 and absolutely standing on the brakes as hard as possible and try to haul it up in about half that distance.



The stat I find most amazing about Rods car is the half mile speed, 180mph!

Mike Rainbird

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Scary fast. I really would like one shot at experiencing that kind of acceleration - the only problem is, that it makes you want more .

mk2rstaff

i depends on how much you value your life in the search of speed, as the vegas guys do over 200mph for 90 miles over that mad run in nevada desert

Bullett

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my thoughts in way.you have to be very brave or stupid one of the two.

Martin-Hadland

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I will gue you a clue... It's not brave!

PeterLucas

You must want to find out what it will do though?

Staffi

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What a fucking useless comment..


All the best with everything Martin and well done to you..

Bullett

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i fully appriciate what you top end boy do,but dnt you sometimes think that you've had a few hints to stop trying(what with the lucky escape with tyre and the close call for you and lee)? not saying you should but i sometimes think when do you stop?and is it worth it.
i'dimagin a few f1 stars go through this too after an accident

alistairolsen

fook thats going some. Have you got any data for intermediate distances and speeds youre willing to share martin? Holding that much boost that high up certainly proves the naysayers wrong on that front! Did you ever get a definitiv answer on what caused the blowout, or was it just plain old bad luck?

Spiky

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i'd be more than happy with that


now go use it, for where it was built, the track

Gatecrasher

yeah that’s called a standing mile but its not the cars top speed that’s like saying to the whole world that as its dangerous everyone must limit there top speed runs to 1 mile because the Ford Cosworth boys are Scared

You cant make a good omlet without cracking a few Eggs its all Natural Progression, Martin you said Maybe it does but I do find myself asking why am I bothering given the potential dangers for such little gain. its because that’s what you do, why are you building the Mondeo back up? why do you hold the record for the Caravan tow

Its Progression and evolution if people the world over thought fuck that its to dangerous we would still be living in Caves

Human nature no one Falses anyone to do anything its all our own choices

Chip

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Gatecrasher
Im only talking about when running at places like brunters, it should be a fixed distance not whoever is stupid enough to break latest.

I agree with you on the reasons why it wont ever happen, but the "eggs" that are going to be broken, IMHO is someone (probably from this forum) will die at brunters.