That blue WRC kittred escort cossie from norway is THE champion of all cossies still imo

 

 

is it geoff page that does the rally x engines?
he worked with mountune before and was reading on his site about a block he helped developed that was good for over 800bhp reliably

 

.isnt geoff page a mate of andys at ATM.

 

maybe not then the site does look good tho

 

the owner of "Gatebil" tuned it into a 920bhp monster and panted it silver... Now its sold to an unknown purchaser...

 

And got overtaken by an English car running 600bhp at best in the Time Attack event .

 

And got overtaken by an English car running 600bhp at best in the Time Attack event .[/quote]



Maybe because this is not a Time Attack car

 

So let me get this right, it's an ex Carlos Sainz WRC Cosworth with the best of everything suspension and shell wise (but I understand Stian retained the gearbox), has a "920bhp" engine and on the STRAIGHT at Gatebil it gets overtaken by a 600bhp car . Anything I've missed?

So now 920bhp isn't even fast in a straight line any more?

 

Not that it really matters but EVERYONE knows a powerful car doesn't make it a fast car.......

 

not on a friday Mike.

 

Mike

the biggest problem I see is these big hp engines are rarely run at there full power so no one knows how fast they are,
I always recomend running a sticker for the day saying how much hp its running on that day should sort that problem
Myself I aways run full power always .

Mark

 

Mark can you get a new 'running full power'sticker ready for my car please.

 

Which is why your cars have my respect (even if some of the owners are a little OTT ) .

I suspect if they experienced a real 900bhp (Rod's car), they would stop claiming the figures that they do .

 

Not bad getting 850bhp to do a 9.3 pass at 165mph, Must have good traction.

 

THANK YOU! Big turbos need high rpms, thats the difference... a 600bhp engine with a smaller turbo is faster at low rpms... He dont drive the car on full-power either..

 

I don't think that's what 'remko' meant at all!!

Also you mention that big turbo's need big rpms... Don't you get that if you run short gearing?

 

I test drove a carlton automatic which wouldn't kick-down, that was slow.

 

so he has a car that is laggy cause it has a big turbo, has a high boost threshold cause it has a big turbo, and then isnt powerful when he drives it cause he doesnt run it at full power.

Well why doesnt he fit a turbo for the power he DOES drive with, and then it would be more responsive?

Although wouldnt be as impressive down the pub

 

disadvantage of norwegians who think they are good in english

 

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