Stavros

Who are they now? There quite a few now isnt there?

Who is it?

Oli
Christian
Umm....

RWD_cossie_wil

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sure SVM had 2 in the 90's?

coco16i

My first S2 that i had way back in about 1992 was the first car i drove that showed an indicated 140 on the clock

Was probably only about a genuine 120 though


Quite an achievement to get a genuine 160 out of one though

jr

i "think" one of the SVM cars (svm320 ??? ) did 160 something, but im sure christian or someone who knows the records etc could confirm that

the black one (svm 286) did 158 or 159 iirc, then the bonnet hit the screen

Stavros

Will-- hence why I said "that still exist" ! Not sure on the situation of Sunnys and Mr Johnsons FRSTs at mo?

Tim too has done 165mph.

Tho im sure there more, isnt there?

jr

the black SVM one still exsists as its in my mates garage, not a 160mph car though

the white one dissapeard, and the grey one got crashed i think

jr

[quote="Stavros"]Will-- hence why I said "that still exist" ! Not sure on the situation of Sunnys and Mr Johnsons FRSTs at mo?

[quote]

Would you count them as RS's though out of intrest, as they were Zetec powered wernt they ???

or are you just on about cvh cars

Jamsport Escort
Tony Turbos S2

RWD_cossie_wil

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then you are into the 1.9 cvh/ 1.6 cvh/ zvh debate

GavStyli

im sure tony done 161 last year ?
its now in hibernation

coco16i

Bet he shit his pants when that happened

Had this happen to me once after i drove off without closing the bonnet properly, got up to around 50 or 60 and just happened to notice the front edge of the bonnet lifting when a car came past me from the oncoming direction, couldn't manage to get slowed down quick enough before a lorry behind the first car went past then one fucking almighty bang and it went pitch dark !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fucked bonnet, smashed screen, bent hinges, broken plastic scuttle panel and dented roof

Was a 2.0 GLS Sapphire that i had just repaired and all and was looking mint until this happened

GavStyli

andy kamenous nms 1.9 not quite 160 but almost at 159.6

smitsturbo

simon smail (sas) got 160 odd out of his zvh last year

im sure ive had 160 before aswell in km's tho

Luca

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Sunnys car is due to make a come backat some point this year hopefully.

Paul Johnsons car has been split and he is in possesion of Ian Howells focus.

My car should be ready for spring and a 180+ should in therory be acheivable.

Stavros

I dont care if they powered by a nuclear generator, i just meant FWD Fords

Luca

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THEY ARE FWD

Stavros

Give me some credit FFS mate Not replying to you you gom I was replying to Will with his "If they got Zetecs in them, are they even RSs?" reply

RSrussell

piece of piss really, buy a ka, strip it out including the engine etc and get a tow off a zonda or something silly fast

does that count Stavros

also it would be soooo much cheaper than actually spending any money on a shonky old bean tin

Luca

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GOM!!! Steady there

If its a ford if its a ford engine if its fwd it counts IMO

Tim

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From memory

jamie
ollie
christian
me
tony t
sas

i think there all still in 1 piece dunno

sorry if i forgot anyone dunno its harder than people think imo u need a good day etc for all things to be right,but acceleration is more imp imo.

The Youth.

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what about the red svm one owned by alwyn somebody, it had huge green n yellow svm stickers and the top speed written on it.

steve

jb fletch

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What did actually happen to that white SVM Rs turbo ? The one wit the jacked up rear & Venoms Heard it alledegly run an 11 then no one see it again !

Why is the black SVM car not a 160 mph car out of interest ? ? ?

Also, who remembers the Power Engineering Red S2 that Mervyn owned, 300hp they said & that was way back in the day (still mfi I think ?) & was on cover of Max Power etc !

Liked that car

And how can ANYBODY forget Oz from Turbo Touch's Escort ! ! ! Fastest Rs turbo ever with a 24 sec 0-60 !

Luca

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I believe this was owned by Nathan Scaddon, back in the day when it allegedily ran those times!!!!

He then sold it for a skyline

jb fletch

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Yeah that name rings a bell ! Was it actually that quick ? Or a POD f**k up ? Seen that before ! Cos he did have the slip wit the 11 on it didn't he ?

jb

Luca

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Specualtion that it was not that time but who knows mate, it just could be an urban myth

If set up for it with the ass jacked so high etc.... maybe??

Turbocabbie

I thought the car only ran that time once and had a zero second reaction time or something stupid pointing to problems with the timing

Charlie Chalk

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gonna be a few more this year

jb fletch

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Turbocabbie,

That sounds about right ! Also it had some really stupidly low terminal if I remember correctly ?

jb

jr

[quote="jb fletch"]

Why is the black SVM car not a 160 mph car out of interest ? ? ?

[quote]

because it only did something like 158mph

James-W

Apparently the svm car had so much torque the chassis would twist off the line.
And he never really drove it in anger because it was so fast it scared the shit out of him.

sheps

Ive just managed to dig out the old fastford magazine that featured the white SVM car. The timing slip printed shows....

Reaction... 3.150
1/8 ET... 7.545
1/8 MPH...87.02
1/4 ET... 11.994
1/4 MPH...110.89

He used some sort of Armtech launch control and ran 10psi in the front tyres.

From the magazine..
"The times dropped to a 13.6second run in August,followed by another 13.6 the next week at York Raceway...But later the same day Nathan posted a time of 11.994 seconds."

Who knows, but thats a HUGE drop in time in one day

RWD_cossie_wil

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the 3.5 second reaction could indicate he was making sure he got the perfect start, as the timing does not start until you move, so the reaction time does not really matter that much.

And it's only just over a second improvement, getting the run hooked up perfectly at the start would give a huge gain if the previous runs had been a bit wheelspinny.

Or could be bollox

M K

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60ft time would help gauge if car was really on par for a 11.9sec 1/4

Christian and Beccy

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Also, the terminal is 110mph. My best terminal is 119mph and I think Tim has had 123mph for times that are slower than that.

Fiecos Dan

11.9 @ 110 , thats very tough in a 4wd on good tyres.

Stavros

Thatd be awesome even for a 4wd

Thatd be a 1.2sec 60ft or summat

Fiecos Dan

about 12.2 @ 110 is really the best your see on a 4wd on road tyres, and thats with a 1.6 - 60 ft.

sheps

It does show a 60 foot on the timing slip, but you can't read the time due to someone who had the slip/printing the magazine, circling the the times, and drawing over the 60ft time

sheps

Just read the article again, notice its still on MFI with a 5th injector, revs to around 8000rpm, also, it gives a 0-90mph time of 7.5 secs!!

The Youth.

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I was actually at yor the day the car ran an 11.994
I saw the run happen and to be honest it didn't seem different to any of his other runs that day so I suspect it was an issue with the timeing gear, yorks timing gear was/is pretty reliable I never had an issue with it during several years of racing there..
all grown up now tho I like going round corners!lol

steve

PF Dave

Best look in our Vital Stats section Stav, all of those plus the SVM we timed and are in there.

Plus, Paul J that we timed at 179.8mph as that's still about.