yeah your right...thats why i wont do it!!lol

 

Ha! Was your car the Red Escort with the blue stickers?

Benni.

 

red escos with tiger stripes and enhanced performance down the side...

 

I know the one... Nice car! Isn't it The Diva's old shell?

Benni.

 

na i did buy that one and used it as a road car for a while..got it featured in ff last year 500 bhp rwd lovely fast road car but nothing like my race car...you going to ford fair at w.end??il be on track a bit with my car..come and say hello if you want???

 

I wish I was going. I'll see it at some show or other, I'll come and say hello then.

Benni.

 

yes i have heared of your old company . i dont no jamie or jam sport , but i do no of joe from blue sprint , he built and mapped a engine that was in a moonstone saff, a mate of mines . it ran like a bag of shite , i wouldnt let him build or map my lawnmore engine, ...(dont mean to offend)
if i were you i would see harvey , or some one off the same class to map your engines ..
p.s i love your red wrc looking escort cossie with the strips on it . i must get a good look around it at ford fair..is it a grp a shell or a full wrc , or is it a std shell turned into a track car..

thanks steven..

 

hello there..as usual you hear good and bad about everyone but i can tell joe has a lovely workshop and really does know his stuff with engines..hes built engines for ascari hart and cosworth..hes knowledge isnt as good as harveys when it comes to mapping though....thanks for the comments on the escort..yeah its an old works car grpa with alot of wrc parts..come and have a look on sunday and say hello...cheers danny

 

Fair enough mate, if you have enough confidence in the person you are taking it to.

 

Agree, mines for sale at the right price & around half what this will cost.

 

So not true, if i had built a Topspeed engine it would produce as much Power as possible, not run standard valves, 26mm ports & near standard exhaust cam. I need it like that to maintain its driveability. 900bhp is obtainable if Power is all i require. If ive done 20 topspeed runs thats about 30 miles overall of the 43k miles ive covered, thats .07% of its time as a Topspeed car, arnt statistics wonderfull.

 

More fool you if that's the case and you have built something under spec!!!

 

Rod wants to hold the record, so the correct spec is "faster than anyone else", if he can manage that and still do 40K road miles in it, then thats the ideal spec IMHO.

I guess if this new car beats what his car can do now, he'll have to think about if the road driveability is worth sacrificing for the record or not, but until he has a serious challenger he isnt in a position where he needs to make that choice surely?

 

isn't it a case of rod's spec for a fast road car working out right for the top speed stuff rather than rod's spec for the top speed car being luckily user freindly?

or is it a bit of both?

i'd like to see lots of cars "going for the record" but as rod has previously stated, it's not enough to turn up to a strip and "give it beans" bcause you've got so many other forgotten costs to budget for, not the least being the health and safety side of things like new tyres and the like

 

That was certainly the case initially from what I remember Rod saying, he only went along to watch the TOTB qualifying and Mike Rainbird nagged him into trying to run his road car so he gave it a go.

Now it is without a doubt.

 

are you saying you would sell your car for 25k rod??is that before you try another run or after??

 

I've driven my S2 at 150mph and my A4 at 140mph+ and it needs concentration. Christ only knows what driving at 200mph in a Sierra feels like but I bet it needs BIG bollocks to attempt

 

And a wooly jumper.

 

Cardigan actually iirc.

 

:b labla:

 

long studded 200 block
knifed crank
cosworth racing pistons
ported head
bd`14`s
moded t4
sweedish inlet
70mm throttle
83lb siemens
ava spec exhaust 4in downpipe
ava spec twin rs500 coolers 110mm thick
collins managment

 

thats making some bloody good power...you ever been on any other rollers??not saying ava is wrong just that is alot on bd14s..what boost you running?? cheers danny

 

not being big headed here but, i thought driving at 150ish was rather smooth, id like to drive at 200, bet i would be bricking it but .. lol

 

now thats funny

 

Got to agree with that as my 3dr seems pretty stable at 150-160ish, would like the power to have a go at 200.

 

Nagged he actually called me chicken , not a good move for all my knockers as it turned out.

 

The funnist thing is that everyone including me thought your car was a piece of shite before TOTB1! - soon proved us all wrong!lol My own superbly put together car could barley make it a few feet without the fuel swirl pot running out of fuel and the car cutting out!lol

You may be an arrogant annoying short little old fooker but fair play to ya and I bet Mark still laughs everytime he think of what Harvey tried to do to his reputation/business with all the bullshit he tried to spread round about him!lol

Dan

 

Thanks Dan that counts comming from you , im afraid you suffered because of what Harvey was saying, I personally was very wary of you & said things in haste & im sorry for that, perhaps its time to bury the hatchet, I hope so.

 

My Spec is always different from what a normal guy wants Martin, been around at this lark for longer than you guys. My old 500 engine was slated because it failed to make the Power of Brucies 550 car but it was designed to make huge Torque & was basically a 450bhp engine pushed hard at 42psi giving back then a massive 492ft/lb. Never actually had 500 on 98ron about 486 i believe, but it was able to outrun those other rwd boys with their 500+ monsters & get the RWD Topspeed record pre Nitrous days, you always treat me as a fool Martin, big error.
My new engine is much the same. The temptation to open up the ports match up the cams & go for 900 was great but it would have been shite.

 

Told you before Rod, never really seen any proper/serious problem between us...so as far as I am concerned there is no hatchet to bury in the first place....!lol

 

You may be an arrogant annoying short little old fooker but fair play to ya and I bet Mark still laughs everytime he think of what Harvey tried to do to his reputation/business with all the bullshit he tried to spread round about him!lol

Dan[/quote]

whats all that about then??

 

whats all that about then??[/quote]

jesus there is going to be life left in this thread yet...

 

i try my best lol!!! just curious really!

 

Been around at what lark longer? Breathing maybe, lol! Treat you like a fool? What's all that about??