260mph, 4 door, dash and front doorcards still there

only a 5 Cylinder and 2.2 still if im not mistaken (1100+WHP though )

Averaged 236mph at bonneville salt flats

heres a couple of vids

http://vimeo.com/51037518

http://vimeo.com/51041936

 

Impressive but not un common for road cars to reach them speeds at bonnerville due to the length of the place!

 

Having been to the flats and talking to the drivers I can tell you that despite the fact you have both 5 miles and 8 mile course's,you still need the horsepower to get the speed!

 

Uncommon for road cars to reach 236mph there or nearabouts ?

And how many road cars can do those kinds of speeds ? That alone doesn't make it commonplace at all mate !

 

he looks younger than Rod too....

 

Bet it can't get any wear near that in 1.2 miles from standstill so not as impressive as a certain sierra in my opinion!

 

He's also slightly taller than Rod more Mark Sheads height
shame about the music I'd preferred to have listened to the engine
I've heard better music whilst on hold to BT

 

well done! hat off to the guy.... It gives me hope that I am not quite completely over the hill!

 

Very cool Rodney wont be happy lol.

 

Do some research before u question my reply, there's actually a Sierra merkur that has achieved a higher top speed than that at bonnerville.

 

Yes....read what I said....and don't tell me to research when you evidently haven't read or answered what I said.

How many cars can do 236mph....

 

A lot of work gos into achiving such things ,very cool !

 

THAT IS SERIOUSLY MOTORING

 

get on you tube and put in texas miles some quick cars their

 

We have a fast one over here also, 407.134 kph

http://pollymotorsport.no/index.php?mapping=2

 

I bet he'd give it a good go if it was actually set up for doing that! 1100hp should help!

 

IMO its more impressive that they can hold them flat out for mile after mile and deal with the heat

Rods would melt at WOT over multiples of miles

The two cars are designed to perform in different environments, both impressive but in different ways

 

im not saying its not impressive but for me the in gear pace of rods is more impressive if you think other wise then that's your choice!

 

I dare say he would but then to be honest there's a few that do vmax with big power or claimed anyway who can't but iver way that's hear say.

 

other cars have gone faster, very true...... but is there a 4 door saloon that is faster?

and fcuk me, handbags at dawn! lol

cant compare this to Rods car anway, different builds for different achievements.

Sean

 

im not comparing the too the original post hints that as do others I know both cars play a very different game and the speed said car has done is very impressive I just find the in gear power of rods more so that's all!

 

Thing is Rod can only squirt it for a short distance, Im fairly sure his car would not deal with the heat of a sustained run like these cars so yeah my choice is the car engineered to defeat the heat of sustained WOT and hit 236mph

 

thats cool my choice is the one that dose what is dose in a very fast time but as I said still impressed with what the other dose

 

the car has been tagged as the fastest 4 door saloon, not by me but by figures

its got nothing to do with rods sierra, at all, no hint of it.

i wasnt aiming my last post at any single person, just a general post

should have not bothered as its not Cosworth or BMW related

wont happen again

 

Can we actually just not talk about Rod's car and just about the car in the OP? I'm sure shortstuff will be along soon to tell us that Audi is 'slow' anyway...

 

its a very good post and a top vid as well mate keep them coming! Would not have seen it other wise

 

Awesome!

 

What has this got to do with mine totally different distances. I have to go & stop in 1.5 miles. Certainly mine has the Power to hit 236mph on the gas in circa 3 miles if it held together. If i was in that game Mark would have supplied me with an engine to do it. Mine is simply a road car that goes fast not a Topspeed car that was built & designed to run over longer distances.
My gearing has to allow incredible accleration to 200+ to actually get up to those speeds. Given a 3 mile straight, gearing would be vastly different.
Mine is a compromise I have to pull 1000rpm over peak Power to have the
accleration to reach record speeds if i could have 1000rpm more on the gearing i would be hitting 236mph + at peak power . Doubt Mark would want another 40secs at wot so its purely accademic.

 

Really good video's the second is better as the noise of the car is better than the music in the first.
The bit that fascinates me is the engine traveling at those speeds and surviving - what's going on regarding outside air, cooling etc as that turbo must be pumping serious heat out.
Plus that parachute looked a little dodgy when deployed I thought it was gonna spin

 

I assume you missed this bit in your eagerness to tell us all how your car is the best

What I said was 100% correct, your car is not designed to cope with the heat of a WOT topspeed run over multiples of miles

 

A post from Rod I agree with! It has nothing to do with yours, as said, it's just some brown nose has to bring your car up in every thread to do with top speed runs! Have a look, neither me or Czech brought your car up first or tried to put it down...

 

lol some brown nose

 

Nothing to say now then ?

 

it actually hit over 260 mph ! awesome really if you watch video 1 about 4 minutes in he pulls the shoot what must be over 250 mph and the front end gets out of shape !
much respect for an awesome achievement

 

Unless the car has got out of shape, seems very daft to want to pull a chute at those speeds. ie A bit like that Lambo driver who couldnt drive his finger up his hole who destroyed it by pulling the chute for absolutely no reason.

Is the chute mounted wrong or something ? A chute is supposed to be a safety feature, not something that can cause a car to go out of control.

 

Cant be bothered, it's argumentative clowns like u that ruin passionford these days! No problem tho next time I make a comment I'l ask u first is it ok to post?

 

id say due to cross winds and severe lack of grip on the salt surface, thats why the chute tugged the back end out of shape on take up drag

doesnt seem serious in the vids IMO

dont get me wrong lads, if anyones got any more factory body 4 door cars post em up!

what about Aussie Commodores or Falcons etc?

must be some flyers out there

Sean

 

Isn't there a Audi s4 in this country that has hit 200 at brunters? Sure it had standard internals too tho I may be wrong! Very impressive either way.

 

it is MRC`s S4

3.0 stroker, etc

204.4 with widebody conversion

But the car i posted about is a Audi 100 C4 S4 (called UR S4) 2.2 5 cylinder 20valve turbo

MRC is a 2.7 twin turbo B5 S4