According to the write up in Street Racer (an Americam mag) a Swedish Sierra Cosworth hit 216mph at Nardo in August.
Anybody have any further info on this?

 

An American Merkur has also done 213 mph. They may not be as fast inside 1.5miles.

 

It took about 8 miles round Nardo iirc

 

any idea of what speed your would hit at a similar bowl Rod?

with the correct gearing of course.

 

I imagine the limiter which is about 216 right Rod?

 

Yep !! 216.4mph is 8.2k in 5th. Have pulled 8.3k in 5th (210.4mph) on lower gearing , but Mark has lowered it to 8.2k now something about Pistons coming through the bonnet .

 

Sounds expensive

 

Yeah most of the other tops speeds is in a far greater distance!

 

What could you run on 20's with a longer run than Brunters?

 

if distance matters then surely the fastest land speed record doesnt count either
however you look at it rods is now the second fastest taxi, hope its first soon

 

The 213mph car has a claimed 740bhp and was stripped out. It achieved its top speed in one circuit of Nardo (12km) from a standing start. That is impressive but nowhere near as impressive as Rods fully trimmed car hitting 206 in 2.4km.

 

Street Racer?? Hmm must be new I don't think I've ever seen it.

 

still damn good

Rods on looooooong gearing round there - id like to see

 

Havent seen a word about this on the swedish forums. Is it an American Mag? If thats the case im sure its a Swiss car and not Swedish as the yank always mixed us up.

 

Magazine has been about for ages, get it in the paper shops in Wales more than here

 

Agree

 

Not going to happen im afraid will have over 950bhp when we go back but even that aint enough to crack 216 in 1.5 miles. Joel did 215.7 in that distance & i aint got his Power. Sorry lads no can do.

 

are you upgrading more parts on your car rod, or are you trying different setup?

we want proper vids this time, not just the pass (an incar accelerating maybe... )

i m sure that if weather allows, you have a 210+ mph pass easily...

and maybe it needs to be lowered a lil bit for such runs... do u consider to install a front lower spoiler? it is critical for speed runs...

 

the amount of people that call me swedish instead of swiss is absolutely unreal.

its like me telling an austrailian they come from albania, just because it has the same first fookin letter...

 

Does anybody have a link or scan of the cover of the magazine? I've looked and not found it.

 

I think Cam dreamt it

 

Erik, I've seen Street Racer at some of magazine stands in the city... Never paid much attention to it though too busy looking for a copy of Performance Ford.

 

Dont forget that Joel is carrying around an extra 4-500kgs or so compared to a Sierra.
Thats a lot of extra weight to haul to any given speed over a short distance. So a Sierra with similar power should have that advantage.

 

So under what distance is an OFFICIAL world record held????

 

Faster is faster imo

 

Its not limited but time is measured over a flying mile with an average taken from runs in each direction within an hour.

 

Cheers Cam

 

Did you learn that from that program straight after Top Gear the other night?

 

Fantastic time but not in as short a distance as Rod. Yeah whats happening with the aerodynamics Rod? I thought a lower front and functional rear diffuser would help significantly? Anything in the pipeline, I would expect so now? Anybody know lots more about aerodynamics on here?

 

From watching the doc on Thrust2/Richard Noble breaking the LSR just after the run

 

So is this the fastest Cossie in the world then?

 

Classed As I mean^

 

We are changing the Front splitter & lowering the car next time, but not drastically as we know the car is still staying on the ground as it is , we aint experts & fiddling too much is dangerous.
The criteria for Topspeed over here is circa 1.5miles & thats all im interested in. The Brunters record is 211 & thats the aim. Very , very few cars in the UK have gone faster than that in that distance.

 

Who actually holds that record ?

 

Anything over 150mph in a Saff is scarey IMO



..and as for 950bhp? Thats just mental and needs balls of steel to peddle it that fast

 

A Macca 1 holds it.

Its down to aerodynamics
Mines 3.11 secs quicker to 180, but only .99 secs quicker to 200 so mines in real trouble after 200 the Maccas still getting going. Can only load mine up with more Power & hope. .

 

I know it really boils down to aerodynamics. I own a brick lol

Wasnt Joels run over 1.5 miles too ? albeit not at Brunters..

Its surprising Calder dont do better with top speeds, considering the power they claim they have.

 

211 is the Brunters record, cars have run faster at Elvington & Woodbridge.
Think Joels may well be a record in 1.5 miles.
These speeds will be academic when Kieth does a Topspeed run next year. Hes capable of 215 within a mile. just ask Mark.
Rod

 

Academic maybe, but what are the criteria for the record ?

Is it for road cars, or race cars pretending to be road legal, but they are never actually driven on it. Apart from maybe to get to their trailers.

I'd be pretty sure his car would have no chance of passing an MOT over here.

 

Road cars with mot on road tyres, no official rules but if a car is eligible for totb should be OK. Mine is one of the few that aint trailered & has full trim & four seats.