Ford that does 249mph?!?!?

[bidderman1969]

1986 Ford RS200 Evolution - Top Speed

i do love these Fords and its something that i will get if i won the lotto, but 249mph top speed??????? :|

 

[Prab]

If not 249mph, could be fair close to it, these cars had near enough the 600hp mark and weighed next to nothing

 

[ecstasea]

no way.


1.8lt +garrettT3 = 450ps
vmax is 120 mph (no more than 130 no less than 110 depending on gearbox setup)

this car's great but 250? no way, no rally car was ever made to pump such top speeds, there's no reason to do that.

 

[bidderman1969]

i reckon they ment 249kph

 

[ecstasea]

even so 150 mph is a bit too much. but then again who knows what they've done on the poor car

 

[jay]

^^^^
so wot about sunny pulsars mk3 fiesta, 194mph, anythin is possible

 

[Larry]

not got a patch on the fiat cinquocento

 

[Wicked Neo]

Top speed of the RS 200 Evo in Group B Rally Trim is 118 mph - Max Power 650bhp - 0-60mph = 2.1 seconds

Notice the 0-60mph time? very fast indeed, thats a Rally Car for you, the gearbox is geared for Acceleration, not top end speed, you will never hit top end on a rally stage but you are up and down the gearbox constantly around the twisty bits and need power on the exits to get good times.

 

[Larry]

0-60mph = 2.1 seconds

holy crap and wow

 

[u33db]

Mach 2 racing have done a 1150bhp RS2000 for the recent Pikes Peak;

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[PhilA]

not got a patch on the fiat cinquocento

Nup, I had mine off the end of the speedo, and that was the 0.9 and not the 1.1 (oooh, 41hp lol) so it'll do over a ton- tell you what, that was to be filed under "scary".

But then again my 1.6 Bluebird easily hit 130 and still had more to go.

(I think by gearing my truck here will do about 250mph at 5500rpm, but with aerodynamics like a house, it has a hard time hitting 100, and it's limited to 115, so you know it's going to try take off)

Dunno what the GTA is going to be able to do, probably top end will hit out due to gearing.

--Phil