What car - goes like a scalded cat? (That's you've been in)
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My MK Indy in the first couple of gears is fairly wild. Only 140bhp but 600kg makes it rapid to about 80.
400bhp mk2 focus RS. That was just ridiculous! 4th gear wheel spin in the dry!!
BDG engined mk2 escort rally car. Off the cams it felt dead. Get it in the powerband, with short gearing and it was pretty wild!
2.4 TC ex works Opel Ascona. More torque than than the escort, that flew too.
There aren't many cars though that will match bikes for being brutal though. Did a trackday on the first Big Bang R1. I only weighed 10.5 stone, I wasn't prepared for the mind bending acceleration!
400bhp mk2 focus RS. That was just ridiculous! 4th gear wheel spin in the dry!!
BDG engined mk2 escort rally car. Off the cams it felt dead. Get it in the powerband, with short gearing and it was pretty wild!
2.4 TC ex works Opel Ascona. More torque than than the escort, that flew too.
There aren't many cars though that will match bikes for being brutal though. Did a trackday on the first Big Bang R1. I only weighed 10.5 stone, I wasn't prepared for the mind bending acceleration!
V12 Vantage for me, only exotica ive driven properly. Its my dads friends so i only had it for half a day, but it honestly petrified me - it accelerates through all gears in a proper, genuinely brutal manor. But it was so addictive, the noise, everything about.. utter fantastic. didnt want to give the keys back!
An old client had a pre facelift Nissan GT-R when they were released and that also accelerated relentlessly. The sound of the V6 and turbos spooling up made it sound like a jet fighter.
lastly my cousins C63 coupe is probably the more down to earth but equally as brutal to drive.. the power delievery even from lwoer revs is monumentous.
An old client had a pre facelift Nissan GT-R when they were released and that also accelerated relentlessly. The sound of the V6 and turbos spooling up made it sound like a jet fighter.
lastly my cousins C63 coupe is probably the more down to earth but equally as brutal to drive.. the power delievery even from lwoer revs is monumentous.
Nothing exotic as a lot of this list unfortunatley
Haaman 650i 54plate - Future bro in law's old car and more a big cruiser so not so much
996 C2 - For cornering speed compared to what i am used to it is mad
Mk1 Leon with GTX3076 Turbo - probbaly the fastest in a straight line i've been in
Haaman 650i 54plate - Future bro in law's old car and more a big cruiser so not so much
996 C2 - For cornering speed compared to what i am used to it is mad
Mk1 Leon with GTX3076 Turbo - probbaly the fastest in a straight line i've been in
The first time I drove this one, 
F1 Brabham Repco. It felt pretty quick. I had to get it straight before I'd give it full throttle. A couple of months later I was complaining it had no power.
It is all relative of course. Today I'm happy if I can get my 4.6L Triumph TR8 away from the traffic lights, without breaking traction, & attracting our heavy handed law.
F1 Brabham Repco. It felt pretty quick. I had to get it straight before I'd give it full throttle. A couple of months later I was complaining it had no power.
It is all relative of course. Today I'm happy if I can get my 4.6L Triumph TR8 away from the traffic lights, without breaking traction, & attracting our heavy handed law.
Hasbeen said:
The first time I drove this one,
F1 Brabham Repco. It felt pretty quick. I had to get it straight before I'd give it full throttle. A couple of months later I was complaining it had no power.
It is all relative of course. Today I'm happy if I can get my 4.6L Triumph TR8 away from the traffic lights, without breaking traction, & attracting our heavy handed law.
Awesome.F1 Brabham Repco. It felt pretty quick. I had to get it straight before I'd give it full throttle. A couple of months later I was complaining it had no power.
It is all relative of course. Today I'm happy if I can get my 4.6L Triumph TR8 away from the traffic lights, without breaking traction, & attracting our heavy handed law.
Atom 300 on a driving day for me, I had to keep it in 4th where it was merely very fast but my instructor took me round for a couple of hot laps afterwards which were absolutely mental! The warm up laps in an stripped 350bhp Impreza were also eye opening, the rush of the turbo came as a bit of a shock to me when the fastest thing I'd driven at the time was a 1.4 Fiesta...
tuffer said:
PhillipM said:
Wheelspin in every gear if you wanted it...
Is there actually a spring anywhere in that suspension, or just a set of linkages and bushes?
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