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Well countless threads about how fast a car could do it today 20+ years after tony pond did a 100mph average speed lap on a 174bhp v6 rover vitesse. Well I have the vid he is sat a 145mph for long straletches
Fifthgear today showed a new merc and tiff easily got it up to 160 mph on the not so straight roads and no safety equipment. So on the assumption he did the whole track a mere 20mph faster than tony pond which is very easy to do over that old v6 rover then I guess average speed could easily jump to 110mph.
Then add in the fact that rover did 0-60 in 8-9 seconds while the merc does it in 3 seconds I'd wager the brakes and tyres are leagues ahead to the extent that I'd say a 120mph is quite easily possible in that car without helmet and nutter risk all driver.
One other thing as it is derestricted why not have a timed race on a section go for it given it's clear and check what the bike averaged over that same distance then add on speed for a racing driver over your inferior skill plus the fact the road isn't closed.
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Fifthgear today showed a new merc and tiff easily got it up to 160 mph on the not so straight roads and no safety equipment. So on the assumption he did the whole track a mere 20mph faster than tony pond which is very easy to do over that old v6 rover then I guess average speed could easily jump to 110mph.
Then add in the fact that rover did 0-60 in 8-9 seconds while the merc does it in 3 seconds I'd wager the brakes and tyres are leagues ahead to the extent that I'd say a 120mph is quite easily possible in that car without helmet and nutter risk all driver.
One other thing as it is derestricted why not have a timed race on a section go for it given it's clear and check what the bike averaged over that same distance then add on speed for a racing driver over your inferior skill plus the fact the road isn't closed.
Job done
NEXT incest
Fact is it is a 2.7 v6 n/a unit STD suspension, straight through exhaust.
So factory spec was 175bhp circa. Back then how far could you tune an engine it did seem very low rent so hardly much spent on the upgrades.
Whatever it's no way more than 200bhp thecorrado vr6 from that era even tuned only managed 220bhp from a 197bhp start point so using that crude scenario I'm hapyit was a poor performance car. I'd say a 330d would totally smash that record
So factory spec was 175bhp circa. Back then how far could you tune an engine it did seem very low rent so hardly much spent on the upgrades.
Whatever it's no way more than 200bhp thecorrado vr6 from that era even tuned only managed 220bhp from a 197bhp start point so using that crude scenario I'm hapyit was a poor performance car. I'd say a 330d would totally smash that record
But its with additional info it proved that a high powered car can easily hit 160mph through the non straight parts of the track and he wasnt giving it 10/10th's no helmet/roll cage etc etc.
So given this it proves that car would cruicify the Rover Vitesse 2.7 V6 n/a slicks (on a part damp track) with straight through exhaust. That only managed 145mph and held at that speed for long periods of time throughout the course to nail a 100mph ave speed this Merc easily hit 160mph with out giving it all that could be (Rover was nailed totally - watch parts of the drive he is 11/10th's).
So given this it proves that car would cruicify the Rover Vitesse 2.7 V6 n/a slicks (on a part damp track) with straight through exhaust. That only managed 145mph and held at that speed for long periods of time throughout the course to nail a 100mph ave speed this Merc easily hit 160mph with out giving it all that could be (Rover was nailed totally - watch parts of the drive he is 11/10th's).
The statement that a car cannot handle the bumpy nature of the trade just doesnt fit - engineers will change the setup of the car to suit the nature of the circuit not like that of the snooker table smoothness of F1 racing track.
One question here Silverstone GP F1 car hit 1min 32 ish What did Moto GP do? Then what did the Porche Supercup cars manage?
The F1 cars didnt like the bump too much however the 911's certainly handled the bump with ease.
Note Im not talking about smashing the 130mph time here - which a car may well do - just hammering the 100mph average by that vitesse 2.7ltr v6 n/a
One question here Silverstone GP F1 car hit 1min 32 ish What did Moto GP do? Then what did the Porche Supercup cars manage?
The F1 cars didnt like the bump too much however the 911's certainly handled the bump with ease.
Note Im not talking about smashing the 130mph time here - which a car may well do - just hammering the 100mph average by that vitesse 2.7ltr v6 n/a
freecar said:
Welshbeef said:
Note Im not talking about smashing the 130mph time here - which a car may well do - just hammering the 100mph average by that vitesse 2.7ltr v6 n/a
Guys, calm down, he's admitted to the trollery! To answer your question yes a newer car could beat the old car's time! FFS freecar said:
Welshbeef said:
freecar said:
Welshbeef said:
Note Im not talking about smashing the 130mph time here - which a car may well do - just hammering the 100mph average by that vitesse 2.7ltr v6 n/a
Guys, calm down, he's admitted to the trollery! To answer your question yes a newer car could beat the old car's time! FFS Anyone know what the lap time at the ring of the rover vitesse is? If so then we could model back what other cars could do at iom and hence get average speed
note it was also a standing start so a flying lap would be even quicker in that old shed sorry vitesse.
Christ I wonder how much faster a cossie from that era could do it 115mph ave at the very least.
note it was also a standing start so a flying lap would be even quicker in that old shed sorry vitesse.
Christ I wonder how much faster a cossie from that era could do it 115mph ave at the very least.
Only about 40mph!! I was getting the impression. From the crew who say bike is faster it was a big speed say 100mph plus 40 Christ if you cannot take a car over a humpback bridge at that speed something wrong there. I've been airborne over humpbacks before not on purpose came without notice sign hidden by foiledge must have been 40odd mph not pleasant luckily straight and my road car didn't bottom out not even hit bump stops so bring it on
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