Cosworth Topspeed Car ready to rumble again

[MADRod]

Dont think the rebuild of my car has been shown on this forum so here goes.
After a long period of Development my RS is being prepared for an attempt on its own RS Cosworth Topspeed record.
Dynoed at 838bhp/666ft-lb it also has a 200bhp direct port Nitrous system to top up the Power, using a 100bar 'push' system to further boost Power lets just say enough Power is now available.
The vid shows testing at circa 900bhp & more will be used soon, thats 187mph before half way at Bruntingthorpe & that suggests 213/216 is within the cars capabilities in the 1.5miles. Talk of course is easy & it has yet to achieve these targets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXNzf2kjqc







Cheers Rod

[Chris_w666]

200+ sounds great but how does it stop?

[TEKNOPUG]

I've rented apartments smaller than that turbo!

[NotNormal]

Looking good Rod, taken long enough but hopefully it will deliver what you want

[Mr Darcy]

900bhp. Holy st !

[Mike Rainbird]

Good luck Rod - looking forward to seeing it run!

[petrolsniffer]

Excellent must be hard getting speeds like that out of a sierra the aerodynamics can't be doing any favours.Infact you ever thought of working on that at all?

[soad]

Epic horsepower figures - wish you luck with the run!

[Muzzer]

MADRod said:

Dynoed at 838bhp/666ft-lb it also has a 200bhp direct port Nitrous system to top up the Power

MADRod said:

That's a BIG turbo.....

Excellent work

[150bhp]

good luck mate, top car. p.s I'd be checking that air intake for illegal immigrants! massive.

[Graham]

Fing Hell, whats the turbo off a Ship!!! best of look with the 200mph run..


whats the expected number of hours on the motor between rebuilds, and whats teh lag like, or does the N2O take care of that...

[snotrag]

Where the hell did you get that Turbo!? Pure lunacy - I salute you.

[snotrag]

Actually, a question.

I've seen this car in photos before - it looks to be, to all intents and purposes, bog stock standard Sierra Cossie Bodywork.

As well as the continous quest for power, would it not make sense to put some effort into the Aero side of things? Does the car have a flat under tray, for instance?

Or is it a deliberate choice not to?

[Greg_D]

snotrag said:

Actually, a question.

I've seen this car in photos before - it looks to be, to all intents and purposes, bog stock standard Sierra Cossie Bodywork.

As well as the continous quest for power, would it not make sense to put some effort into the Aero side of things? Does the car have a flat under tray, for instance?

Or is it a deliberate choice not to?

indeed, even small mirrors would surely gain you a couple of mph at those sort of speeds.

I'm really interested to know what thought goes into a car like that and what details are considered

[y2blade]

mmmmmm

[nicky.mattsson]

WOW!

That thing sounds great.

I dont suppose you would consider being my dad MADRod?

[Mike Rainbird]

nicky.mattsson said:

WOW!

That thing sounds great.

I dont suppose you would consider being my dad MADRod?

Dad? I think mean Grandad LOL!

He's 93 this year !

[snotrag]

Mike Rainbird said:

He's 93 this year !

Really! Does he do the driving? +100 respect points for that!

[JDMc]

Very nice, any pics of you guys' Evo?

[Rich_W]

snotrag said:

Mike Rainbird said:

He's 93 this year !

Really! Does he do the driving? +100 respect points for that!

Rods not quite that old. but no he doesn't do the driving. He just pays for it then gets Mark (MA Developments) to do the top speed runs. Rather defeats the point to me...


Well quite aside from the fact that it's not actually terribly interesting to whack a gigantic turbo on a Sierra and go over 200mph in it. Those crazy buggers from Scandinavia have been doing that with old Volvos for donkeys years.