RE: RS200 for sale
Discussion
yzf1070 said:
In the late 80's early 90's Martin Schanche was the dude in one of these motors as far as Europe was concerned... he knows what they are capable of/did achieve. And... so does Will Gollop.
Wasn't Gollop in a 6R4?Edit... Ah I see what you mean, Gollop was a spectator!
Edited by KTiM on Friday 22 June 11:18
Elmo B. Strokes said:
Caddyshack said:
I know Fernhurst TVR and just spoke to Drew, the car has a recent Dyno print of 340 bhp.
Proper bit of Rally car and Ford History.
Sounds like the dyno needs to be dyno'd in that case. I used to knock up "dyno" graphs while still at school using my Commodore 64 and dot-matrix printer.Proper bit of Rally car and Ford History.
George 500 - no offence taken mate, and thanks for the welcome.
Going back to the topic of RS200s, this one is not worth £70k. Like I said, £50k top whack, and that's provided it comes with a new road fund licence, a tank of fuel and some overmats.
Edited by Elmo B. Strokes on Friday 22 June 08:22
unclemark123 said:
about 52k in standard 250 bhp trim...i think..... so not a good long term investment!
That was the list price for a road spec car... a bit like the original Ford GT, the struggled to sell so they went for peanuts.Old PH article here - http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=103&i=713...
Caddyshack said:
Elmo B. Strokes said:
Caddyshack said:
I know Fernhurst TVR and just spoke to Drew, the car has a recent Dyno print of 340 bhp.
Proper bit of Rally car and Ford History.
Sounds like the dyno needs to be dyno'd in that case. I used to knock up "dyno" graphs while still at school using my Commodore 64 and dot-matrix printer.Proper bit of Rally car and Ford History.
George 500 - no offence taken mate, and thanks for the welcome.
Going back to the topic of RS200s, this one is not worth £70k. Like I said, £50k top whack, and that's provided it comes with a new road fund licence, a tank of fuel and some overmats.
Edited by Elmo B. Strokes on Friday 22 June 08:22
I am sure I'm not alone in thinking that there is very little point in arguing when one knows that one is right.
Cheers
Elmo.
Podie said:
article said:
Quite how you could own this creation and then clock up such a tiny mileage...
The writer of the article has clearly never been behind the wheel of 200... First car had just over 300bhp, but needed a bit of sorting. It felt fast, but was really heavy to drive and a lot of work. I can see where the reputation comes from when they're in this state as I wouldn't fancy trying to get it out of a slide...
Since then, I've been fortunate enough to get some good miles in the Ford Heritage fleet example, which has been lovingly restored apart from the engine. Although 'Magic' at Ford reckons it barely puts out 200bhp - and it doesn't feel any faster than a modern turbo hatch to be honest - it handles beautifully, with fairly light controls and a great sense of balance. It can still be hard work, and the clutch is a pain in traffic, but the drive added to the thrill of being in a genuine RS200 makes it one of the most satisfying cars I've driven.
AT
Editor
Edited by adam towler on Monday 25th June 10:35
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