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aye try and remove ant weight ya dont need from the boot, rear seats spare tyre etc, also they say removing yer spoiler makes a diffrence as it reduces drag

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All this preperation just to try and beat a for eh [:D]

 

wot... i like a challenge!! something wrong with that??? i asked for advice on here on wot might give me a better chance, i know coosies r quick, n il probably lose, but im gonna have fun doin, if u dont like it, keep out of the thread!!!!!!!!!

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flat shift??? wots that???

As you change gear dip the clutch very quicky, grab the next gear and let it up. KEEP THE THROTTLE PLANTED.

 

 

yeah, thot it might of been that, just making sure, but then i guess if u dont do it right, chance of more damage than good?

think i might just stick to normal gear changes. lol

 

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I just tried to bring a little bit of light hearted banter but guess it was the wrong thing to do [:#]

 

i thot u were trying to have a dig there mate, its not as if im spending thousands on mods just to beat a cossie, i probably will get beat, but i wanna give him a good run for his money, nothing wrong with that,

apologises for having a go at u

 

fuzzy

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No problem mate, if you want to see a cossie get beat watch craig mac scalp them when he is at crail.

You will give it a good run for it's money if he has a standard one like he says, plus it's all about the driver when power is close

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A standard escort cosworth (227bhp) will do the 1/4 mile in
about 14.9 with a terminal speed of around 98 mph.

 

you should do ok unless he drives this 11.1 sec one....

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then you will need to use jc's car to show him who's boss lol [:D]



 

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so if the chances r that the cossie is gonna beat me, my question is, wot choice mods can i do to make sure that i dont get beat? nothing to expensive, something cheapish but make my scooby quicker.

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so if the chances r that the cossie is gonna beat me, my question is, wot choice mods can i do to make sure that i dont get beat? nothing to expensive, something cheapish but make my scooby quicker.

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fuzzy

If you want a free way of makin it faster, make it lighter...get the rear seats out, spare wheel, jack, tools, sub box, etc. may make that small bit of difference you need! oops double post[:$]

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A standard escort cosworth (227bhp) will do the 1/4 mile in about 14.9 with a terminal speed of around 98 mph.

 

Really???  That's way slower than I thought it would do it. My standard type r did a 12.9 and it was my first time on the strip.

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Aye the escort cosworth’s performance in standard form is
nothing to write home about really, 0-60 in 5.5 [:D] and a top speed of 139 mph [:(] and
depending on what road test you read the 1/4 mile time is anything from 14.3 s
to 15 s













 

Make: Ford    Mod


Model: Escort    Trim
Trim: RS Cosworth (UK) 
  Transmission


Transmission: 5-speed Manual    Theoretical Top Speed
Top Speed: 139 mph 

















 

0-30 - 1.50 s [:D]
0-04 - 2.90 s  [:D]
0–50 - 4.10 s [:D]
0-60 - 5.50 s [:D]
0-70 - 7.90 s  [:D]
0-80 - 10.00 s  [:D]
0-90 - 12.50 s  [:D]
0-100 - 16.60 s [:D][:(]







100ft - 2.70 s
500ft - 7.60 s
1320 t (1/4 mile) - 14.30 @ 95.5 mph

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A standard escort cosworth (227bhp) will do the 1/4 mile in about 14.9 with a terminal speed of around 98 mph.

 

Really???  That's way slower than I thought it would do it. My standard type r did a 12.9 and it was my first time on the strip.

Yeh and mines done it in 12.86sec[:D]

Good luck with the cossie and get some meths up the boost add OB and lighten you car as much as possible.

Are you going up on the 18th feb?

Maybe see you there

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And don't foget that there is 2 models for the Escort Cossie....

1.Big turbo model ran a Garrett T3 turbo with standard whale tail.

2.Smal turbo model ran a Garrett T25 turbo which had a small spoiler and optional whale tail.

I believe the model to have is the big turbo for dragging and small turbo model for the road with quick spool.

Either way you are still going skelp him if it's a standard number.

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Your cheapest options to make a difference may be a dawes device to up the boost but you could hit fuel/boost cut on a 93 most people fit a z5 ecu from a 96 or later to get round this so ask nicely if you can borrow one. methanol will also give you a good performance boost while protecting from det with the higher boost, another cheap way  to save a tenth is a quickshift which will also make gearchanges cleaner and lesson the chance of missing a gear these are the cheap mods but can be removed easily when you sell the car.good luck.

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Letstorquebhp.com says an Escort Cosworth in standard trim is 14.37 with a 95.6 Terminal on the road. Slightly less on a high grip drag track (therefore not crail).

Not sure which Impreza is closest to fuzzys though.

 

 

stephen, looked at that list, mine aint listed, but its a 1993 wrx import, had it on the rollers and it got 246bhp, had a decat downpipe and decat centre pipe put on since then, so the power will be a wee bit higher.

 

fuzzy

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