Basildon

[Trappy]

Saw a black fd with yellow foggies, i believe, the other day. Was going past sainsbury\'s A127 bound. I doubled back to catch up but had presumably gone onto the A127 (the opposite way to the copper that was in front of you...). I shot down the Arterial but couldn\'t see you. You must have turned off at the A130???

Looked very clean, nice \'n\' shiny!

[dre]

Oi Trappy, do you really think your car is in the same leauge as an RX??!

A healthy Rex would eat your car for breakfast. I have a UK spec L reg red RX. Bring it on!!!

:bandit
:burnout
:3gears-rh
:flamed

[Trappy]

I do hope you are joking!! :confused:
Where in Essex? Lets meet up! Is your car standard, if it is i really wouldn\'t bother...
What colour is it and are you ever near basildon?

I saw a lovely Silver Rex with a bodykit turning onto Heron Retail park last week. Sounded good too, anyone on here?

[dre]

I live near Gants Hill. You wanna know if my car is standard or not you\'re gonna have to find out the hard way. But i don\'t usually waste my fuel against cars like yours.

:burnout :flamed

[Trappy]

Saw a Yellow Rex on the A132 in basildon last week. Forgot to post it on here. It had the most wild bodykit i\'ve ever seen on it! Looked good too!

Are you serious, you don\'t waste your fuel on cars like mine? Exactly what would you consider worthy then?
 
Do you know anything about the coupe 20VT?
I remember someone saying the UK spec 3rd gen did the 1/4 mile in 14.6 secs in a road test against the escort cossy. That\'s the same as the coop, with a front-wheel drive pull away.

0-60 6 secs
0-100 14.5 secs
30-70 5.4 secs
50-70 in 5th 6.2 secs
1/4 mile 14.6 @100
0-1000 metres 25.9 @126

220bhp  @ 5750
228lbs/ft @ 2,500

Mine came out at 220bhp @6,283rpm
                           216lbs/ft @3,900rpm
At Power Engineering with a knackered throttle cable. I\'ve added K&N 57i and DV26 since then. The most powerful coop had 480bhp... Waste your petrol on that Fccuker!

Check out the forum http://www.fccuk.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=

[John Yorke]

Fraid the yeller one was me:D  aint just the body kit though:bandit
220? is that at the wheels or fly iether way you would be toast againt a rex .............. come to that any rotary:cool
If you like the FD aint it about time you got yerself a propper motor and not some toy?

[dre]

see even the Yella Fella knows that you\'d be toasted against a Rex. And if that\'s the most powerful coupe at a moddest 480bhp, you don\'t even wanna know what the most powerful rotary can produce!!!

Anyway going back to what a worthy challenger would be.....

.....Porsche Carerra, BMW M3 (new one), Maseratti Spyder, TVR\'s any of these would be a good challenge for a REX!!

I\'ve raced against these cars and had fun, against you, you wouldn\'t see me after 60mph, i\'d have to slow down and wait for you to catch up!!! :cool

[Chico]

Trappy, is you high or something?

Even with my 16 stone sitting next to Dre you be lucky to read his numberplate after 60......

If you wanted to make it closer I suppose he could tow you with us? But you may need a few G-force tests cause I doubt you\'ve been that fast before.........wouldn\'t want you being sick over that lovely cloth interior........

PEACE!! :rollin

[Trappy]

Oh my god, I never thought \'scooby driver ignorance\' would spread to this forum. I suppose with prices falling the rabble soon takes a foothold... shame

Dre, i like the way you "had fun with that list of cars". In other words they roasted you, Haha

I too have kept up with a two new M3s, nothing in it. Wasted a Holden HSV destroyed a 3rd gen, a number of times and mine is near bog standard. Ok the rex was \'only\' a uk spec.

Check out this site.
http://basingstokedemons.co.uk/askracing/versus.asp

I\'m not gonna start slagging off the Rex, i think its a great car, thats why i\'m on here! Its proved just a little too impractical for my needs so I bought the coop.
A Type-R is slightly quicker standard than a coop, a UK spec is not.
I\'m more than willing to prove it too... Blast down the A13?

[BlitzBoy]

Trappy instead of proving it on the A13, prove it down Santa Pod instead, and post your timing slip on here, I doubt if you will hit 15 seconds or under on the quarter mile. A type R RX7 is much quicker then your Coupe, 13.6-14.0 quarter depending on the driver. Thats like night and day in terms of distance on the strip.

[Chico]

"I\'m not gonna start slagging off the Rex, i think its a great car, thats why i\'m on here! Its proved just a little too impractical for my needs so I bought the coop"

Back tracking??

I\'mm nnnnnnnot gggggonnnnaaa ssssstttttaaarrrrtttt sllllagggging ooooofffffffffffff tttthhhhhheeee Rrrrrrreeeexxxxx  
bbbbbuuuuutttt iiii jjjjust realised i\'m gonna get my ar5e handed to me on a big silver platter.......

All comes out in the end.......

LOL!
:evillaugh

[dre]

Mate you got to come back down to reality and realise that yes your car maybe quick for a front wheel drive turbo 20v thingy but when it comes to playing with the big boys with big hp rwd cars you just got to accept the fact that your car cannot compete in this class and step out of the ring before you get hurt!!

Blitz boys knows the score, being an FD owner.

so lets, end this nicely with a thank you and goodbye!! See you down the strip!!:wave

p.s. a new M3 does 0-100mph in 10.4 secs compared to your Fiat\'s 15.0 secs.

I think for every 0.1 its a car length or something like that, so do the maths Trappy and realise that he was probably still in 5th gear when you were trying to race him!!:rolleyes:

[Trappy]

Right then, i\'m not even gonna bother with you 1 post a month boys cos you haven\'t got a clue. Actually i will.

"Each 0.1 sec equates to a length or something like that"
LMAO  :rollin

Go away. Here\'s how you work it out. 10mph equals just under 5 m/s.
At the quarter mile the Rex Type- R and Coop pass the line at very near 100mph each. A one second gap @100mph therefore equals around 45 metres. The coop comes in 0.6 seconds later, about 28 metres.

As those that are worth speaking to are aware, Front wheels drive cars really suffer when pulling away from a standstill, i.e. at the pod.
It\'s supposed to reduce 0-60 by around 0.5 secs compared to a bhp @ the wheels/ tonne front-engined rear wheel drive car. The tonne would prob be similarly affect, maybe 0.8 secs slower.
A rear engined car would be quicker still and a 4wd car even quicker.
As most of you would claim a scooby has an advantage over you.
Consider also that a Front Wheel drive car (and rear engined) doesn\'t lose as much power between the fly-wheel and the wheels. As those worth talking too would already know.
 
The best way to compare performance would therefore be from a rolling start. Preferably on a long straight road that could be considered to be safe at around 120 leptons. I.e. the A13!!!

The fact that a UK spec RX7 passes the 1/4 mile at the same time as a coop 20vT at 93mph (as opposed to 100mph) proves that the coop is catching ( and has actually caught it) and is therefore FASTER!!!!

It \'isn\'t\' as fast as a Type-R but it is a lot closer than a lot of you would like to think.

I haven\'t \'Slagged\' off the RX7 and never would.

[John Yorke]

Trappy by name Trappy by nature:rollin
 Face it you have a FWD sports car that at best produces 220 brake and is a similar weight, that is 20ish brake down on a UK car [only 120 odd in the country] and 45 down on a stock jap speck [forget about R1, R2 ect, they all produce the same power] If you are going to spout numbers please get them right:reallymad
Please go and play with the other chav cars

[Andy_k]

I know what your getting at, as i have a 300bhp 205 (Fwd and only 800kg) once both cars are rolling (40mph
) the 205 will kill my rex up too about 100mph or so.

But it wont beat it off the line or top end, its not as fast full stop but it can give a good fight. Its pointless trying to say your cars faster at 45-80mph at 5pm on a saturday going downhill, whats the point its only a split secound.