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Originally Posted by RSgerry
maddestman, i dont believe my RS actually has an engine speed less than 3000rpm :-)
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lol, maybe so, but you wouldn't be expecting brilliant fuel economy then would you, haha
Mine only ever sees 3000rpm on the freeway (damn 4 speed, I need a 5 speed damnit!) or when I'm going for a gap in traffic, otherwise most of the rest of the time it's somewhere between 1500rpm and 2500rpm - at least, until after the engine has been rebuilt and run in properly... :newangel:
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Originally Posted by Damo
I doubt they'd leave any decent commodore or Falcon at the lights though, maybe for the first 50 metres.
Get an XR6! Manual!
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You might be suprised. They don't weigh all that much (under 1000kgs) and have a minimum 3.5:1 diff ratio (2.0L Escorts usually have a 3.5:1 diff, others have 3.7:1 or even 4.1:1), so they can launch suprisingly hard. Sure, over the 1/4 mile I wouldn't expect a win, but from the lights up to 60km/h, well that's a different story. I know that a 2.0 Escort will have no problems showing a clean set of tail lights to any stock auto E series 6's up to 100km/h. Of course, it would be a lot closer if it was a manual XR Falc, but even then, if the Falc driver isn't quick enough, or stuffs up a gear change, he could still see the tail lights before he flies past.
Some of the videos on
http://rs2000.mine.nu/site/home/escort/videos/index.htm show what I mean, particularly
http://rs2000.mine.nu/videos/RS2000_...g_V8s_Divx.zip (29.4 MB) or
http://rs2000.mine.nu/videos/Orange_MK2_Drag.zip (1.3 MB)
One day I'll take my Escort to Calder park - I'd love to see what sort of 60' times I get out of it.
