harris horse power Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 After a couple years of trying to beat Dave Edmunds time of 13.08 in his legendary 1800 xflow powered fiesta , I finally done it yesterday at pod after running a 13.05 @ 101mph. So mine is now the quickest xflow powered fiesta ever And I may have even convinced fiesta Steve to get his arse in gear! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over_head_cam Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Well done m8. And yeah Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Little Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 fantastic achievement, and even more impressive with it being fwd. what was the 60ft on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob wiggins Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Well done mate car sounds lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettp Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Lovely car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harris horse power Posted June 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Thanks people the 60ft time was 1.8 I'm running 2.1 degrees front camber so I'm gna get that down to 0 and see if it helps, but I can't see me getting any better 60ft out of a fwd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Nice one, we'll done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnover Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Certainly sounded well and very quick for fwd well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchy Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Well done mate one quick car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TILBROOK Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 well done. it looked well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 well done Simon was good to watch, you going to Retro Show next month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJUK Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Car looked epic on the day! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiesta Steve Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Absolutely amazing achievement, which is probably not appreciated enough by most people here. Dave set his 13.08 some time in the 1990's and it was an epic 1/4 mile time back in the day. Its taken all these years to be beaten which goes to show how difficult it is to run those sort of times with a fwd xflow. Is anyone aware of a faster n/a fwd Ford ?? Maybe it's time to finish mine, hopefully it'll be competitive. Well done Simon, it's a wonderful achievenent and well deserved too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEm Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 I am no expert of FWD racing but the merest fact its taken so long speaks volumes. Why has it taken so long? Surely the track is better so what is different then to now that still makes it so close?? Either way its a hell of an achievement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiesta Steve Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 I am no expert of FWD racing but the merest fact its taken so long speaks volumes. Why has it taken so long? Surely the track is better so what is different then to now that still makes it so close?? Either way its a hell of an achievement! The Crossflow in Dave Edmunds Fiesta was something else. 1824cc, Steel everything, SCCR box etc.. It made over 200 bhp on Sanspeeds rollers, we now know those figures are optimistic as was anything that came off of their rollers but it was probably 180+ bhp in real money. At the time it was the countrys fastest FWD car, before the turbo cars took over. Many a magazine artical have been written on Dave's Fiesta over the years, probably more than any other car !! What Simon has achieved is quite incredible give the spec, I not sure what the spec is but I guess 1700, cast crank ?? As far as I am aware no FWD Ford (n/a) has ever gone sub 13 seconds.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEm Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 I think I remember Dave Edmunds car back in the day. was it around the same time as that Brown mk4 2.3 pinto'd Tina? Both were fast as fook! Bearing in mind then Steve that Dave's car was 1800 and Simons is 1700, does that not mean that a sub 12sec pass is likely in the future? The limit surely can't be on grip as there are N/A jap crap running 11's I believe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiesta Steve Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 Yes, I truely believe a 12 is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyesport04 Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 well done looked very quick at c/f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justmark Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 well done looked very quick at c/f these fiestas might be quick but who cares, slow rwd or fast fwd, half the cars at the show were not actually classic cars, theres more to life than speed like style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshmike Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 these fiestas might be quick but who cares, slow rwd or fast fwd, half the cars at the show were not actually classic cars, theres more to life than speed like style. theres more to life than style too, like speed haha A car that goes and sounds like that fiesta will always impress me more than one parked up with someone polishing it every 2 minutes. 'spose it takes all sorts. and I love the 'style' of this car, purpousfull, no bullshit. Seeing this Fiesta and the orange Harris Mk2 Escort ragging up the strip together was one of the highlights of the show for me. Congratulations on your time bud, very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyesport04 Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 these fiestas might be quick but who cares, slow rwd or fast fwd, half the cars at the show were not actually classic cars, theres more to life than speed like style. why not have both like harris horse power its classic its fast an even more imporantly its osf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK2Ed Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 these fiestas might be quick but who cares, slow rwd or fast fwd, half the cars at the show were not actually classic cars, theres more to life than speed like style. Lol, I fookin care and the show had plenty of classics, speed and style so what's your point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now