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Title: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: omegod on 03 January 2011, 16:32:09
When those 6 numbers come up this is going in my living room, I remember drooling over this exact one when I was 16 at fast lane sport cars in Chorley.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1175944.htm
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: millwall on 03 January 2011, 16:36:57
absolutely gorgeous :y
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: V6 CDX-er on 03 January 2011, 21:14:22
I'm holding out for the Euro Millions jackpot.

Big boyhood fan of Mark Lovell here, (was there a faster Brit on tarmac?), so I too would love a RS200.

Would be a shame not to add to the stable a 205 T16, Metro 6R4, Quatrro S1, Delta S4, 037, two Manta 400's, (one in Brookes 'Heat for Hire' colours and the other in McRae's AC Delco livery), Collin McRaes Legacy, Ari Vatanen's 'Black Escort', Dick Johnsons Greens Tuff Falcon, Dick Johnson Shell Sierra, one of Brockie's No;5 Mobil Commodores, an Andy Rouse Sierra, a Frank Sytner E30 M3, and a TWR V12 XJS as raced at Bathurst.

Might as well add one of the Bastos Rover SD1's, Marku Alen's old 131 mirafiori's and Henri Toivenons old Sunbeam Lotus  ;D


There, that lot should keep me busy for a while.
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: albitz on 03 January 2011, 23:40:57
............and a Pentti Arrikkala Chevette HS, or maybe a Tony Pond HSR. :y

RS200 with over 700bhp, being driven by the man who mastered it above all others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW--lwPvHF4
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: millwall on 03 January 2011, 23:52:37
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............and a Pentti Arrikkala Chevette HS, or maybe a Tony Pond HSR. :y

RS200 with over 700bhp, being driven by the man who mastered it above all others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW--lwPvHF4
brilliant video christ dont they shift :y
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: Broomies Mate on 04 January 2011, 00:09:49
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I'm holding out for the Euro Millions jackpot.

Big boyhood fan of Mark Lovell here, (was there a faster Brit on tarmac?), so I too would love a RS200.

Would be a shame not to add to the stable a 205 T16, Metro 6R4, Quatrro S1, Delta S4, 037, two Manta 400's, (one in Brookes 'Heat for Hire' colours and the other in McRae's AC Delco livery), Collin McRaes Legacy, Ari Vatanen's 'Black Escort', Dick Johnsons Greens Tuff Falcon, Dick Johnson Shell Sierra, one of Brockie's No;5 Mobil Commodores, an Andy Rouse Sierra, a Frank Sytner E30 M3, and a TWR V12 XJS as raced at Bathurst.

Might as well add one of the Bastos Rover SD1's, Marku Alen's old 131 mirafiori's and Henri Toivenons old Sunbeam Lotus  ;D


There, that lot should keep me busy for a while.

No Celica GT4?  :-?
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: albitz on 04 January 2011, 00:15:52
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............and a Pentti Arrikkala Chevette HS, or maybe a Tony Pond HSR. :y

RS200 with over 700bhp, being driven by the man who mastered it above all others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW--lwPvHF4
brilliant video christ dont they shift :y
I got the chance to stand very close to the trackside and the startline on a few occasions, and they were scarily fast close up.
Martin Schanche was a crazy genius, had some huge accidents. Even ran into the middle of the track to try to stop the race when someone pushed him off. Hugely exciting to watch.
Raalycross was the best motorsport to spectate at bar none in the late 80,s and 90,s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4pYaocfuIY
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: aaronjb on 04 January 2011, 00:23:23
Watching the rallycross led me here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2S_MvE4Ug&NR=1&feature=fvwp

It gets interesting about 50 seconds in .. and even more so about 10 seconds after that when someones wheels fall off!
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: mikkmuzik on 04 January 2011, 00:26:05
Got to be a Quattro S1 or Metro 6R4
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: albitz on 04 January 2011, 00:37:21
Given the choice it would be the RS200 or 205 T16 for me.
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: 2woody on 04 January 2011, 09:46:23
RS200 - not bad for a Reliant  :o
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: bluey on 04 January 2011, 12:26:45
woody beat me to it, used to see the bodywork for the RS200 over at their works in Tamworth.  Say what you like about their 3-wheelers, their work was to a good standard and they did a fair bit of stuff for other people.
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: 2woody on 04 January 2011, 13:15:08
yes, we did  ;)
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: jonnycool on 04 January 2011, 14:00:35
I remember one of these being displayed in a car show where I live many years ago, with the engine cover up - it looked absolutely awesome, so far ahead of its time back then. I've wanted one ever since  :y

That number plate rings a bell actually
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: Phil on 04 January 2011, 16:10:00
The ones in the rallycross were highly modified and tuned versions of the 'group B' cars - iirc Will Gollops black and gold Silkolene 6R4 was a bi-turbo (was n/a in group b rally form) and would theortically out accellerate to 100mph the F1 car of the day! Only the short gearing for rally cross stopped 'beating' one at higher speeds

Guess this gives me an excuse to dig out the Goodwood photos from the last couple of years:-

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Stoneshed/Goodwood104.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Stoneshed/Goodwood109.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Stoneshed/Goodwood112.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Stoneshed/Goodwood113.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Stoneshed/Goodwood117.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Stoneshed/Goodwood120.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Stoneshed/Goodwood121.jpg)

Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: TheBoy on 04 January 2011, 22:31:39
My brother was involved in the redesign to make the RS200 road legal, after the original (German, IIRC) design failed to pass the tests...
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: Chris_H on 05 January 2011, 12:26:47
There was a time when they started 8 cars at a time at Lydden Hill.  The lines into the corners appear to be a bit flexible though!
(http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac107/Chris_H3/CN000090033lr.jpg)
Apologies for the picture quality.  I wasn't very old then!

And yes, the RS200s did unravel quite fast when they collided!  Fantastic car though.
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: 2woody on 05 January 2011, 15:08:49
this is turning inot a Reliant thread isn't it ?

who would go to watch rallycross in a 3-wheeler ?
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: Kevin Wood on 05 January 2011, 16:06:30
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this is turning inot a Reliant thread isn't it ?

who would go to watch rallycross in a 3-wheeler ?

Well, it would beat walking there....  Or did you mean 3 wheelers competing.? ;D

Actually, both of the above might be fun for a while. :D

Kevin
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: Kevin Wood on 05 January 2011, 16:07:01
You have an email, BTW, Stuart. ;)
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 05 January 2011, 16:39:08
would you get in this car with this madman???

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA_93v0oL0k[/media]
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: aaronjb on 05 January 2011, 16:46:37
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would you get in this car with this madman???

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA_93v0oL0k[/media]

Hell no!



He doesn't even have a passenger seat!  ;D
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: jonnycool on 05 January 2011, 18:21:49
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would you get in this car with this madman???

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA_93v0oL0k[/media]
Does that car actually have an exhaust?? Sounds like the inside of a tornado  ;D
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: russ0205 on 05 January 2011, 20:17:07
watch out dell boy rodney has an RS200 !!!
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: albitz on 05 January 2011, 20:21:12
An old workmates wife worked at Ford at Boreham years ago, and got taken round the test track in a works rally RS200.
She said the most impressive thing was actually the brakes. It felt like the seat mountings were going to snap and she would be propelled through the windscreen every time he stamped on the slow down pedal.
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: 2woody on 06 January 2011, 08:30:49
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You have an email, BTW, Stuart. ;)

seen e-mail - trying to think of a suitable reply....... ;)
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: aaronjb on 06 January 2011, 10:47:37
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You have an email, BTW, Stuart. ;)

seen e-mail - trying to think of a suitable reply....... ;)

I usually find 'firk off' works quite well.. or is that not the kind of reply you were struggling with?  ;D
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: Kevin Wood on 06 January 2011, 11:11:28
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You have an email, BTW, Stuart. ;)

seen e-mail - trying to think of a suitable reply....... ;)

I usually find 'firk off' works quite well.. or is that not the kind of reply you were struggling with?  ;D

Might not work too well in this case. ;) I've never tried to drive a car with a button on the dash to operate each fuel injector manually, but it can't be much fun.  :-X

Kevin
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: aaronjb on 06 January 2011, 11:46:58
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You have an email, BTW, Stuart. ;)

seen e-mail - trying to think of a suitable reply....... ;)

I usually find 'firk off' works quite well.. or is that not the kind of reply you were struggling with?  ;D

Might not work too well in this case. ;) I've never tried to drive a car with a button on the dash to operate each fuel injector manually, but it can't be much fun.  :-X

Kevin

;D Can you push a button that many times a second? ;)
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: 2woody on 06 January 2011, 15:27:27
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You have an email, BTW, Stuart. ;)

seen e-mail - trying to think of a suitable reply....... ;)

I usually find 'firk off' works quite well.. or is that not the kind of reply you were struggling with?  ;D

Might not work too well in this case. ;) I've never tried to drive a car with a button on the dash to operate each fuel injector manually, but it can't be much fun.  :-X

Kevin

;D Can you push a button that many times a second? ;)

many cylinders = less times per second
Title: Re: Dream car,Ford RS200
Post by: Kevin Wood on 06 January 2011, 17:16:27
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many cylinders = less times per second

Memorising the firing order is a bit tricky if you want fully sequential though.  ::)

Kevin