Thats right as reported this month Martin Hadlands Rayland Escort has cracked 200mph!!
Finally at Bruntingthorpe Proving ground he ran 200.2mph the First escort ever ofer the 200 mph barrier
His first run suffered badly when he had a rear tyre blowout....at 178mph!!!
Here is Vid - only running 198.9 (ONLY!!!!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj6bw48MSg0
just being reading this in redline very good story !
How scary does it sound having a blowout at that speed!
I would proberbly literally cack myself, polly the same feeling D and al had on the way to trax hahaha
dont fancy it myself cant believe he manage to control it.
crazy how they took the wing mirrors and wrc spoiler off and he said you could feel the difference
i bet at that speed it would make a hell of a difference
Bet Lee will be able to tell us the whys and wherefors of downforce
i would imagine that at those speeds the down force would be huge so reomoving the spoiler would possibly give less down force allowing the car get those extra few mph but making the car less stable ?
ask your Aiden he will tell you!
I think whay you have said is right, making the car less anchored down will make it less stable but i assume it is using that force to go forwards rather than down!
Wow, spot on....I've always loved the Reyland Escorts.
Yup, got it in one about the downforce; all spoilers create drag, and drag increases at the square of speed. Basically it takes 8 times the power to go twice as fast....so if you could do 100mph with 100bhp, it'd take 800bhp to do 200mph. Obviously, the more efficient you make the car aerodynamically, the less power is sapped by trying to cut through the air.
I bet at 190+ removing the drag of the wings and mirrors would free up over 100bhp....probably more.
reyland are the gods and i really hope they attend redlines TOTB this year to kick some jap ass.
That youtube video was awesome, check out how much it was squirming about at them speeds, always said Martin Hadland's had balls the size of watermelons.
always said Martin Hadland's had balls the size of watermelons.
more like his f**king brakes, 8 pots up front iirc
