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by **James_16v** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 6:50 pm

hope someone videoed it i would love to see a fezza doing 0-60 in 4ish seconds

well done that is some achievement

by **16VSi** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 7:16 pm

All I can say is WOW!!
Well done Paul
You've made Fiesta owners all over England very proud.
Keep up the good work
Any videos?

by **Paul R** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 7:35 pm

Lost for words........

Very very very chuffed!

beat my 0-100 as well with a 11.3 and my top speed of 128mph lol!

Oh and any story's you hear about me spinning out up the track are lies.. lies I tell u! lol :lol:

CheeRS a very muddy Paul R

by **The Bruster** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 7:52 pm

grahamb :If you get in to the physics of propelling a front wheel drive car off the line, 4.2 seconds is highly unlikely, unless you mean 0-60 kph

RWD I'd believe, but hard to do in a front wheel drive car (but not impossible given the right conditions)

If it is true though, big up to the man! He must have had some very wide slicks on it

I couldn''t agree more mate

BUT

an officially proved time is the proof of the pudding, and thast simply amazing! best bit is Paul doesn't brag about power or engine specs

by **jonathan2** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 7:57 pm

JESUS!!!! i'm not being bitter or anything, but it is really hard to get a FWD car to do this, i personally think its only possible with big slicks and tack bite ,, similar to the american FWD drag cars come on paul tell us what tyre were you using????? anyway nuff respect.................johnny

by **AndyBlackFRST** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 7:58 pm

Well done Paul...

by **Paul R** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:31 pm

There's no secrets, I think a lot of it is done to my fairly small turbo which gives me a huge amount of torque low down but not a lot above 5800 revs, also I recon the combination of the ATB diff, A038's and the suspension set up just seems to work for me :-?

IanFRST I will me changing the spec very shortly as I'm still going for that 12sec 1/4mile!

by **AndyBlackFRST** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:34 pm

Paul, Do you know the silver 1.9 mk1 fiesta from Power engineering?

He said that he will show you up when his is done very soon....

Bring on the race

by **sunnyFRST** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:37 pm

As I said before well done boy! - You deserve it.

Sunny.

by **Paul R** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:38 pm

Cool I hope someone else can..
I totally respect any FWD's that can do these times although i'm only really interested in RST's but that mk1 is amazing

by **AndyBlackFRST** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:44 pm

That Mk1 is soon to be running direct NOS, saw his work on Friday

by **turboboss** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:50 pm

i just got off the phone from ian howell and he was just saying you should of seen the car take off grip and go paul to say your car set up right is a understatement 4.2 is just amazing dam quick for any car but a fwd car well done

by **The Bruster** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:53 pm

Loads of respect

hope to try and compete with you guys sometime soon

by **Choosey** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 9:12 pm

16VSi :All I can say is WOW!!
Well done Paul
You've made Fiesta owners all over England very proud.
Keep up the good work
Any videos?

Not just England mate! :rolleyes:

Well done Paul!

by **Mark Si** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 9:16 pm

Trust you to pick up on that choosey :rolleyes:

Nice one mate I'm extremely impressed, sets a new benchmark for FWD cars and acceleration

by **ArronXR2i** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 10:40 pm

so Paul - what gear do you launch in if thats not a stupid question? :rolleyes:

by **Paul R** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 11:08 pm

by **ArronXR2i** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 11:26 pm

cool - and what sort of speed do you change into 2nd at? :-?

by **Paul R** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 11:28 pm

errr... couldn't tell ya :-?

I only look at the tacho and i change at 5.8k revs in every gear

by **ArronXR2i** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 11:31 pm

thats cool! Cheers mate

by **Choosey** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 11:44 pm

Mark Si :Trust you to pick up on that choosey

Nice one mate I'm extremely impressed, sets a new benchmark for FWD cars and acceleration

shut it ya tart! :lol:

by **Mark Si** on Mon Nov 11, 2002 11:49 pm

I resent that

by **Choosey** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:13 am

Nah ya dont! U love it! :wink:

by **festajon** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 2:27 am

Bloody well done mate, im well impressed

VIDS VIDS VIDS!!!! someone musta recorded it!!

by **JamieFRST** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 2:39 am

wow thats amazin! yea someone must have a vid?

by **V2DEEP** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 2:41 am

That is quick. Have u got a boost gauge inside ur car? What u runing?

by **davy** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 6:34 am

thats very quick indeed, cant think of a fwd car which is quicker or even comes close. must have had some seriously sticky slicks on. how quick does your average touring car get to 60 ????

by **grahamb** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 8:58 am

Must be quicker than any R5GTT, or Nova. Well done for returning the crown to a Fiesta owner. Awesome.

I'd have thought you could have launched in 2nd and just kept your foot planted, 60 mph must be achievable in 2nd.

I really want to have a play now. Who organised the event yesterday? Was it PF of FF mag?

by **Ian C70T5** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 9:09 am

Like i said before paul.. Well done mate.. great achievement..

We'll have to hook up next year on the track mate!

by **16VSi** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 10:34 am

Sorry Choosey

I'll retract my original statement.

And replace it with...

"You've made Fiesta Owners all over England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Eire, Uganda, USA, Nigeria, Pakistan, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain......(Please feel free to add the country of your choice)....................
Very Proud."

by **TomFiesta** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 10:59 am

by **Paul R** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:33 pm

V2DEEP the boost touchs 18 and holds 16psi all the way

grahamb Cheers mate, It was a PF day for a group thrash loads of cars there including Jamie Going (jam sport) his ERST did 160.44 MPH!
also my gearing is fairly short so I just change each time I hit 5.8K I'm not sure which gear i'm in when i hit 60 but i'm pretty sure its 3rd

davy the tyres I use are road legal e-marked Yokoharma A038's they are sort of cut slick, they are standard on Lotus Exige's

by **grahamb** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:49 pm

Sounds like you've got the same gearing as me then. I have a 4.89:1 final drive in my Quaife box, and an ATB, so 120 is 7200 in fifth, which she pulls happily!!! I don't have the torque that you'll have, but my Mk1 should be pretty close by the sounds of things. I'm going to get some slicks and new wheels for next season. That'll help too.

160MPH, in an Escort! Flaming heck. Was he wearing a skid lid?

by TJ on Tue Nov 12, 2002 4:08 pm

Dont everyone have to wear a skid lid??

Well done paul! And bugger benchmark, he's smashed the bench to splinters!!

by **rajaboyuk** on Tue Nov 12, 2002 6:50 pm

well done mate! excellent news!

Hope u get ur record u want soon!
any vids???

congratulations

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F*CK YES!!! Paul R 4.89 second 0-60!!!!