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(Message started by: mazzy_j on Apr 21st, 2006, 9:33am)
Title: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by mazzy_j on Apr 21st, 2006, 9:33am
I'm sure someone has but has anyone ever fully 'topped out' their cossie? as this weekend i'm taking mine to Sculthorpe airfield in Norfolk to help marshal a rally which is being held there. In return the organiser said i could have some free time to drive around and go on the 2 and a bit mile long tarmac'd runway and was wondering what sort of top end speed i'd be looking at in my car  ;D  ;D  ;D

http://multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=586000&Y=331000&width=700&height=400&gride=589471.881562728&gridn=332036.152703678&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&pc=&zm=0&scale=10000&out.x=7&out.y=10

Matt
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 21st, 2006, 10:21am
hi there

top speed was quoted at 140mph. taking everything into account, a real (gps) figure of 125/130mhp might be about right.

** you'll know yourself, but make sure everything is ok first! oil, gearbox, coolant, tyres, etc. **

hth

btw, was talk of a higher top speed by using the cc, but i don't know if you'll have enough room to try it. :-/
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by mazzy_j on Apr 21st, 2006, 10:28am
ahh, you just reminded me about the tyres. The ones fitted i don't think are 'Z' (is it?) rated which could be a problem as i don't fancy a blow out. I'll remember the cc tip and see what it does. Just gotta remember to stop before the end!!

Matt
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 21st, 2006, 10:32am
hi there

your tyres should be fine (v,w or z). they just need to last for 10 minutes at their rated top speed (150mph+). you won't be doing that speed for anywhere like 10 minutes, unless you try 2 runs and by that time your petrol tank will be empty!! ;D }{
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by mazzy_j on Apr 21st, 2006, 11:24am
Looks like they'll hopefully be ok then  :)

And yes, the trip computer will be on its temperature setting for the duration to save me having to be prescribed anti-depressants at the end  ;)  ;D

At roughly 5ish (most probably less) mpg full throttle i'll be incredibly lucky to get 2 runs out of a gallon at 2 miles a run  :o Lucky i was paid yesterday then  8)

Matt
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by martin_rowe on Apr 21st, 2006, 11:40am
seen 135 briefly.
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by martin_rowe on Apr 21st, 2006, 11:41am
my old 827 hit rev limiter at indicated 148.
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by Baw_Flinger on Apr 21st, 2006, 12:37pm
Ive had 135mph (before I wimped out ;D) out of my 2.3, I thought it was 155mph out of the cossie?
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by cossie_al on Apr 21st, 2006, 12:49pm
I have had 130mph on the clock of my cossie but I got to admit it felt slower.
However, the last time I did 130 was on my honda cbr 1000 so a car would feel slower than a bike
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by Dave on Apr 21st, 2006, 3:22pm
You lucky thing!

Pictures and videos Monday then, Matt  :D
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by sector-9 on Apr 21st, 2006, 7:00pm
Well it has to be >126mph - that's what I got (indicated) out of a Y-reg Sierra 2.3 V6 estate.

Somebody told me they got 140mph out of a Sierra 2.9 4x4 estate - apparently the police T5 didn't manage or refused to keep up, but the court wouldn't allow them a copy of the report to frame!

Darren
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by Paul B on Apr 21st, 2006, 10:39pm
I'd take those lights off the front to reduce drag a bit  ;)

But give it a good old go. Should be fun  ;D

Not sure if a 2 and a bit mile straight will be enough though  :-/
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by solarpanel on Apr 22nd, 2006, 11:53pm
had mine upto 130 and it was still pulling like a train,plus my speedo is calibrated as its ex police,to busy watching fuel gauge going down but i think it was revin at 5k.
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by Kjetil S on Apr 23rd, 2006, 12:44am
That's one of the beauties of the scorpios. You can feel they're made for the Autobahn, as they just keep on accelerating even at 100+ MPH.
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by Lee on Apr 23rd, 2006, 12:59pm
126 out of the old 12v , only had the new one to 110 but it would need alot longer then 2 1/2 miles to get there good luck
      Lee
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by mazzy_j on Apr 24th, 2006, 1:39pm
Well, i had a brilliant day out, can't think of many other better ways to spend a saturday afternoon sitting in the sun with the distant sound of straight through exhausts and straight cut gears filling the air, whilst watching Escort mk1's sliding round corners  :) Despite it being only April I did manage to get sunburnt somehow :-/

Didn't quite manage to get flat out but manged a respectable 130 (The needle just about on the 130mph line). The reason being was that the military were setting up some tests on the main runway which put it out of bounds  :( so i had to use one of the slightly shorter ones instead but with a run-up from around the corner. Did have a bit of a scare when i was going along one of the old concrete runways, because where the newer tarmac runway crosses the old one it is slightly raised to form a slight 'jump', of course i couldn't see it was there because there were tufts of grass between all the concrete slabs and so i hit it doing about 115-120 with an almighty crash, but luckily no damage was done. Phew  :) The only real damage done to my car that day was the transformation of my formerly road legal tyres into a pair of (nearly) racing slicks. All in the name of fun  ;D  ;D

Dave, I filmed 3 video's on my mobile, 2 of the scorpio and 1 of a stupidly quick mini which went like a remote control car, will post them shortly...

Matt
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by Dave on Apr 24th, 2006, 8:00pm
Good man  :)
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by Octavian_P on Apr 24th, 2006, 8:25pm
Nice ! To bad of the poor trak, we are waiting for movies / pics  ;D


PS: i got 125 in my 2.3 but had to brake because of the road was remaning out of tramac  ;D
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by jonnycab on Apr 25th, 2006, 1:43am
One lonely, quiet night on the A127 I was in my old '95 2.0 ghia (manual) & got 125mph. It was well into the red, so I didn't hold this speed for long.
The first time I really pushed my new 2.3 Auto, it blew out the fan sensor switch & I lost all my water.
Started driving like my Dad now....slow & easy....maaan
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by Jameseck on Apr 26th, 2006, 12:00am
I had 145 on speedo, gps reporting 138 on motorway for about half a mile before I bottled out and slowed back to 100.......98 Scorp Cossie
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by Matt on May 1st, 2006, 11:57am
gps'd 140 :D using 8 miles of the M6's finest patch of tarmac

(it was 8.15am sunday morning tho, think i counted 5 cars in total lol)
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by 24vgaz on May 10th, 2006, 4:12pm
Hi
I have had the gps saying 139   M62  3am  nothing in the way. Thats how a road should be.

:D :D :D
Title: Re: Cossie Flat Out??
Post by howiedintheplace on May 13th, 2006, 4:59pm
Here is a video for you.

It is one of my old cars, a Mk3 24V which I tuned.
It would go off the clock easily which I reckon was about 150 mph for real

It went well for a non turbo V6.

http://media.putfile.com/Scorpio-24V


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