peachy wrx

its a very short clip but worth watching!

http://www.aqoe95.dsl.pipex.com/saxovsm3.mpg

muly

alot of us went to crail last sunday for some 1/4 mile fun and there were 2 supercharged saxo's there doing 12 sec 1/4 mile , they were even pissing on p1's, hope i dont come across 1 in my rex

RB5SCOTT

12 seconds is good for a front wheel drive car

peachy wrx

just found some clips of a supercharged m3 racing a diabilo,ferrari 355 and 360 but i'm sure its highly illegal because its on the street!!!!!

StickyMicky

fast

redeye

i raced one of the supercharged saxos at crail last weekend,i had raced 4 already came up against this one not knowing it was supercharged so i stuck the flamer kit on thinking this will be easy,he left me standing,i couldnt believe it.
i raced him again later in the day and made sure i kicked his ***,lucky though too close for comfort.

peachy wrx

i'm glad i didn't find a saxo v's scooby vid coz that would p**s everybody right off

rb5 286

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my brother's going to bruntingthorpe 2moro with a couple of his cossie mates, hoping to get under the 12 sec mark in their 4x4's running 350 - 400bhp each

cashy

Dont worry about the saxos, they may be quick quarter mile but wait till you get to a bend!!!!!

LG John

I know, if its not bad enough having them out-accelerate a scooby in a straightline they then have it through the bends as well

Not all types of bends and roads but for what its worth on anything but the tightest of roads my old vts would hold on harder than my scooby.

A track prepared s/c vts would be an amazing weekend car and I'd quite like to lay my hands on one one day

subarujimmy

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I had a saxo vtr and it was a tremendous car. Cheap to buy and run and very capable.

Dougster

That boy is from Greenock and he gave me a fright one day!!

Just looks like a slammed Saxo but has silly torque figures!!

Alan C

And proves what exactly?

I've seen Anglia's do sub 10's with a sorted V8.

OK.. he might blow me away.. Still a Saxo though..

No offence, but I'd rather have the real thing than a 'wannebee' .. otherwise I'd still have my MK1 XR2...

ps.. Before putting my flame suit on..

1. I'm still climbing the wannabee ladder myself.. but its a real ladder.. from B&Q.. know what I mean?

2. Great footage...

Frazer

That saxo actually did a 14.2@102 when it beat that "M3" the "M3" on that run did a 14.3@104 I think. The Saxowas not getting anywhere near 12 secs! please dont make me laugh...best was 14.2 I think..

Paul_M

Yeah I'd be surprised if it was 12 secs, cos you need a fair wad of power to get that 1/4 with a 4x4 so with the traction off the line in a FWD it prolly needs even more power to make up the time once it gets going.

PS What colour is this Saxo from greenock, any distinguishable features? So I can have a look out!

muly

Just had a look on the crail website for last wks results and a saxo did it in 12.862 sec, so i pressume that must be the supercharded vts

LG John

Yeah but that is an engine change job. The s/c saxo's are achieving impressive times with additions and tuning of the existing engine - the character of the original car is still very much there.

Phil M

Wat sort of power do the supercharged saxo's pull?

Phil M

And the M3 would of one if it werent a cab, cabs are about 200kgs more, 2-3 people!

Dougster

That Saxo is a wine colour. He stopped the day I met him looking for directions and he did mention other Supercharged Saxos about the Glasgow area.

A white one in particular sounded a bit on the wild side.

http://www.m-developments.co.uk/demo.html

Frazer

http://www.crailraceway.co.uk/times.asp?CarNumber=41

thats the saxo in the video. No where near 12 secs!

This is the "M3's" times.

http://www.crailraceway.co.uk/times.asp?CarNumber=139

This is the other supercharged VTS
http://www.crailraceway.co.uk/times.asp?CarNumber=74

Not very impressive when my pals n/a MR2 (1997) did a 15.0 and last time I was there my Clio Cup (with r sport ECU) did a 14.4!

Frazer

http://www.crailraceway.co.uk/times.asp?CarNumber=130

LOL
1298 12.862 sec 0.709 sec 2.611 sec -15.4 mph

Thats the time from car 130, doesn't really match up to all its others times which were in thr 16's and also it says a terminal of -15.4 mph lol

catflap

The chavva looks more interested in beating the bmw than the performance of his own car or improving his own technique, did they forget to mention it was not a race? Oh no wait a sec, it is to max power people.

Dream Weaver

Change the record ffs

In an outing yesterday in my 205 Mi with 4 other Scoobs in my group, wet, dry, icy, snowy country roads in the Dales. After about 2 miles there was STi8, 22B and my little (cant go round bends) 205. The classic WRX and UK Std were a fair way behind.

When I pulled over (got lost ) and joined in at the back I was never far off in both acceleration and in the bends. I had to drive differently in the bends, but it wasnt that far off!!

workshy_fopp

M3 cab and a baseball cap. You've gotta laugh, haven't you?

peachy wrx

i had a heavily modded saxo vts before i bought the wrx and considered superchargeing,the one i wanted was the 270 bhp version which with everything that needed upgradeing and fitting totaled at £8000 so thought its much cheaper to trade it in and buy a 280 bhp wrx

bobfrog1

The saxo doesn't look that quick on the 1/4 but on the streets I bet it'll push most cars out of the way good effort, bet he pissed loads of people off

Twisties, ha! I've pushed scoobies around bends in a ka with coilovers and a roll cage

peachy wrx

iv'e heard rumors of a 160 mph saxo video clip but i can't seem to find it,don't know if its true or not but apparently this has since been tuned to even more!!!!!!

J4CKO

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Saxo Boy, didnt you used to do 15.4 in your standard VTS ?

How much would it cost to do that to a Saxo, its very impressive but given enough money you can do anything.

LG John

15.3 @ 89mph and the car was totally standard