I was quite suprised to see the new age STi's running 14 odd second 1/4 miles yesterday.
What was the quickest new age of the day though???
Were any of you runing PPP and what did you achieve?

 

ive got a 2002 wrx (not sti) and i ran 13.4 1/4 101mph..chris

 

I tried to get on track but they shut the bloody sign on both argh!

Anyhow I too was shocked to see a STi8 Type UK with a Pro-drive exhaust if not PPP running 14.5 ish for the quarter ??

Is this about right, or did he leave the handbrake on?

 

Thats a good run wrrjones ..... i didnt see you go I dont think.

I ran a 13.2 at 107 the last time I was there but I didnt go on this time. I havent got ppp I have used a cheaper route to gain a few more BHP.
I'm still to be convinced how good PPP cars are. Not sure how many of the STi8's which ran yesterday had PPP though.

 

I'm going to get mine rolling roaded as I have a sneaky suspicion 300BHP maybe a tadge optimistic too!

 

Andy I think it will depend where you take it for the RR run.

Im not saying they arent fast coz they are but there didnt seem to be any running that quick at the pod yesterday .....

wrrjones ....what spec is your car? That is a quick time for a standard car if it is?

 

My MY02 WRX with decat down pipe and centre ran a 14.6

Well chuffed considering its almost standard

Ross

 

I got a fair few of you boys on video from the side of the track. Just watching it while we speak now

 

Got 14.4 sti ppp filled up in thurroc said 98 ron? 1. 04 reaction time. Great day and couldnt believe the amount of scoobies. Big shout out to all the lads that made it a great day.

 

Harrymonk .....great name haha ....

Did you not think you would run quicker than that?

 

what do the prodrive figures say for a 1/4 mile time?

STi8 PPP that is, I thought it was in the 13's ???

I have some back tracking to do I thinks, my mate as an Escort Cossie running 310 bhp and he ran the quarter in 13.2, now I assumed that as my STi8 PPP has 300BHP I would be somewhere around this figure if not quicker DOH!!

humble pie, munch munch munch LOL!

 

2002 sti ppp Tried to, worst was 14.66 96.45 mph best 14.46 95.86 couldnt get it to go any faster, maybe esso 98 is not?

[Edited by harrymonk - 10/13/2003 10:01:07 AM]

 

I'm glad I couldn't get a ticket now

Is this mostly down to this 6 speed box issue?

 

I thought it was ment to be better? Maybe round a track and not a straight line. Who knows

 

On Prodrive's web site... the standing qtr for a standard MY03 STi is 13.99, for one with PPP its 13.44... and these numbers should be repeatable if you read the blurb that goes with them.

Richie.

 

I thought someone said the STi8 PPP was 0-100mph in 12.2 secs LOL!

is that of a cliff?

Before everyone starts stating how its around twisties, and in the wet bla bla bla to be quite honest I was looking forward to doing a few drag days as there's little chance of me smashing it up doing that, where as going around bends too quick for my ability tends to have a negative effect on the bodywork

14.5 secs, umh? back to the drawing board

 

Prodrive's numbers ....

0-60 5.17 4.62
0-100 13.69 12.2
std-qtr 13.99 13.44

(1st number without ppp, 2nd with ppp)

... and to quote the blurb...

'The performance figures reproduced below were derived during testing at Prodrive's proving ground, using their mile straight to accurately reproduce the dynamic environment that customers' cars will operate in but under controlled, repeatable conditions.'

Anyone able to repeat these numbers yet without having their car running on fumes, loads of OB, the spare wheel sitting on the side of the track and some 7 stone jockey driving the thing? lol

Richie.

 

Shame Darren couldn't pull himself away from the japanese performance mag stand as his STi7 was getting 12.1 at elvington so shuda got 11's at pod OK it's a bit more than just PPP but tiz all good.
Si

 

I have a vcd with the STi 7 RA doing a standing 1/4 in 12.3 and thats a standard car, so the non RA should be able to squeeze out more than a 14.

For any version 7/8 owners, what launch revs are you using?? For every 1/10th made at the start its worth double down the end....

 

We saw quite a few new age cars run yesterday - mostly high 13 to low 15 seconds. Someone told me that a PPP STi 7 ran a 15.1 - but I'm not sure if that's a reliable source. The MPH at the end of the 1/4 is a good indicator of actual bhp - the ET is more of an idea of how well the car hooks up over the 0-60 feet marker really.

400bhp STi 7 ran 12.3 @113 mph, with a crap driver - me. Another silver bug-eye WRX with 330 bhp (and a shagged clutch) ran 13.9 @ around 100 mph. Maybe the track was slow? Have a look at this months Jap Performance or Banzaii.

Haven't seen any PPP STi cars make the numbers quoted - though the PPP wrx seems to be about right.

 

Anyone know whose red MR2's clutch went yesterday and held up the strip for about 10 minutes?

 

If its the one I'm thinking of then it did on its first run, but the same car then ran a 14.1. There was definately better times capable from the car but understandably the driver didn't want to waste his clutch. The terminal speed was considerably higher than others running 13's, so with a perfect launch could have been much better.

You gotta remember that for many people, they run to enjoy themselves, and not to muller their cars off the lines.

 

I ran a 13.2 107 mph in my STi8 with Trust Extreme exhaust and induction kit. Not yesterday though I did it at bug jam. There was a big headwind that day as well.
The biggest problem I found was that I really needed to be getting into 5th coz of the short gearing but that extra gear change mucked up the timings. Leave it in 4th and run slightly into the red gave the best timings.
As for getting off the line I was giving it around 4000 revs. Loads of people say give it 6000 and drop the clutch. I didnt wanna do that though, dont wanna kill the poor thing.

Anyway a 13.2 is good enough for me, wont do it again, too harsh on the car me thinks.

 

my first run was 13.7 second i fluffed it jumped start and 3rd run got 13.4 101 terminal and mine is a 2002 wrx in wrblue very loud hks dragger morretts and odd compomotive mo,s 1 silver 3 gold
mods are as follows..

GGR ind kit
full one off 3ins Hayward&Scott DP+center HKS super dragger BB
modded classic up pipe
runing 1.25 bar boost
VF24 modded turbo
STD TMIC
STD Injectors

 

i ran a 14.2 in my bug eyed wrx with PPP and decat down/up pipe, was chuffed as i beat a nice looking Supra and MR2 gr8 day in my opinion, was just watching my runs on my video, i was whooping the supra at the start, then he caught up at the end

ScoobyDoo69

 

Quickest new age I have footage of is the East Street scoob which did 10.73 and hit 135mph.
If someone would like to request the footage I will be glad to email it.
Then someone can post it for all to see.

 

14.8 secs
92.5 mph (kept it in third all the way)
1.3 reaction

MY01 WRX

 

Disco
That sounded like my times, STI8 PPP. My trouble is, My launch was crap on run 1 and 3(hence 15 secs) #2 run was good (14.1 secs). Although I was carrying a full tank of fuel and a lot of stereo equipment, so almost certain weight being a problem.
Pete

 

But at least you had a go though eh Pete

 

My first time on the track got 14.6 in a bogo my01 wrx is all to do with the lunch i think took it up to 4.5k droped it then floored i want a re map now, got a full tank of fuel as well, it must cost a 1000 quid every .5 second quicker or more, my girl friend thought it was slow she said i can normally do it twice in that time???? what's that sweet heart i said ??????