We had a top speed of between 200 and 205km/h in Finland. I think in Finland the fastest car I have ever seen was Bosse in the 307 with 209...or was it Lindholm with 211?? Anybody remember?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
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We had a top speed of between 200 and 205km/h in Finland. I think in Finland the fastest car I have ever seen was Bosse in the 307 with 209...or was it Lindholm with 211?? Anybody remember?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I think it was 232km/h on Hirvonen's car but don't remember where. Any news, Antony?
And on Nring with a street Evo you have places where you can top 250km/h. So a top spec rally car will be on it`s limiter for a long time there.
Top speed in NORF in old WRC cars was 200-205km/h like someone said and last year in new cars top speed´s was between 178(Mini)-190(Fiesta) if I remember right... So new cars are pit slower than old ones... Fastest car was Juha Salo Mitsu Evo X R4/195km/h... These are radar results from SS2 Laukaa by finnish motorsport magazine Vauhdin Maailma...
Those results were very strange and discussed here. There were some things which were clearly wrong - like Fiesta R2 can't have a higher speed on a straight than S2000 car which is not in RPM limiter.Quote:
Originally Posted by donlorean
I have to check those R2 and S2000 top speeds but those WRC speeds was like I told... That place where they were with radar is 1 km straight and little down hill so every car suppose to be in rev limiter or close... They are measuring those top speeds there every time when that SS is driven...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
If I remember right... Fabia S2000 doesn't have so short gearbox to have top speed only 164-165. AFAIK the shortest is little over 170 km/h (but I would expect long gearbox at least in works car of Juho - for example in Barum or Ypres they used top speed around 182-184), so either the measurement was wrong or it was not in rpm limiter. In second case the measurement again must be wrong because Fabia not in limiter can't have lesser speed than R2 (something like 172 reported). That is just impossible.
They use calibrated radar so I don't think that measuring was wrong... And like I said, they have done it many years... So I think that there is some other reason like driver/puncture/technical etc... That 172km/h from R2 Fiesta sounds quite right as far as I know... Basically it doesn't matter if top speed is 190 or 205km/h. More important in NORF(and most of the rallies also) is acceleration between 80-150km/h...
Are the last 10 posts in this thread at home?
I agree with Your conclusion about importance of acceleration but still I don't believe those results. Numbers like 165 km/h were there for all top S2000 cars while all top R2 cars had more. That is purely wrong for reasons I already said. It is impossible that all Hänninen, Tänak, Prokop etc. made a mistake in shifting/had puncture etc. in same place and if they all were on rpm limiter, they must have had higher top speed than indicated in the article.Quote:
Originally Posted by donlorean