Ford Fiesta RS WRC

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Originally Posted by vkangas

The 300 hp has been pure PR for many years. Even private team WRC's have been dynoed to have over 360 hp. Over 370 hp is a realistic estimate for the latest 2.0 WRC's of Ford and Citroen.

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Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Rolls around the floor with laughter.... thats the funniest thing i have heard in ages

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Originally Posted by bubbaontour

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Rolls around the floor with laughter.... thats the funniest thing i have heard in ages

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Please give more detailed explanation that what is so funny.

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Originally Posted by vkangas

Please give more detailed explanation that what is so funny.

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Because he works or at least used to work for Prodrive and knows the actual figures that the cars get.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Because he works or at least used to work for Prodrive and knows the actual figures that the cars get.

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That, could be true. Prodrive probably never got above 300hp with their setups. But the hp figure is a bit unrelevant. Group N also had about 300hp

For sure they were above 300 Hp. Even Škoda with obsolete 20V engine was high above that number.

I've always heard that the WRC cars were limited to 300 hp (don't know whether it's true or not, but as I read on this thread it isn't).

I have a collection of 1/43 rally cars models. One of the C4's I have says in the back of the box a couple of informations. The one about the power of the engine says it has 320 hp.

320 Hp was power of Škoda Octavia Evo II from 2002 ;)

The limiting factor was air flow given by restrictor size. It's not possible to limit actual power figures.

As I recall, it was certainly stated around the time of the banning of the Group B cars from WRC events after 1986 that their Group A 'successors' would have no more than 300bhp at their disposal. I suspect, though, that this was never formally applied. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I am will be able to clarify what is an interesting point.

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

Just wondering are they so busy that they haven't had time to apply basecoat to the cars because they're not white, but "metal grey"... :confused: Or then the basic white has been changed to a silver type paint.

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Think they "tape" the whole car with stickers, color and everything..

Btw, PG´s Fiesta gonna be Blue and Yellow . ( as the Swedish flag)
"- It's like a tribute to those who helped and supported, says PG"

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Originally Posted by Mirek

320 Hp was power of Škoda Octavia Evo II from 2002 ;)

The limiting factor was air flow given by restrictor size. It's not possible to limit actual power figures.

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Latest Focus WRC 343hp 870Nm torque, Fiesta almost same amount of HP but around 300Nm less torque. PS. very reliable source.