What's an RS200? - Page 2

**TUF_302** · 24-04-2011, 08:45 AM

Very quick cars indeed!, would love to have a drive of one!

Windsor220 · 24-04-2011, 04:06 PM

After posting in this thread I got curious. Does anyone know in what year and what car knocked the RS200 off the 0-60mph record? Apparently it stood for 12 years so it cant of been too long ago.

MO · 24-04-2011, 05:16 PM

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I thought his real name was NGK spark plugs

well Cap'n Jansen certainly had flair and style,staying in the penthouse suites he owned.

@wrongwaynorris,Good old Amaroo Park now that brings back memories,that shot would be leading onto the grid and pit entry.

xm289 · 24-04-2011, 09:52 PM

I still think I've got a great poster of the RS200 at my oldies place. Didn't they ban them after one took off and hit a tree sideways?

stang65 · 24-04-2011, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Windsor220

After posting in this thread I got curious. Does anyone know in what year and what car knocked the RS200 off the 0-60mph record? Apparently it stood for 12 years so it cant of been too long ago.

For a standard production car, the fastest road-tested acceleration reported at the time occurred in 1993, when a Ford RS200 Evolution went from zero to 26.8 m/s (60 mph) in 3.275 seconds. Two separate RS200s have both reported 0–100 km/h times of 2.1 seconds.[citation needed]

nstg8a · 24-04-2011, 10:07 PM

wasnt the record done on gravel as well?

2011G6E · 24-04-2011, 10:13 PM

I'm honestly surprised that kit cars of these things aren't more common...the RS200 still looks modern today, and with modern engines (even standard turbo four cylinders from a variety of cars) the thing would still be an absolute ball-tearer!

Windsor220 · 24-04-2011, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by stang65

For a standard production car, the fastest road-tested acceleration reported at the time occurred in 1993, when a Ford RS200 Evolution went from zero to 26.8 m/s (60 mph) in 3.275 seconds. Two separate RS200s have both reported 0–100 km/h times of 2.1 seconds.[citation needed]

Yes so Im assuming it got beat in 2005 but by what car?

**Mechan1k** · 27-04-2011, 03:55 AM

The Ariel Atom 500 does it in 2.3 seconds
Bugatti Veyron SuperSport does it in 2.5 seconds
McLaren F1 roadcar does it in 3.2 seconds.

Although it was recorded that a modified RS200 did the 0-60mph in 2.1 seconds (I read it somewhere ... let me find it.)

kpcart · 27-04-2011, 05:12 AM

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Just did a little google search on it..

Wish I had some 280K to play with. The look on a HSV/Wrx/Ferrari driver when you and your micky mouse looking vehicle have reached the next suburb just as they've left the set of lights would be priceless.

why dont you just buy a $10k motorcycle? there are plenty on the second hand market at as low as $3k that produce the figures of this $280k car. no matter how much you spend on a car, there will always be something out there that is faster. if i was driving a ferrari, i would not care if i saw some idiot gun it at the lights in an 80s rally car, i would laugh actually as i would know he was only doing it to try to irritate me, if i owned a ferrari, a ferrari to me is worth a lot more then how fast it goes, i know there is faster and cheaper out there, but they will never be in the league of a ferrari quality.

wrongwaynorris · 27-04-2011, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by MO

well Cap'n Jansen certainly had flair and style,staying in the penthouse suites he owned.

@wrongwaynorris,Good old Amaroo Park now that brings back memories,that shot would be leading onto the grid and pit entry.

Certainly is old M8

**Mechan1k** · 27-04-2011, 06:37 AM

But how well does a $10K motorbike go on gravel ... nowhere near as quick or controlled as the RS200 is.

2011G6E · 27-04-2011, 07:55 AM

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But how well does a $10K motorbike go on gravel ... nowhere near as quick or controlled as the RS200 is.

Touche, sir.

My GSX1400 is a handful on gravel...dirt is OK. My old '74 Kawasaki 750cc two-stroke triple had the nickname "The Widowmaker" back in the seventies, and that was on bitumen. The damn thing is downright lethal on dirt, and the one time I rode on a gravel road was an "interesting" experience...

LINC · 27-04-2011, 09:24 PM

Love this pic!

RSgerry · 27-04-2011, 09:37 PM

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Love this pic!

about the only thing at the time that would catch a cossie.

RAREV8 · 28-04-2011, 07:44 PM

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Love this pic!

Brilliant photo! Where did you dig that one up from?

Those two machines would make for a hell of a chase......not that I condone that sort of thing though....tut, tut, tut

RAREV8 · 28-04-2011, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Mechan1k

The Ariel Atom 500 does it in 2.3 seconds
Bugatti Veyron SuperSport does it in 2.5 seconds
McLaren F1 roadcar does it in 3.2 seconds.

Although it was recorded that a modified RS200 did the 0-60mph in 2.1 seconds (I read it somewhere ... let me find it.)

You're right- I seem to remember that there were two separate owners who claimed this but both were unsubstantiated......maybe the time keeper was driving a Ferrari and couldn't keep up

shedcoupe · 28-04-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 2011G6E

My old '74 Kawasaki 750cc two-stroke triple had the nickname "The Widowmaker" back in the seventies, and that was on bitumen. The damn thing is downright lethal on dirt, and the one time I rode on a gravel road was an "interesting" experience...

You rode one of those things on dirt and survived ?????

You are really Mick Doohan's more talented twin surely.

They had frames made of the best undersize thin-wall tubing available.

Psi-Pop · 28-04-2011, 08:41 PM

What's a rs200? Awesome.

As with everything Ford and Cosworth knocked out. I love the pursuit spec issue, still tough to decide. RS200 or RS500?

Fair302 · 29-04-2011, 11:29 AM

LOL RS200 = GOD among cars. Was lucky enough to see these as a kid in rally and rallycross events. Rallycross is about 12 cars on dirts track (not oval) unrestricted with 650+ Hp Insane things just about getting air coming out of bends. Group B got banned when Lancia car killed driver and spectators.

Fair302 · 29-04-2011, 11:37 AM

RS200 Evolution prepped for rallycross. Plus some other clips. Rallycross tracks are part tarmac part dirt. Rallycross is where rally cars go to die after they are developed to their full potential. The sport is still populair now. With decomission rally cars being used such as WRC Focus Etc. In some of the clips you will see Peugeot 205 in Group B they had 450Hp in Rallycross 650-700Hp. This is what motorsport was in Europe when Aussies were watching XD's and VH C'dore To bad rally had become what it
has <300Hp Enjoy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCic-GhbIL8&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87N6m...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnhHF...feature=fvwrel

Fair302 · 29-04-2011, 11:55 AM

Lots of ex WRC Escorts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slord...eature=related

RS200 v 205T16 Legandary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW--l...eature=related

and more...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3__M...eature=related

HJThew · 29-04-2011, 12:08 PM

A couple of photo's I dug up from the '03 Sydney Motor Show. Shannon's were displaying this race prepped version though I can't remember any details about it. Unfortunately the pics were taken with a 3mp point and shoot.

Quad shock rear end.

Got lights?

That's not a redline, this is a red line!

Fev · 29-04-2011, 12:36 PM

Phenomenal cars, always loved them - the Cosworths hold a special place in my hearts garage.

Also here's a good example of the Rally Cross
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011...dden-hill.aspx

**GasoLane** · 29-04-2011, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LINC

Love this pic!

You can imagine the conversation.....

"But Officer, I thought the 110 sign meant MPH, not KMH!"