In the late 1980's I built a MK2 Fiesta with a 1.9 litre tall block CVH engine on twin downdraft webbers. It had the usual trick head and cam and properly set up, it made 108hp at the front wheels, 140hp at the flywheel at 5100 revs. It was a quick little car though, and always surprised me how quick when up against supposed 200+hp fiesta turbos and the like on trackdays. Car was featured in some mags and ended up at a fiesta shoot out at the Pod, where the little beast was third fastest UK fiesta with a 15.08 at 90mph. Only beaten by a rover v8 turbo drag fiesta and a Mk1 rolland haynes engined road legal drag prepped car. The 1.9 cvh was one of only three cars that drove there, and interstingly beat all the full race spec mk1,2 and 3 fiestas.
My mk4 puts out 241flywheel at Jabba, 216 front wheel hp at stealth.
Clutch is slipping at the mo, and I know the G techs may not be 100% accurate, but best 0-60 s far is 6.2, and I have only got under 15s once for the 1/4 mile with it! With clutch sorted and at the grippier POd, probably should be able to get consiustently under 15, term speed by g tech is almost identical each run at 98mph.
So despite double the front wheel HP, the MK4 is only marginally faster as far as I can tell. Can only be due to weight! Just goes to show how lardy cars, (and their drivers, I was probably 4 stone lighter then!!!!) have become in 15 years.
The dealer at the MK5 GTI launch told me the MK5 GTI is twice as heavy as the original mk1 gti! Is it progress.......? Well yup on refinement and comfort/safety, but the cars are not really a lot more economical due to the extra weight, despite all the engine development! Makes you wonder how much influence the oil companies may have on car design....!?!
So do you reckon we will have hot hatches the size of current Audi A6/8's in 15 years time??
I reckon the trusty old Fester would woop the MK4 round a track too, it was very harsh on the road but ace on track!
No real point to this, an interesting comparison only, and probly telling us all summat we already knew.[8D][8D]
My mk4 puts out 241flywheel at Jabba, 216 front wheel hp at stealth.
Clutch is slipping at the mo, and I know the G techs may not be 100% accurate, but best 0-60 s far is 6.2, and I have only got under 15s once for the 1/4 mile with it! With clutch sorted and at the grippier POd, probably should be able to get consiustently under 15, term speed by g tech is almost identical each run at 98mph.
So despite double the front wheel HP, the MK4 is only marginally faster as far as I can tell. Can only be due to weight! Just goes to show how lardy cars, (and their drivers, I was probably 4 stone lighter then!!!!) have become in 15 years.
The dealer at the MK5 GTI launch told me the MK5 GTI is twice as heavy as the original mk1 gti! Is it progress.......? Well yup on refinement and comfort/safety, but the cars are not really a lot more economical due to the extra weight, despite all the engine development! Makes you wonder how much influence the oil companies may have on car design....!?!
So do you reckon we will have hot hatches the size of current Audi A6/8's in 15 years time??
I reckon the trusty old Fester would woop the MK4 round a track too, it was very harsh on the road but ace on track!
No real point to this, an interesting comparison only, and probly telling us all summat we already knew.[8D][8D]