Drag Race

[FrannoBaz]

What would Win:

Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec Mk1 Stock
MG ZR 1.4 105bhp (K&N air filter, exhaust performance mods etc)

 

[Janesy B]

should be about the same i reckon, the mg might edge it

 

[Howard]

The Focus if there's a good driver behind the wheel

 

[Gaygle]

Pretty much the same, but the MG may just take a tiny lead due to the extra couple HP it may have gained for the performance exhaust system

 

[Sone]

i would have thought on the mg the so called performance mods would actually lower performance and help the focus to an easy victory.

 

[Janesy B]

didn't know making the car breathe better made it slow. excuse me while i shove a potato in my carb, this will make it faster wont it?

 

[MofoKilla]

didn't know making the car breathe beter made it slow. excuse me while i shave a potato in my carb, this will make it faster wont it?

Shave a potato ? lol

 

[Howard]

didn't know making the car breathe better made it slow. excuse me while i shove a potato in my carb, this will make it faster wont it?

"more" and "more efficient" are two different things

 

[Janesy B]

Shave a potato ? lol

see edit, mind you can shave a potato as well, it's like peeling it but a bit kinkier

"more" and "more efficient" are two different things

huh?

 

[paradigm]

i've like peeling it but a bit kinkier

You've liked peeling it kinky stylee?

 

[Howard]

Now I'm sure we've all "shaved our potatoes" "in our carbs" once in our lives o_0

 

[Janesy B]

the dirty spud loved it, it moaned and groaned all the way to the pan.

 

[Over Clocker]

The Focus.

 

[Skiddley]

Not sure who has the weight & traction advantage. Not much in it, poor driver likely to be the cause of failure.

 

[chipperhead]

"more" and "more efficient" are two different things

Precisely

 

[Trojan]

The Focus, for definite. My mate had an MG ZR 105+ and I could see him off at the lights in my mk1 1.8l Mondeo. Given that the Focus is quicker than the Mondeo, I think it's a pretty clear cut case really.

 

[Gaygle]

The Focus, for definite. My mate had an MG ZR 105+ and I could see him off at the lights in my mk1 1.8l Mondeo. Given that the Focus is quicker than the Mondeo, I think it's a pretty clear cut case really.

MG ZR 105 - 0-60 = 10.0secs

Mondeo 1.8l - 0-60 = 9.7-10.6 (depending on trim)

And since 0-60 times are particularly relevant in TLGP's, i can't see it being a clear cut case.

 

[Trojan]

MG ZR 105 - 0-60 = 10.0secs

Mondeo 1.8l - 0-60 = 9.7-10.6 (depending on trim)

And since 0-60 times are particularly relevant in TLGP's, i can't see it being a clear cut case.

I'm not going on paper figures, I'm going on experience. The MG could never keep up.

 

[Muffin`]

MG ZR 105 - 0-60 = 10.0secs

Mondeo 1.8l - 0-60 = 9.7-10.6 (depending on trim)

And since 0-60 times are particularly relevant in TLGP's, i can't see it being a clear cut case.

depends how they record the 0-60 times

 

[FrannoBaz]

They were both about Equal, hehe MG got a better start presumably from the slight weight advantage, then the Focus started edging ahead towards the mid-end.