1000+ BHP Vw Polo

[GazzaG60]

is the norris as quick as andy forrests impreza? that was a low 9 runner about 3 years ago.

[Jonnybravo]

1320 = 1/4 mile.

its a fantastic event. there must be other more hardcore events too because when on the way to rudskogen at the traffic lights leaving sarpsborg i chatted to a guy in a 911. a race spec car in the old martini colours. i asked if he was off to gatebil and he said no he was going to a different track event. the figures id say are not optomistic. the slower cars do tend to be cossies.when i was there a rather fast fiat uno was running along with the usual suspects. turbos are large shall we say. id say most cars are 500+ with the higher end average maybe 700. also its not like uk. they put lots of big horse cars on the track at the same time and no black flags. it looks a little on edge at first as we are used to the claim/blame society here. you get somebody drifting whilst a car passed them at silly speed. bumpers rip off. a porsche carrera GT lost its rear carbon and taped it back on.

costs. well where to start.

there aint a ferry anymore from newcastle to norway or anywhere to norway really. its fly. i flew from birmingham for 50 quid all in. hired a car from torp bout 150 for the week.

the local travellodge type place in sarpsborg is 170 quid a night! we stayed in a rather nice hostel. 50 quid a night. beer is mortgage tackle. sarpsborg has 3 pubs i can think of. the little-bighorn steakhouse costs about 55 quid for steak and chips. mcdonalds is 7 quid a meal. buying bottles of scotch and fags from the airport is the way to go. 15 quid for 2 litres and 20 quid a sleeve at the time. tenner for 6 stubbies from duty free. the local co-op charges 13 quid for 4 cans of guiness. food at rudskogen is ok. they do good burgers for not too much. not like the crap over here from burger vans.

ideally id take a car if i could get close to norway from here and fill it with booze and the camping kit and camp onsite at the show. thats the cheapest option. a crate of stella will be worth about 100 quid over there. flog um.

sorry for such a long post. im hoping to get there again this year.

It certainly looks like a amazing place, I have a folder full of HD videos from there, some are hours long and it just makes me want to go even more !!

I don't deny that a lot if not most cars are 500+ hp and some are 700+ but theres a big jump to 900+ so I am dubious about some of the claims.

I would like to go this year too but with Glasto and a trip to the Ring planned later this year I doubt it will happen, and I guess I really should pull my finger out of my ar*e and finish my Escort

I think Andy F's car did a 9.3 as well, mental car but I don't recall it ever doing 165mph on the 1/4 which does show how much power that Evo can put down.
Last time I saw Andy F's car it had those god awful AFP graphics on it that looked like that they were created by a 5 year old

[GazzaG60]

last i saw was at york.it pulled 2 good runs. its no street car though.

ill be at glasto too... my tenth visit. we'll have to meet up.

im trying to find an excuse to visit rudskogen again this year.

there are 1 or 2 cars over 1khp i think. bmw's. there is a white bmw m5 turbo thats awesome. best thing about rudskogen is the runners are based around a go-kart track and its open to all for a good look round. i saw a cossie stripped and built again in a morning. when i saw the rods and pistons on the floor i thought it was game over

[G60Rallye]

Andy Forrest hit an 8 second pass last year, I am sure Simon Norris will do the same soon! As for the gatebil cars not making the power they claim I am not sure I agree with that. They are using some massive turbos with insane specs so no reason why not. If you are talking US figures then thats another story!

I was always a bit dubious about AME making nearly 1050bhp on there old 16vt engine, which only used a GT40 turbo. Even with race fuel thats a huge figure, I am not sure if they use nitrous or not?

[Jonnybravo]

last i saw was at york.it pulled 2 good runs. its no street car though.

ill be at glasto too... my tenth visit. we'll have to meet up.

im trying to find an excuse to visit rudskogen again this year.

there are 1 or 2 cars over 1khp i think. bmw's. there is a white bmw m5 turbo thats awesome. best thing about rudskogen is the runners are based around a go-kart track and its open to all for a good look round. i saw a cossie stripped and built again in a morning. when i saw the rods and pistons on the floor i thought it was game over

10 years ! I am jealous, last year was my first and it made me realist how much I have missed out !

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying ALL the cars in Norway have fudged fudged figures, just a few do but its been mentioned a zillion times in the past so I won't start another debate about it !

Andy Forrest hit an 8 second pass last year, I am sure Simon Norris will do the same soon! As for the gatebil cars not making the power they claim I am not sure I agree with that. They are using some massive turbos with insane specs so no reason why not. If you are talking US figures then thats another story!

I was always a bit dubious about AME making nearly 1050bhp on there old 16vt engine, which only used a GT40 turbo. Even with race fuel thats a huge figure, I am not sure if they use nitrous or not?

8's, nice, serious power ! I had a chat with him at TOTB about his nitrous setup which was a bit different.

Totally agree, this is the issue, a GT40 is a very big turbo but no good for over 800 and I bet its being worked HARD to get anywhere near that figure.

I don't have enough knowledge to give any exact reasons why the figures are fudged but working from what people have done in this country with engines running big turbos it just doesn't add up how they get these sort of figures.

Pub talk BHP IMO

[caterpillar]

the biggest garret gt 40 are the 4094r i belive... max 750hp.....AND this polo 1047hp have been at this forum before...