How fast is an R

Because the last time I drove an "R" I was 21 and then 25 all I remember was the cars being fast. But since then ive had quite a few quick cars. Namely ford sapphire cosworth ( 370bhp ) fiesta rs turbo ( 212bhp ) and that was very fast. Impreza ( 301bhp ) mazda 3 mps ( 260bhp ) and thats just to name a few. But how would the pulsar compare to these cars and other cars on the road.

I know the pulsar was very ahead of its time but would it get shown up now by say a type R ? ( hope not )
Im not takin about a standard pulsar either just a 270 280 bhp one

whats people thoughts on this.

And maybe give me some good ideas of what u have beat and maybe lost against.

I look forward to some tails.

Ben

It all comes down to how well the car has been looked after and whether you can actually drive the car.
Your average pulsar should pull 5.8 seconds to 60 if driven well.
This is taking into account mods of the car, how well it's been looked after, age, wear and tear, and driver.
That same peron might give the keys to someone else and they pull 4.8 seconds to 60.

All those cars you have mentioned are quick, however a well sorted pulsar should beat them all to 100 mph at least. I am talking about a 300/300 pulsar. But if rolling start say from 60 mph, the cossie would possibly come out on top.

To be honest the bog standard pulsar will possibly struggle with all the above if driven by a young or inexperienced driver.
When I had my first pulsar in 2001 I was struggling with all the above car as I did not know how to drive it well. At one stage I lost to a ford focus diesel estate, I did have 5 people in my standard pulsar at the time though..lol

After some months of learning how the pulsar drives and launches, I was taking out all these above named cars with ease, and my pulsar was only running 246bhp at the time.

My mate has a 300 bhp impreza and mine s quicker than that and my brother has a twin turbo gto 360bhp ish and although he won't admit it I have the edge to 60 lol

The R is lighter than most things 4wd aswell... Im at 300bhp & my mates EVO9 was at 400 & I was glued to his back bumper up a local bypass.

GTiR's are very underestimated & supprise a lot of people

Indeed for acceleration they can be very impressive with sensible mods & sensible driver.
Plenty of other cars have better handling that you will never match with the Pulsar & plenty of stuff will hit similar acceleration figures but for me I really like the Pulsars way of hitting you with the power & performance of the 4wd is good bonus as is the price of the little hatchback.

I done a Ferrari f430 with a 260bhp or 290 bhp pulsar, stuck to his arse and when traffic cleared on the private runway officer, i went past at 165mph and it had more left

My 300 bhp stock pulsar, beat an audi rs4 and kept up with a 430 bhp Ferrari 360, vids are on YouTube lol

There pretty quick, it's all about how you drive it and how you look after it

I beat a saxo vtr

And I don't know cos I don't race mine around its my garage baby lol and only 2 wheel drive at the moment lol

gtir_sunny wrote:My 300 bhp stock pulsar,

Sorry but these words can never be together..lol

Lol

I totally agree with all the above coments.

Its hard to beleive that they r as quick as a 400bhp evo. But there we go.
Driver does play a massive part in things.

With the pulsar comin in at 1220kg its about the same as an escort cosworth and sapphire cosworth. But I suppose it is light for a 4x4 as a type R is about the same in weight. Off the line nothing Fwd will keep up with them but its all about how they respond once rolling. Do many people convert them to Rwd ? And is there much difference is speed.
A lad local to me had a almeria Fwd with a pulsar engine in and it went very very well. Recons it was 280bhp.

Ben

Mine is not that quick but it puts up a good fight with 911's raced 2 of them and i beat 1 and the other was just pulling away slowly, i love these little wallet rapers

I dunno about off the line stuff hondas are pretty quick off the line when i was doing drag racing all the fwd were quicker off the line than the scoobies etc i guess its the 4wd and turbo lag compared to just high revving hondas, i cant seem to launch a pulsar tbh i dunno if its fear of breaking it or what lol

I also have a type r and no it cant beat the pulsar, not by a long shot type r is a different kind of fun though you can throw them into corners and it just screams for more and they have a good top end but the pulsar can do it faster and better

gtir_pimp wrote:I done a Ferrari f430 with a 260bhp or 290 bhp pulsar, stuck to his arse and when traffic cleared on the private runway officer, i went past at 165mph and it had more left

standard pulsar gearing, tyres & rev limit would only be good for 166mph on paper & in reality needs a good wedge more power & torque to get to it & at respectable time .. f430 probably good for 190-200mph

Mr B wrote:

gtir_pimp wrote:I done a Ferrari f430 with a 260bhp or 290 bhp pulsar, stuck to his arse and when traffic cleared on the private runway officer, i went past at 165mph and it had more left

standard pulsar gearing, tyres & rev limit would only be good for 166mph on paper & in reality needs a good wedge more power & torque to get to it & at respectable time .. f430 probably good for 190-200mph

I had a go with an r8 on the way to goodwood and it utterly left me standing it wasnt even funny, mine maxed out at about 155mph i believe that was the limit of the gearbox

Digitalfaze wrote:

Mr B wrote:

gtir_pimp wrote:I done a Ferrari f430 with a 260bhp or 290 bhp pulsar, stuck to his arse and when traffic cleared on the private runway officer, i went past at 165mph and it had more left

standard pulsar gearing, tyres & rev limit would only be good for 166mph on paper & in reality needs a good wedge more power & torque to get to it & at respectable time .. f430 probably good for 190-200mph

I had a go with an r8 on the way to goodwood and it utterly left me standing it wasnt even funny, mine maxed out at about 155mph i believe that was the limit of the gearbox

what power is your R for a R8 to rinse ya ?

Ben

Ive beaten a r33 gtst and a r34 gtst from a standstill to around 60/70. My R is running 285bhp and 330nm.

Launch it harder and up the power

It all really depends on power to weight ratio of every car and the driver of course that's at anything upto about 100mph but after that aerodynamics comes in to play and that's where the R will lose out
There are so many modified cars otr now that you never really know what's what with any of them and very little between them upto a ton.

All comes down to personal preference of what car you want, may not be the fastest thing on the road but as long as it puts a smile on your face that's the main thing above all else.

Years ago  we drag  raced my friends  supra on the m6  north of Preston.  
Several times aswell.  
The supra was an auto with a proven 650bhp  he paid  £35,000 for it. . This would have been  2001 ish
Pulsar  had an exhaust air filter and 1 bar loop  . So at best it  was  280bhp

Late at night stopped side by side and on count of three we  went for it  .
Pulsar  killed the supra  every time  all the way  to 120mph   but once the pulsar hit 120mph the supra went past like we were stood still.  

He tried  every way of getting it off the line faster but couldn't keep up with the little  pulsar



...
Eventually he said oh let's try it rolling at 30mph the little pulsar didn't stand a chance. .

£35.000 for an auto supra!?!?!?! daaamn

£35000 in 2001 was a good price if i remember rightly. . It also had a 100bhp shot of nitrous . So 750bhp in total. .
Quick car once it was moving but slow off the line

Open roads, depending on your cahoonas. I can keep ahead of DC2s, imprezas, skylines (unless modded) and supras.
The wheel base isn't really suited to fast road unless you get a cracking suspension/tire set up which is why the tegs really do fly but I sneakily hit my high boost switch to keep ahead of the pack coming out slow corners.

1/4 mile, I was pulling 12.7 @ 112 and a 1.76 60ft as I had no rev counter so just WOT launched it, again hitting the limiter in 1, 2, 3 and oddly 4th as I crossed the line (de-limited, it does do 127ish flat out in 5th)
Basic mods, fmic, nistune board, z32 maf, bigger injectors but i ran standard boost on all runs that day so it's no slouch, all about that launch and getting into 2nd.

All the below were running in the 13.2+ class, as others have said it's down to the mods and driver which I'm certain would have changed the outcome. Sticky tires, same power and rwd I would've been had by the 200sx, luckily he was on cheap rubber.
Impreza sti
200sx
civic type r (14 second class)
teg DC2

reedy107 wrote:

Digitalfaze wrote:

Mr B wrote:

gtir_pimp wrote:I done a Ferrari f430 with a 260bhp or 290 bhp pulsar, stuck to his arse and when traffic cleared on the private runway officer, i went past at 165mph and it had more left

standard pulsar gearing, tyres & rev limit would only be good for 166mph on paper & in reality needs a good wedge more power & torque to get to it & at respectable time .. f430 probably good for 190-200mph

I had a go with an r8 on the way to goodwood and it utterly left me standing it wasnt even funny, mine maxed out at about 155mph i believe that was the limit of the gearbox

what power is your R for a R8 to rinse ya ?

Ben

Just the usual bar of boost exhaust fmic etc nothing special but i guess these supercars have a better take off from higher speeds anyway

Digitalfaze wrote:

reedy107 wrote:

Digitalfaze wrote:

Mr B wrote:

gtir_pimp wrote:I done a Ferrari f430 with a 260bhp or 290 bhp pulsar, stuck to his arse and when traffic cleared on the private runway officer, i went past at 165mph and it had more left

standard pulsar gearing, tyres & rev limit would only be good for 166mph on paper & in reality needs a good wedge more power & torque to get to it & at respectable time .. f430 probably good for 190-200mph

I had a go with an r8 on the way to goodwood and it utterly left me standing it wasnt even funny, mine maxed out at about 155mph i believe that was the limit of the gearbox

what power is your R for a R8 to rinse ya ?

Ben

Just the usual bar of boost exhaust fmic etc nothing special but i guess these supercars have a better take off from higher speeds anyway

It might not have been standard gearing as I bought the gearbox second hand and it had been rebuilt by sandspeed. 165 on the clocks was around 7k revs but can't remember exactly as I was concentrating on driving. Once I went past the Ferrari he backed off. Those r8 v10s are rapid