General Panda down the 1/4 mile!?

[RetroPanda]

Hi all, long time no post!

You'll all be pleased to know, despite my adsence from the forum (and dabbling in Japenese cars), the Panda is still my absolute favourite.

As some of you may know, it was the retro show at Santa Pod raceway the other weekend; I thought I'd go and see what the old girl could do down the 1/4 mile.

She performed flawlessly and got a fair bit of attention from others at the show.

I did even manage to beat a Fiat Uno 1.4 Turbo and give a 150hp Mini a run for its money...





Did 4 runs, times and speeds as follows:

1: 16.57 seconds, 81.68mph
2: 16.59 seconds, 81.26mph
3: 16.45 seconds, 80.80mph
4: 17.12 seconds, 80.65mph (missed a gear )






Was brilliant fun, I fear it's addictive though, I now feel compelled to buy some sticky tyres and head to my local strip to shave hundreths off my time...

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

Nice one, looks like it is going well. Is it really only the 1.2??? The times are similar to my Marbella with the Y10 turbo lump in it!

Well done anyway, good to see more Panda PR going on :devil:

 

[RetroPanda]

Cheers
Yup, still just the 1.2, only mods are K&N induction and full sports exhaust system from the manifold back, no cat.

 

[Palio]

Hi all, long time no post!

You'll all be pleased to know, despite my adsence from the forum (and dabbling in Japenese cars), the Panda is still my absolute favourite.

As some of you may know, it was the retro show at Santa Pod raceway the other weekend; I thought I'd go and see what the old girl could do down the 1/4 mile.

She performed flawlessly and got a fair bit of attention from others at the show.

I did even manage to beat a Fiat Uno 1.4 Turbo and give a 150hp Mini a run for its money...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ-t235-Qb8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9U2N7WDHig

Did 4 runs, times and speeds as follows:

1: 16.57 seconds, 81.68mph
2: 16.59 seconds, 81.26mph
3: 16.45 seconds, 80.80mph
4: 17.12 seconds, 80.65mph (missed a gear )

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Was brilliant fun, I fear it's addictive though, I now feel compelled to buy some sticky tyres and head to my local strip to shave hundreths off my time...

Excellent - looks great. I guess mine would be similar - knew it was quick, but wouldn't expect to take on an Uno Turbo!

Did you stay in 3rd at that speed, or try 4th?

 

[RetroPanda]

Stayed in third, not long to go before the limiter at that speed as I'm sure you know. I considered trying an early shift into 4th to see if there was any time to be gained from using that low down torque but I doubt it would be faster to be honest. If I had more runs and the queues weren't so big then I think I would've tried out a few different things...

 

[RetroPanda]

And the Uno would have caught me with just a slither more road but hey ho, 1/4 mile is a 1/4 mile, haha.

 

[lewey]

Nice one, looks like it is going well. Is it really only the 1.2??? The times are similar to my Marbella with the Y10 turbo lump in it!

Well done anyway, good to see more Panda PR going on :devil:

Can you believe it was 5 years ago we were last at Shakespeare County Raceway in our Pandas? I was running 15.4s.

Surely that Uno turbo in the video wasn't at full tilt? Got to stick up for the Unos!

 

[Palio]

Stayed in third, not long to go before the limiter at that speed as I'm sure you know. I considered trying an early shift into 4th to see if there was any time to be gained from using that low down torque but I doubt it would be faster to be honest. If I had more runs and the queues weren't so big then I think I would've tried out a few different things...

Interesting, I was wondering whether there was this mythical rev limiter! I drove a mk1 Punto Sporting (hard) for 5 years from new and never found it. Not found it on Panto yet either. I have no rev counter so am working from ear and experience - I've had 85 on the clock in 3rd, and thought that was enough! Most people change gear just as the 16v is getting going - about 4500rpm I reckon - you have to convince them there's plenty more!!

Good to see the Panda's standing up for themselves anyway. Bet there were a few sarcastic comments & general sniffiness until they saw how it goes. :slayer:

 

[RetroPanda]

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Surely that Uno turbo in the video wasn't at full tilt? Got to stick up for the Unos!

He didn't have the best start, spun the wheels a fair bit I think and was then playing catch up all the way to the finish line.

There were quite a few Unos there, I'm surprised there's nothing about it on their section of the forum that I could see...

 

[RetroPanda]

Interesting, I was wondering whether there was this mythical rev limiter! I drove a mk1 Punto Sporting (hard) for 5 years from new and never found it. Not found it on Panto yet either. I have no rev counter so am working from ear and experience - I've had 85 on the clock in 3rd, and thought that was enough! Most people change gear just as the 16v is getting going - about 4500rpm I reckon - you have to convince them there's plenty more!!

Good to see the Panda's standing up for themselves anyway. Bet there were a few sarcastic comments & general sniffiness until they saw how it goes. :slayer:

I think I've only ever hit it in 1st but it's definitely there, haha. I have no Rev counter either, but I do have shift lights which light up sequentially then flash just before the limit (although these have been set up by ear for the time being). My clock was reading just under 85 as I crossed the line each time and it felt like the limiter was imminent (the lights had just started flashing); I don't take it that far in normal driving so I'm just not sure how much lee-way I've got there to be honest...

 

[Palio]

I think I've only ever hit it in 1st but it's definitely there, haha. I have no Rev counter either, but I do have shift lights which light up sequentially then flash just before the limit (although these have been set up by ear for the time being). My clock was reading just under 85 as I crossed the line each time and it felt like the limiter was imminent (the lights had just started flashing); I don't take it that far in normal driving so I'm just not sure how much lee-way I've got there to be honest...

It's comforting that a) there's a rev limiter, and b) it's been set by an Italian so that you don't hit it, unless you're being a massive idiot!!

I've taken it to 85 on the speedo a couple of times testing it, but in normal lunatic driving you're well past the overtakees and in other gears, long before you get there.

 

[Didge3]

It's comforting that a) there's a rev limiter

I'd be very surprised if a fuel injected car didn't have a rev limiter They're so easy to implement with an ECU that I'd think all manufacturers would rather put one there than not...

 

[andyholli]

Yes there's definitely a limiter, I've run into it a few times and blame the 4x4 gearing not the driver...

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

Can you believe it was 5 years ago we were last at Shakespeare County Raceway in our Pandas? I was running 15.4s.

Surely that Uno turbo in the video wasn't at full tilt? Got to stick up for the Unos!

Maybe I need to retest mine...I've lost weight now...you can totally tell!

5 years though...crazy. That's a lot of Panda miles...

 

[lukmek]

Limiter in Km for each gear


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[lukmek]

38 Km/h in reverse ???


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[Freebo]

38 Km/h in reverse ������


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I wonder how fast the Selecta could go in reverse :devil:

 

[lukmek]

I wonder how fast the Selecta could go in reverse :devil:

I will found out for you!???


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