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Old 01-15-2004, 07:26 AM   #1
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reading a motor magazine, i came across this humorus letter sent into the magazine.

What happend to the 1996 Suzuki Pikes Peak Rally car? I know it was never tested for maxamum speed, which is disapointing, but does it still race?

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It doesent race anymore because that was 8 years ago. Nor was it tested for top speed. It's a hillclimb car - short gearing, climbing ability - not a top speed car. Put that Playstation down.


just thought i should post it, found it intesting and humorus.
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Old 01-15-2004, 08:19 AM   #2
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If they change the ratio of the gearbox they will have a lot of maximum speed! =P

In playstation i've never played with it I think
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Old 01-15-2004, 03:00 PM   #3
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in gt2 was the best car in gt3 isn't so good,really i think is a car for one race but 981 hp are so much!!!!
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Old 01-15-2004, 03:55 PM   #4
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in gt2 was the best car in gt3 isn't so good,really i think is a car for one race but 981 hp are so much!!!!
Yes and you can tune it to 1500 bhp (if i remember well) so it's undrivable !! On a road/track race, the F1 are miles away and on an offroad race, it's almost impossible to drive. But for the oval race, it has a good speed and it's almost possible to not touch anything else than the x button to accelerate it turns with the wall
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Old 01-15-2004, 04:05 PM   #5
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1800bhp
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Old 01-15-2004, 04:25 PM   #6
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Put that Playstation down
HAHAH, I was thinking the same when I was reading the question... 100% sure it was somebody that knew the car only in the Gran Turismo series
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Old 01-15-2004, 04:41 PM   #7
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yea its 1800bhp, and with that it doesnt neet to turn well, u just bounce off all the walls and they keep you going the right way most of the time. And then you rely in it accelerating to 200mph in 5 seconds. lol...
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Old 01-15-2004, 04:45 PM   #8
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yeh.. the power of the V6
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Old 01-15-2004, 04:53 PM   #9
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http://escudopikes.freeservers.com/
in Europe is know as Suzuki Grand Vitara
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Old 01-15-2004, 06:25 PM   #10
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Although the worse thing about that Escudo Pike peak car is that it doesn't handle..But I found something that is heaps better than the Escudo...Mazda 787B...heheheh..

The 787B won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans. It is the only rotary-powered car and the only Japanese car to ever do this.
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Old 01-15-2004, 06:32 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Kangaroo Boy
Although the worse thing about that Escudo Pike peak car is that it doesn't handle..But I found something that is heaps better than the Escudo...Mazda 787B...heheheh..

The 787B won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans. It is the only rotary-powered car and the only Japanese car to ever do this.
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/show...highlight=787b
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Old 01-15-2004, 06:32 PM   #12
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HAHAHAHAHAH Yeah, in GT-3 Escudo allows run about 420km/h but you have to have very large gear. Funny mail. :shock:
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Old 01-16-2004, 11:58 AM   #13
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i got mine upto 1200km/h.. cheating ofcorse

aparantley u can get it to 1800km/h!
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Old 01-17-2004, 09:43 AM   #14
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thats like mach 3.lol ^^^
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Old 01-19-2004, 03:45 AM   #15
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I heard that car's good for one of the endurance races in gt3, just put a rubber band around the accelerator, step away for 45 minutes, make a pit stop, do the same again and then you've won. You just ride the rail the whole way around an oval track.
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