Ken Block in a 650bhp Fiesta

[GheeTsar]

http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2010/09/17

OK, my respect for rally drivers has just gone up even further.

[kalniel]

Gymkhana drivers you mean?

He wasn't so good at Rallying

[GheeTsar]

Fair point, but I thought if I put gymkhana driver most people would be baffled!

[Georgy291]

no respect change, as one thing is driving through the forest when you have one chance to set a time,

and other is what ken block is doing, repeatedly doing the same thing over and over and over again until there is the perfect take, just look at the ground infront of him how many takes hes done before

but still i respect him alot for it and its awesome to watch

[matty-hodgson]

That is actually ace! It sounds amazing . I want one .

[MadduckUK]

apart from driving around things in a circle he doesn't seem to do much more than get things wrong and rely on the cars power to pull him out of it.

[chuckskull]

Say what you like, it's damn good fun to watch, always puts a grin on my face.

[nibbler]

how do you get 650BHP and 0-60 in 1.9 seconds from a fiesta?

[kalniel]

how do you get 650BHP and 0-60 in 1.9 seconds from a fiesta?

Take a Fiesta. Look at it. Then separately, build a works car of the same dimensions with Rally chassis, custom turbo-charged engine and gearbox. Then remember how the fiesta looked and make an ultra light body in the same shape. Apply to your rally car.

[chuckskull]

how do you get 650BHP and 0-60 in 1.9 seconds from a fiesta?

First of, if 10% of that car was factory spec fiesta I'd be surprised. Engines a 2.0 with a ridiculous Garrett turbo iirc.

edit: quick google says the only original parts are the roof and doors.

[matty-hodgson]

This just makes me get all excited about WRC 2010 on the 9th of October .

[Behemoth]

apart from driving around things in a circle he doesn't seem to do much more than get things wrong and rely on the cars power to pull him out of it.

I agree with that, but like others have said it's good fun to watch

[finlay666]

TBH for proper rallying the Travis Pastrana Mt Washington hill climb record was more entertaining, gymkhana can be learned in a lot of places.... setting a rally speed record.. not so many

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdXJYc4CpXA

I'd even stick my neck out and say Travis is an all round better driver than Ken, he's even decent on a bike!

[digit]

Come across this video appears to be the first of a few webisodes of ford number 43 drivers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb0VjsqyE8U

[Moby-Dick]

TBH for proper rallying the Travis Pastrana Mt Washington hill climb record was more entertaining, gymkhana can be learned in a lot of places.... setting a rally speed record.. not so many

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdXJYc4CpXA

I'd even stick my neck out and say Travis is an all round better driver than Ken, he's even decent on a bike!

For proper rallying there is only one... Climbdance.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...40639943123451

I joke about my fiesta being the same chassis , but the last time I did a hill climb in it I won the "driving mrs Daisy " award

[Guy]

I joke about my fiesta being the same chassis , but the last time I did a hill climb in it I won the "driving mrs Daisy " award

I still remember watching everyone running the hill, and then your fiesta pulling up to the start line.