Another BP hard at work:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8...descortof1.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5210/yellowgtay0.jpg Don't know anything about it.. Found it in a thread on the escort owners board.. Looks like it might be fast? :) |
i've seen an intake manifold like that before, wasn't it in splitime's build thread? That turbo is the size of a pumpkin :eek5:
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That's like the third RWD conversion on an Escort I've seen. Is it really worth doing outside of drag racing?
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its an escort. no
Keep the miata. |
bad ass
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Thats sweet. Too bad the front bumper doesn't look more stock. I'd drive it if it was a different color.
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Originally Posted by miatamania
(Post 211576)
its an escort. no
Keep the miata. http://jugrnot.com/20187.jpg Minus the wing, that thing is SEXY. Thats a Honda 1000RR motor thats been worked over with a rather large turbocharger. No RWD conversion on that one, because the Euro Escort was already a RWD car. Ie, COSWORTH... ANY suspension part for a Protege will bolt right onto the USDM Escort because they're based off the same chassis... Theres more potential there than most people really think. It would be an ULTIMATE sleeper... Cosworth: |
Originally Posted by messiahx
(Post 211385)
That's like the third RWD conversion on an Escort I've seen. Is it really worth doing outside of drag racing?
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Oh god, cosworth escorts...
Thats a different story. |
^ is that situne escort built for drift, looks slow as balls to me.
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Originally Posted by Saml01
(Post 211794)
^ is that situne escort built for drift, looks slow as balls to me.
Granted, the car doesn't look that fast.. but neither did my friends vette that clicked off 10s in the 1/4. Back to topic of BPs hard at work... Found a video of that escort on accident: http://thumbs.streetfire.net/8816b86...7e50c61393.jpgSTPmotorsport of South Florida 9second RWD Escort GT(P Performance Video) Supposedly running a 9 second pass, which it seems to be about that quick, but they cut it off before you see the clock. Still god damn impressive!! |
anyone know where that video with Jeremy and Vicki is from? I'd like to see the rest of it.
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
(Post 211723)
No RWD conversion on that one, because the Euro Escort was already a RWD car. Ie, COSWORTH...
Cosworth: Only 1st and 2nd generation Escorts in Europe were RWD, but pretty much most car in those years ('60-ies and '70-ies) were RWD (Corollas, Kadetts, etc.) From 3rd generation (around 1980) Ford switched the Escorts in Europe to FWD (following the global trend) and that's how they were until the end (6th generation), then around '00 the next generation was renamed and we know it nowadays as Ford Focus (also FWD) In the video above all these cars were Ford Escort RS Cosworth (5th generation). These were not RWD. These were AWD and had turbocharged Cosworth YBT 2.0L engines. It was the homologated world rally car, that's why only about 7000 were made. RS stands for Rally Sport. The Escort RS Cosworth was based on the chassis/platform of the Ford Sierra Cosworth, that Ford Sierra car which was known as Merkur XR4Ti in USA :) Here is one nice example of those Escort Cosworths, tuned to 570hp: http://kismo.dk/sider/ford.htm besides the few homologated rally cars all the Escorts in Europe from '80 to nowadays (renamed to Focus) were/are FWD |
i want a cosworth SOOOOOO bad
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Originally Posted by Pitlab77
(Post 211768)
the "real" escorts in Europe were RWD, and turboed for that matter.
the "real" turbo Escorts in Europe were AWD and the "real" RWD Escorts in Europe were naturally aspirated. Mark 2 the best sounding rally car ever: |
wow watching the video i kept thinking that's gotta be the most badass sounding car i've ever heard, then i scroll down and see it's a cbr engine, doh!
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Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
(Post 211919)
anyone know where that video with Jeremy and Vicki is from? I'd like to see the rest of it.
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http://www.finalgear.com/
All episodes of Top/Fifth Gear. |
top gear is the best television show there ever was, and probably ever will be.
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Tommi Makinen testing the Escort RS Cosworth back in '94:
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