Posted October 6, 200915 yr Now we all like escorts, but some people http://www.carsurvey.org/reviews/ford/escort/r5341/comments/
October 6, 200915 yr what a joke those folk are 0-60 in 7.8 aye right some people They must have ment off a cliff
October 6, 200915 yr I love all the comments about performance. OK vauxhalls of the same era and engine size were more BHP BUT..... My last 1.8 3 door Si was quick as far as late 90 spec cars go. It would keep up with my brother BMW E36 325i on acceleration. Power to weight ratio helped there and a few unknown mods done by previous owner. I like escorts. Dont get me wrong. Cheep to insure, cheep to run, easy to work on and with a good sence of taste for mods, can look very appealing. However ive gone up a few levels to mk3 mondeos
October 6, 200915 yr maybe we should take some of those email address and sent them a cyber slap! some of those figures are crazy!! 178bhp, 166bhp, 144bhp...
October 7, 200915 yr The great thing about the 1.8 zetec is that it can be very easily (and cheaply) modified to increase performance; using cams and throttle bodies from a 2.0 mondeo engine (ready available for next to nothing from any scrap yard) should take the power to at least 130bhp, and adding a chip and induction kit improve things further. Myself and a friend have both done this; his has been on the rolling road and produced a dyno-proven 144bhp. Granted, this is at high revvs, but it has surprised a few supposedly more powerful cars. How many other engines can you add nearly 30bhp to with mods costing under £300 in total - got to be woeth a go! soooot hats where i was going wrong? and i listned to you lot why??? Nice cars escort GTIs, they are very rare too. bloody hell, should log on to evo...everyone has a GTI!
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