Ford Escort RS Turbos

Chas Uno · Jul 28, 2007

D4nny8oy said:
Here's a vid of the quickest 1.6 Escort RS in the country (the car's gone much faster since and runs a reliable 350bhp on standard manifolds and head gasket!) The EVO 7 is owned by his workmate (they run a tuning business in Norfolk)

And he takes his hand off the steering wheel to wave at his mate while doing 160mph??? :nutter:

custard said:
is that an essex accent in that vid? :chin:

Escort RS Turbo and an Essex accent? The two go together like Laurel and Hardy! Hey, is that a girl with white stilettos and frizzy blond hair sitting in the back seat?!!!

Dunc Uno Turbo · Jul 28, 2007

love rs turbo's, in fact im a bit of a ford man really!

my fiesta rs turbo sounded about 100000000000x better than my UT with a well noisey turbo gurgle from the exhaust and when running big boost chirped like a mofo on let off. loved it!

also, ford got it spot on with the seats, unlike the uno turbo with has THE ****TEST standard seats ever!

Dunc

x Alex x · Jul 28, 2007

SeicentoS · Jul 28, 2007

not impressed with these at all, can't stand them myself and are unreliable as hell, should have gone jap

good luck

x Alex x · Jul 28, 2007

SeicentoS said:
not impressed with these at all, can't stand them myself and are unreliable as hell, should have gone jap good luck

what would suggest jap?

SeicentoS · Jul 28, 2007

what would I suggest? oooooo for 1.5k? nothing much, unless you import something yourself that isn't a complete ****ter. Jap cars cost more, but you spend a damn sight less keeping them on the road. Could have gone for a Celica GT4, Teg Type R, theres many options out there, but most over 1.5k =/

Venters · Jul 28, 2007

Remove twin headlight conversion and replace indicators with clear ones!

x Alex x · Jul 28, 2007

yeh but my dad wants a convertible.

the beast: yeh them indactors need to go but i quite like the quad lights

x Alex x · Jul 29, 2007

well my mates dad had a go of the car today, he had a couple of RS turbos and he seems to think mines at least 200bhp, probably 220 :O

custard · Jul 29, 2007

Alex-R said:
well my mates dad had a go of the car today, he had a couple of RS turbos and he seems to think mines at least 200bhp, probably 220 :O

mine?

x Alex x · Jul 29, 2007

custard said:
mine?

my half then you know what i mean

custard · Jul 29, 2007

i thought it was your old fellas

x Alex x · Jul 29, 2007

custard said:
i thought it was your old fellas

nope i loved it so much i scraped together half of the funds

Venters · Jul 29, 2007

Alex-R said:
well my mates dad had a go of the car today, he had a couple of RS turbos and he seems to think mines at least 200bhp, probably 220 :O

Thing with RS Turbo owners tho is they are the worst and I mean WORST when it comes to over estimating BHP.
Amount of times my marea has beaten "200BHP" RS turbos is unreal.
Not saying there are no 200bhp ones out their just that the owners of them proberly think they are 300bhp.

x Alex x · Jul 29, 2007

The Beast said:
Thing with RS Turbo owners tho is they are the worst and I mean WORST when it comes to over estimating BHP.
Amount of times my marea has beaten "200BHP" RS turbos is unreal.
Not saying there are no 200bhp ones out their just that the owners of them proberly think they are 300bhp.

yeh lol i know what you mean but this blokes 37 and hes had most fast cars going, cossie, 2 rs turbos, porsche 911, r5 gtt nopw he drives a boring pug convertible

jug · Jul 30, 2007

on the logbook is it still a non-turbo?

nice colour its been resprayed in, i like it. what colour was it originally?

MiG · Jul 30, 2007

D4nny8oy said:
Enjoy it mate. I take it the car's still running the Bosch K-jet system? Sadly this is where most of the unreliability centers around for RS's, though many have managed to push them to 250bhp with a few mods. Other than that the options are cossie management or the Fiesta RS EFI setup, usually with an aftermarket management.

Here's a vid of the quickest 1.6 Escort RS in the country (the car's gone much faster since and runs a reliable 350bhp on standard manifolds and head gasket!) The EVO 7 is owned by his workmate (they run a tuning business in Norfolk)- YouTube - RS Turbo vs Evo7

If your watching the same video as me i'm sure the EVO well and truely raped that RS to well over 100mph.....

Game over long time ago, if it was me racing against it I would have shut dowwn at 120mph, with a 1/4 Mile lead

Plus, give the EVO a tune up and it will rape the RS... Sorry, but, the EVO is in a different league.

x Alex x · Jul 30, 2007

jug said:
on the logbook is it still a non-turbo?

nice colour its been resprayed in, i like it. what colour was it originally?

yeh it's still down as a 1.6 and i thought that was the original colour

x Alex x · Jul 30, 2007

ive never had this before.. the delovery bloke was admiring the car lol he said it was very nice

jug · Jul 30, 2007

Alex-R said:
i thought that was the original colour

it may be, mercury grey was popular, but it looks far too clean for original paint so i assumed it had been painted. if it hasnt then you might have the best condition original mk4 cabby on british roads. the arches look perfect. i'd like to see a decent engine bay pic.

how are you going to MOT it? do you know someone who does dodgy tests?

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