Gotta disagree with you Kev re: the MT75 box [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] and you know the reason why

 

LOL @ Pete.
What that's really tellin' us is don't buy his car when he comes to sell!!
He's kicked the sh%t oot it!!

Alan

 

Lynne..its surprising what a standatd mt75 can take...like me doing an 11.4@128mph on one ....its not as bad as people make out
and as pete has demonstrated he needs a change of box more often than pants PMSL..so yet another point the escort is better on

 

My input... for what it's worth!

If I could afford an Escort Cos, I'd snap it up... Always loved them. However, at the present time I can't afford the 13/14k to buy one, and so I'd rather spend 8/9k for a newer Scooby

To me, it's just the cost that would stop me buying a Cos Even though it would have virtually no depreciation in a year or so's ownership

 

Much rather have an Escort Cossie I'm afraid.

As for the black and blue escorts being 500 BHP, 2nd hand info from someone who asked them both were around 380 BHP from the owneres mouth. Usual chinese whispers around the spectator crowd.


PS-I've raced Kev's Escort at Crail, bloody fast. I'd blown the turbo on the Rover on an earlier run and was driving the girlfriends S40 T4, managed a poor 15.1 on it,she can get it a good bit quicker, but Kev wouldnt give me the 4 second head start I asked for, lol.

[Edited by Ross9 - 12/27/2003 2:41:20 PM]

 

In response to the original question

http://www.mmcinteractive.com/gmsc/kingdom/2003/incidents.cfm

Ask teknopete he was there as was opelcorsa and scoobylav.

Note the original and proper use of Crail ie with corners

[Edited by Zeolite - 12/27/2003 3:45:01 AM]

 

zeolite get to bed it's the middle of the night!

 

I am at work mate. Got another 2 hours to do.

 

sorry loon have fun as im going to bed soon. far do u work?

 

On an oil platform at the moment 100 miles east of Aberdeen. We are digging a big hole.

 

The black escort cossie belongs to andy gallacher, his dads drew gallacher the rally driver from about jimmy mccrae era. according to his site its about 400 bhp but is geared for 130mph for knockhill and crail and does 11 sec quarters. He builds rally cars and was at the last hot hatch day with a wrc spec cossie with anti lag system which was popping like mad everytime he backed off. Unfortunately i missed it.

 

Alan,

Had you have told me earlier the peddle on the end was a clutch I might still be on the 1st box
As u know though bud, when summin gets broken it gets replaced with the stronger parts which IMHO it shoulda had to start with

Any1 wanna buy a hybrid scoob, so i can buy kevs cossie










Bet u thought i was serious to eh

 

Kev mine didn't take much to let go after I had the mods done. Might have some luck and be given one [will know Monday]. Someone is having one of the Swedish boxes put in and he says I can have his old one. Will do for the time being and now gives me a donor box for when I want straight cut gears done

 

u got it easy u got ur engine from martin hadland

 

its a turbosystems engine in my car

i do also own the ex hadland mondeo engine though

 

Cosmic,

No Kev didn't get this engine from Mr Hadland, the current one was built by Tony at turbosystems and the rest of the spanner work was done by Kev himself. The original one was from martins Mondeo but the new one is much better. According to kev

i remember seeing the Volvo T4 going up the strip and yes she can drive it better than you :P

Regards

Taz

 

too slow graham

 

Doh!!!!!!

But I was right anyway

G

 

BTTT.. for some other opinions

 

If i had the cash i'd get rid of my sti tomorrow for an escort monte, i've always loved them ( some day though)

 

In my opinion if ya want a car that is fast in straight line and cheap to tune got for the cossie.........If ya want a good handling car with half desent power for daily use go for a scoob (Not a WRX, a special edition of some sort)

 

they are not only fast in a straight line, they can certainly go round corners fast too, just ask kev who wasn't far off the corner speed of a radical.