MOTORS S GT

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I was unfortunate to have had a Fiesta RS Turbo from new, the most unreliable car i have ever owned, in cold weather the boost cut was so severe it sheared the puny basic Fiesta engine mounts, snapping rear anti roll bar brackets, every time the heated screen was used it fried the alternator, most annoying thing was if you travelled up the motorway for any distance, then went at lower speeds the car would shudder & surge as it only wanted go at the previous speed, you had to switch the ignition off then onto erase any previous settings, & the ABS when activated would fire the stereo out the dash such was the horrendous vibration, never bought a modern Ford since, give me my MK1 RS2000 rallycar anyday.

zippy!

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Love my old fast fords always have always will I've had more than I care to remember thing is every time I got rid of one I wish I hadn't and always ended up getting another! Fiesta rs turbo for me every time :-)

Adidas

Mark,

With that list I take it you're coming back to Essex??

njkmrs

Had an XR3I for several years.Ragged the **** off it up and down to the Outer Hebrides week in week out from Manchester(long story).
Fantastic ,reliable car .
Enjoy.

Had mk 2 escorts as well and a nice rally prepared one still looks the business now.

phil1981

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Why not get a mk2 fiesta xr2 and put escort rs turbo engine in it

Scooby Jo

If you did that you'd need to upgrade the brakes and suspension at the very least surely

Pedroturbo

Wiring loom is the major work in doing that. And to answer the earlier question the escort s2 rs turbo does have an LSD box. I sold my last rs over a year ago but i kept my spare engine, ecu, set of leads and plugs, headlights and front clear indicators just in case lol

serpico

Iirc the S1 turbo had the LSD box and not the S2?? Eitherway great cars. I had both back in the day, not to mention a small & large turbo escort cosworths. Tho that was a long time ago & no wife & kids!

trails

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I had a mkI xr2 as my first car and it was lovely...then a couple years later a 16V xr2i...really not too shabby at all.

iirc the 2.3 from the Galaxy fits into mkIII Fiestas...

craigybaby

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ive had a xr2i 1.6 8v xr2i 1.8 16v and a fiesta rs turbo my fav by far was the rs i loved that little car loved the turbo flutter it made on gear changes just gettin quite hard to find now without rot the petrol cap/chassis legs ,boot floor is a nightmare for rotting it all depends on how much you have to spend

**jay**

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Both had lsd the s2 got the shockingly bad abs that did not work lol the fiesta turbo got no lsd, i ended up sticking a s2 escort box in mine as it had terrible traction as was far from standard, boxes were weak as hell tho lol