mk1 bubble arched escort
19 September 2010, 06:53 PM
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mk1 bubble arched escort
couple of pictures of my car,a few friends have scoobys and done some trackdays with them.thought i would post a few pictures of my escort up if anyone was interested.
it runs a gt35 tial external gate cosworth yb,hart inlet 1000cc siemans injectors on autronic sm4.500hp @1.6br
it runs a gt35 tial external gate cosworth yb,hart inlet 1000cc siemans injectors on autronic sm4.500hp @1.6br
love it 
19 September 2010, 06:57 PM
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couple of pictures of my car,a few friends have scoobys and done some trackdays with them.thought i would post a few pictures of my escort up if anyone was interested.
it runs a gt35 tial external gate cosworth yb,hart inlet 1000cc siemans injectors on autronic sm4.500hp @1.6br
it runs a gt35 tial external gate cosworth yb,hart inlet 1000cc siemans injectors on autronic sm4.500hp @1.6br
pure **** mate owned 2 mk1 sports 1300e and a 1976 rs mexico i wish i could own on again from a classic ford nutter with a scoob
19 September 2010, 07:42 PM
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it weighs about 840kilos i think,and runs a 3.09 diff ratio still as i am thinking of doing a top speed run in it than swapping back to a 3.77 for better track use tbh.off to nurburg ring for 3 days on the 1st of october then doing a trackday at spa on the 4th october on the way back.hopefully it survives lol.cheers for all the coments tho fellas.will find more pictures of it and post thanks again
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19 September 2010, 10:16 PM
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I saw this in action at a recent trackday at Keevil, it looked a right handful!
Saw you yesterday to at Rallyday..
What kind of power is the blue x-pack Mk2 running, that looked a right weapon.
Saw you yesterday to at Rallyday..
What kind of power is the blue x-pack Mk2 running, that looked a right weapon.
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bet that's caught a few people off guard
20 September 2010, 01:52 AM
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yeah baby !!! awesome... A classic with some go .... what price do you put on all that hard work ?
Hopefully in another 25 years people will still be saying nice things about my classic scoob?!!!!!!
Hopefully in another 25 years people will still be saying nice things about my classic scoob?!!!!!!
20 September 2010, 10:17 AM
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theyd have to be , iv been passenger in a sorted mexico and despite the decent chasiss he couldnt keep the tail from jumping out - that was with way less than a third of the power
looks great tho
looks great tho
20 September 2010, 10:56 AM
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Great set of wheels,always been a Ford man until my Scooby came along,ran 180hp 2.2 pinto in a mk2 estate that was fun,I was at college in Oxford when mk1 Escort came out and loved its shape ever since,keep up the good work!!
20 September 2010, 07:41 PM
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wow some nice coments guys thanks,yes it has gartrac coil over suspension on it now all round,front anti roll bar on drop links,6 linked atlas axle etc with ap big piston 4pots on the front and ap smaller piston 4pots on the rear
20 September 2010, 08:03 PM
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lots lol,it did have it up for sale tho on pistonheads for 27500 but i removed it today as the car i was going to replace it with is now out of reach.i didnt pay that for it but i have fitted the current engine/gripper diff/autronic etc mate.
