RE: Shed Of The Week: Ford Scorpio 24v
Discussion
B'stard Child said:
Zumbruk said:
Buy it. Put the engine in a Capri (or a TVR 'S') and weigh the rest in. Sorted. One less gopping ugly PoS on the roads.
A mate of mine did just that
The 4 litre V6 in the Explorer and the Mustang of a few years ago is a Cologne derivative. Aint no substitute for cubes an all that.
31mph said:
61GT said:
The Badger said:
This guy made win.
I'd like to try one out, especially with a manual box and slippy diff- could be quite the drift machine if you played it right...
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Also, all the talk of 25mpg seems optimistic!Holy grail find .Ultra rarrrrre.Someone on another forum who worked at a Ford dealer claimed he saw plenty of the 24v estates.Talking utter gobs
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VolvoT5 said:
tali1 said:
I've never seen one with a Cosworth engine is what I meant. Although coincidentally there is one on ebay at the moment so I was wrong anyway. Also, all the talk of 25mpg seems optimistic!
te.londonbabe said:
Ford reckoned no normally aspirated 3.0-litre could beat 190bhp?
Not even the Mercedes 300E-24 which had 231bhp four years earlier?
My first thought exactly. The retards obviously hadn't heard of the NSX or the e36 M3. Honda were pulling 200bhp from an NA 1.8 FFS!Not even the Mercedes 300E-24 which had 231bhp four years earlier?
Edit: the Senator 24v and 300sl 24 were also 3 litre and more powerful.
Edited by 832ark on Saturday 2nd May 01:55
832ark said:
londonbabe said:
Ford reckoned no normally aspirated 3.0-litre could beat 190bhp?
Not even the Mercedes 300E-24 which had 231bhp four years earlier?
My first thought exactly. The retards obviously hadn't heard of the NSX or the e36 M3. Honda were pulling 200bhp from an NA 1.8 FFS!Not even the Mercedes 300E-24 which had 231bhp four years earlier?
Edit: the Senator 24v and 300sl 24 were also 3 litre and more powerful.
article said:
195hp at 4,500rpm. Ford reckoned no normally aspirated 3.0-litre could beat that figure.
Quite a difference between 195bhp at 4,500 RPM and 195bhp at 5,500 RPM for example. It's quite a good figure and it shows that despite giving the engine multivalve heads, Ford wasn't chasing peak output figures but a wide spread of usable power which'd match well with the nature of the car and automatic gearbox. carinaman said:
Sadly this video featuring Sir Jackie Stewart is for an earlier Scorpio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omaiE1M8nzY
It also features someone that I suspect was an influence on Alan Partridge.
Wasn't that TV front man later caught out in some Coke and Hookers scandal?
Yes, Frank Bough.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omaiE1M8nzY
It also features someone that I suspect was an influence on Alan Partridge.
Wasn't that TV front man later caught out in some Coke and Hookers scandal?
He even says in the vid that with the rear seats folded down you could hold a party in there.
carinaman said:
B'stard Child said:
Zumbruk said:
Buy it. Put the engine in a Capri (or a TVR 'S') and weigh the rest in. Sorted. One less gopping ugly PoS on the roads.
A mate of mine did just thatThe 4 litre V6 in the Explorer and the Mustang of a few years ago is a Cologne derivative. Aint no substitute for cubes an all that.
thenomis said:
Great shed, as it grabbed the attention and made me read on, thoroughly entertained.
Awful car, though.
Send me an Omega or Senator any day over this or better still take me back to last week's Alfa 164.
Last weeks' 2.0, 4 cylinder, 145 hp. front wheel drive Alfa? No thanks, I'd rather have this 2.9 V6, 210 hp. rear wheel drive Ford.Awful car, though.
Send me an Omega or Senator any day over this or better still take me back to last week's Alfa 164.
Frankly it's ugly as fook BUT the engine goes rather well in any smaller ford, i've driven 24V transits, cortinas, capris and even had a ride in a 24V corsair and i have to say it's the best place for them!
The earlyer BOA is the easyest swap as the later BOB engined cars had built in PATS to the ECU so required a bit more work wiring wise, you can use the earlyer loom on the later engine but then loose control of the the vairiable intake.
In short, a lovely engine in a car designed by a pissed up short sighted idiot
The earlyer BOA is the easyest swap as the later BOB engined cars had built in PATS to the ECU so required a bit more work wiring wise, you can use the earlyer loom on the later engine but then loose control of the the vairiable intake.
In short, a lovely engine in a car designed by a pissed up short sighted idiot
As others have said, how Ford decided THAT was a worthy replacement for the mk3 Granada is utterly beyond me. I was offered a 2.9 12v saloon variant a few years ago (in a lovely dark blue with huge leather seats!) for next to nothing and if I didn't buy it then it was getting weighed in and I just couldn't bring myself to save it and I have quite a passion for big rwd Fords having owned numerous Sierras and a mk3 Granada. Interestingly, the Granada was the second most comfiest car I've ever driven after an e39 and I don't think there was much in it to be honest.
Edit; with regards to these being auto only I can remember a guy who lived locally having a manual mk3 Granada Cosworth, apparently it was an ex-police special order, it was black with black leather, lovely!
Edit; with regards to these being auto only I can remember a guy who lived locally having a manual mk3 Granada Cosworth, apparently it was an ex-police special order, it was black with black leather, lovely!
Edited by njw1 on Saturday 2nd May 17:45
I think Ford were going for a American look at the time , Puma ,Cougar , Probe, Scorpio,
In last year has been a lot of sierra cosworths been sold minus the engine (Engine gone into MK2 Escorts);
Plenty of people are putting The engine out of this Scorpio into sierra cosworths and putting them back on the road, have seen a few for sale
In last year has been a lot of sierra cosworths been sold minus the engine (Engine gone into MK2 Escorts);
Plenty of people are putting The engine out of this Scorpio into sierra cosworths and putting them back on the road, have seen a few for sale
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