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neiljohnson
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AshCos said: I understand Neil,I have worked st the dealer for four years previously and two of its branches were RS Dealers  What dealer??
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AshCos
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mig25_foxbat2003
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80 months
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Scuse my Ford ignorance but I thought the small-turbo run-out models lost the whaletail and had to make do with a small boot spoiler instead?
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neiljohnson
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mig25_foxbat2003 said: Scuse my Ford ignorance but I thought the small-turbo run-out models lost the whaletail and had to make do with a small boot spoiler instead? No that was only an option to have the whale tail deleted
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mwstewart
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57 months
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mig25_foxbat2003 said: Scuse my Ford ignorance but I thought the small-turbo run-out models lost the whaletail and had to make do with a small boot spoiler instead? No, the 'Aero pack delete' was an option on all cars. The Whale Tail was standard fit.
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Palms
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Awsome car More pics
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AshCos
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Why would you not want the spoiler?! Part of the cars design!!
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stowey1984
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20 months
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Did many people opt for the rear wing deletion?
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mig25_foxbat2003
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As I couldn't find a single example on Google Images to support my point, I thought I must have been imagining it! But I remember an article in Top Gear about the Cossie being killed off, where they had a red one without the rear wing. My 9-year-old self though that this was a silly idea... in 2012, my 25-year-old self agrees!
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neiljohnson
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AshCos said: Why would you not want the spoiler?! Part of the cars design!! Cos it's faster without it 
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AshCos
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There was a white one for sale on the RSOC forum,very low mileage...in the 20's I'm sure...asking price of £17k
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liamsp
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mig25_foxbat2003 said: As I couldn't find a single example on Google Images to support my point, I thought I must have been imagining it! But I remember an article in Top Gear about the Cossie being killed off, where they had a red one without the rear wing. My 9-year-old self though that this was a silly idea... in 2012, my 25-year-old self agrees! Old top gear showing small turbo without a spoiler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm2txziUpGU
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saladdodger
347 posts
35 months
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I cant explain how much i like the Escort Cossie, a car which in 1998 2 of my friends bought, same colours same spec but 1 with a spoiler and 1 without. Seeing these cars on a regular basis i think i was more attached to them then they were.
Huge potential, great handling, huge road presence and also great on a track
Lovely car dude
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AshCos
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Baryonyx
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stowey1984 said: Did many people opt for the rear wing deletion? No, though the option was apparently most popular in Germany! I always thought it was a daft option though, why delete a wing that took 200 hours to develop in a wind tunnel? And without it, the car looks a lot less 'rally bred' and a lot more 'standard Escort'.
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Hoddy910
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AshCos said: Thank you! Lovely phrase that but i dont like to believe in it,focus rs mk1....lets not get into that again haha Mint lookin cossie that mate! So don't you have any plans for it modification wise? BTW how does it compare to the mk1 rs? I own one of those
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AshCos
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Hoddy910 said: Mint lookin cossie that mate! So don't you have any plans for it modification wise? BTW how does it compare to the mk1 rs? I own one of those To be honest.. to drive I much prefer the turbo delivery on the escort. It feels much more special as opposed to a focus RS which felt a little like a normal focus with bolt ons. I'm aware of the FRS rally heritage etc but I wouldn't go back to one... Thinking about hanging the plate on the EsCos to *** LUX
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neiljohnson
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76 months
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AshCos said: To be honest.. to drive I much prefer the turbo delivery on the escort. It feels much more special as opposed to a focus RS which felt a little like a normal focus with bolt ons. I'm aware of the FRS rally heritage etc but I wouldn't go back to one... Thinking
about hanging the plate on the EsCos to *** LUX The escos has more in common with its rally car brother than the frs ever did & I agree about the power delivery the turbo hit in the cosworth is more noticeable even more so in the big turbo version, however performance wise it will take a very well sorted cossie to see what way a frs went My frs has the turbo hit with the hybrid turbo & 22 psi  nothing like a bit of turbo lag to make a car feel faster than it actually is 
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Hoddy910
52 posts
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neiljohnson said: The escos has more in common with its rally car brother than the frs ever did & I agree about the power delivery the turbo hit in the cosworth is more noticeable even more so in the big turbo version, however performance wise it will take a very well sorted cossie to see what way a frs went My frs has the turbo hit with the hybrid turbo & 22 psi nothing like a bit of turbo lag to make a car feel faster than it actually is haha snap mate ive got me hybrid. is yours ran direct? I want me 4 branch mani 
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neiljohnson
8,591 posts
76 months
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Hoddy910 said: haha snap mate ive got me hybrid. is yours ran direct? I want me 4 branch mani  22psi direct with blueflame manifold made 307bhp @ 17psi not had it on the rollers since the boost upgrade
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