My Dad's 1973 Ford Escort Mk1 - 9 Second 1/4 Mile
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This has been my Dad's Mk1 Escort for the past 9 years,With the last procharged Vauxhall XE engine it run a 10.42 at 129 mph but now this is what it currently looks like,
Everything on the car has been done by himself apart from bodywork and paintwork, The car had its first outing at Classic Ford Show 2012 at Santa Pod Raceway, But first it went over to S.R.M.C in Leicester for a rolling road and set-up. On the rolling road it produced 608bhp with 508nm at 29psi, One of the boost pipes came off during this power run so it was aborted.
So the boost was lowered down to 20psi for its first runs at the pod, and Dad went round for his first run, We was expecting to be somewhere around where we were with the old engine which was mid-low 10s and when this came up on the timing board, it took everyone by suprise...
After this run he done a 9.6 and on the sunday another 9.6 and a 9.7.
Winning Fastest Forced Induction car at Classic Ford Show
Next outing will be Retro Show at Santa Pod on the 1st July.
With some wider slicks we hope the times will slowly come down
Heres an in-car and out-car video of the first run off the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUpyTTy8WL8
Everything on the car has been done by himself apart from bodywork and paintwork, The car had its first outing at Classic Ford Show 2012 at Santa Pod Raceway, But first it went over to S.R.M.C in Leicester for a rolling road and set-up. On the rolling road it produced 608bhp with 508nm at 29psi, One of the boost pipes came off during this power run so it was aborted.
So the boost was lowered down to 20psi for its first runs at the pod, and Dad went round for his first run, We was expecting to be somewhere around where we were with the old engine which was mid-low 10s and when this came up on the timing board, it took everyone by suprise...
After this run he done a 9.6 and on the sunday another 9.6 and a 9.7.
Winning Fastest Forced Induction car at Classic Ford Show
Next outing will be Retro Show at Santa Pod on the 1st July.
With some wider slicks we hope the times will slowly come down
Heres an in-car and out-car video of the first run off the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUpyTTy8WL8
C.A.R. said:
That's quick
Can't help but think there should be a Cosworth engine under there though, no doubt some of the die-hard Ford fans turn their noses up at it having a Vauxhall lump?!
Yeah do get the odd comment that it should be a Ford engine, The original n/a engine was purchased before the car so once the escort was brought the xe went into that and the car is known for having a vauxhall lump in there so my dad decided to keep with the xe Can't help but think there should be a Cosworth engine under there though, no doubt some of the die-hard Ford fans turn their noses up at it having a Vauxhall lump?!
Mk1Kieran said:
Yeah do get the odd comment that it should be a Ford engine, The original n/a engine was purchased before the car so once the escort was brought the xe went into that and the car is known for having a vauxhall lump in there so my dad decided to keep with the xe
Can't fault the logic. Plus I love seeing Ford owners/enthusiasts getting wound up at seeing Vauxhall engines in Escorts 
rohrl said:
Wow. That is seriously fast.
The first car I ever went in on the way home from the maternity ward was a blue Mk1 Escort. Safe to say it never made 608bhp or 141mph.
What does it weigh Kieran?
The Car weighs 900kg without the driver.The first car I ever went in on the way home from the maternity ward was a blue Mk1 Escort. Safe to say it never made 608bhp or 141mph.
What does it weigh Kieran?
Hugo a Gogo said:
those wheels and tyres look very small for a 9 second car - what size are they, and are they slicks?
7 inch wide drag slicksFlying Toilet said:
What was your Dads best time in the Pop, he must be getting close to that now...
Great effort and I love watching the Old Skool Ford lot at the RWYB's and the like.
My dad run a 9.02 in the Ford Pop and a 8.82 at 146mph in the Rover 216Great effort and I love watching the Old Skool Ford lot at the RWYB's and the like.
just the thought of this has me in stiches Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff