RE: All-new Mk2 Ford Escort in development
Discussion
J4CKO said:
I am getting less bothered about that, a Tesla accelerates faster than anything else pretty much and is amazing but I dont want one, I am, like most of us, like the Escort, a product of the era and we tend to think we want massive performance and end up on the outside looking back in with 500 odd bhp, 150 to 250 bhp, light weight, nice gearchange, direct steering and a fair old racket.
Ps, know you have a 944 so doesn't necessarily apply.
Mainly why ^^^^ I haven't replaced the 944 with something like a 996tt or a tuned TT-RS. Plus not much silencing, and running richer at the bottom end it pops and bangs like a TVR on the over run .Ps, know you have a 944 so doesn't necessarily apply.
Ilovejapcrap said:
Butter Face said:
Us can you encourage him to start a thread on it Blackpuddin said:
grumpy52 said:
Cooking in old parlance was the warmed up version of a car.
It really wasn't, honestly. It's the basic or ordinary version. A once read a magazine review and it described the Siera 2.0is as the 'cooking version" of the boggo Siera.
House point to you Sir.
MartinGLeeds said:
Blackpuddin said:
grumpy52 said:
Cooking in old parlance was the warmed up version of a car.
It really wasn't, honestly. It's the basic or ordinary version. A once read a magazine review and it described the Siera 2.0is as the 'cooking version" of the boggo Siera.
House point to you Sir.
'Cooking' edition is the same as 'cooking' sherry or 'cooking' chocolate, it's the most basic variant available.
bloomen said:
leakymanifold said:
Honest question: Can someone explain to me why an ancient ford chassis is so desirable?
Handling. It's just about the best balanced car ever. Obviously most of that is down to third party development. a standard basic Mk2 handles like a piece of crap ! The leaf springs give so much axle movement its amazing you get round a corner !
Never managed to really crash mine, but I would never call it the 'best balanced car ever'
However, a nice rally version with a grp4 rear axle properly located is a great fun driving machine.
Edit
Ooh, just read your post properly
I think it looks incredibly cool. I love simplistic retro cars.
This may be wrong, but I'd love one with a new Ford Coyote V8. Blame my youth reading Street Machine magazine and hearing my Dad's tales about the Perana Capri etc. However those looks, with V8 sounds, a stripped out interior... would be incredible.
This may be wrong, but I'd love one with a new Ford Coyote V8. Blame my youth reading Street Machine magazine and hearing my Dad's tales about the Perana Capri etc. However those looks, with V8 sounds, a stripped out interior... would be incredible.
Gary C said:
bloomen said:
leakymanifold said:
Honest question: Can someone explain to me why an ancient ford chassis is so desirable?
Handling. It's just about the best balanced car ever. Obviously most of that is down to third party development. a standard basic Mk2 handles like a piece of crap ! The leaf springs give so much axle movement its amazing you get round a corner !
Never managed to really crash mine, but I would never call it the 'best balanced car ever'
However, a nice rally version with a grp4 rear axle properly located is a great fun driving machine.
Edit
Ooh, just read your post properly
I learnt to weld after buying my first one.
And... I’m thinking of getting a Mk1 Bubble arched one.
Hol said:
Best rear steering cars I have owned. I had a lot of fun throwing all of mine around back when 140Bhp was powerful.
I learnt to weld after buying my first one.
And... I’m thinking of getting a Mk1 Bubble arched one.
I learnt to weld after buying my first one.
And... I’m thinking of getting a Mk1 Bubble arched one.
A friend bought a decent Mk2 RS over the winter and has been using it a lot lately at weekends
Had a few back years ago but I’d forgotten how much fun they are - every road is so much wider too
Just noticed this thread again, love this video, meant to post it a while back..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBOKD6fGu0
Always loved an Escort, would really like a Mk1 one day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBOKD6fGu0
Always loved an Escort, would really like a Mk1 one day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGko6uK-Fik
Jonny SmIth tries out the MST mk2
That gearbox? resonance would get on my tits though!
Jonny SmIth tries out the MST mk2
That gearbox? resonance would get on my tits though!
Superleg48 said:
Julian Thompson said:
Sunbeam gets under your skin like almost no other car. It’s a crazy, crap, but brilliant thing with contrasts and contradictions everywhere. The most rubbish car ever made and also one of the best balanced, most feelsome chassis with (in lotus form) a cracker of an engine. An absolute enigma and I can’t understand why after 1981 they are still available to buy for £2.50 when escorts etc went crazy. It doesn’t make sense!
Think you’ll find that sorted Lotus Sunbeams are £30k and up.Lotus shell taken away. Registration number swapped.
I assume, that they would swap any chassis identification. Prices were about £3k for a lotus and £400 for a base model in brown. I reckon it was about 1992 or 3.
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