Originally Posted by
Renton
Looks like there were improvements to be made with the 3076 setup if it 'only' made 480odd.
Agreed, I did say to Doug that as he already has a similar sort of spec other escort cosworth (T38) that rather than go 3071 I thought he should go for a bigger housing on the 3076 with marks cams and the vipec etc and shoot for 600bhp and no more lag than he had before, but he was more interested in less lag than more power, so went this route instead.
The way it comes on power now looks pretty brutal. Is such a steep climb such a good thing?
Escorts do tend to really cope well with a massive surge in midrange, especially as doug tends to quite like to put his footdown on the open road a fair bit, its the massive midrange acceleration that he really likes.
For a rwd trackday car I would agree that this is far too brutal, but for 3rd gear in a straight line in a 4wd escort its awesome for putting a big grin on your face I should think, especially on the short gearing (I'll let you know when ive driven it, lol)