Originally Posted by
carcollector
that is completely wrong. the spaceframed escort was used with a turbo engine, theres pics floating around on the net of it being stripped down with the single turbo and aswell racing.
it was the testbed for the capri later down the road.
i did research quite a bit on those as i own the press car.
I have seen those pictures, I have seen you car.
I spoke to one of the people who worked for Ford and with Zakspeed when they were built and raced.
I was told the escort was never raced by Zakspeed with a turbo as a factory backed car, although tested with one fitted.
The pictures are of a fire damaged car which was fitted with another engine before it caught fire.
We can agree to disagree as I cannot prove any of my information.
If you want a Ford BDT engine there are several available at the moment (not me selling), 1790cc, 1800cc and 1952cc with power output from 480 bhp to 570 bhp although they are built to suit RS200 but could be altered to fit an escort.
Steve