oh dear, someones been watching too many biker boys/fast a furioius type shite. anyway, reshell into a escort, the cab isnt the best handling car by all accounts. i know little about that type of ford engine but im reckon the red top is a killer mill. its a shame its in a belmont. summary, two good engines in not such good shells. still, id take a cab over the belmont anyday, purel;y on looks. if your confident your a fast smooth driver, hp isnt the be all. its doable. a drive a micra with a fucked throttlebody and still on a particular bit of road can shake off a colleague with a vectra tdi, one of the newer ones. its a nice car and should easily lose me but the driver isnt much cop.
alternatively, by a sensible car with all mod cons and grow up.
ford ftw, best of luck