hes talking out of his arse
the escos shell is actually a modded saph shell and it nothing like a escort of any kind
as for the 4x4 running gead, that dont work either as the rs2000 is transverse and the cossie engine being RWD based is inline,
the rs2000 uses a fwd system with a transfer box to drive the rear and the cossie 4x4 uses a rwd with transfer boc driving the frount
so the cossie engine will be mounted sideways with cams facing the drivers wing and not the front
as for the shells thing, when the sales slummed they already had loads of cosies being made so they sold em cheaper
a escos is a saph floorpan modded though thats why the escos are bigger than the replicas, there different cars