Originally Posted by JRST
Fine i think you all aree giving great examples when comparing escort cossie to jap cars but please take into account the cost factor. Value for money. you can have a nice big turbo escort for between 10 - 15k than spend another 2k to make it a good stage 3 car, which can handle.
I wonder what a evo would cost to get it to the same power to weight ratio as a escos with the above spec.
Cheaper to build a reliable 450bhp GT4 than a reliable 450bhp escos, and thats even if you ignored the fact the GT4 is cheaper to buy as well!
The GT4 needs so little work to see that sort of power, where as the escos needs more or less a whole new drivetrain!
Yes ok for 330bhp the escos gets there easily, but any more than that is expensive if you want to use it hard and it still be reliable.