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Old May 23, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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Default if you could change one thing about the escos??

so lets say you could go back all those years and say to the guy in charge of the escort im from the future the escort MUST have................???

if i could change anythink id ask for more power as standard and make it in lesser numbers

and maybe rear wheel drive?!!!??!! arhh all of em

how about you?
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Old May 23, 2006 | 04:33 PM
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Another gear maybe ?
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Old May 23, 2006 | 04:36 PM
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Another gear maybe ?
actually thats a really good one, id defo go with that, 6th would work really well with the YB
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Old May 23, 2006 | 05:07 PM
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more power as standard , DEFINATELY a sixth gear , defo a STRONGER box too!!!
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Old May 23, 2006 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by L9KOS
more power as standard , DEFINATELY a sixth gear , defo a STRONGER box too!!!

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Old May 23, 2006 | 05:31 PM
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id like to go back to the point where they are just about to spray my car mallard green and put it in the imp blue pile instead and a 6th gear too
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Old May 23, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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A boost gauge that goes higher than 1.3bar
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Old May 23, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bigpower
Originally Posted by L9KOS
more power as standard , DEFINATELY a sixth gear , defo a STRONGER box too!!!

deffo
Right on...
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Old May 23, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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A boost gauge that goes higher than 1.3bar
lol

what about a cup version totally stripped with a rollcage buckets and 300bhp!!! they defo should have done a proper Club sport version
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Old May 23, 2006 | 06:37 PM
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add a cup holder
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Old May 23, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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add a cup holder
fuk that!!!!... people might think it's ok to consume beverages in ma car then!!!!
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Old May 23, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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Better leather seats-more like leather buckets than big bloody armchairs a stone chip proof front end and a slightly more refined engine that doesn't sound quite so strained when being driven hard
sorry thats 3
I love it really
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Old May 23, 2006 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by big-dirty-dog
id like to go back to the point where they are just about to spray my car mallard green and put it in the imp blue pile instead
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Old May 23, 2006 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by L9KOS
add a cup holder
fuk that!!!!... people might think it's ok to consume beverages in ma car then!!!!
lol
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Old May 23, 2006 | 09:57 PM
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I have changed mine to how i want it.......

It`s now 2wd....

Oh and Lynne,the boost guage goes to 2 bar now(Birba racing dial kit)..
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Old May 23, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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i prefer the sapphy leather to the escort stuff , so theres summat they coulda improved on really innit!!
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i would have made them install a pectel monitor as standard
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Old May 23, 2006 | 10:35 PM
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i would have made them install a pectel monitor as standard
mmmmmm

how about antilag as standard, dont think it would ever pass the REGS though
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Old May 24, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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Better (stronger and reliable) gearbox with 6th gear, oil temperature gauge, fuel pressure gauge, more HP at stock, white turn indicators, more user friendly tire dimensions, 225 / 45 R 16 are - i guess - only used on EsCos-es and are expensive as hell

Enough from me
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Originally Posted by jurk
225 / 45 R 16 are - i guess - only used on EsCos-es and are expensive as hell
Bmw m3 e30's use them too...
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Originally Posted by nightdavva
I have changed mine to how i want it.......

It`s now 2wd....

Oh and Lynne,the boost guage goes to 2 bar now(Birba racing dial kit)..
It's ok... my Defi goes to 2 bar
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Old May 24, 2006 | 01:40 PM
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a stronger driveline would be nice.not that i drive my car that hard all the time..but it would be nice to not worry about it when driving hard.
elsewise i love the escort.maybe a bit more space in front of the engine..pretty tight space when you are working on the engine.hehwhenever that is
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Old May 24, 2006 | 02:14 PM
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the one single thing would be the transmission, if you get in an evo, its like a sega rally simulator stick, so light and precise and quick and doent break.
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Old May 24, 2006 | 02:19 PM
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I'd make sure no-one would make replica bodykits for them, does my head in seeing some chavvy kid sat in one thinking its real, i daren't wear my baseball cap anymore and agree with the transmission totally
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Old May 24, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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aye... defo agree with the replica thing.... they all need settin on fire!!!!
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Originally Posted by Redkop
Originally Posted by nightdavva
I have changed mine to how i want it.......

It`s now 2wd....

Oh and Lynne,the boost guage goes to 2 bar now(Birba racing dial kit)..
It's ok... my Defi goes to 2 bar
Mmmmmmmmmm Don`t tempt me,the bloody things got me skint as it is...
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Old May 24, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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Just one??
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there are so many things.
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Old May 25, 2006 | 08:05 AM
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I thought of loads too, but others had already mentioned them.

A non-wavy front stone deflector would have been good.
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Old May 25, 2006 | 08:23 AM
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For the air con condensors to be either side of the radiator (behind the fog light grills - a la Porsche Boxter, so I didn't have to lose the air-con .
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Stage 1 power as standard IMO!
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