im thinking of buying a s2 on ebay its done 108k and no rebuild full ford s/h but its running 227bhp is this safe on a car of this age and milage with out an engine rebuild what would be the main concern?and would you?

 

i personally would think that was over due for a rebuild.

you also want to see if he has proof that its that power to (graph with the reg helps)

 

I'd say a rebuild was on the cards shortly

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-RS...QQcmdZViewItem

Is this the car you are looking to buy mate?

Its got spec on there so people can help you out from pf.

 

270 if boost increased?

1.6 TURBO
STAGE 3 TURBO
BAILEYS DUMP VALVE
TWIN INTERCOOLERS
SUPER-CHIPPED BY POWER ENGINEERING
FLAME EXHAUST CONTROLLED BY A SWITCH

thought he would list more of the spec

GUZZLER might know this car as he worked at Powers

 

Standard boost hoses?

 

This WAS my car about 2 months ago

 

was it the same spec?

 

yer that the one looks proper mint dont it just a bit worrieing if its due a rebuild has anyone eles got any info on this car hopeing to look at it the weekend?

 

nearly except i was running the standrd turbo which gave me 210 bhp

 

always good to hear the previous owners view

 

do you no if has any engine work done then and also as you have owned it should i buy it?whats it like?

 

no enginge work but it didnt smoke when i had it!it is clean inside and out but it did need a few small bits of body work doing.they may have been done. And it was running a stage 1 cts box!!! dunno why hes changed it

 

he said it smoke a bit when you first start it thats it,so do you think your self it due a rebuild?also i take it due to the full respray theres no rust?

 

there was rust but ut may have been repaired! a rebuild??? rebuild...no it pulled hard,had no rattles and made good power!! so why waste the money. if you are gona cane it everywhere then it aint gona last long

 

thanks your a great help il go and have a look at it ans see whats what how mush did you sell it for?

 

2k. it was running 16-18psi when i had it

 

wants 3k now must of had some work done had it been painted when you had it?

 

nope.

 

thats why he want 3k for it then thanks for all ya help mate il keep ya posted

 

Maybe he just thinks he can make on it.

 

it it safe for this car to run this much boost or will it just blow up?

 

But as said before, why claim it does 0-60 in 4.7 seconds?? I bet it won't do it in 6.7 seconds, let alone 5.7 or even 4.7.

It's a nice clean car, but I wouldn't be money that it's 227bhp and certainly isn't capable of 270bhp with a boost increase,

 

seeing as a cvh can reliably run 150+ for 150k i'd say if it had been well looked after it won't need a rebuild. it depends how you use the car at the end of the day.

nice looking car, doubt its capable of what he has put down though.

 

seems a straight car

wouldnt buy it blind though. for 2.5-3k you'd wanna real good luck around it. you cant tell anythign from photos, and what may look good in a picture may be a real dog in the flesh.

check all the usual places for rust

 

Ok i have just seen this and its my baby, thats my old RS Turbo that James bought.

Mr C you know that made 220 bhp all day long as you saw it with your own eyes on SCA rollers that day, so its well worth saying it could make 227 bhp with a little tweak (needs a better held boost maybe electronic controller).

It made 210bhp last time on the rollers but only holding 16psi not the 18psi it was ment to

Andycoss : PM me if you want to buy this car, as i owned it for 7 years and know it extensively inside and out and did all the modifications from standard

I would love to own that car again (money permitting), prob the best RS i have owned and always punched above its weight

 

1.9 wasn't it??

 

Aaaaaaah, now it makes sense. Sorry Andy.

That's why it makes 227bhp!!

 

 

FPMSL you coooont it wasnt a 1.9, but it went amazingly well for a std engine 1.6 CVH.

 

But would you bet your life on it??

 

No

 

thanks guys im glad it really did come from a rs club owner means it's been looked after i hope going to veiw it first before i bid on it it now runs 20psi and has been tuned at power engeneering to produce 227bhp so if they have set it up must be ok rite other wise they wouldnt do it would they?

 

Andy you have a Big PM.

James : why did you sell her after only a couple of months ???

 

if i could have kept it for a weekend car it would have been great but as an every day car it was a nightmare.no PAS and it bottom'd out on every speed bump.so i sold it and got another zetec s.

 

Fair enough James, the steering was quite heavy with that quick rack but it improved the turn in and direction change over the std rack so it stayed lol. Yeah its not ideal over alot of speed bumps but did clear most normal ones round my way.

Would you argee it went well and that engine always pulled very hard for a std 1.6 cvh ?

 

yeah defenatly. i said that already. i would of kept it 100% if it was a second car,because the look on that audi tt drivers face when i kept with him in to 3 figures was quality

 

PMSL wish i had of seen the TT drivers face

It ran a 14.38 1/4 at Santa Pod once and wasnt far behind RichPon'ss stg 3 2wd saff that day

 

it was quick with out adoubt

 

Yeah and it went well on track too the brakes were the best bit on track they always 100% braking force and never faded and without the ABS they had a great feel to them Also that diff and gearbox worked well, out of the corners you could feel the diff pulling the front of the car tight into the apex.

So what colour ZS did you buy then? and any mods to it ?