Was feeling stressed, so thought i'd go for a blast.
Not driven the car hard for a while, just up and down the mway, and in city trafffic.

It was raining, and went to a big wide roundabout, and started provoking the car hard... Eventually she snapped and i did a 360 lol. Car has always been really tail happy, it breaks away quickly, probably due to the wide tyres. Didn't hit anything, so all good. Felt VERY quick too, was running 13psi, which is 230hp, plenty enough in the wet!

Rick.

 

i hate to here about stress levels mate but like the driving style up intill the 360 part...glade your ok and most important so is the car...
what mods have you got cause thats low psi for big bhp.....

 

Mk4 Escorts have never been the most planted of cars have they

I span my old one twice! Oranoco span his on track identical to how I did mine (on the road ), charactaristics are all the same!

Least you had fun and your ok

 

least you know that you was pushing hard enough





maybe a little too hard thou

 

MEF rear link Rick...

 

Rad - defo.

Driven a few cars, and Tony's is EASILY the best handling

Mine is nice, it just bites HARD! always has done...

cabbyturbo

It's a big spec 1600cvh, fully worked NMS head with ceramic valves, Single pass twin cossie NMS cooler, steel rods, cosworth racing forged pistons, GrpA t34, and lots of other little bits.

 

Disconnect the rear ARB and go and try it again

 

u think Tony?

**Note to all people reading this thread - we are in the presence of the handling God**


That little piddly 14mm bar makes a diff?

I was thinking on the way home - i need Tony to drive this - if he can handle the power

 

is that why mk 3s handle better because they dont have the roll bar ?

when i had a lowerd mk3 xr3i that used to handle sick


rick

what cam you got now then ? as my specs pretty close to yours

 

LEE-RS

Std cam :O


45 quid with followerd from Skony factors!

Will change the profile soon, just not sure to what. Std is VERY good

 

rick

thats great power with a standard cam

what turbo did you have before the t34 ?

i have a stage 3 t3 .48 at the min comes on boost about 2800rpm

but before the ported head did not come on boost untill 4000rpm

the head was ported by karl and then jim g (cnc heads)

i would like to fit a t34 but im thinking its gonna be laggy

 

The suspension geometery set up on the Mk3 is slightly better yes.

 

230bhp @ 13 psi.. whats the spec?

 

I thought thats what that post above was for davsmith64

 

Who? Me?

http://media.putfile.com/Escort-Spin

Or my grass cutting moment in front of the pit lane

 

Bedford ?

There is another trackday there next saturday Ł119 if you need more practice

 

Would love to mate but we've just moved into our first home (mortgage and all that) so funds are a bit tight for me to be playing cars Especially when her indoors wants me to put a new kitchen in

 

To make you feel better its full anyway

Your doing the right thing

 

Hopefully make some shows and maybe a track day or two by the end of the year.

Have to grow up at some point. I spose

 

Lee, had a 4by cossie turbo. T34 didnt feel any lagier at all.

 

Rick mate one thing ive learn't is when your stressed the car ain't the place to go and take the stress out, ive done some pretty suicidal things in the car in the heat of the moment

You would of been gutted beyond belief if you hit another car and/or something solid