That is one thing I thought I would never say !

Had it for over 5 years now and I am happy with the 450 ish BHP.

MY dilema is.....

I want to stay with Ford and RS but the only car I want is the RS200

I cannot afford one of these (£35 to £50 K)
and thought about a cossie powered replica RS200

I also enjoy taking my car to the RS shows but if I bought a replica car
I would not be able to do this as it is not genuine and the RSOC
would kick my ass if I did.

I must admit, I am becoming a track and gravel race freak too
and the escort has more chips than McDonalds on the bonnet.

Oh the dilema...

 

strip it out

or sell more of those ecus,, and buy the 200

 

yes i sometimes think the same but i know if i sold it i would kick my self, what do you get that the escort hasnt got and at a realistic price ????

 

Sell it.

buy an evo

new technology.....


Last thing ford did decent is well out of date......

 

Keep your fingers crossed for the new Focus Cossie (if it ever happens ) and build the first 450 brake on of them

 

Dingy...you are still stuck in the MK2 days though

 

Phil, i have had a mk2 for 14 years mate, its an addiction.

As for the focus cosworth -pmsl - see someone aint been readin the ford fuck down on motorsport then, as in No WRC, no F1 no research no fuck all......Last thing they gonna do is make a 300+ 4x4 focus.....especially when they aint entering events and no homologation...althought neither do mitsi.....no idea why they do

scoobs do cause they have no other interest, its either an impreza or a forester LOL.....

 

Simon, keep your Es Cos and fit a proper turbo! T4

 

Dingy but MAD produced a Sapphire that can do over 200mph...i honestly dont think the future is EVO!

 

dingy, I had a mark 2 escort RS2000 with a turbo charged
pinto in 1986 to 1993 but sold it to get married

I loved that car but the plank who bought it stuffed it into a wall.

Ford has shafted us all big time but I am still a fan of them

 

Cheeky boy

Ok, Lets go find a 18 wheeler volvo truck and pinch its turbo and bolt it on
and hope for the best !

Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,La g,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,
Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,La g,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,
Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,La g,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,
Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,La g,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,
Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,La g,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,
Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,La g,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,
Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag,Lag, ahh boost at last , rev limit.... Change gear.

 

At the end of the day, the decesion is your mate

But as Dingy said, buy an evo....its the way forward i think

 

PMSL a 430 bhp evo would kill it on any track in the uk, and on any road aside from the m1.......

Up to you LOL.....

Infact fuck that, i would race rod round any track in the uk in a 28 year old car with 380 bhp...

 

id put my money on Dingle in that race

Nige


EVOs rock too had a six for a little while Whhhoooo Hoo they handle

 

Strange,

I seem to recall on the M5 motorway on the journey to the Crealy Park RSOC show that the T4 equiped car pulled about half a mile on the other Es Cossies that were chasing..........Not so laggy on that occasion then!

 

Doug Stirling,
Didnt say T4 cars were slow just dont like waiting for power delivery.
Anyway, you will be selling that T4 soon .......

 

 

If im not mistaken Mitsu go severe financial problems.

 

Wish i could use my car enough to get bored of it

 

Doug I dont think Simon does old tech GT30 or 35 real turbo's.

Mark

 

Re handling...a Lotus Elise would piss Dingy round a track!


The point being a MAD car is the first proven 200plus MPH car.....We aint said owt about handling we talking about outright POWER.

 

Good point Mark........As you say GT30/35 "real" turbo's

 

You never been to a track day then.....

OK

ROD Driving an elise.....FUCK me 10psi please karlos.....

 

Please, PLEASE lets not turn this topic into a tuner fight

 

I think if your bored simon u need to make it faster

 

Their you go Dingy...you are now not comparing cars but Drivers....and all i can say to that is...my cock is bigger than yours..ROFL

 

good call

 

if you have an escort cosworth with big bhp,what could you get to top that.

Would have to spend a good bit to get the evo the same spec.

keep the escort.




Dave.

 

My offer still stands....you wouldent ever be bored!!!

Only joking mate....sorry! (Private Joke)

 

Fuckit phil, swap katie with his esc, she can easy dump him and get back with you then you got em both

 

Steve, I wouldent swap Katie for the world, she means far too much to me! shes asleep behind me at the mo

 

I was not asleep, I was playing at being asleep.....

 

Got to agree and dissagree with Dingy.
Fords have n't built anything like they used to in the past.
Evo's are not the way forward though.

 

there is only 1 question for me - is it a fanny magnet or not??

 

i did it the other way, looking back ,would have never not bought the evo, but they are too fast, trust me, you can go everywhere at 100+mph and it does get addictive - they are far too easy to drive really hard IMO, at least the escos you have some involvemnt still.

 

priorities sorted there m8?

 

Cossie powered RS200 rep is fine. If you get snubbed by any RS clubs, fuck 'em. Doubt you would tho'.
450bhp RS200 rep is something I would swap my escos for. Get sniffing on ebay...

Alternatively - make your escort handle and stop better, the corners will be much more fun

Newts