hello guys

i have a series 2 rs turbo escort

im thinking about making it rwd around the 400-500bhp mark

any1 got any thoughts? engine wise?

reason 4 making it rwd is because i want to eat up subaru sti's etc... stuff like that

thanks

 

How deep are your pockets?

 

As above, depends if you've got the £10-20k it will take to do it!

4x4 would be a better option at that power though IMO, though add another £5-10k for that.

 

about 20k i was thinking but if more is need then it will just have to do

money isnt really a issue to be honest, it will cost what ever is costs, as im making the car 4 myself im not planning to sell it on or anything

 

20k will build it yes but 2miles down the road it will fall apart/blow up!

40k
you have to upgarde
front/rear brakes
gearbox
clutch
diffs
custom prop
coilovers
get the tunnel made etc
then engine/turbo list goes on,

 

You can do it for less than £40k! Just depends how much work you can do yourself.

 

i know but every thing adds up wouldnt be far off mate
whos doing tunnel mate?

 

why not buy a rwd cossie and start with a better base

 

Or why not buy an Evo 9

 

 

i reckon you could do it if you were serious for 20-25ktops, but i doubt you should run mfi k-jet

 

If you did your own fabrication, welding, mechanicals etc and wanted about 300BHP I think you could do it for less than £10k. It's the time it would take if you were paying someone to do it where alot of the extra cost would come in. Then more power say 400 BHP will just cost as much as a Cossie would to get to the power.

 

Have you got the 20k now upfront, or are you going to be spending it over a period of time?

As if you have that much cash in one go, just buy one already done.

 

chip you just beat me too it,

 

20K buys you a 450bhp very well specced escort cosworth too.

 

Or £12k buys you Janos 400 BHP Series One replica RWD Cossie

 

yep! good call that MUZ!

 

Cool, problem solved, thats just totally awesome value compared to building one

So assuming the thread starter isnt a penniless dreamer I guess he will be posting up this weekend about what it drives like

 

Well if I had the £££ in the bank I would have it on my drive in a heartbeat. Jano keeps telling me he does finance But agreed, its hell of a lot of car for that money.

If the thread starter wants a full spec etc get in touch with me or get onto www.oddkiddcreations.co.uk

 

for alot of people tho its in the building to do it there self, but for anyone who cant build it or just cant be bothered, having seen oddkidds rwd it is a billy bargain for sure,

 

Agreed

 

I love building cars myself, but if you can get something already done for half the price as a starting point, then you can pull it apart and redo it yourself for FAR less money than starting from scratch anyway as you have all the bits there.
So if he is serious it would be madness not to buy jano's even if its only as a starting point.

 

 

It'd be cheaper and easier to buy a proper Cossie instead of trying to build a Frankenstein's monster.

Mind you, saying that, no-one seems to sell them whole any more, so go ahead and knock yourself out.

 

this doesnt seem bad for the money:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

another 73 page thread in the making :'(

 

i'd love to do this to my orion but funds aren't there, i wouldn't be after 500hp though i'd stick with whatever the car had to start with and use all the std running gear too.

but then i think why not just buy a saph, and drive it they're not that different really. its like a size down thats all. if i did 4x4 my orion i know i'd have to bufty it at the same time and that starts to get really expensive as i found out when i did the engine bay last year

 

20-40K lolololol if you are doing all the work your self mate it WILL be a lot less that that. 40k is just hilarious.

Your best bet is to buy a rusty cosworth 2-3K and steal the parts from that, or if you can't do it your self do what Muz said and buy the ready made version

IMO if you only wanted 300-350 brake and already had the rst and were going to do all the work your self and not rebuild the engine/box etcetc, you could do it for 5-7k

Rob,

 

I'm with getting one ready built, I love the Escort but I'd always look out a Focus to Cossie TBH...