rst_rick

Hey,

im getting a escort rst in a month or so and im wantin to get some serious power out of it.

ive been told to get a 2.1 zvh put in, but i have no idea how much this would cost and what sort of performance i can acheive from it..

ive also been told to stick with the 1.6 but apparently their not as reliable?

im wantin around 250-300bhp, obviously nothing is gona be 100% reliable at this power but can someone point me in the right direction and clear up the above things for me?

i have no idea about all this so ANY help will be appreciated

cheers

james_birch

dont go zvh if u want that power!
go full on zetec! and it gunna cost more than a saff cossie to do!....cus u gunna need brakes suspension and a shit load of other things to make the car handle that power!

JUST BUY A COSSIE!!

rst_rick

im 19 mate insurance will rape me sideways

id love a saff but ive done a quote for one..... 3500k

2k for a escort rst

Sid_RST

as said before, if you want that sort of power just buy a mildly tuned cossie.

250+bhp in my opinion is unuseable in a old FWD car, you just will not be able to get decent traction unless you shed loads of money on a proper 'box for starters.

If you do still want loads of power, go for the FULL zetec route. Mad man!

rst_rick

yeah. id buy a cossie now if i could afford 3500 a year to insure it

i hate bein 19

Patto

it might only cost 2k to insure an rst now but you tell them that you plonked in a 2ltr 16V turbocharged engine runnig 300bhp and for your sake i hope you got some vaseline handy cos there gonna rape your pretty little ass.

CheeRS
Craig

rst_rick

looks like im gona need a lot of vaseline at this rate

anyway..

what would you all recommend then, stick with the 1.6 and just tune that?

what sort of bhp would i be able to get out of it (suitable)

just tryin to look at all my options thats all...

rst_rick

so much for this thread

james_birch

lol...the reason no one replying is cus if you cant afford 3.5k on insureance you wont be able to afford to build the powerful beast that you want!...fully blown zetec and fully tuned cvh's cost alot of dosh!...do a thread how much you spent on your rs!...and be prepared!.....in less than a year i spent 8k!..and that aint just on mods!..most of that maintance!

sufsRS

fink ur looking 2 far ahead m8, if u want 300 bhp ut talkin serius cash may aswell get insured on the cossie

DRUE1

so 400 bhp is out ov the question then