jonny s2

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does anyone know if this is true, were there ment to be a few made for testing for the rs2000 4x4, ive never seen one, anyone??

gingerturbo

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i recall seeing a 4x4 escort a few years ago at bromley pagent and the engine was a transverse one? cvh turbo but has the rs1600i rocker, but could'nt tell ya if it was factory fit or not looked weird though

StephenC

love the bumper,arches and skirts on this one. Wheels seem to fit well too. Genuine ford wasnt it.

Rob_DOHC

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Thats very cool, if they ever did make a 4x4 rst they were fools not to produce it!

My dad has a prototype xr4x4 which has a few cool bits ford should have followed through with too!

Rob,

StephenC

https://passionford.com/forum/genera...is-post-5.html

MarkN

IIRC there was only one built by Ford to justify the case for building the Escort Cosworth.

It's not strictly factory - it started life as a normal S2 Turbo shell and they grafted it onto a 4x4 Sierra floor pan. Just like one you could build in your shed...

gingerturbo

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spot on thats soo cool, i think the 1 i saw wernt original as it a the gartrac arches instead of those, i wonder if anyone knows where there is 1

JK12

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yeah is this still around?

MunkeyboyRS

Didn't gartrac only work with mk3s? I've only ever seen gartrac mk3s.
Guess that s24x4 was broken up not long after it was made.

woolford

like the looks tho

StephenC

Ben26

they made a mk6 rs2000 4x4

gingerturbo

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they made 4 mk4 4x4 gartracs ive only ever seen 1 which was blue followed it to modified nationals 2004 and it was genuine

rscombi.

did they ?

jonny s2

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stephen thats the mule, cossie powered and just plain naughty,i was on about the cvh 4x4's??

jonny s2

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thats the one

yes they did my mates got one
yes some mk5 a, and mk6 quite rare only so many made

mk1trb

aparently they did consider the 4x4 escorts, thats why they all have independent rear suspension, dont quote me on that but think it was mentioned in the old post about this, i also know where there use to be 2 of these 4x4 shells sitting in a yard, bloke use to do work for ford and mg rover, alsways had some fruity stuff in there.

MunkeyboyRS

Yeah they made 500 mk6 4x4 don't know how many mk5a were made but I think they really sweet, I'd love one as they look shit hot, but as far as I know the engine weren't up to much and the transfer box weren't great either. But a mk5 front and mk6 back end looks well nice to me.

MunkeyboyRS

A 4x4 cvh never heard that one before, don't think ford ever made one and nor anyone else, as it would have needed rs2000 or 4x4 mondeo running gear and I don't think it would work great.

Mk1 Mex

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Father in law works for Ford in R&D and has done since the 80's.

I'll ask him next time i see him.

Mark_

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Mark_

they made 500 rs2000 4x4's in total which consists of both mk5a and mk6

ive recently sold my mk6 4x4

Mark_

sorry for the repost, the screen timed out

MarkN

Thats a myth, - if you search Ford's parts database you can come up with loads more than 500 cars for starters, and thats just in the UK. If you count those sold in other territories the figure is much higher. Getting figures from the DVLA is also not as simple as it sounds as you have to ask them to search for all possible permutations of Escort RS2000 4x4, and one 4x4 I've seen didn't even have 4x4 mentioned on the log book. Finally - the 4x4 Escort was not a limited edition and it would have been truly remarkable if they just happened to sell exactly 500 over three years. They sold all 500 RS500 Sierras in next to no time. If RS2000 Escorts were selling at less than 200/year then Ford's bean counters would have axed them like a shot.

Ford did also made a Mk5a/Mk6 1600 Zetec 4x4 which was sold in Scandanavia and other areas of Europe prone to ice. Check the capacities and fluids section in the back of your handbook and you'll find it listed. This could be one of the reasons why the 4x4 drive train is so weak - if was originally designed to work with a 1.6...

jonny s2

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a mate who owns an rs2k mk6 4x4 also told me they were only 500 mk6 made in 4x4, theres not alot about thats for sure.

jaiscossie

Thats correct mate they only made 500, never seen that mk4 before though.

MarkN

You'll never find any evidence to say there are only 500. Its a myth that's normally dug up everytime someone tries to sell one. The same rumour has been said about RS1800 Fiestas as well.

Its a fact that Microcat has reg details of a lot more than 500 4x4 Escorts. That totally proves there are more than 500 as they are hardly going to make up reg numbers.

There was a thread about this on RS2000-16v.com years ago.

jonny s2

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but is that 500+ joint mk5a and mk6??