RS turbo running 227bhp?
26-10-2006, 05:16 PM
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RS turbo running 227bhp?
im thinking of buying a s2 on ebay its done 108k and no rebuild full ford s/h but its running 227bhp is this safe on a car of this age and milage with out an engine rebuild what would be the main concern?and would you?
26-10-2006, 05:20 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-RS...QQcmdZViewItem
Is this the car you are looking to buy mate?
Its got spec on there so people can help you out from pf.
Is this the car you are looking to buy mate?
Its got spec on there so people can help you out from pf.
26-10-2006, 05:25 PM
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270 if boost increased? 
1.6 TURBO
STAGE 3 TURBO
BAILEYS DUMP VALVE
TWIN INTERCOOLERS
SUPER-CHIPPED BY POWER ENGINEERING
FLAME EXHAUST CONTROLLED BY A SWITCH
thought he would list more of the spec
GUZZLER might know this car as he worked at Powers
1.6 TURBO
STAGE 3 TURBO
BAILEYS DUMP VALVE
TWIN INTERCOOLERS
SUPER-CHIPPED BY POWER ENGINEERING
FLAME EXHAUST CONTROLLED BY A SWITCH
thought he would list more of the spec
GUZZLER might know this car as he worked at Powers
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26-10-2006, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by james15678
nearly except i was running the standrd turbo which gave me 210 bhp
26-10-2006, 05:47 PM
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no enginge work but it didnt smoke when i had it!it is clean inside and out but it did need a few small bits of body work doing.they may have been done. And it was running a stage 1 cts box!!! dunno why hes changed it
26-10-2006, 05:59 PM
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there was rust but ut may have been repaired! a rebuild??? rebuild...no it pulled hard,had no rattles and made good power!! so why waste the money. if you are gona cane it everywhere then it aint gona last long
27-10-2006, 10:07 AM
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But as said before, why claim it does 0-60 in 4.7 seconds?? I bet it won't do it in 6.7 seconds, let alone 5.7 or even 4.7.
It's a nice clean car, but I wouldn't be money that it's 227bhp and certainly isn't capable of 270bhp with a boost increase,
It's a nice clean car, but I wouldn't be money that it's 227bhp and certainly isn't capable of 270bhp with a boost increase,
27-10-2006, 10:18 AM
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seeing as a cvh can reliably run 150+ for 150k i'd say if it had been well looked after it won't need a rebuild. it depends how you use the car at the end of the day.
nice looking car, doubt its capable of what he has put down though.
nice looking car, doubt its capable of what he has put down though.
27-10-2006, 10:25 AM
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seems a straight car
wouldnt buy it blind though. for 2.5-3k you'd wanna real good luck around it. you cant tell anythign from photos, and what may look good in a picture may be a real dog in the flesh.
check all the usual places for rust
wouldnt buy it blind though. for 2.5-3k you'd wanna real good luck around it. you cant tell anythign from photos, and what may look good in a picture may be a real dog in the flesh.
check all the usual places for rust
27-10-2006, 10:59 AM
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Ok i have just seen this and its my baby, thats my old RS Turbo that James bought. 
Mr C you know that made 220 bhp all day long
as you saw it with your own eyes on SCA rollers that day, so its well worth saying it could make 227 bhp with a little tweak (needs a better held boost maybe electronic controller).
It made 210bhp last time on the rollers but only holding 16psi not the 18psi it was ment to
Andycoss : PM me if you want to buy this car, as i owned it for 7 years and know it extensively inside and out and did all the modifications from standard
I would love to own that car again (money permitting), prob the best RS i have owned and always punched above its weight
Mr C you know that made 220 bhp all day long
as you saw it with your own eyes on SCA rollers that day, so its well worth saying it could make 227 bhp with a little tweak (needs a better held boost maybe electronic controller).It made 210bhp last time on the rollers but only holding 16psi not the 18psi it was ment to
Andycoss : PM me if you want to buy this car, as i owned it for 7 years and know it extensively inside and out and did all the modifications from standard
I would love to own that car again (money permitting), prob the best RS i have owned and always punched above its weight
27-10-2006, 11:06 AM
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Ok i have just seen this and its my baby, thats my old RS Turbo that James bought.
Mr C you know that made 220 bhp all day long as you saw it with your own eyes on SCA rollers that day, so its well worth saying it could make 227 bhp with a little tweak (needs a better held boost maybe electronic controller).
It made 210bhp last time on the rollers but only holding 16psi not the 18psi it was ment to
Andycoss : PM me if you want to buy this car, as i owned it for 7 years and know it extensively inside and out
I would love to own that car again (money permitting), prob the best RS i have owned and always punched above its weight
Mr C you know that made 220 bhp all day long
as you saw it with your own eyes on SCA rollers that day, so its well worth saying it could make 227 bhp with a little tweak (needs a better held boost maybe electronic controller).It made 210bhp last time on the rollers but only holding 16psi not the 18psi it was ment to
Andycoss : PM me if you want to buy this car, as i owned it for 7 years and know it extensively inside and out
I would love to own that car again (money permitting), prob the best RS i have owned and always punched above its weight
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1.9 wasn't it??
27-10-2006, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Aaaaaaah, now it makes sense. Sorry Andy.
Originally Posted by John Laverick
1.9 wasn't it??
it wasnt a 1.9, but it went amazingly well for a std engine 1.6 CVH.
27-10-2006, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Aaaaaaah, now it makes sense. Sorry Andy.
Originally Posted by John Laverick
1.9 wasn't it??
it wasnt a 1.9, but it went amazingly well for a std engine 1.6 CVH.
27-10-2006, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Originally Posted by AndyRST
Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Aaaaaaah, now it makes sense. Sorry Andy.
Originally Posted by John Laverick
1.9 wasn't it??
it wasnt a 1.9, but it went amazingly well for a std engine 1.6 CVH.
27-10-2006, 11:47 AM
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thanks guys im glad it really did come from a rs club owner means it's been looked after i hope going to veiw it first before i bid on it it now runs 20psi and has been tuned at power engeneering to produce 227bhp so if they have set it up must be ok rite other wise they wouldnt do it would they?
27-10-2006, 05:38 PM
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if i could have kept it for a weekend car it would have been great but as an every day car it was a nightmare.no PAS and it bottom'd out on every speed bump.so i sold it and got another zetec s.
27-10-2006, 05:50 PM
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Fair enough James, the steering was quite heavy with that quick rack but it improved the turn in and direction change over the std rack so it stayed lol. Yeah its not ideal over alot of speed bumps but did clear most normal ones round my way.
Would you argee it went well and that engine always pulled very hard for a std 1.6 cvh ?
Would you argee it went well and that engine always pulled very hard for a std 1.6 cvh ?
27-10-2006, 06:02 PM
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yeah defenatly. i said that already. i would of kept it 100% if it was a second car,because the look on that audi tt drivers face when i kept with him in to 3 figures was quality
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Yeah and it went well on track too the brakes were the best bit on track they always 100% braking force and never faded and without the ABS they had a great feel to them 
Also that diff and gearbox worked well, out of the corners you could feel the diff pulling the front of the car tight into the apex.
So what colour ZS did you buy then? and any mods to it ?
Also that diff and gearbox worked well, out of the corners you could feel the diff pulling the front of the car tight into the apex. So what colour ZS did you buy then? and any mods to it ?