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As above
can you or aint they got no go in them

Ginge !

get the revs up and a bit of diesel mate and your away

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Stavros

you can in any car with the right amount of speed and effort.

1.4litre volvo 340s can well enough in the wet and they got about 45bhp.

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iTrader: (3)

yea i will make sure it has a few mods
just not long till i start driving and that is wat i want
cant get a saxo my dad would kill me

Ginge !

a good hint there then would be to get a 340 volvo before you write off your mk2 escort imo


a pal of mine has just drifted his scooby type r playing and went wrong,,, and to be fair hes pretty good at it

Mark_1

yeah on a rainy day.

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prob will smash it up first car rwd
but least i wont look like a chav driving a saxo

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i hav seen mk2 escort etc... wif 98 bhp and they spin up really well up ace cafe etc...

Ginge !

i remember a mate of mine being given a mk2 1300 escort and us lot taking the piss out of him for it being soo old


oh and one of use owned a fucking metro at the time


why not learn to DRIVE first,, as in actually control a car THEN join the D1 team

salmon

Had a mk1 as my first car, although had a 1600 with a twin choke webber on (had that much back-pressure when I got it probs had less power then a 1300). Will defo get away in the wet, as nearly had mine in the barriers a few times. Problem is not having a LSD.

Anonymous

You need to be losing the open diff though.

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Fwd is 4 girls
wat other mods cos i do to it 2 make it quicker

Dan Cossie

Gettin a license is a start mate

Markb_s1

ideally, yes, but not essential..

first few cars i had were early escorts, never more than 1.3 and they used to get the arse out just fine in the wet.. in the dry just expect lots of tramping.. if you're lucky!

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iTrader: (3)

i no but u got 2 find these things out

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Markb_s1
that is all i want

Dan Cossie

have you mastered how to drift your bmw bike yet

then start doin cars

Anonymous

A larger engine?

Cheaper on insurance than heavily modifying the existing one too, AND better on fuel

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BMW bike cant say i hav one

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1600 they would kill me lol

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Stavros

If your planning on drifting your a lot more likely to crash, a lot, regardless of power, than you ever will being a straight line billy, even with a powerful engine.

But youl soon become a much better driver than most, thats for sure.

And quite possibly banned from driving, or dead

Unless your not planning to diff it up on the streets on the wand on ever entry to a corner, but thats boring innit

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yer prob but i fort if i learn 2 drive in RWD then when it comes 2 getting a cossie etc.. or a better car i will be sort of use 2 it

Stavros

do it mate, my first car everyone said id kill myself (modified GTT) and never crashed it.

learning to drive good from the off is the best way, better than getting bad habits and shit like most do.

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thats it my mate has a 200bhp van as his second car and never crashed it and he has only been driving a year
plus i can get it repair cheap any way so dont matter just pratice in open places and not down the local high street

FasterFords

If you make the rear end nice and stiff, with single leafs, adjustable dampers and polybush it, then it will drift easy, just by turning in sharpe.

Dan Cossie

i had a 300bhp saff at 18 and i have never crashed it..although i had been banger racing since i was 13 so knew what to do if the arse steped out etc..not just panic like some people

Markb_s1

on the other hand i smashed the shite out of my first few cars and they were all rwd escorts... one of the accidents wasn't my fault.. the other 15-20 or so (realistic estimate) were due to lack of attention/skill on my part.

as far as a bigger engine goes, don't even think about trying to pull a fast one on your insurers. if/when/maybe you crash it they'll be looking closely at the engine, and you don't have to look too closely to see that the 1600 crossflow block it 1-2" taller than the 1300/1100 ones.

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dw mate i nearly found that out the hard way
Imo nuffin looks as gd as old skool and would rather hav a mk2 escort than a new fiesta etc... and would luv 2 hav rwd

Fudgey

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buy a cheap shitter sierra

they are common as shite, weld the diff up and have some serious fun in the wet!

also dont matter too much if you bend it, theres plenty more

Escy

You won't be getting a Mk1 or Mk2 Escort repaired for cheap if you bend it. Panels are hard to get and not cheap either.

I'd recomend you get a 4 door if your going to get one. They do look a bit gay but the prices of nice 2 doors have flown up lately.

I had a Mk1 Escort 1300GT (the GT, E and Sport models have about 80bhp) as my 1st car (3 years ago), was great fun but started to do my head in because it was shite for reliability. Economy was piss poor once I tuned it too. Loved it though, was such a cool 1st car. It span it once, so it did have enough power to be lively.

I then had a 300bhp S13 at 19 which was a bit more lively.

Fudgey

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love it!

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That is how i want mine looking
yea i was thinking of 4 Dr but looks like a old grandads car
but then just r a lot cheaper and if i smash it up wont be as bad

Munch

why do you want a classic car for if your going to be driving it like a twat, bloody hell, Mk1/2's are getting rarer by the minute, we dont really want to see them getting wrote off

why dont you stick with your power flower mag & by the car you really want......a Paxo

Stavros

He says himself he dont want to be some boyracer nobhead in a saxo, whats wrong with driving a RWD escort properly?

"ooh a cars rare, so lets drive like a total gaylord"

Cars are to be used, the more RWD Escorts on track etc etc the better IMO

Munch

the Saxo bit was a joke

im just saying these cars are getting harder to find & he wants one as a first car & he talks about drifting etc, it can only lead to a crash

Stavros

So what, hes not gonna go buy a feckin MK2 RS1800 is he

Thats like saying "dont drive a shitbox Sierra hard incase you crash, as RS500s are rare"

Gary F

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I can get my Transit side ways and thats got about -10bhp

salmon

"I'd recomend you get a 4 door if your going to get one. They do look a bit gay but the prices of nice 2 doors have flown up lately"

Thats what I did as loads cheaper to do, although that was 10yrs ago(Bearing in mind then I paid £300 for mine and a decent mex/rs2000 mk1 could be had for £3-4k). I got a 4dr 1100 mk1 shell, with a 1600 x flow, rebuilt with webber carb, rs2000 back axle, GT front suspension/brakes, and lowered/stiffened leafs on the back. Looked quite cool as well in daytona yellow with RS 4 spokes.

Sold it to a guy who worked in the local shell garage for £700, who then tried to sell it on as a 4dr rs1600 (cos i'd put the badges on the side, nugget ). Think he ended up stuffing it, which was a bit of a waste. HPY 257N in case its still about.