Special light-weight Mk II Escort
08-04-2008, 10:50 AM
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Special light-weight Mk II Escort
Does anyone know the owner of the really light-weight wide arched MkII Escort that was at Central Day a few years ago?
Wanted pictures and specs if possible. White with blue stripes (plus a Ring sticker on back
) and had a normally aspirated Cossie lump in IIRC?
Wanted pictures and specs if possible. White with blue stripes (plus a Ring sticker on back
) and had a normally aspirated Cossie lump in IIRC?
08-04-2008, 11:26 AM
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i've heard a few things about it... i think it's been through several evolutions to get where it is now. from what i understand, it wasn't initially built like that and has kind had bits and pieces added on over the years. has definitely been NA cossie and i think cossie turbo, and i'm pretty sure at some point it had a BD of some description...
here's the stuff on turbosport...
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=77567
as you can see, pretty substantially different from it's current guise.
HTH
here's the stuff on turbosport...
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=77567
as you can see, pretty substantially different from it's current guise.
HTH
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08-04-2008, 12:17 PM
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This was the one various people were getting very excited about at the PF day at brands, if you find the orginal thread, there was a few people they seemed to know quite abit about the car ?
08-04-2008, 12:24 PM
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probably worth a go mate.
failing that, i think Gary at retromotorsports (retromotorsport on here, but don't think he logs on that much)knows a fair bit about it too.
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08-04-2008, 04:49 PM
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A few years ago it was at the pod and its not space framed from what I remember.
I'm sure he said back then it had a 250+hp atmo yb in it which at the time didn't impress me that much.
Mike, are you concerned that a NA car could actually beat you round a track now ?
I'm sure he said back then it had a 250+hp atmo yb in it which at the time didn't impress me that much.
Mike, are you concerned that a NA car could actually beat you round a track now ?
08-04-2008, 05:16 PM
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I know Adrian quite well, he has had the car some 20+ yrs now and has been in many differant forms of power plant from the original 1700 crossflow to a full blown cossie turbo engine, he used to race in the vectra challenge i think so does know the Brands circuit very well( not taking anything away from his driving talents), he does his own carbon fibre and when at Brands he was sporting a very nice carbon floorpan and i dare say soon the car will be completely carbon fibre.
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09-04-2008, 02:15 AM
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Last time I saw the car is was running a naturally aspirated Cossie motor on slide injection and as Russ says it was built by Kevin Wood of Milton Race Prep when they were in Maidstone.
Bit of a testament to Milton really that the car handles like it does, considering it was built many many years ago but at the time they were building Thundersaloons and the like.
But Kevin gave up building cars a long time ago and only does Anglia stuff now, has no interest in Escorts so please do not bombard him with e-mails begging him to build you a car because he wont.
Why you so interested Mike... has Adrian blown your doors off recently ?
Bit of a testament to Milton really that the car handles like it does, considering it was built many many years ago but at the time they were building Thundersaloons and the like.
But Kevin gave up building cars a long time ago and only does Anglia stuff now, has no interest in Escorts so please do not bombard him with e-mails begging him to build you a car because he wont.
Why you so interested Mike... has Adrian blown your doors off recently ?
09-04-2008, 07:05 AM
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380-460 bhp (variable boost settings) out of a 1427cc engine, or so i'm told.
09-04-2008, 07:45 AM
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09-04-2008, 07:55 AM
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