Retro Al

iTrader: (1)

What a load of shite! the newer rs2k dont even deserve the RS badge its a SHIT car

Retro Al

iTrader: (1)

So a escort cosworth is pretending to be something? were have these clowns popped up from?

Minirotty

you are so clearly as much as a twat as Dojj

if you saw a MK1 Bubble arched rep looking mint but it was a 1.3 from the factory to start with Im sure you'd still wank over it, how much of a true RS enthusiast does that make you?

Your making statments imo just to antaganise fellow RS owners of any stage.

and to say a car does not deserve the RS badge is stupid to the highest degree.

Im off to lunch now, Im sure when I pop back later there will be more rants from the twat with as yellow mk2 in his sig and pritty sure Dojj will come back on and spout some more uneducated verbal diarrhoea over the key board.

Icurus

What actually makes a shit car?

Poor performance?
Lack of reliability?
Styling?
Lack of tuning options?
FWD/RWD?

The RS2k has performance to match the ERST's and is better equipt'd
The RS2k is very reliable
Ok the rs2k does lack distinctive styling, but I think this was a sign of the times at its conception
The RS2k has Plenty of tuning options
I dont think which end the power goes too makes or breaks a car

Its the 2nd fastest escort that Ford produced, the Ecos being the quickest of course.

I really think people slate them because they look bland, which is a shame as they are over looking a cracking car.

jasonp

I had an RS2000 4x4 and thought it was a great car go for it if its a good price, also had 2 esc cos and a a rs500. depends what you want from a car. The ecs cos were unreliable money burners,the rs2k was nice to drive every day and you knew you could get from a to b with RA and C in the middle.

Retro AL i think your a bit narrow minded considering you have a sapp cos in your sig.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

so you lot are saying that the cossie fan switch fits the I4 lump?

without mods?

if this is true then fine, i will accept that i have been mistaken and i wil ltake a

but you same lot obviously didn't do that 13 years ago like i did, so fess up

i've had my lunch so i can sit here and wait for minirotty to coem back with some fabulous quip about how he's so great and we shoudl all bow down to him and his knowledge of doing stuff

Graceland

I once put an RS2000 engine into an XR4x4 and then turbocharged it - does that count?

Icurus

If I had owned my RS2k 13 years ago DOJJ then I would have heeded your advice

7001684 ish is the finnis code, well the 70016 bit is all I can rem ottomh

If you look closely i'm sure you can see it in this pic.......

Minirotty

If thats how you perceive me to be then so be it, I perceive you as a twat so I hope you extend to me the same courtesy and except it

xpack280capri

So what parts on a standard mk5 Escort fits an escort cosworth?!?

i can only think of a couple of things, the escort badge on the boot (even the boot is different on the cosworth), the doors and mirrors belong to the escort, and the roof skin and part of the dash, the rest of the car is from the sierra, so i would say its more sierra than escort!

now where did i put my big shoes, red nose and squirty flower?

xpack280capri

My dream car is an Escort Cosworth (the body shell is perfect in everyway) inside is a different story though! as they look cheap and nasty.
I went to buy an Escos, and after driving it im so glad that i didnt splash out and WASTE the 18k on it as it was over rated and handled like a P100 pickup (sierra based again if im not mistaken!) That sierra floor pan sure does get around!
So i stuck the money into building my (ESCORT) RS2000 4x4 into a 2.3Turbo as i felt my standard RS 2000 4x4 out performed the Escos in handling but was lacking the power that the cosworth has.
If ford had stuck a turbo on the RS2000 4x4 from factory im sure you cosworth boys would be singing a different tune! but i guess your like the turbo's your cars run.....
full of hot air!

Now i will stick my money where my mouth is and would gladly do a Grudge match which a certain mag does, and would race an escort cosworth round the track of the same Spec 300 - 350bhp and then let the results speak for themselves.

Icurus

Parts that fit

rear lights
Front lights
Dash
all the glass
parcel shelf
most of the bulbs
battery

not that many bits really

3drpete

iTrader: (1)

why whats pretending to be something it aint???????????????????

escort4x4

only 3 cossies worth owning rs500/3 door rs200 and the escort cosworth
saphire will never be a special cosworth in my eyes as the whale tail is what makes the cosworth what it is today!!! and the rs200 because of the pure fact that it looks evil, goes like stink and is very rare!!!!

Icurus

The RS200 is not badged a Cosworth as far as I know? Use's a BDT that may have been developed by Cosworth?

escort4x4

it may not be badged as a cosworth but its running a cosworth engine
so in my eyes its a cosworth

Icurus

So how about the 2.3 I4 engine that was developed by Cosworth, would that make any car running it a Cosworth or still a Cosworth if it where in a 3 Door RS?

escort4x4

That i cant comment on due to the fact i dont know, im only going by what you can see in the engine bay. That the rs200 has a cosworth 1804cc engine fitted.

xpack280capri

My opinion is the Escort Cosworth is more Sierra than Escort as it has the Sierra floor pan
so its not a true escort where the escort rs 2000 4x4 is.

xpack280capri

does shite stand for Stylish High performance Idealic Transport End..... of!

The newer RS2k most definatly deserves its RS badge! Just dont go applying for your girl guides badge as you need a fanny, not just act like one!

so Retro AnaL dont be an ass all your life!

jemis

If that was the case every 2.0 16v vauxhall is also a cosworth so no a bit of design work on the cylinder head dosen't count.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

can't see it in the pic mate, but i was refering to the I4 engine as found in the sierra which has the 100/110 fan switch (grey) which you can change with the diesel switch 100/105 (green) or the mondeo switch 95/100 (red)

the numbers may be a little off but it's been several years since i had one in front of me to check

although i'm not sure there is enough space to mount that set up on the rs2k as it looks like it's going to foul the inner wing if it's the same position as the sierra

in saying that, there was a switch for sale here which doesn't look to be the same

Retro Al

iTrader: (1)

The car is shit thats IMO,i wouldnt drive one, its a spotty kids car,i stand by what i said,ford should never have brought that crap out, its nothing like the original mk2 rs2000
Again this is my opinion,everybody is differant and like differant cars if you like them thats all what matters

scottrs

i have had 2x4x4 and 2 x front wheel drive rs2k and i think they are great car s very good for the money ,at least you can get the power down in them unlike my s1 and the fiesta turbo i have now,and defo the most reliable .
some of us are not that lucky to own the big rs brand names ie cossy focus ...so to slate them or compare them to each other is just stupid .

It's Czech Mate

You need to clear the shit from your eyes then.

The Rs200 engine is indeed a cosworth design, but it was developed elsewhere for the RS200

Ps. The Fiesta ST's engine has had plenty of imput from Cosworth...is that a Cosworth too then?

It's Czech Mate

the FWD version is the best variant of the Mk5 RS2000, cheap swift motoring, good base for a cheap track car.

Plenty of idiots on this thread.

xpack280capri

It really annoys me when imbecile's (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/imbecile) slate the mk5/6 RS2000. Fact: In standard form the mk5/6 will out perform a standard mk2 on track! IMO RS2k deserves repect.

Im sure if you contact the following they will be more than happy to take YOUR VIEWS into consideration the next time they design a SHITE car. (http://www.ford.co.uk/Footer/ContactUs) Now excuse me as it appears i have to pop to the chemist.........any requests for clearasil or anulsol! I would think suppositories would be better as it clogs the hole that crap?? comes from!

cozzfather

iTrader: (1)

i can't be arsed to read negativity,this is my opinion of the one i had.....

very good when you throw it around down country roads and roundabouts,the only standard 1982 onwards escort barring the escort cosworth you can slide around with the arse end out with the power on. they have just enough power to be lively but a turbo would of made them feel better.
i wouldn't mind a ride in a 4x4 rs2 with a n/a 2.3 donkey to see what mine would of felt like.

Icurus

DOJJ, I was teasing you, as you cannot see it in that pic, just wanted to show my engine bay off, sorry

But its actually located at the gearbox end of the head and the one I have from a Cosworth is Orangey/brown, just like the one in that thread

Rs Gary

spot the fuck up lol
its nothing like the original mk2 rs2000:cry : i thought the mk1 was out before the mk2
cheeRS gary
AKA shrek
ps i own a mk5 rs2k im 40 years old so no spots on my boat race lol and i have also owned a rs turbo with 200 bhp and a saff cossie with 300 bhp so have one of these

hitchwest

iTrader: (2)

right well thanks for the interesting reading haha lol
going to view it anyway 1 night this week any 1 any idea weather it will be a mk5 or 6 cos the owner told the mrs that it was grey

decided if its tidy will have cos it seems pretty cheap and plus got to be better than my escort 1.6 zetec finnesse plus i only do about 4000 miles a year cos only use it to get to work a back

andy-rs

mk6 mate as they dont do 4x4s on a mk5!

from a proud rs2k owner!could buy a cossie tomorrow but i dont want one!

escort4x4

could be a mk5b as they did them in the 4x4, the mk5b is alot rarer then the mk6.
Buy it mate and enjoy it like any other rs, being a 4x4 its very rare so worth good money in the future if you clean it up a bit

Rich_bloor

that 2.3 engine is found in the petrol transits too

Mark_

if you take it for a test drive make sure you drive it properly, the rs2k's dont really wake up until your above 3.5krpm. very nice above that though

hitchwest

iTrader: (2)

pretty much the same as the zetec they need a little push to wake them up

Ad4m RST

When has the RS scene as a whole ever been judged on standard merit...RST's will always piss the RS2000's pound for pound unless BIG money is spent on 2.3 turbo's etc.. I know where a grand of my tuning £££ would go, not on fixing transfer boxes there's a clue.

In their own right they're pretty good cars, but as part of the brand they're crap...IMO.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

some light hearted jappery then

if there was a thread pitch etc you could list then i could compare hem to the seirra fitment, i found a pic of one from eyars ago

andy-rs

no mate all it comes down to is!

if you dont own a m5 or cossie or rs turbo, anything else is shit on here!

andy-rs

i thought that bit in your sig about being dyslexic was a joke! obviously not!