mmanse

i have a carbed xr3 turbo and i'm in two frame's of mind what to do with it.
i did think at first it was just a after market conversion but it has ford
motorsport written on the air box and rs written on the cap which sit's
on the carb!
Also the turbo only has an oil feed and no water cooler fitting's.
is this car something special i've had it five year's and havent seen another at any show's
The car need's a fair amount of work so was not sure wether or not to take every thing of or to restore it!!! what do you think?

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

Could it be a Turbo Technics conversion?? Are there any clues on the Turbo itself?

mattysxguy

it could be a proper one cos didnt they run an xr3 turbo championship b4 they brought out the s1 rs turbo? if so its quite rare

vroooom ptssssh

yea they very rare, im sure it'll be a turbo technics conversion, saw pics of one before once, but thats as much as i know.

Jim Galbally

the turbotechnics conversions dont have any RS logos on them.

it does sound to me like a very early development of the RS Turbo stuff like matty said.

get some pics up and i'm sure that will give more clues i've got the istallation guides for the TT Carbed CVHs at home somewhere, catch me on MSN if you want a copy (galballyj@hotmail.com) i found it on a website called retrofiesta or retrocars or something like that (not 100% sure)

Stavros

fiestacossie on here has a mad (13sec 1/4s) carb turbo XR2 and knows them things inside out

It's Czech Mate

Sounds like the XR3 Turbo Kit you could buy in the early 80's to run in the championship with. Have seen a couple around but not many, deffo is this if it has RS on the bit on top of the carb. Worth getting in good nick. Is well documented in Graham Robsons RS books IIRC.

datar18

Steve, Dan's is a turbo technics conversion though??

a mate of mine has one of the turbo kits on his mk1 rs2000, so its now a turbo'd 2 litre pinto, that carb top has an RS emblem on it too. i was told they were an added axtra, out of the RS accesories catalogue

Jim Galbally

datar, that's a possibility i never thought of... in which case i could be wrong about it not being a TT then...

like i said... pics pics pics

datar18

if anyone was at the last southend passionford meet, it was the baby blue and dark blue side striped mk1 escort, turbo'd. no windscreen

fell out on the way along the A127 to the meet

mmanse

thank's for the reply's, i will sort some pick's out and post them.

i think it had air research on the turbo!!!