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General Car Related Discussion.To discuss anything that is related to cars and automotive technology that doesnt naturally fit into another forum catagory.
As others have said, very hyped, but never really did anything.
I remember it from MANY years ago, at National Day (I think), long before it was the car we knew, doing sprints and was quite rude then, but never saw it lay down any times after it 'evolved'.
Big power by standards back then but like a lot of RST's had the suspension & wheel setup so it looked mean rather than set up so it launched properly. Low profile 18's and slammed to the ground = wheelspin!
7.5" x18" aerospeed gt's ..... I bought them after breaking the car up for James..... Still got the pics of the car after an evenings striping in my photobucket acc
As others have said, very hyped, but never really did anything.
I remember it from MANY years ago, at National Day (I think), long before it was the car we knew, doing sprints and was quite rude then, but never saw it lay down any times after it 'evolved'.
remember talking to james years ago
he ran it at brunters and it hit the limiter half way up the straight
he said it was just to fast for the road so broke it up
5th..... I was there it was Escorts vs Fiestas..... Box was geared to do summit like 130 on limiter in 5th gear..... Shame it never got 100% finished, I had the job of putting it together in it's final guise and a few months later stripping it for spares
Don't bring me into the "how fast" arguement, it'll turn into a 10 pager......lol
Just a shame it was never finished.... You should have seen my face/heard what I said the night James phoned me to say he wanted me to break the old girl up...!!!!
v man - I'm not denying it was a quick car, but that 130mph 'box would have made it seem even quicker than it actually was. I ran an S1 'box in mine for a little while and I could thump the 5th gear limiter so fast it was unreal, like 3/4 mile or something and would be wheel-spinning in practically every gear.
An RST can be perceived as being very fast at anything beyond a genuine 250bhp. Even if it were high 300's BHP, there must have been other reasons for it coming apart when it did, before laying any times down anywhere. I don't believe it came apart because it was too fast.
28-08-2010, 10:50 PM
SOY - Red Escort, you all know it..
