+-Solved : Mystery Cylinder Head, BD, FVA or Zakspeed ?
30-12-2010, 12:29 PM
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that is completely wrong. the spaceframed escort was used with a turbo engine, theres pics floating around on the net of it being stripped down with the single turbo and aswell racing.
it was the testbed for the capri later down the road.
i did research quite a bit on those as i own the press car.
it was the testbed for the capri later down the road.
i did research quite a bit on those as i own the press car.
30-12-2010, 01:29 PM
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Martin Schanche Zakspeed Rallycross Escort Mk2Top pic is Mr Zakspeed aka Eric Zakowski on the right,the engine in this new at the time mk3 escort was also in Mr Rallycross on the left escort mk2. The Zakspeed mk2 escorts were amazing in Rallycross and tbh you can split hairs or say what you like but Zakowski and Schanche shoved turbocharged engines in mk2 escorts
30-12-2010, 01:32 PM
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Martin Schanche Zakspeed Rallycross Escort Mk2Top pic is Mr Zakspeed aka Eric Zakowski on the right,the engine in this new at the time mk3 escort was also in Mr Rallycross on the left escort mk2. The Zakspeed mk2 escorts were amazing in Rallycross and tbh you can split hairs or say what you like but Zakowski and Schanche shoved turbocharged engines in mk2 escorts
30-12-2010, 01:44 PM
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Martin Schanche Zakspeed Rallycross Escort Mk2Top pic is Mr Zakspeed aka Eric Zakowski on the right,the engine in this new at the time mk3 escort was also in Mr Rallycross on the left escort mk2. The Zakspeed mk2 escorts were amazing in Rallycross and tbh you can split hairs or say what you like but Zakowski and Schanche shoved turbocharged engines in mk2 escorts
Cool pictures.
Got any videos of them in action?
30-12-2010, 01:58 PM
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No problem
heres the best video of a mk2 rs1800 Gartrac escort Zakspeed,driven by a Viking Warrior too. Listen at 4 mins exactly thats Zakspeed power 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XCqJcCQWS0
heres the best video of a mk2 rs1800 Gartrac escort Zakspeed,driven by a Viking Warrior too. Listen at 4 mins exactly
thats Zakspeed power http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XCqJcCQWS0
30-12-2010, 06:04 PM
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30-12-2010, 09:42 PM
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What a bizzarre place to put the turbo, wonder why they did that, or is it a really long set of headers on an N/A variant?
Bizzarre either way but they obviously had a good reason for doing so!
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30-12-2010, 11:14 PM
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30-12-2010, 11:21 PM
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Seems odd but as you say I'm sure they had a good reason !
I presume that pic isn't from back in the day and its off a slighly worse for wear museum piece !
31-12-2010, 03:02 PM
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31-12-2010, 06:35 PM
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Opel needed an instant 500bhp to test the Xtrac transmision and the general workings of their group S car (Astra/Kadett 4S) before they did the Paris-Dakar rally raid, this was after a rallycross G4 was shipped out to Germany for assessment.
They purchased a Zakspeed power plant (modified Ford BDT).
Opel did the Paris-Dakar with two cars fitted with SWRE built naturally aspirated manta 400 engines, one car broke reverse gear stuck in the sand, the other nose dived off a sand dune.
Both cars finished but in low places as they took hours to repair.
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They purchased a Zakspeed power plant (modified Ford BDT).
Opel did the Paris-Dakar with two cars fitted with SWRE built naturally aspirated manta 400 engines, one car broke reverse gear stuck in the sand, the other nose dived off a sand dune.
Both cars finished but in low places as they took hours to repair.
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01-01-2011, 11:00 AM
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there's clearly a turbo on that opel as it's hanging off the front of the cylinder head and the headers go to it and then the exhaust comes out and runs around the inner wing with the boost pipe clearly going from the behr intercooler to the inlet plenum. it looks a right mess, but guess it worked and was needed to be done like that for heat management reasons.
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