i just seen an rs200 on ebay for nearly 125k and i did a check on the reg it seems it was made in 1993 am i wrong or would this make it a kit car or replica or is it genuine the reg was L20 ORS . Is this just yet another person trying to cash in on the rs badge or could it be late registered tho the 93 date of manufacture seems strange as the seller says it an 86 car.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-4x4-R...ht_1133wt_1185

 

Real deal mate

Auld

 

i just thought it was strange as it was advertised as an 86 but the dvla have it as a 93 . I best get looking down the back of the couch for them lost pennies lol .... i wish lol

 

Thats been for sale for a long long time.

 

Real deal.

Built and registered are not necessarily the same

 

Real deal iirc, has been for sale for a long, long time.

 

Not surprised really ...125k

 

why is it listed as a 1.8 engine, thought these cars had the same basic engine as a sierra cosworth should be 2.0

 

sure they are a 1.8 bda turbo or something? Sure someone will be along to tell me i'm wrong though

 

They were a 1.8BDT-E, the engines fetch daft money them selves.

 

Because it has a 1.8? They didn't have yb/Cosworth engines in them, they had 1.8 BDT's.

 

the bdt-e was the evo spec . which i thought was 2.1

 

I stand corrected.

Bored out IIRC as they were Nikasil linered as standard.

 

Its too expensive

 

bdt= 1803cc
bdt-e= 2137cc so i think little more to it then boring out. bdt built by ford/cosworth and the bdt-e developed by brian hart as far as im aware

 

Yep, and the BDT-E is a totally different engine which is a little bit longer.

 

The real deal, I still have't won the lottery, which is the only reason why its still for sale

 

and taller is it not?

 

bdt = 86x77 bore - stroke
bdt/e = 90.0 x 84.0 bore - stroke

rs200 evo also 180kg heavier

 

I used to clean / wax cars in the summer holidays at Fast Lane Sports Cars in Standish, and it was in the show room then. Must be 13/14+ years ago!

 

I've seen this car in the flesh a few years ago, very nice 'new' looking car IIRC

 

I always thought that you could tell an evo model by the mickey mouse ear type ducts either side of the inter cooler duct on the roof?

which this model does'nt have .

 

the way i understand it is that ford built these originally for group b rallying in 86, then it was band almost as soon as the rs200 was built, meaning ford had a warehouse full of brand new unregistered rs200's which they had no use for and took years to sell off,(which explains the late registaration on this car) and made a loss on every one.

 

That's because it's not an Evo...

 

the dvla have got the year of manufacture as 1993 and the date of first registration also 1993. Is this allowed ? I know cars can sit for years sometimes before registration but i thought the year of manufacture could'nt be altered.Just goes to show you dont know how old your car really is lol

 

Same height.

Steve

 

Non-evo car have 'ears' they are there to cool the rear brakes.

Steve

 

Ford actually had to build 200(ish) road cars to homologate the race car, so you are right that when banned they had a stock to sell off, but these were unsold road cars not race cars 'left over'

Many were late registered and many were assembled from parts

www.rs200.org will tell you all you need

 

200 cars made 24 of which were evo's . and apparently enought spare parts were made to build atleast anouther 20 or so cars. mainly for rally teams.