sortedrs

hello can any one help me i am thinking about buying a escort gti on a 1998 r reg in black only 45000 miles very good condition what are they like performance and to drive and whats it worth

Dangerous Malcolm..

I would think in the region of £1500 to £2500, depending whether it's from a private or trade seller.
Performance wise they're ok, nowt special.

Chrissy_bwoy

they drive nice, as in quite smoothly with a decent power delivery, nowt special as has been said but can be pepped up with simple mods

sortedrs

are theyabout the same as a 130 bhp escort 1800si

Dangerous Malcolm..

Like your turbo...........

Chrissy_bwoy

yeah, but thats not exactly simple or wasnt for me neway

Chrissy_bwoy

yeah, little bit less power at 115ps (113bhp)

but drive much he same, altho the mk6 drives a whole lot smoother than the old mk5's

Dangerous Malcolm..

No, they're only 115ps. You can convert them to 130 with the larger throttle body, cams and ecu from a 130 car.

Oranoco

Bro's missus has a 5 door GTi. It runs a full Magnex exhaust, K&N induction kit and a Superchip. The car is quite spritely and fun to drive. Performance is far from earth shattering but it does have usable power.

Cracking cars with a nice level of trim. You can't go far wrong mate

TBH I wouldn't waste time arsing about with 130 spec parts. New they will be very expensive and second hand of an unknown quality or condition. Personally I would far rather go for a set of Kent or Piper cams and a throttle body off the 2.0l Zetec and a Superchip.