13 years on and the Escot Cossie still demands respect amongst all car nuts!!!

I just wanted to share these photos with the members of this forum, taken just today at the Porsche Club Hong Kong BBQ.





I'm a member of the club as I also have an 911, but the weapon of choice when we're out on our morning drives has got to be my Blue Escos as pictured!!!

No matter what people drive here, they all love my Escos!!! RESPECT!!!

 

Wicked pictures mate, your Escort is very very nice!

Was it featured in Performance Ford years ago, got tuned over here then shipped abroad for street racing or something!?

 

 

love it, looks better than the porkies in IMO

 

Thanks Dan

Nope, the car was registered here in Hong Kong as a brand new car in 1993. It's taken me 5 years to get it to look like it is today.........

Not so easy, as I have to ship every nut and bolt from the UK as I cannot get the parts here!!!

 

Thanks Pete!

I have a porker too, and I must say that it's a different tool for a different job!

 

Dan, I remember the car you were thinking of....... it went back to the UK and to GGR for a complete rebuild and a sequential gearbox. I believe it now resides in Japan!

 

Escos rules!

 

it certainly does!!!

 

Yeah thats the one mate, had a single bucket seat on the drivers side with standard interior didnt it!

Looks similar from what I remember! lol What colour is that on yours, Imperial?

How does it hold up against some of those porka's?

 

I know! Edited!

 

My car was originally white, but I had it changed to the blue used on the Nissan Skyline GTR34, it's code is TV2 and it has a blue/green/purple flip to it.

When we go street RAVING ( ) the Escos does me proud by staying at the front of the pack........

Not bad considering the hardware my buddies use, I should get some more pics........ Amongst our group, we have all the porsches (Carrera GT included), all the Ferraris (F40, F50 and Enzo Included) and occasionally the odd Zonda thrown in....... plus the usual Jap cars, like an 1,100HP GTR34

Recently, I had an indicated 260kph whilst following a new F430!!! Had to get the front resprayed after that due to all stone chips!!! But the owner of the F430 was a bit surprised to see me in his mirrors for so long

 

very nice!!

need more pics though.

 

Thanks Dave , what other pics are you interested in seeing??? The Escos or the other rides that are cruising the streets of Hong Kong???

 

lol, deffo the escort pics.

inside,engine etc...

 

Keep the pics coming!

 

I actually don't have that many photos of the car, but here are a few I found of the engine bay........ Nothing too special.......

Just your usual Stage III stuff!!!



And one more! I had the cam cover coded to match the colour of the car.....



Thank you all for the interest in my baby!!!

 

Must be a very very rare car in hong kong, looks awsome in bay side blue as well weldone mate

 

i like the heatsheild.

 

Great to see the cossies impressing all over the world ,welcome to pf

 

what is that next to the map sensor.

 

Not one Porsche is the same colour!

Smart

 

Aslo what is that black tube thing ( looks like it wrapped, and has a white thing on the end) coming from bulk head to the inlet pipe...

 

Air con pipe!

Nice car! On Compomotive MOs as well!

 

That will be the sensor for the Defi Boost Gauge mate

 

There has only been around 30 or so Escos registered in Hong Kong, not surprising as they were 40,000 Pounds new!!!

There are about 10-15 left now, I have 3 of the them!!! The blue one you see her, one in Mallard Green which has recently been sold back to the UK and one in Ferrari Yellow......... but that car is used for spares!!!

They are a very rare sight here and a couple of us go cruising and draw more attention than most exotics

 

Yep, that will be the air con pipe, it's wrapped to try and keep it cold, the engine bay gets very hot in the summer as the ambient temp can get up to 35 degrees C.................

I had to ship the MOs back from the UK like everything else for the car, I wanted 17"s to fite larger brakes and there were no wheels available for the Escos here........ They do look sweet on the car though

 

Thanks mate, the Escos still demands everywhere it goes

 

Nice

 

Keep them slammin,nice Cossie

 

Thanks mate

 

Believe me or not.. but i was going to say that

just wasnt sure

 

something different there

and you own 3?! thats just greedy

i wanna see pics of the old ford next to a carrerra GT or an F40

 

really nice car mate, more pics please!!

 

Greedy??? May be!!!

No worries, as soon as I get a chance to take some more photos of my Escos along side some of the exotics, then I will post them up......

I've had it parked next to the Carrera GT and F40 and F50 before....... let me see if I can find the photos

 

 

Thanks Porkie by the way, we have a whole bunch of highly modded Japanese cars too........ my buddy has an 1,000+HP GTR34 with sequential gearbox for road use!!! The car was modified by Jun Automechanic.........

 

The sequential boxes are quite usable on the road when you get used to them. Your friend is probably using an OS Geeken. Thats the Gearbox that Martin is putting in his Escort Cosworth. If I need a box in my Skyline that will be the one I get.... Maybe my Sierra will get one as well if she asks nicely!

There is also a guy on here called cam has a 700bhp+ R34 with the same OSG sequential

Another guy on here called Keith has an R32 drag Skyline with same seq box and must be around or over 1000bhp as well

You got any pics of your mates Jun modded one?

 

Thanks for the info

I'll try to find some photos for you.......... I've driven it a couple of times and it's pretty impressive

On one of our drives into mainland China, he overtook me at 170+ like I was standing still....... I was driving an Porsche 996 GT2!!!! He had it off the clock racing the guys in the Lambo's....... He has the Nismo 325Km clocks by the way!!!

 

nice one mate get it sorted