9 Second Mk1 Escort - Classic Ford Show
29-05-2012, 08:12 AM
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9 Second Mk1 Escort - Classic Ford Show
My Dad's Mk1 Escort, First time out with the new turbo set-up running at low boost and the first run off the trailer was a 9.51 at 141 mph 
We wasn't expecting this at all and backing it up with 3 other 9 second runs was even better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUpyTTy8WL8
We wasn't expecting this at all and backing it up with 3 other 9 second runs was even better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUpyTTy8WL8
fucking awesome!! First run out and a 9.x Shocking!!
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29-05-2012, 11:16 AM
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That's a Liberty 'box - semi sequential ratchet shifter thing.
Awesome time from your dad - I didn't get a chance to give him my congrats, I will do next time.
What was he expecting first time out out of interest? Does he think there's an 8 in the car?
Awesome time from your dad - I didn't get a chance to give him my congrats, I will do next time.
What was he expecting first time out out of interest? Does he think there's an 8 in the car?
29-05-2012, 11:43 AM
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My Dad built the engine himself and always has built his own engines, infact all the car has been done himself apart from paint and bodywork
It was running 20psi this weekend but on the rolling road it was mapped at 29psi which made 608hp
29-05-2012, 11:45 AM
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29-05-2012, 11:48 AM
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It's hard to say if theres an 8 in the car, the slicks were abit too skinny so there was alot of wheelspin as you can see him fighting with the wheel on the in-car camera, we hope with wider slicks and more boost the times will come down
29-05-2012, 11:52 AM
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Impressive stuff. 
Guess car has changed a bit since this page on SBD's site?
http://www.sbdev.co.uk/History_files...neItDoneIt.htm
Guess car has changed a bit since this page on SBD's site?
http://www.sbdev.co.uk/History_files...neItDoneIt.htm
29-05-2012, 12:00 PM
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29-05-2012, 01:53 PM
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Impressive .
The car is a good advert for both Gordon and your Dad's skills.
Before you start doing any high boost runs, I'd pressure check the system as those Mikalor clamps are prone to leaking above 20psi. They don't tighten up evenly, so the air pressure finds the weak point and pisses out. Swap for some normal stainless-steel jubilee clips and you should be okay (but at the very least, forewarned is forearmed).
.The car is a good advert for both Gordon and your Dad's skills
.Before you start doing any high boost runs, I'd pressure check the system as those Mikalor clamps are prone to leaking above 20psi. They don't tighten up evenly, so the air pressure finds the weak point and pisses out. Swap for some normal stainless-steel jubilee clips and you should be okay (but at the very least, forewarned is forearmed)
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29-05-2012, 02:02 PM
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29-05-2012, 02:37 PM
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One of these ? http://www.libertysgears.com/clutchless.htm
They use a lift-up ratchet style shifter so it's just back and forth to go through the gears, no H-pattern gate, so semi sequential style.
http://www.gforcetransmissions.com/tran_gf5r.asp
29-05-2012, 07:42 PM
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Amazing car, your dad's done a great job of the Engine, getting in the 9's is some achievement!
I never realized the GF5R's were rated to such power, they must take some abuse!
I never realized the GF5R's were rated to such power, they must take some abuse!
30-05-2012, 11:36 AM
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That is from experience (and using the correct sized items). Dave Jackson's Time Attack could never hold it's peak boost - I noticed these in his engine bay after hearing him complain, and just told him to swap those over. He managed to find replacement banjos in his service truck, swapped them all over and instantly regained his missing 0.5 bar.
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