Anyone in to their cars?

escos · 31-01-2006, 04:10 PM

Any petrol heads in here?

I drive an Escort RS Cosworth with a 440bhp Harvey gibbs engine and loads of other over expensive parts that the missus absoluley hates

anyone else got anything remotley interesting now or in the pipeline?

devilsquest · 31-01-2006, 04:14 PM

gave all that up m8 as i was gettin old lol but last one i built was a xr4i engine was bored out to 3.2 and a twin turbo tecnicks converstion,the pic does not show up the rainbow flakes but was kool in the sun light,but then again im lookin at a rather taste full audi 80 sport at the moment thats been slitely modded

crazycal1 · 31-01-2006, 05:28 PM

not quite the same thing-but i had a morris minor with a 2litre twin cam-flip front-big wheels-went from bright yellow-to satin black-now have a satin black v8 land rover -i think a pattern is emerging-i`ll try and dig out some pics

devilsquest · 31-01-2006, 05:45 PM

ooo old school moggie,,i love em

escos · 31-01-2006, 05:47 PM

thats a bit bright isnt it mate!

heres mine.. nearly finished. Should be good for 0-60 around 3.5 secs
1/4 mile in about 12
top speed around 170/180

Caymen · 31-01-2006, 05:55 PM

What turbo setup you got escos, type, size etc???

Nick500 · 31-01-2006, 06:00 PM

"Should be good for 0-60 around 3.5 secs "

- isn't that faster than any road car bar mclarenF1 road car/??

Nick

escos · 31-01-2006, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nick500

"Should be good for 0-60 around 3.5 secs "

- isn't that faster than any road car bar mclarenF1 road car/??

Nick

4wd, 2 bar of boost and anti lag and a quaife gearbox and fr diff

cant see it far off 3.5

a 500bhp escort cossie did a 2.9 at bruntingthorpe! (Datron timed) 8)

Nick500 · 31-01-2006, 06:16 PM

is that with nos

why do people buy 250k cars like the maclaren then to get those sort of speeds when they can do it in a suped up ford escort?

escos · 31-01-2006, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caymen

What turbo setup you got escos, type, size etc???

set up?

Its a T38 turbo. The car itself was engine dyno'd at 440 brake before I put it in the car.

31-01-2006, 04:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
escos Under Construction Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 62 Rep Power:	Anyone in to their cars? Any petrol heads in here? I drive an Escort RS Cosworth with a 440bhp Harvey gibbs engine and loads of other over expensive parts that the missus absoluley hates anyone else got anything remotley interesting now or in the pipeline?

31-01-2006, 04:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
devilsquest Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,165 Rep Power:	gave all that up m8 as i was gettin old lol but last one i built was a xr4i engine was bored out to 3.2 and a twin turbo tecnicks converstion,the pic does not show up the rainbow flakes but was kool in the sun light,but then again im lookin at a rather taste full audi 80 sport at the moment thats been slitely modded ______________________ theres a monkey on my back........hi MOD's and Admin

31-01-2006, 05:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
devilsquest Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,165 Rep Power:	ooo old school moggie,,i love em ______________________ theres a monkey on my back........hi MOD's and Admin

31-01-2006, 06:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
Nick500 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 3,230 Rep Power:	"Should be good for 0-60 around 3.5 secs " - isn't that faster than any road car bar mclarenF1 road car/?? Nick ______________________ - Obsession is what lazy people call dedication -

31-01-2006, 06:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
Nick500 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 3,230 Rep Power:	is that with nos why do people buy 250k cars like the maclaren then to get those sort of speeds when they can do it in a suped up ford escort? ______________________ - Obsession is what lazy people call dedication -

31-01-2006, 05:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
crazycal1 Illuminati Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nowhere Posts: 2,913 Rep Power:	not quite the same thing-but i had a morris minor with a 2litre twin cam-flip front-big wheels-went from bright yellow-to satin black-now have a satin black v8 land rover -i think a pattern is emerging-i`ll try and dig out some pics

31-01-2006, 05:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
escos Under Construction Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 62 Rep Power:	thats a bit bright isnt it mate! heres mine.. nearly finished. Should be good for 0-60 around 3.5 secs 1/4 mile in about 12 top speed around 170/180

31-01-2006, 05:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Caymen Making Progress Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: www.PureMuscle.co.uk Posts: 435 Rep Power:	What turbo setup you got escos, type, size etc???

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