Who knows about modified Escort RS-Turbo's?
Turbo Mini Forums

I'm just curious...
What does a healthy, but basically stock 1600CVH turbo engine make with the usual 'stage 1/2' conversions...

Also, any idea what 1/4 times they put out in various spec's?

TD ...

I dont really know but when i had my BMW 328SE a modified RS Turbo absolutly thrased me ... so convincingky it was emabrassing ... I gave up at 100 and he just disappeared into the distance ...

TurboLessTosser

as std they are slow...

but a chip and some more boost see's up to 200 bhp on a stock engine. After that it gets more expensive.

1/4 mile times are always fairly slow as they have very poor traction!!

alex

AlexF

As std I think the book figure is 132 bhp. As alex said they are not especially fast as std cars.
A mate of mine used to be well into them, his had I think a hybrid turbo and different cam and head, and made approx 190bhp from memory. In the dry if you were careful with your right foot it was an impressive car, I remember one day we out-accelerated a 16v Mk2 Golf like the Golf was standing still. In the wet you could have climbed out and run faster. Also it handled like a bag of poo through the twistys.
Although it has to be said that the same mate upgraded to an E30 M3 and was very disappointed with how slow the BMW felt after the Escort......although the handling was something else.

"I remember one day we out-accelerated a 16v Mk2 Golf like the Golf was standing still. In the wet you could have climbed out and run faster. Also it handled like a bag of poo through the twistys."

I should hope so
but the escort would spank the valver round bends and roundabouts

Do you think so?
When I drove it, I thought it was a horrendous understeering mess and the golf would have been long gone by the time you had arsed about trying to get the escort through anything more than a gentle curve.....

When I said "In the wet you could have climbed out and run faster. Also it handled like a bag of poo through the twistys" I was refering to the Escort not the Golf.......

the golf handles pants compaired to the escort
due to being a high fat barsteward
the golf is far to high at the floor level compaired to the escort

mid 14`s to high 13 `s for a good one

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

ecort on 14s not the silly 15s will spank a golf
heres my misses golf

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/billydude/valver.jpg

the gay 15s will be off soon in favour of 14s again to get back what liitle handleing the golf had

Edited by billydude on 5th Oct, 2004.

here's my golf


golfs dont need 14"s to handle well

I ain't got no pics of the old faithfull 180000 mile 8valve gti

14s are much better than 15s even the guy who I sold those 15s to agree's
then we get the damn things back but with a car

Speedster turbo under construction

i have owned all the golfs,all the rs escorts,
series 1 rs turbo beats them all power and handling,

i definitely be a bit dubious about someone claiming 200bhp just with a chip, i've had a erst in the past, and my mate at work had an extensively worked frst with 2.1zvh and still only managed 220bhp.

while he was running the 1.6 cvh, pace intercooler, larger injectors, 190 chip etc... he was actually pulling 144bhp at the wheels, which well lane calculated back to being 183bhp at the flywheel.

so its all a bit dubious

as for 1/4 mile times, my mate pulled a 14.5 (when it was 2.1) i think but he isn't a well rehersed launcher on the drag strip.

e46 326 vs a cossy?

are you having a larf?


Alex

AlexF

Edited by billydude on 6th Oct, 2004.

Phew

Speedster turbo under construction

i believe the thread was about the 1.6 CVH FWD RS turbos here completely different kettle of fish to a cossy. cossys have traction for a start!

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

e46 325 does about 140-145 tops...

Cossy does what.... I've been in ones timed at 155mph at Bruntingthorp, admitadly it was a stage 1 converted car and a 2wd 3 door. But that was 0-60 in 5 seconds.

A 325 is no where near as fast, in fact they arnt fast at all.

Alex

Edited by AlexF2003 on 7th Oct, 2004.

AlexF

Have to agree that the BMW's are not that quick

Mate of mine a year or so ago bought a 330 Convertible (he denies it but was going through a 'dry' spell with the ladies and we reckon he bought it to try and pull....anyway)
So one day I was out somewhere in my sadly missed trusty 405 Mi16. Not the outright fastest car in the world but 160bhp and only 1100kg so no slouch either. Well another mate who was in the BMW reckoned the lad was absolutely battering it to keep up, and although he was not losing ground, he was stuggling to make any up......
The 405 once did 149mph. I thought the speedo was lying but I was racing my dad at the time (yeah could have been a good one to explain to the coppers that one) and his std fit digital speedo also said 149mph......and before you say it no he wasn't in an astra gte.....

my mate has a 205 MI16!

Yeah me too, see my avatar

Its great fun......