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Tooks
29-05-2009, 21:57
what a wicked day first time ive been,just wish car was ready to go on strip, oh well next time ,that escort estate was quick as ****
Kenobi
29-05-2009, 22:21
indeed it was and considering it wasnt a Tubo it left me totally bemused.

Saying that im generally bemused anyway.
DaveMayGTT
29-05-2009, 22:43
seen many good times today?
Blick
29-05-2009, 22:46
what a wicked day first time ive been,just wish car was ready to go on strip, oh well next time ,that escort estate was quick as ****

wonder what horses that escort estate had under the bonnet then!? imagine he must of been usin some laughin gass!!!??
Tooks
29-05-2009, 22:49
he must have a cossie engine in that escort estate:)
Blick
29-05-2009, 23:03
he must have a cossie engine in that escort estate:)

says on a previous thread it was a 2.3 focus engine with throttle bodies.
shaggy
29-05-2009, 23:27
Here is a pic of the engine bay of that escort
http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/davidrhunt/santa%20pod%202009/ttt043-1.jpg
robw
29-05-2009, 23:55
wonder what horses that escort estate had under the bonnet then!? imagine he must of been usin some laughin gass!!!??

i heard the owner say it was pushing out just over 300 horses and it was a 2.3 Duratec. very nice car!
Blick
30-05-2009, 07:36
i heard the owner say it was pushing out just over 300 horses and it was a 2.3 Duratec. very nice car!

bloody hell!!! no wonder it shifts..... looks like hes done a nice job with it :agree:
djinuk
30-05-2009, 08:41
to be honest, it went really well for around 300bhp but i also heard him speaking around that kind of power.
Scoff
30-05-2009, 11:37
it weighed nothing at all, so light it was unreal, carbon fibre parts painted up to look like OE. awsome job.
Kenobi
30-05-2009, 11:38
it weighed nothing at all, so light it was unreal, carbon fibre parts painted up to look like OE. awsome job.


Kevlar.
Scoff
30-05-2009, 11:46
Kevlar.

Owner told me c/f parts, c/f bumbers amongst others. What was made from kevlar ?
RICHIE
30-05-2009, 11:49
Owner told me c/f parts, c/f bumbers amongst others. What was made from kevlar ?

probably his crash helmet
Sparkie
30-05-2009, 21:22
Owner told me c/f parts, c/f bumbers amongst others. What was made from kevlar ?

the doors were and the seats, i think the boot too. - they had yellow fibres in them - you could see the back of the doors from the insides
Ashy
30-05-2009, 22:03
best pics from the day!

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=653&pictureid=6827

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=653&pictureid=6826

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=653&pictureid=6825

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=653&pictureid=6824
Sparkie
30-05-2009, 22:35
awesome!!!! :laugh:
jesus in the seat of a 5
30-05-2009, 22:42
awesome!!!! :laugh:

:agree:...im lovin the second piccy ash , you even somehow managed to make it look reall "cheesy"...:laugh:
Ashy
30-05-2009, 22:43
l "cheesy"...:laugh:

Cheesy... Bell End... I'm lovin It :cooter:
Kenobi
31-05-2009, 10:34
the doors were and the seats, i think the boot too. - they had yellow fibres in them - you could see the back of the doors from the insides

Kevlar what they make bullet proof vests out of?
Adam L
31-05-2009, 16:19
Don't forget the ''uprated'' dump valve diaphrams too...
brooxy10985
03-06-2009, 11:53
anyone see that mk3 escort looked standard but was doin 11sec quater
stuTHC
03-06-2009, 12:01
anyone see that mk3 escort looked standard but was doin 11sec quater

There was no mk3 escort there fella. Only ford running was the green mk2 estate monster in the pic above.
Andrew Cooke
03-06-2009, 13:05
anyone see that mk3 escort looked standard but was doin 11sec quater

Civic, Escort, all look the same to me
paul b
03-06-2009, 13:16
Civic, Escort, all look the same to me
glad you mentioned the car's.....

could have been mistaken as all bell end's look the same..LOL...

nice escy.....does it's job well.
Brigsy
03-06-2009, 17:10
anyone see that mk3 escort looked standard but was doin 11sec quater

Do you mean this one? A mate of mine owns it. He ran it on the sat & sun at classic ford show, best run was 11.2@120. Its 4x4 cosworth running gear/engine.

http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm453/Brigsygtt/Rtoc%20Santa%20pod%20day%2009/DSC_0217.jpg