325i sport vs escort rs turbo

Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:30 pm

Bob_S wrote:the rst will crash.

LOL, that's straight up mate!

Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:32 pm

Never driven an RS turbo so wouldn't know myself but...

I can say tht they do look quite cool they do, and I always stop to look whenever I see one.

Are they reliable motors?

Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:56 pm

BMWAlpinaC2 wrote:Never driven an RS turbo so wouldn't know myself but...

I can say tht they do look quite cool they do, and I always stop to look whenever I see one.

Are they reliable motors?

Read the last five pages!

Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:54 pm

i loved my mk4 1.4 escort i paid £120 for it with 6 months tax and test didnt use the brakes to park just used objects that didnt move like walls and posts i did 20k in it in 6 months then it got nicked i was well gutted then shortly after that i bought my first e30 and have never looked back. i will never buy an rst they are selling for stupid money at the minute

Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:57 am

BMWAlpinaC2 wrote:Never driven an RS turbo so wouldn't know myself but...

I can say tht they do look quite cool they do, and I always stop to look whenever I see one.

Are they reliable motors?

Any car could be reliable, if well maintained...
The Escort turbo is just an escort with a CVH motor and a garret T3 bolted on.
Simple and (fairly) trouble-free...But, just like most E30s, they are getting on a bit, now, and are likely to have been abused...perhaps more than an equivalent BMW...as they were the boy-racers' car of choice...
Also security on them is appalling (worn lock barrels mean almost any Ford key would start it!), they are still desirable cars fro TWOCKers so insurance is probably higher than any other 140bhp FWD hatch.

But look after the mechanicals and I'm sure it will be reliable enough

Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:14 am

Fushion_Julz wrote:
BMWAlpinaC2 wrote:Never driven an RS turbo so wouldn't know myself but...

I can say tht they do look quite cool they do, and I always stop to look whenever I see one.

Are they reliable motors?
Any car could be reliable, if well maintained...
The Escort turbo is just an escort with a CVH motor and a garret T3 bolted on.
Simple and (fairly) trouble-free...But, just like most E30s, they are getting on a bit, now, and are likely to have been abused...perhaps more than an equivalent BMW...as they were the boy-racers' car of choice...
Also security on them is appalling (worn lock barrels mean almost any Ford key would start it!), they are still desirable cars fro TWOCKers so insurance is probably higher than any other 140bhp FWD hatch.

But look after the mechanicals and I'm sure it will be reliable enough

My RS turbos (S1+Fiesta) were completely reliable with not even one fault in my ownership

Having said that, they were completely standard,well maintained and had come from proper caring owners

Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:31 am

ha ha just passed a done up one on the curb at the side of the road with its bonnet up says it all and owner had a good stare at my e30

Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:57 am

I was thinking about this thread, last night after I posted re reliability...

I've never fancied any version of RS Turbo, or for that matter, any turbo'd Ford...

I have owned (briefly) a 1.6 Mk3 Escort, a 2.3 Granada Mk2 and a 2 litre Pinto Sierra...all boring as *uck and built like sh*te...

I have no doubt an RS Cosworth Sierra or Escort is gonna be fast...but it is always still a Ford and the low-rent cabin and cheap engineering would get me down...

As for an RS Turbo Escort...at 140bhp odd as standard there are a lot more (better, IMHO) hot hatches around if that is what I wanted to drive...
Renault 5GT turbo or, even nicer in the old-school way, Renault Gordini 5 turbo
Renault Clio Williams or Sport
MG Metro Turbo
or best of the lot a Honda CRX coupe...

Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:48 pm

Fushion_Julz wrote:I was thinking about this thread, last night after I posted re reliability...

I've never fancied any version of RS Turbo, or for that matter, any turbo'd Ford...

I have owned (briefly) a 1.6 Mk3 Escort, a 2.3 Granada Mk2 and a 2 litre Pinto Sierra...all boring as *uck and built like sh*te...

I have no doubt an RS Cosworth Sierra or Escort is gonna be fast...but it is always still a Ford and the low-rent cabin and cheap engineering would get me down...

As for an RS Turbo Escort...at 140bhp odd as standard there are a lot more (better, IMHO) hot hatches around if that is what I wanted to drive...
Renault 5GT turbo or, even nicer in the old-school way, Renault Gordini 5 turbo
Renault Clio Williams or Sport
MG Metro Turbo
or best of the lot a Honda CRX coupe...

any for ford is going to be more reliable than all that renault scrap you have just mentioned and definitely better than an mg metro turbo only thing a metro is good for is a donor for a turbo engined mini

Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:59 pm

I've been in a few Sierra Cosworths back in the day and the build quality seemed OK - definately better than the Escort interior anyway.
Sierra and Granadas always seemed pretty solid to me.

You couldn't pay me enough to buy a Renault - or any French turd for that matter - regardless of what was under the bonnet. Honda CRX was a good car though

Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:49 pm

Fushion_Julz wrote:I was thinking about this thread, last night after I posted re reliability...

I've never fancied any version of RS Turbo, or for that matter, any turbo'd Ford...

I have owned (briefly) a 1.6 Mk3 Escort, a 2.3 Granada Mk2 and a 2 litre Pinto Sierra...all boring as *uck and built like sh*te...

I have no doubt an RS Cosworth Sierra or Escort is gonna be fast...but it is always still a Ford and the low-rent cabin and cheap engineering would get me down...

As for an RS Turbo Escort...at 140bhp odd as standard there are a lot more (better, IMHO) hot hatches around if that is what I wanted to drive...
Renault 5GT turbo or, even nicer in the old-school way, Renault Gordini 5 turbo
Renault Clio Williams or Sport
MG Metro Turbo
or best of the lot a Honda CRX coupe...

Are you on drugs?!!!

Your moaning about build quality of an escort then go an list all that shit as preferable!

You are weird!

Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:36 pm

pmsl @ the frensh shit listed as being better - mate put the crack pipe down lol

Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:53 pm

MG Metro Turbo is so badly designed in the owners handbook it clearly says along lines of where the turbo is located next to bulk head is dangerous and if it explodes it will do so in the passengers face!

Renault Clio Williams are pretty cool alternative to RST

Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:42 am

Renault Clio Williams are pretty cool alternative to RST

The Williams Clio is exceptional and like the S1 it was also a Homologation special........both proper chariots

Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:16 am

bss325i wrote: Are you on drugs?!!!

Your moaning about build quality of an escort then go an list all that shit as preferable!

You are weird!

I did say it was in my opinion....

But those drugs are pretty strong!!