Harris built escort

Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:14 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261956208257? ... EBIDX%3AIT

Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:59 pm

Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:41 pm

That's sweet. Take it out, give it the beans and put it away again.

It's either that or a Kia Cee'd.

Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 11:24 pm

12.6 quarter mile time sounds impossibly fast for something with 'only' 200bhp.

I like it, but then I am weird and like old escorts.

Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 11:29 pm

Jon_Bmw wrote:12.6 quarter mile time sounds impossibly fast for something with 'only' 200bhp.

I like it, but then I am weird and like old escorts.

My mate in his Mk2 does 11s with 500-600hp and 12" wide slick tyres. So I'd question 12.6.

But it is a rather nice car.

Post Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:21 am

maxfield wrote:
Jon_Bmw wrote:12.6 quarter mile time sounds impossibly fast for something with 'only' 200bhp.

I like it, but then I am weird and like old escorts.
My mate in his Mk2 does 11s with 500-600hp and 12" wide slick tyres. So I'd question 12.6.

But it is a rather nice car.

Mk2 escort? Your mate must be a rubbish driver then.

Andy Harris' na pinto powered mk1 lifts the front wheels when launching - escorts are properly quick when set up correctly.

A friend of mine has run a 9.8 quarter at 143mph in a yb powered mk2 and on much smaller tyres than 12 " wide!

Post Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:22 am

I actually saw this run at the Brighton Speed Trials about 3 years ago. It's a very serious piece of kit!!!

Post Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:29 pm

It's going to go like fuck isn't it. 12.6 is plausible as Mk1 escorts only weigh like 900kgs, but notice it's all off the line as the trap speed is 'only' 105mph which is the same as something like an e46 m3. Bloody quick either way.

20k plus is a stupid amount of money but that will be so much more fun to drive around a nice B road than an e30 m3 etc.

Post Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:35 pm

No bruvs will bid on it either.

Post Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:10 pm

12.6? they have lost a second somewhere in the advert I think!

Post Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:15 pm

Am I the only person in the world that thinks they a badly proportioned ugly little spastic ?

Post Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:24 pm

pacerpete wrote:Am I the only person in the world that thinks that i'm a badly proportioned ugly little spastic ?

No

The Mk1 is a beauty though

Post Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:29 pm

pacerpete wrote:Am I the only person in the world that thinks they a badly proportioned ugly little spastic ?

Probably.

http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/wordpress ... resize.jpg

When my numbers come up, I'll gladly pay 40+ grand for one like this.

Post Thu Jul 16, 2015 9:24 pm

Cant stand these piles of crap, and the silly money they fetch is beyond me.

Post Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:16 pm

bmandy68 wrote:Cant stand these piles of crap, and the silly money they fetch is beyond me.

Does that say 'evo 6' in your sig?

Post Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:26 pm

It sure does

Post Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:30 pm

bmandy68 wrote:It sure does

Makinen is a legend so not all lost

Post Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:33 pm

You think e30s rust Tom, their is a lot of rusty evos about shocking really .

Post Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:34 pm

You think e30s rust Tom, their is a lot of rusty evos about shocking really .

Post Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:29 pm

bmandy68 wrote:You think e30s rust Tom, their is a lot of rusty evos about shocking really .

I'll not seen too much of the map stuff close up aside from a 200sx that I flipped a few years ago.

I guess some are getting on a bit now.

Post Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:21 pm

The only option really these days is a fresh import from japan.