Reyland Escort @ Brunters

Gilly · 27 Feb 2008 at 13:52

Of course it is, if the person is actually being a big gayer

No more off topic please.

SB118 · 27 Feb 2008 at 14:56

Flukester said:
ahhh, was just weird comments from someone who's meant to stay impartial and generally spread 'good vibes', maybe calling someone a 'big gayer' is fine though lol

heh, with till he starts with the "yer mum" stuff

mjt · 27 Feb 2008 at 15:01

i always thought Gilly was female..

Matt82 · 27 Feb 2008 at 18:09

Jez said:
why the hell (given the budget they clearly have) do they build them around ancient old fords?

cos old fords are great

bigchez · 27 Feb 2008 at 18:33

Sounds savage in that video, although martin himself said he launched it like a girl as it was half a second slower than the old one to 100. It will do 200, no doubt about that, and he was less than 1 mph off the "no gas" top speed record for a cossie.

I went to bunters yesterday to tag onto a fast ford mag thrash and managed 163 in the old girl. Good fun, but I've blown the head gasket and poss cracked the block/head as it dropped its coolant at 160+ due to a dodgy jubilee clip on a hose.

Berger · 27 Feb 2008 at 18:49

Awesome, just squats and goes, within about 7 seconds you cant even see it anymore on the video!

If all the cars are there on Friday ill be having a look, dropping an engine off with Martin in the afternoon

commodore16 · 27 Feb 2008 at 18:54

Makes me miss my old escort, not seen the sierra before in that livery got any more details?

Biohazard · 27 Feb 2008 at 19:00

Old cossies rule. End of.

Lopéz · 27 Feb 2008 at 19:06

Jez said:
This was brought up in IRC last night, the conclusion was that while we have nothing but respect for the time and engineering skill which is put into these cars, why the hell (given the budget they clearly have) do they build them around ancient old fords?

What should they be doing it to instead then?

Is an Escort Cosworth really regarded as "ancient"? Most are around 14 years old.

There is a MASSIVE market for Ford tuning, always has been and probably always will be. Companies like MAD, HT Racing, Burton Power, Reyland and many others will be in demand for some time to come.

Muffin` · 27 Feb 2008 at 19:27

bigchez said:
I went to bunters yesterday to tag onto a fast ford mag thrash and managed 163 in the old girl. Good fun, but I've blown the head gasket and poss cracked the block/head as it dropped its coolant at 160+ due to a dodgy jubilee clip on a hose.

poosemon · 27 Feb 2008 at 20:23

very impressive, nice to see the car finally going again after what happened at gumball...cheers for the update ish!

danza · 27 Feb 2008 at 20:29

bigchez said:
I went to bunters yesterday to tag onto a fast ford mag thrash and managed 163 in the old girl. Good fun, but I've blown the head gasket and poss cracked the block/head as it dropped its coolant at 160+ due to a dodgy jubilee clip on a hose.

NO. WAY.

thepharcyde · 27 Feb 2008 at 21:27

Jez said:
This was brought up in IRC last night, the conclusion was that while we have nothing but respect for the time and engineering skill which is put into these cars, why the hell (given the budget they clearly have) do they build them around ancient old fords?

Wash your mouth out with soap boy

On a separate note, is that Escort road legal, if so need to sort them reversing lights out

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Lopéz · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:06

thepharcyde said:
On a separate note, is that Escort road legal, if so need to sort them reversing lights out .

Not part of the MOT and not a legal requirement either

thepharcyde · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:08

Lopéz said:
Not part of the MOT and not a legal requirement either

Really never knew that

Gaijin · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:13

Don't spit your dummies out lads, it was clearly Gilly's rather individual, roundabout way of asking how/why Ish posts all the Reyland stuff.

And I'm bloody glad he does. The day Ish stops posting ala Reyland is the day Motors goes Jonestown.

Dangerous · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:13

I'm there next weekend for VMAX - Can't wait!!!

Gaijin · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:15

thepharcyde said:
Really never knew that

It's no surprise that Lopez does, he's memorised the MOT guidelines so he knows exactly which bits he can strip out come weight reduction time

Tom|Nbk · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:25

Gilly said:
Where did I say I didn't approve of it? Don't be so bloody touchy you big gayer. It was a simple question.

Didn't expect that from you.

Will · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:26

Have seen this car at Castle Combe and it really does shift

The Cosworth lump used has probably had more development for big power than most other engines which I expect is part of the reason Reyland stick with 'old Fords' - owners of such cars constitute their main customer base, and with all the work done to extract big power with ever improving manufacturing techniques, and the know-how related to these engines gained since the 1980s, long may it to continue!