mk1 and mk2 escorts

Gun9 · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:15

What great drivers cars they were,rear wheel drive and all that.i used to own a
1977 RS2000 which was based on the two door MKII Escort.
It had a 2 litre in-line four SOHC engine.
The gearbox was bolted to the rear of the engine.
Power was then fed to the diff by a prop shaft then onto the rear wheels.ahhh those were the days when you could get insured on almost anything!

nothing like powersliding on opposite lock in the wet

unlike todays boy racers we had real cars!! :eek:

not small 1 litres paying 1500 a year in insurance!

happy days indeed.

Sone · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:18

never driven one or even been in one but it thought old escorts handled pretty bad unless you spent serious cash one them?

commodore16 · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:20

Got any pics?

Muban · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:24

They do have a certain something

RS2000:

Firestar_3x · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:27

Gun9 said:
The gearbox was bolted to the rear of the engine.
Power was then fed to the diff by a prop shaft then onto the rear wheels.

What an unusual combination.............

233 · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:29

aaaah droop snoot

runs of to bash one out

austinpowers · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:30

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/car_info/esc2rs2000.htm

saitrix · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:30

Mk1 > Mk2

The_Dark_Side · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:33

Sone said:
never driven one or even been in one but it thought old escorts handled pretty bad unless you spent serious cash one them?

if serious cash means around four hundred quids worth of parts and a little welding then yes, you're right.
after "sorting out" the handling is sublime.

[TW]Fox · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:33

saitrix said:
Mk1 > Mk2

You mean someone sat down in the Ford offices and signed off on a car that was totally inferior to the one it replaced? Blimey, that must have been a bit daft! Whats the story behind that? :eek:

The_Dark_Side · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:34

saitrix said:
Mk1 > Mk2

rare colour...the mexico is a nice car but the 2000 was a better one.

Mk2 RS1800 would be my personal choice.

OLD · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:35

I loved them had a mexico red and white with sports suspension and two tone blue rs2000 . Raced a mk1 on the loose with 1760 twin cam then rs2000 both race spec complete with 4 link and watts linkage and a limited slip diff.
They all handled very well nice and forgiving .

Lashout_UK · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:37

Fun machines, nice bits of kit. Not much scratch compared to the Sprint, mind

<runs>

Heard an ex-dealership owner telling how they used to race the two, Escort was always comprehensively run into the floor by the 'mite

Gun9 · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:40

my mate had a dolly sprint with 150bhp scary car indeed

sounded lush.

saitrix · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:40

[TW]Fox said:
You mean someone sat down in the Ford offices and signed off on a car that was totally inferior to the one it replaced? Blimey, that must have been a bit daft! Whats the story behind that?

I was stating my opinion, especially in the looks.

The_Dark_Side, For me it's the beast below gets my thumbs up.

It has a 2.2 XE engine in there producing 282bhp and 206lb/ft. Look on the link and you can see just how far back they have got the engine, good for the balance.

http://dcoe.net/gallery/mk1/

Wicksta · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:42

[TW]Fox said:
You mean someone sat down in the Ford offices and signed off on a car that was totally inferior to the one it replaced? Blimey, that must have been a bit daft! Whats the story behind that?

They are practically the same car, except for styling and slightly thinner leafsprings. To drive, there is no difference. I like and owned them both, but prefer the mk1.

Here's my current one (which needs lowering at the front before anyone starts

) :

Cryfreeman · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:43

I would hand both my cars over for that mk1.(the xe one)

Only owned a mk2 but always preferd driving my friends mk1??

fantastic raw cars

The_Dark_Side · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:50

old fords need a YB under the bonnet.
end of discussion IMHO, lol.

The_Dark_Side · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:51

saitrix said:
I was stating my opinion, especially in the looks.

The_Dark_Side, For me it's the beast below gets my thumbs up. It has a 2.2 XE engine in there producing 282bhp and 206lb/ft. Look on the link and you can see just how far back they have got the engine, good for the balance.

http://dcoe.net/gallery/mk1/

beautiful prep work there.
whoever did that is talented with a capital T IMHO.

Gun9 · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:52

my very first escort was a 1.3 E in purple remember that model?i think it was a 1973 or 4 i put a 1.6 in that with uprated suspension ............till i crashed it into some railings

and wrote her off! they really had character though ...unlike todays plastic rubbish.