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    Quote Originally Posted by sx rider View Post
    Ford = Chav factor 9
    Vauxhall = Chav factor 10
    And now an ex mod has a stang


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    I'd take this over most Escorts, though.

    https://retropower.co.uk/2018/02/05/...mac-rally-car/

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    Quote Originally Posted by cleanhands View Post
    I'd take this over most Escorts, though.

    https://retropower.co.uk/2018/02/05/...mac-rally-car/
    Oh now you are talking. But it's a Vauxhall

    but would you take it over an RS1600i?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Asht_200 View Post
    And now an ex mod has a stang


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    Do get me wrong I love mk1 escorts, Capri’s and Cortina’s. Most people probably think S14s are chavy too

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    The Mk3?

    Never driven one, but every sporty Mk3/4 I've driven felt like the rubber bushes in the suspension/steering were binding and fighting you.

    A friend of my dads has a Mk1 Escort RS1600 made into a Gp4 rep with a 2 litre BDG on twin 48s. If Photobucket starts working I'll put up a photo. I'd have that over the Shoveit, but I think it's worth somewhere north of £100k now

    Edit, nope PB gone to shit
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    Quote Originally Posted by cleanhands View Post
    The Mk3?

    Never driven one, but every sporty Mk3/4 I've driven felt like the rubber bushes in the suspension/steering were binding and fighting you.

    A friend of my dads has a Mk1 Escort RS1600 made into a Gp4 rep with a 2 litre BDG on twin 48s. If Photobucket starts working I'll put up a photo. I'd have that over the Shoveit, but I think it's worth somewhere north of £100k now

    Mk3 RS1600i

    A friend has a MK1 Lotus Cortina


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    They do look great. I think they have different suspension to the others, though I'm sure someone will know better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Asht_200 View Post
    Mk3 RS1600i

    A friend has a MK1 Lotus Cortina
    The clamour for an RS1600i has never been justified to me. It wasn't sufficiently different to the XR3i to warrant that special attention, IMO. A few bits n bobs extra.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cleanhands View Post
    The Mk3?

    Never driven one, but every sporty Mk3/4 I've driven felt like the rubber bushes in the suspension/steering were binding and fighting you.

    A friend of my dads has a Mk1 Escort RS1600 made into a Gp4 rep with a 2 litre BDG on twin 48s. If Photobucket starts working I'll put up a photo. I'd have that over the Shoveit, but I think it's worth somewhere north of £100k now

    Edit, nope PB gone to shit
    They are ok but I prefer the MK1

    If you’ve got tapatalk uploading photos from there is very easy

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    Quote Originally Posted by cleanhands View Post
    I'd take this over most Escorts, though.

    https://retropower.co.uk/2018/02/05/...mac-rally-car/

    That’s really nice

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    Quote Originally Posted by arry View Post
    The clamour for an RS1600i has never been justified to me. It wasn't sufficiently different to the XR3i to warrant that special attention, IMO. A few bits n bobs extra.
    Come on. It had a Seam welded shell.

    You are mistaking it for the RS Turbo.

    Let's be honest you're car history wasn't great back then


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    Quote Originally Posted by Asht_200 View Post
    Come on. It had a Seam welded shell.

    You are mistaking it for the RS Turbo.

    Let's be honest you're car history wasn't great back then
    Who on earth told you it was seam welded?

    From memory, apart from the slightly different aesthetics, it had a high lift cam, solid lifters, a different final drive on the box and stiffer ARB.

    I had an XR3 and an XR3i and swapped many bits of dead RS1600's onto both.

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    Must admit, I've heard that for many years, but was doubtful purely because of the numbers produced.

    If it was a stiffer front ARB, that's a terrible idea on a FWD car.

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    I certainly don't recall that it was - the Ford guys I used to knock around in used to strip RS1600's that weren't in great shape to spruce up their XR's, so I'd be amazed if they'd have rekt a seamwelded shell for the sake of a few bits of bodywork need doing otherwise.

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    http://www.rs1600i.de/index.php?view=brooklyn

    The fact they mention the shell was seam welded by someone else also suggests it wasn't from factory.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arry View Post
    http://www.rs1600i.de/index.php?view=brooklyn

    The fact they mention the shell was seam welded by someone else also suggests it wasn't from factory.
    OK guys. Perhaps the Ford guy can set us straight

    I heard it was seam welded


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    Just from memory so bound to be wrong, wasn't it something like strut tops, steering rack mounts and lower arms? Not seam welding as we would think, but you would notice a difference on a floppy eighties hatch. 10+ years later with knackered bushes and ball joints you'd not notice a difference between it and a regular XR3i.

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    Apologies for the awful quality, had to grab the thumbnails from PB. Originals are about 3 PCs ago.




    Run cambelt covers people. A no issues rebuild was £5k after a stone got wedged in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cleanhands View Post
    Apologies for the awful quality, had to grab the thumbnails from PB. Originals are about 3 PCs ago.




    Run cambelt covers people. A no issues rebuild was £5k after a stone got wedged in.

    image to url
    That looks nice


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    Cost him something like £65k to build in the noughties and that's because he did a lot of the work himself.

    If I remember correctly the stats were something like 250bhp, 875 Kg and geared to do 118. Also had a dog box, so the experience was Whine, bang, whine bang, Jeeeeesus Christ

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