escort rs

[paulrs16]

been on the site for a while so i thought id sign up and post some pictures and say hello






and the "other" car



escort rs1600i
yamaha r1 carb conversion
roose motorsport hoses
ashley exhaust
rear disc conversion
koni shocks with gmax -35mm springs
german spec 3 spoke wheel
splitfire dials in pillar pod

[_Batty_]

that is lovely.

[Transmitter Man]

Paul,

I've always liked the RS1600i's though don't see many on the road.

What's with the Yamaha carb conversion?

Problems with the stock injection system design?

Phil
79 De Tomaso Longchamp GTS

[throbbinv8]

I miss the days when you didn't need to look at a cars badge to know who made it. Absolute classic.

[paulrs16]

Transmitter Man said:

Paul,

I've always liked the RS1600i's though don't see many on the road.

What's with the Yamaha carb conversion?

Problems with the stock injection system design?

Phil
79 De Tomaso Longchamp GTS

hiya phil, the stock fuel injection is very restrictive,a standard engine will make 115 bhp at the flywheel mines makes 148.

cheers
paul

Edited by paulrs16 on Friday 2nd February 16:49

[Simonelite501]

Being a FWD, have you managed to stop it wasting some of the 148 spinning the fronts? Most of the "Hot" FWD cars I've seen are pretty wasteful on take off.

[rud]

Nice ,but how do you keep oil in the block with that oil cap.

[swansea v6]

very sweet!!!! havent seen one of those for ages....

[richard300]

lovely car..... many years ago i has a 'Series One RST' loved it, but i only had it because i could not find a graphite grey RS1600i for love nor money.....

[Baldylocks]

Simonelite501 said:

Being a FWD, have you managed to stop it wasting some of the 148 spinning the fronts? Most of the "Hot" FWD cars I've seen are pretty wasteful on take off.

148bhp isn't that much for the front wheels to handle. I'm guessing he switch's on the SRF (Sensitive Right Foot)

Rather like that car. Are those the standard rear lights or non-standard? (I'm not very clued up on RS Fords)

[benzo]

very nice RS. Im sure i have seen that car before, just cant think where.

[jatinder]

Same here. Looks lovely though.

[paulrs16]

thanks for all the positive comments, in answer to the questions, the front indicators and the rear clusters are non standard, i dont have a problem with wheelspin because it dosn't go out in the rain and im nice to the old girl, and i keep the oil in by using the oil cap that isn't in the picture lol.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=sonYia5qG84
a rolling road vid from a few weeks ago

and the graph
cheers
paul

[johnny.v]

that look's a nice straight 1600i.rapidly becoming rare in that condition.

[azboy25]

very nice indeed, i had a old x reg xr3 not i with s1 turbo wheels on it with a amarican block 1907cc cvh st3 big valve head cam and twin 40 webbers the engine was built by specilized engines with 190.7 bhp and 185 torque i love that shape of escort very modern for the time the only part i never had were solid lifters off the 1600i as there hard to get, looks like new let me know if ur selling it

[windymiller]

Ooo very nice!!! Bet you have fun with that black plate don't you?

[andygtt]

Very nice... I really like the RS1600i's, a few years back I had a grey one with a turbo technics conversion on, suffered from terrible torque steer and the wife hated it... but I loved it even after the body basically fell apart and I had to scrap it.

I can really see the appeal of the bike throttle bodies as well as I had twin 40's on one of my CVH escorts in the 80's and that released loads of power.

Nice one

[sam340]

VERY NICE INDEED!!

[littlegearl]

that is rather tasty