Max power 227bhp at 6250 rpm with max torque 220 lb.ft at 3500 rpm.


Thats the cosworth

 

cheers

 

thanks to..Google

 

If your on about the RS turbo's there about 130 standard, not sure of the torque though.

 

Ford Escort RS Turbo:

Engine
Type: CVH
Capacity: 1596cc
Bore/Stroke: 79.9mmx79.5mm
Compression ratio: 8.2:1
Max Power: 132bhp@5750rpm
Max Torque: 132 @ 2750rpm
0-60: 8.2 seconds
1/4 Mile: 16.8 seconds
Max Speed: 128mph

 

That it?? :wtf: doesn't seem a lot a turbo 1.6 8v
Ste

 

What sort of power where you expecting from one then ?

 

they aint fast!

but very tuneable... i loved to race em in my vi... fkn boy racer knob ends!

 

What sort of power where you expecting from one then ?

Not sure really. but it just seems low thats all.
Ste

 

Kicked an escort RS2000 whit 155bhp on 1/4 mile sprint whit my ZR 160 .

 

Ford Escort RS Turbo:

Engine
Type: CVH
Capacity: 1596cc
Bore/Stroke: 79.9mmx79.5mm
Compression ratio: 8.2:1
Max Power: 132bhp@5750rpm
Max Torque: 132 @ 2750rpm
0-60: 8.2 seconds
1/4 Mile: 16.8 seconds
Max Speed: 128mph

Back in those days, that sorta power figures were really fast. Not much about with that power in those days. You can easily boost the power on those RS's. Higher stage turbo, superchipping it as Turbo's respond very well to them etc.

 

They arent that fast though, one tried to get away from my humble 216GSI on the motorway but couldnt. Even with a turbo they are weezy old heaps.

 

What a load of old rubbish some of you are spouting.. lol

How many of you have owned a tuned up Escort RS turbo..??.. Not many I bet..!!..

Mark3, chipped, stage turbo, 165bhp top end of 146mph 0-60 6.3sec… LMFAO

Wheezy old heaps lmfao more fun to drive (and you have drive them with the amount of torque steer they produce) than any Rover and that is coming from a MG driver..

Get a grip on realty, slag them off after you have driven a good one…. Funny when you can get them to do 0-60 under 4.5 seconds..

 

I've driven a good one, can i slag them off please sir?

 

How can you get them to do 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, out of interest?
Thats faster than a Mercedes SL55 AMG!

 

I've driven a good one, can i slag them off please sir?

You can do want you want mate .

I quite like them personally, except on rough roads when they can be a right handful.

There definitley not wheezy old heaps though, well OK some are .

 

I agree that good examples are not bad, but finding a good example now the baseball cap brigade has got there hands on them proves more and more difficult!

I still don't see how you can get one to 60 in 4.5 seconds, unless it's being towed by a jaguar xj220!

 

What a load of old rubbish some of you are spouting.. lol

How many of you have owned a tuned up Escort RS turbo..??.. Not many I bet..!!..

Mark3, chipped, stage turbo, 165bhp top end of 146mph 0-60 6.3sec… LMFAO

Wheezy old heaps lmfao more fun to drive (and you have drive them with the amount of torque steer they produce) than any Rover and that is coming from a MG driver..

Get a grip on realty, slag them off after you have driven a good one…. Funny when you can get them to do 0-60 under 4.5 seconds..

Yes you can see a few ultra fast ones in dead head mags like max power but i was refering to the standard item. They are poor handling ( since when was torque steer a GOOD thing?), torque steer is not fun, the truely skilled driver would find it frustrating. You always see them wrapped around trees. I find it funny Max power think they are better handling than a 306 GTI-6 , that really does say it all, because like all 80's fords they flatter to deceive.
They are rusty, like all escorts of that age (rust speed is the only truely fast thing about them ). The engine note is pitiful, want a really good sound try a tuned CRX vtec (160bhp with no turbo-standard LOL).
I would drive a good example if there were any, escort + good = Impossible. Even the cossy wasnt that good compared to its rivals(plus it was actually a sierra underneath anyway )
What about everthing else (other than speed)? safety? space? Quality ? LOL The only good thing about them is they are tunable, but why bother ? :lol:

 

What a load of old rubbish some of you are spouting.. lol

How many of you have owned a tuned up Escort RS turbo..??.. Not many I bet..!!..

Mark3, chipped, stage turbo, 165bhp top end of 146mph 0-60 6.3sec… LMFAO

Wheezy old heaps lmfao more fun to drive (and you have drive them with the amount of torque steer they produce) than any Rover and that is coming from a MG driver..

Get a grip on realty, slag them off after you have driven a good one…. Funny when you can get them to do 0-60 under 4.5 seconds..

More fun to drive then any Rover ?????????????? This man has never driven a Tomcat turbo !!!!

 

Or drive you're ZS to a racetrack then you will now what's more fun to drive !!!

 

i've heard nothing but nad news from rs turbo's. turbo seals blowing, gaskets blowing, over heating, gearbox whine and diffs breaking. sounds like a K really :lol: apart from the turbo :err: 0-60 in 6.3 seconds when modded to death by boy racer? 220GSi Turbo 0-60 in 6.2 seconds. STANDARD :bgrin: bye bye Fezzy :dddc:

They probably do handle quite well, i don't doubt that what so ever. But i'd be scared to death driving one in the wet.
Ste

 

RS Turbo's are very over-rated as standard. An MG Maestro Efi (not turbo) does the same 0-60 and a quicker quarter mile..

Gareth

 

Good ol MG's :bgrin:

 

Boy that rattled some cages ..!!.. LMFAO Nice to see a bit a life come up on a thread..

Let’s try a different approach… Will you lot put the Focus Rs Cossy in the same boat when it comes out..??..

 

Its a fawd the same applies