This is another reason I thought about changing forum...The brains of some people leave a lot to be desired!
Kin donkey
Older and wiser now - but i bet you were a Barrel of laughs when you were younger
PS Your not a Banker are you?
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This is another reason I thought about changing forum...The brains of some people leave a lot to be desired!
Kin donkey
Older and wiser now - but i bet you were a Barrel of laughs when you were younger
PS Your not a Banker are you?
No not a banker!
I've had my fair share of fast motors.
Most recently just sold my 10 month old Porsche 911 (997) that I bought new last year. And had new Porsche's before that.
Had hotrods, American motors, M3's, Xjrs, Cosworths, all variations.
My point was putting a 1300 gearbox in a 1600 mk3 Escort does not give you a 3.5 sec 0-60 time!
And must go some way to showing the mentality of some folks if they believe it!
I must agree with you, the mk3 escort 1600 will of been lucky to have 70hp at the wheels and a standard 0-60 of close on 10 secs so no amount of gearbox changing is gonna knock 7 secs off your time, also wasnt the mk3 escort front wheel drive? i believe an experiment carried out by Courtney Turbo stated it was pretty much impossible to get below 5 secs 0-60 in a front wheel drive:doh:
INSURANCE and ROAD LICENCE.:crazy_driver:the gti brigade tend to spend hundreds/thousands getting ther cars to go faster without realizing they need ...
Years ago had a MKIII Escort, one of the first 500 1600cc models built, which has a 4-speed box. Towards the end of the time I had it the gearbox gave up the ghost big time, the problem I then had was that you could not get a four speed 1600 box, so the two choices where convert to a 5 speed very big job or drop in a 1300cc four speed, which I did.
However the 1300CC was a lot lower geared the result top speed down to 80mph 0-60 just a shade over 3.5 seconds, as I lived in London at the time use to go Porsche Banker hunting in the City, did they feel like small penises when they lost at the traffic lights to a Escort
Years ago had a MKIII Escort, one of the first 500 1600cc models built, which has a 4-speed box. Towards the end of the time I had it the gearbox gave up the ghost big time, the problem I then had was that you could not get a four speed 1600 box, so the two choices where convert to a 5 speed very big job or drop in a 1300cc four speed, which I did.
However the 1300CC was a lot lower geared the result top speed down to 80mph 0-60 just a shade over 3.5 seconds, as I lived in London at the time use to go Porsche Banker hunting in the City, did they feel like small penises when they lost at the traffic lights to a Escort
me mate brett had a nissan pulsar gtir with 450bhp at the wheels (4wd) that would eat F360s and F355s the only thing that would out accelerate it in a strait line was a matt black capri........ we found out later its got a supercharged 302 ford V8 pushing out over 600bhp
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