Heep

Who else here has an Escort?

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Heep

Thanks for the Escort links...do you have any idea how much power yours had?

I think I'll save the Cossie wing until I get the car a bit faster. What was the install like for the Jap. engine and how much did it cost? If it's easy, I can install it myself without labor costs.

Rod Millen offers a 220 (?) hp, 245 lb-ft turbo conversion for the EGT engine plus wheels, suspension, bodykit for $11K, I have the car in an article in Road & Track Feb. '91.

BTW...I guess I didn't see your Escort, just another heavily modded one with a Mazda engine.

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RoadRover

220 hp 'scort? 245ft-lbs?
*runs out to buy another Escort*

I never had the 'Scort dyno'd, but I would say that It had somewhere around 200hp. I can't put a figure on the torque tho.

I got the WHOLE J-spec engine and tranny for about $4000 INSTALLED. I had the hook-up through a friend.

If you have a scanner, I'd like to see the article with the Rod Millen 'Scort. Maybe I can come up with something based on that...

Leaving the wing for the time being is a good idea. No-one likes cars that are all 'show' and no 'go'. Tune the engine up as much as possible, then do something about the looks, thats my advice.

Heep

Yeah, I have a scanner...I'll hook it up and scan the article just a wee bit later. The article also talks about a 220hp 200lb-ft, mid-engined, rear drive, two seater Festiva with a SHO V-6. The Escort is just Turbo 1.8, intercooled, larger radiator, deep dish pistons (lowering compression to cope with the increased boost), Rod Millen computer, and free flow exhaust. They say 0-60 in 6.2, I think that's a little conservative. But that is about the same as an M3.

I already have a 1.8 tranny in my 1.9 , it's from a GT. Is the J-spec one really different? Corksport sells a 210 hp version of the enigne for about $1875 US without shipping (from their place, not Japan).

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RoadRover

Sounds like the rod millen escort was about the same as mine, probably a bit faster though.

You have the GT tranny, huh? I wasn't aware there was much of a difference between it and the LX tranny. Originaly I had the auto-mistake tranny in mine, but I wanted a 5-speed, thats why I had the tranny swapped in with the engine. I'd imagine that maybe the j-spec one had a better clutch. It was pretty stiff.

I didn't know corksport sold the j-spec engine. That might be worth a look if I ever get another Escort.

Heep

The actual ratios for each gear are nearly the same (minor differences), but the final drive is a fair bit different. I can go a bit faster in each gear. I need to get a tach though, I'm going to go to the junkyard and find an insturment cluster with the tach in it.

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RoadRover

Why don't you just get an aftermarket tach that mounts on the bottom of the A pillar? It would be a lot easier than reconfiguring the instrument panel.

Heep

More expensive

I like the "could have come from the factory" look too, and the tached cluster has a higher registering speedo. Plus, my car's already all wired up for a tached cluster, it's just a matter of switchin' them. The odometer'd be off, though...

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RoadRover

well, that would be the better idea then.
Go for it, I say.