Too much Wheelspin!!!!!

[Escort Elliott]

GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! my escort has too much torque to the front end. FFS is spins in 1st.....2nd and a little in 3rd. Its all gd when you are posing but not when you are in a hurry!!!! and now my front tyres are looking like slicks....litterally.

[Gohan Ryu]

Yes those Escorts are torque monsters. I'd suggest you remove a spark plug or two to bring those massive hp/tq numbers down to a more manageable, streetable level.

[00accord44]

Are you serious? Please tell me you have a heavily modded escort so we don't have to flame you mercilessly

[Escort Elliott]

it had a new clutch about 3 weeks ago.....it has been chipped, an uprated cam, port polished pistons and all new injectors.....and new belts....all im waiting for is my induction kit to arrive and my new exhaust tonight....... appart from that its not had much else done to it at all i dont think.....but i need my new tyres or i wont get anywhere

[skibum1111]

This might sound kinda obvious, but ease up on the skinny pedal a little bit. Hell, my truck will smoke them in 3 gears if I want to, but tires are just too damn expensive to keep doing that. Which motor in your escort? My wife had a tracer (mercury version of the escort) with the f*rd motor in it, thing was totally nutless. I've heard the mazda motor they started using has something to it though...

[freakray]

Give it a break guys, Elliott is a total troll, he's not even old enough to have a licence in the UK, let alone have an Escort with enough torque to break loose on anything other than ice.

[Escort Elliott]

actually......i am old enough and i do have my licence.....otherwise i wouldnt be driving it and the engine in it is the 1.8si 16v zetec

[drunken monkey]

leave the poor kid alone.
It's bad enough that he has to live in Milton Keynes.

Besides, pretty soon, he's going to show us nice pictures of his car and what's under the bonnet.

[Escort Elliott]

milton keynes is sooo crap...lol and yer i will get some pics of the engine once i cleaned it up lol which will be end of the week(ish). and the tyres aswell.....which are soooooo bald

[freakray]

A 1.8si is a torque beast?

Bloody hell, what is happening to British motoring?

[Shpyder]

Originally Posted by freakray

A 1.8si is a torque beast?

Bloody hell, what is happening to British motoring?

lol. Yeah I know, that was an interesting choice of words. That's still pretty torquey compared to a 3-cyl Geo Metro though.

[fredjacksonsan]

Thurs and no pics yet. Hmmm.

[BNaylor]

Originally Posted by Escort Elliott

and the tyres as well.....which are soooooo bald ............and now my front tyres are looking like slicks....litterally.

If he thinks auto insurance in the U.K. is bad wait 'till he gets a ticket for having bald or slick tires and then he'll have to vent some more.

In the U.K. the minimum thread depth is 1.6mm. The penalties for having illegal tyres are currently up to a £2500 fine and 3 penalty points PER TYRE!

Ouch!!!

[J-Ri]

Originally Posted by BNaylor

If he thinks auto insurance in the U.K. is bad wait 'till he gets a ticket for having bald or slick tires and then he'll have to vent some more.

In the U.K. the minimum thread depth is 1.6mm. The penalties for having illegal tyres are currently up to a £2500 fine and 3 penalty points PER TYRE!

Ouch!!!

How does that funny looking "L" correlate to the U.S. $?

Any front wheel drive car will spin the tires in first gear. Was this really a serious complaint? My Beretta will spin the tires going into 2nd, and even chirp the tires going into 3rd if I drop the clutch (yeah, I got curious after reading this) it's a 100% stock 2.2l engine. There's no way that could be considered a built-up car, right?

[skibum1111]

Check the exchange rate, but I think now it corresponds to $6k a year for insurance. There's definately a problem there, unless insurance is outrageous in the UK.