Ben's Escort RS Turbo

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Engine:	Motorsport 200 block (special oil squirts for top of pistons). 25mm ported and flowed head, BD16 inlet and exhaust cams. 7.7.1 compression ratio. WRC oil and water pumps. Polished and knife edged crank, shot pinned con rods and blue printed. RS 500 genuine plenum chamber, air flowed and polished inlet chamber, = using 8 803 injectors. RS 500 T4 turbo with genuine T4 turbo horse shoe damper, air intake of = turbo machined for more air flow from air box. P8 ECU with Mountune chip, Pectel 4 injector add on to run all 8 = injectors, air injectors also to control boost. Mongoose stainless steel exhaust. All pulley wheels and clutch cover lightened and balanced. Fly wheel lightened and balanced. Quaife ATB front and rear diffs. Standard gear box (on the fourth one)! Alcon 6 padel clutch.
Bodywork:	RS 500 front splitter. Fogs remover and replaced with stainless steel mesh. Grille replaced with stainless steel mesh.
Suspension:	Leda 24 position coilovers front, 24 position coilover rear with rose = joints top and bottom. 600 pound front springs. 200 pound springs rear. Vibratechnic engine mounts and gear box mount. All other bushes on the car are Ford Motorsport 909 items.
Brakes:	Tarox 6 pot callipers with a 326mm disc (front). AP Racing 4 pot callipers with 300mm vented disc (rear). Hydraulic handbrake and rear brake bias valve. Tarox competition carbon pads (front). Ferrodo DS2000 pads (rear). Specially made 10mm spacers front and rear, longer wheel studs.
Wheels:	17inch Rondell 122 wheels 215/40/17 Bridgestone SO3 tyres all round
Interior:	Factory leather with face lift '92 dash. B&M quickshift gear lever. Blitz indigo faced water temperature and oil temperature guages. Greddy exhaust temperature (on its way, Greddy 2 bar boost guage). Ferriday stainless steel dials. Water injection and over-ride fan switches. Momo steering wheel.
Performance:	530BHP at 32PSI. 473lb torque. 0-60 4.51 (with faulty cam and misfire at top end). Top speed - off the clock.
ICE:	Pioneer 8900R head unit with 6 disc changer. Infinity 50CS components. Infinity kappa 6X9 speakers. 12 inch Rockford sub in box. 500X Rockford amp for front and rear speakers. 200X Rockford amp for sub.