Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Escort Mk1 SR20 Turbo @500kms




Well  we are 500 kms into testing the car,  ironing out  things like squeaks & rattles. More pressing issues have been the soft spring rates all round, they  are under close scrutiny  now as we have so much power it literally sits down on the  rear {120lbs now upto 140lbs}  under hard acceleration, resulting in the prop scraping the  tunnel.
Front springs are also too soft at 150lbs , a lip in the road surface  had us touching  a  bumpstop.
: Note: with 2 people  and full petrol tank.
Alans  star buy  has been  the Gps speedo from Speedhut,  it now indicates peak recall@ 187kmh  , thats  just  a short blast, from the suhkumvit to the  1st junction off the new  motorway.
Power /torque  can be felt  pulling well from 2000rpm, enough to overtake in  3rd or 4th at  low traffic speeds, no need to floor the pedal either  the turbo really comes in around 4300 up, when it all gets rather frantic with white lines coming at you like bullets.