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MKV ESCORT CAB

Kay and Kevin McMahon are the proud owners of this truly excellent XR3i featured in Fast Ford magazine March 2005 - the looks and spec just speak for themselves and yes a chrome combo is part of the ensemble: ENGINE: 1796cc Zetec, 2-litre Mondeo throttle housing, K&N induction kit, Power Boost valve, Ecotek valve, Magnex 4 inch stainless steel cat-back exhaust TRANSMISSION: Standard MTX75 five-speed gearbox SUSPENSION: Eibach springs, Koni adjustable shocks, chromed strut brace. BRAKES: Front: 280 mm disc conversion, Green Stuff pads
Rear: RS2000 discs, Goodrich brake hoses, gold painted callipers.

WHEELS & TYRES: Hi-Octone polished deep dish 17x7.5 inch alloys, Uniroyal Rainmaster 205/40/17 tyres BODY: Blue mohair roof. Ford wind break. Ford cabin tonneau cover, Escort Cos bonnet, RS2000 side skirts, RS boot spoiler, front splitter, Morette twin headlamp conversion, RS2000 indicators, metal replacement grilles, stainless steel fuel cap, M3-style door mirrors

INTERIOR: Standard Ford black leather seats, Momo steering wheel and pedals, wood trim on handbrake handle and gearlever, bespoke wood trim on dash, bespoke aluminium inserts, bespoke aluminium door steps Kenwood Mask head unit, Kenwood graphic equaliser, Kenwood 12-discCD changer, Orion 6 inch mids in Audioscape door builds, Orion tweeters and JBLs in rear, Rockford Fosgate 12 inch sub in custom box, PPI five-channel amp, high precision RCAs and cabling. THANKS to: Des and Steve at Banshee Motors port (01264 333366), Roy at A & S Auto specialists (01375 850062), Peter at Motor Preparation (020 8455 9698), • Boydy at Boyd Autos (sprayer), M, The Escort Cabriolet Club.

Fast Ford said: "What we have here is a Cabriolet that at first glance looks fairly standard, but it's only as you get closer that the clever details really stand out. Kay gets that sort of reaction at shows. "We were after a subtle look, but people are always full of questions." Kevin likes it that way because he can relax, put his feet up and enjoy the show, as Kay does all the talking.

This greet Cabriolet might look pampered, but it gets some hard use which means that Kay is a stranger to manicures, but that's a sacrifice worth making when you look at the impressive results."

Superb car - many congratulations and thanks to the ever excellent Fast Ford magazine (March 2005).

Here's the Ecotek on the MGZS 180 V6 that belongs to Peter from Fochabers in Scotland .  A very simple and straightforward fitting (pic left). 

Initial reports are that the engine is much better response and more lively throughout the gears, making this already torquey and flexible engine even better.  Too early to report on the MPG improvements as Peter is quite content exploring his new and improved V6 with extremely liberal use of the loud pedal!

And for those of you who don't know what its like on the outside - here's a picture of this excellent motor - lets hope they re-start manufacturing them soon!

Here is the fitting spot (a red dot marks the spot!) where you fit the CB-26P to the rather excellent V6 Rover 75. Remember for an expanded view click on the picture.


Simon kindly gave us a fitting picture on his Alfa 164 and some comments on PowerBoost - he said:

"I've completed the "Ecoteking" of my Alfa 164 3.0 V6 Cloverleaf. I know that my particular engine is in excellent shape because I have it regularly fettled by an Alfa specialist here, and it's always been a willing and gutsy performer, but I must say that after giving it the PowerBoost treatment yesterday I was amazed at just how free revving it became, and the performance was astonishing; it certainly unleashed more horses, or woke up ones that had gone to sleep!

Having PowerBoosted, I then set about fitting the twin CB-26P's to the vacuum take-off that we decided upon earlier. A very simple job actually, and I then tuned the filters according to your instructions.

Notwithstanding my earlier reservations about the size of the vacuum pipe, I went and measured it today and found it to be 4 1/2mm which I believe is ideal. In case you want to use my installation as an example on your website, I've attached the finished "after" photo."  Thanks Simon - seems like 'Ecoteking' really helped
 


 

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