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I got my pump but it never solved it. Theres a lad coming round soon with some spares who might be able to sort it. If not theres another friend of my dads who is going to have a look. Im fed up of it now, the only things i can think of are the ecu's or the injectors.

But you drifting lads have done my head in. As ive mentioned before ive always wanted a skidder. I Love the RS too much though, and cause its a dream car i dont want rid. It does everything i expected of it, but ten times better, the only thing it misses is proper wheel drive. Im gauranteed work now, no redundencies because my company doesnt want to loose skilled workers so i can hopefully afford two cars. So im going to bite the bullet and buy a second car

Looking at mk2 cortinas and S13's. Some rules would apply to both, gutted, decked, fat dish (13"'s on mk2, 15"s on s13), loaaadss of strech and exhaust scraping the deck. OSF scene calls it south london look. Im heading towards the s13 because of the powers. Im not after tons of it, i dont believe power is the answer, but the cortina would only have a 1600 so tops 90bhp as standard. It weigh sub 800kg's but still. Plus the solid axle and leafs dont help. The s13 is a better base, but if a mk2 pops up thats right, i may go for it.

go for it

If its for skiddin,forget the Cortina as the drift-orientated-bits will be far too expensive...An s13 or s14 will drift fairly well straight out of the box!

Well you cant buy drift bits for a mk2. You can buy tarmac rally parts though. All mk2 escort parts fit too, and i reckon, no, i know, minus engine/gearbox/diff itd be cheaper to build a cortina. Unfortunately a good enough engine and gearbox would equal a four figure sum so its counted out.

But the mk2 i had, on GT springs was a massively capable skidder in the wet. Chassis was more then up to it.

Try buying a 2 way diff for an old Ford cheap!!

I know, but they cant be anymore expensive then kaaz or nismo stuff can they? Last time i looked they hovered around £600 or £400 for an ATB, but they dont lock enough. But id just weld it anyway.

Thing is Dave an old classic will be fine for wet roundabouts and Oulton Park, but for some real drifting, ie drifting in 3rd and 4th gear at 70+ mph your really going to struggle power wise. Ive heard people talking about 350-400bhp min to get the wheels spinning at that speed and with a classic car and engine thats not going to happen

All depends how serious you are - you could drift Oulton in a 318i with a welded diff its that slippery....

Proofs.

And hes not exactly struggling for power in the next two videos.

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He has an XE, built for reliability, no more then 230bhp. I think you seem to forget though, 800kg's. Not 1200kg or 1400kg or more like the rb26 powered s15's or big cefiros and such.

I agree with what your saying, but disagree that you need big power to drift. You need skill and a bloody big pair of balls. Like the D1GP guys in 200bhp AE86's chasing 600bhp plus Skylines.

And i forgot to say. Im going S13 anyway. In talks with a lad now and ive seen one or two others. Ill see how it goes. Not rushing into anything.

Im not saying it cant be done, but I recon theres £20k+ in that escort

Thats why im going for an S body. I dont see the point in dropping so much money into something i can do for less. Although its not as expensive as people think they are. A big point for me though is if , no, when i have a bump itll be easier and cheaper to repair, especially if its just bumpers and such.

That car gets rebuilt every year bigger and better. Its had more then £20 spent on it but only because he wanted too, it doesnt need it. Budget £4000 for a good shell, £4000 for a good XE conversion or mad pinto or even yb and another £5000 for suspension and fabrication and chassis and youve got a sorted car, and it can be done cheaper too. Its a lot of money yeah, but some people think they cost silly money to build and it doesnt, you could easy spend £13000 on a S14 drift car.

Im not having much luck with these S13's. Everyone i ask about has been either stripped or the seller has changed their mind. But there is someone who has contacted me with info of a tasty car.

Info will be revealed as and when necesery but the S1 might be up for sale if i like this new car enough.

Ok, ezzy up for sale. Pm if your interested. Id like to let it go to someone on here first if they want it. Ill do a better deal too.

If i cant sell it ill do it up and then sell it.

Have you curred all the problems with the S1 RST?? before you sell it???

I havnt you know. Ive sort of lost heart in it all since things never seemed to go right with it. Im still trying to sort it out but only half arsed.