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Old 25 Sep 2018, 10:40 (Ref:3852573)   #23
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Oh I have seen them numerous times, and they are fantastic bits of kit. I just happen to be old fashioned enough to think that an Escort should have a Crossflow, Pinto or BDA engine in it, and an H pattern gearbox.
Our Escort has an XE in it and a sequential box - our old car had a Zetec - when we built the new car it was either going to be Duratec or XE - XE gave more grunt per £ at the time (the Duratec was still very new at that point and conversion kits were thin on the ground). The sequential box is partly for durability - it lasts longer between rebuilds than the H patterns we've had. We'd love a BDA and ZF box but can't afford it - XE and Sadev is the best we can do! (and we get blown into the weeds by plenty of other cars besides Escorts).

With regards to rallying 'moving on' the problem is bigger than just "frankenstein" Escorts.
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