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Development chain 1968: Ford Escort Mk I Twin Cam 1970: Ford Escort Mk I RS1600 1974: Ford Escort RS2000 1983: Ford Escort Mk III RS1600i 1985: Ford Escort Mk III RS Turbo 1992: Ford Escort Mk V RS2000 1993: Ford Escort Mk V RS Cosworth 1996: Ford Escort Mk VI RS2000 |
Specifications
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Homologation number: A5272
Homologation start: 1/6/1985
Homologation end: 31/12/1995
Ford CVH Turbo (Compound Valve angle Hemispherical combustion chamber), straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
1598cc, 80.0 x 79.5 mm
cast iron block with 208.6mm deck height, and 91.8mm bore spacing, aluminium alloy head with hemispherical combustion chambers
forged crankshaft with 5 main bearings 60.5mm diameter
connecting rod length between centers 132mm, 48mm big end bearings diameter
forged or pressure cast method manufactured aluminium alloy pistons with 36.85mm compression height
single overhead camshaft (SOHC), 2 valves / cyl - 8 valves total
aspiration, 1 x turbocharger with K-jetronic or KE-jetronic multipoint electronic fuel injection. Turbo pressure: 0.5 bar in road version
Ford EEC-IV engine management
water cooled
5 speed manual gearbox
1° 3,15/1
2° 1,91/1
3° 1,27/1
4° 0,95/1
5° 0,76/1
R 3,62/1
final drive, 4,27/1
single plate clutch 218mm diameter
steel monocoque chassis of Ford CE14 platform
length, 4071,6 mm
width, 1638,3 mm
height, 1348,3 mm
wheelbase, 2400 mm
wheels, 6j x 15"
tires, Michelin MXV 195/50 VR 15
950kg
Results in WRC
Races
| Entry | Rally event | ||||||||||||||
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| Driver Codriver |
Team | M.C | SVE Entry list |
POR | KEN | TdC | GRE | N.Z | ARG | FIN | S.R | (CdI) | RAC | ||
| Kyösti Hämäläinen Esa Virrankilpi |
Ford Finland | 28th* | |||||||||||||
| Vincent Smalley Carl-Johan Wolff |
40th* | ||||||||||||||
| Franz Aman Egon Meurer |
German Junior Team | 51st | drive shaft | ||||||||||||
| Mark Lovell Peter Davis |
acci dent | ||||||||||||||
| John Greenhalgh David Woods |
suspe nsion | ||||||||||||||
| Marco Pedemonte Renzo Casazza |
dnf* | ||||||||||||||
| Daniele Alberti Marco Pianetti |
dnf* | ||||||||||||||
| Giuliano Palmieri Aldo Lappo |
dnf* | ||||||||||||||
| Mauro Simontacchi Mion |
dnf* | ||||||||||||||
| Bernard Verhack Daniel Grataloup |
54th* | ||||||||||||||
| Rob Stoneman Ken Rees |
chassis* | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Others starts/finishes | 4/1 | 1/1 | 3/0 | ||||||||||||
*Group N4 entries
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