jamieface
the only S3 in the villiage
I had one of these many moons ago and boy did i love it. Wasnt really that impressive and was a torque steer nightmare but was i the dogs ******** !! To me definately a cool car
Thats a broad statement, my old FRST used to beat m3CSL's, so a CRX wouldn't have been too much of a problem me thinks. That said it was 2 litre'd all steel engine running 32psi on a T34 and 100brake of gassorry uncool , used to beat them in the old crx
Ford RS's are all cool IMO!
Thats a broad statement, my old FRST used to beat m3CSL's, so a CRX wouldn't have been too much of a problem me thinks. That said it was 2 litre'd all steel engine running 32psi on a T34 and 100brake of gas
That takes me back! My most memorable moment in my old RS was actually beating an A4 Convertible! I watched the guy nudge his missus and say 'watch this' to her! This was at a set of traffic lights just coming out of St Albans when i left him in a cloud of Worn turbo smoke! Oh yes!! Lol.mk2 xr2s were tat, terribly underpowered, as were the mk3 xr2is inc the 16v version. Ive owned a number of FRSTs now and think they are very cool, struggle to get as much of a laugh beating plenty high end "quick" cars in an old 90s bean tin
stevetdci, havent checked that post for a long time but lloyd is putting some serious time and money into that thing!
never be a real classic just cos they look so awful,terrible nondescript styling and then after 4 years lots of rust thank god.
The RS1800? It couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding and not all got the Recaro's, some got the Si style wingbacks, Yuck!!
Yes, but only if you're talking performance then I accept the RST had the edge, but not by much.
I remember one of my friends getting a later (mk3.5) RS1800 many moons ago when they were new, had with the Si seats which weren't so nice I admit, but much better interior, power steering etc and thinking it was the bees knees at the time, had a much classier image than the RST and it was a hell of a lot better to drive, less torque steer, nicer cabin, quieter and didn't give much away to the RST in performance.
The performance between the two is barely comparable. RST made it's claimed 130bhp where as the RS1800 simply didn't (usually only managing between 115-120). The RST produced torque ( thanks to the turbo charger, the RS1800 didn't (hence lack of torque steer).
Only difference between the two really interior wise was the black dash and plastics, which I admit did look better and why I converted mine. The PAS is handy but the steering isn't really heavy without it and I always found they seem to lack steering feel with it.
In RS circles the RS1800 isn't really even regarded as being a true RS and is always seen as the poor cousin to the RS Turbo hence the huge price difference between the 2 cars.
It's not a bad car but it will always be in the RST's shadow as it's little more than a 16v XR2i with some wilder cams. But then again it does wear an RS badge and it's so easy to convert to 2 litre
Thats all very well, but I still maintain that the RST doesn't have a better "cool wall" status than an RS1800.