Tech Spec

Body

Escort RS2000, fibreglass front wings, Group 2 arches and front spoiler, lightweight bonnet with aerocatches, lightweight nosecone with small single lights and carbon fibre inserts, aero mirrors, alloy boot spoiler, bronze-tinted polycarbonate windows

Engine

2-litre Pinto, naturally-aspirated Cosworth 16-valve head prepared by Stefan Glass, drysumped, throttle bodies, Megasquirt ECU by Frank Hepekausen, Martelius exhaust manifold and custom home-made exhaust system with Powersprint components, alloy radiator. Power: 275bhp

Transmission

Quaife five-speed dog ’box, AP Racing 184 mm clutch, Atlas axle with 5.8 CWP and ZF LSD

Suspension

Front: KW Competition 2A two-way coil-overs, adjustableTCAs and compression struts with anti-roll bar on drop links. Rear: six-linked, KW Competition two-way coil-overs

Brakes

Front: Wilwood Midilite four-pot callipers with 285 mm vented discs. Rear: Fiesta callipers with solid discs. Bias pedal box, hydraulic handbrake

Wheels and tyres

10x15 inch BBS E30 wheels, 10.0/21.5 (front) and 10.7/21.5 (rear) Avon slick tyres

Interior

Corbeau Revenge race seat, VDO gauges, Stack rev counter, OMP steering wheel with quick-release, weld-in Zelle multi-point rollcage by raceparts.cc, battery and 18-litre alloy race fuel cell in boot

Thanks

To my wife, and also to Stefan Glass, Frank Hepekausen at fh-Motorsport, Wolfgang Pletsch at Sebastian Werner GmbH, Stephan Korbach at www.raceparts.cc, Tosten Schmidt at GRP4 Fabrications (00353 91763544, http://grp4fabrications.com), KW (www.kwsuspensions.net) and all others who have supported me with words and deeds