Fast Ford

BANTAM

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ENGINE Brand new crate 2.0- litre ‘Silver Top’ Zetec engine stripped for block, WRC Mahle pistons with short skirt and 22mm gudgeon pin, steel long- length con- rods, cast steel crank lightened and knife edged, balanced with lightweigh­t CNC flywheel, large- port 2.0- litre big-valve polished cylinder head, high-lift inlet cam, custom made adaptor plate with extended lower half 3in EFi inlet, ported internals with ported and polished Cosworth throttle body (modified for aggressive ALS) high pressure vacuum fittings hidden into heater box, along with ignition amps and map sensor, braided loom, water injection ERL pump with alloy tank using 0.5mm jet direct into intercoole­r and also intercoole­r spray bar, Group A air injectors with 12 stage variable boost control, OKC oil separator tank with OKC catch tank, custom crank and cam position sensors for sequential P8 ECU, grey injectors with Cosworth 4x4 fuel regulator, S2 fuel tank with external swirl pot with Cosworth ‘lift’ pump and Bosch 044 motorsport main fuel pump, polished internal ERST manifold, Turbo Performanc­e hybrid T38 turbo with billet compressor wheel and modified 0.63 exhaust housing, custom OKC 3in exhaust system with Cosworth back box, water swirl pot, GRS intercoole­r, S2 GRS radiator, large boost pipes with Mikalor clamps POWER 400bhp- plus (estimate)

TRANSMISSI­ON BC gearbox with IB5 main shaft, Quaife ATB, brand new RS1600i 905 CV joints, Helix custom 6 paddle clutch and high pressure plate

SUSPENSION Leda coilover fronts with Bilstein springs and Group N top bearings, RS1600i anti- roll bar with new rose joints, CNC brackets and clamps, adjustable TCA’s, Quaife quick rack with rose jointed rod ends, steering rack heightenin­g brackets, twin servo support bars (OKC designed), rear Spax adjustable suspension, Jones Springs 5in lower and stiffened rear leaf springs, uprated bushes all round, studded hubs with correct nuts

BRAKES Non-ABS Escort brake servo and master cylinder, RS1600i brake compensato­rs, Wilwood 4- pot calipers with 350mm discs (machined wheels for clearance by Alloyart), 4x4 Cosworth rear brakes with custom made brackets and modified drums to fit disc conversion, custom braided lines from compensato­rs to rear discs

WHEELS & TYRES Azev A alloys (7.5x16in front, 8.5x17in rear) with 205/40/16 Toyo tyres (front) and 255/40/17 Falken tyres (rears)

EXTERIOR 1985 Mk1 Bantam, South-African built, resprayed in Gloss Black, S1 Escort RS Turbo kit modified to fit, rear end caps extended to fit skirts, tinted rear lights, bonnet raisers, old school aftermarke­t bonnet air vent cover, XR3 headlight covers, tinted oldstock indicators, small lip spoiler on tailgate, large DTM-style alloy spoiler, rear Bully cargo net, vortex generators on roof and side of spoiler, single windscreen wiper conversion, wind deflectors, Mk3 twin pivot mirrors, Ford mudflaps INTERIOR Bantam bench seat comprising original base covered in black vinyl with Sapphire Cosworth rear bench top half with arm rest, flocked Mk3 dash, manual windows and mirrors, metal dash clock covers, quicklinka­ge, RS steering wheel

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