Ford Escort S2 Review

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Ford Escort S2
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Adnansaleem's Review of Ford Escort S2

27th Jan 2004

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Length of ownership
    Not supplied
  • Practicality
    3.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    1988
  • Performance
    4 stars
  • Reliability
    2.5 stars
Good Points

Recaro Bucket Seats, Electric Windows/Mirrors, Heated Front & Rear Screen, Turbo Vents.


Bad Points

Prone To Rust, Everyone Wants to Steal It, Dump Valve Not Standard, As soon as You Tune It The car Starts To Have Problems, Needs Daily Maintenence.


General Comments

I had a Ford Escort S2 e plate series 2, Full chromed out engine bay, Full 2.5inch s/s exhaust, super chipped, dump valve, Lowered, no rust, Bad boy bonnet, pace intercooler, swirlpot, 90 spec bumper, interior and spoiler, clifford full closure alarm & immobiliser. I bought my car with all the things mentioned above done to it & with service history and 12monts m.o.t for £1800. These cars are fun to drive & everybody turns thier heads when they hear the dumpvalve go off. Girls love it and the car is just a good laugh. Only problem is that thier too many problems associated with these cars. I decided to sell it in the end & kept my Astra GTE 16v instead. A lot more relilabe & less costly (I think).

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  • turboJOE Rank: Staff Sergeant on 15th Feb 2004

    tuning a turbo can be a bit of a minefield, but this applies not just to escorts but any turbo car (renault 5 especially) but if the engine is tuned sensibly and properly then the car should mostly retain its reliability, i.e. if someone ups the boost to 5 million psi but still runs the standard turbo/pistons then things will start to go bang. with rs turbo engines the general rule is that anything much over 200bhp is a bit much for road use, and if you want that kind of power then you will either need to re-bore to 1900 or, better still, a full on zvh conversion using the stronger zetec block (preferably from an early mondeo as you can keep the origional pistons to be machined) and cvh head.