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Is the RS200 Old Skool??

Morley

By Morley
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RS200 old skool?  

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  1. 1. RS200 old skool?

    • Yes
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    • No
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RFChris I've got nothing better to do

RFChris

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Yes. Maybe not by age, but deffo by defenition. Not the most old-skool of powerplants but to say the car as a whole ist OS would be like saying a MKI Eescort with a YB isnt.

 

It was a holomgated rally beastie....is say OS all the way. :D

 

Chris

jay Old Skool hard core

jay

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Course it is! :roll:

And by far one the most kick-arse blue ovals ever built! A genuine classic Ford! :D

 

 

^^^^what he said^^^^

Guest RF Ben

Guest RF Ben

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It's about as old skool as a S1 Escort RS Turbo! :roll:

 

Fuel injection, turbocharged, ECU, 4 wheel drive, independant suspension...!!! Not quite a leaf sprung, live axled, carb'd, Escort / Cortina / Anglia / Capri is it?!

 

But then again old skool means different things to different people. To me it is defined by my list above.

 

Ben

 

PS - but I do love the RS200 by the way!

Morley Old Skool to the bone

Morley

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The question was is it OLD SKOOL not is it a classic.

Does that mean that the Peugeot 205 is Old skool? They are of the same era! As is the Lancia Delta.

I just thought it would be a good chance to have a nice little debate as peoples view on what is old skool seems to vary quite a lot.

Morley Old Skool to the bone

Morley

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Fair point, but the Mk2 Escort was old skool before it had that done to it. The RS200 was developed to be like that.

Putting a live axle in a saxo wouldn't make it old skool

So why does it work the other way around?

Guest RF Ben

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yes steve, but the rs200 came like it from the factory, escorts didn't.

 

just because someone puts a duratec in a mk1 escort doesn't make a mondeo old skool because it shares the same engine / management set up does it? :roll:

 

Ben

aphspeed OLD SKOOL NUTTER

aphspeed

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No no, you miss understand. :roll: The point is that the RS200 can still be old skool even with an ECU, turbo etc. Obviously a YB-powered Escort is old skool guys, we've been putting them in Classic Ford for years and years.... :wink:

johnny_h Old Skool Keyboard Molester

johnny_h

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The car is without doubt a mean tool, but I would not put it under the OSF banner as it's just worlds apart in my eyes :wink:

 

What he said! Use your fookin noggins people. You are all thinking about it too much. Put an RS2000 and an RS200 side by side and ask a saxo driver which he thinks is oldskool.

Guest TheXEgrowler

Guest TheXEgrowler

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to much plastic on it to be old skool in my opinion and the hearters are good.

 

M8,YOU R SO RIGHT,BUT YOU KNOW THAT....... :wink::D:wink:

Gareth Old Skool hard core

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......carb'd, Escort / Cortina / Anglia / Capri.....

 

PS - but I do love the RS200 by the way!

 

No offence but isn't your project 2.8 fuel injected :?::wink:

 

If anyone looks at the banner there are ROAD cars.... NOT rally cars.

 

Kinda says it all really..... Plus it wasn't in production pre 1980.

 

 

Having said that, I wouldn't say no :twisted:

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