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[rews_turbo]

what is the most bhp u can get out of a escort exhaust manifold on a zetec turbo

[Oranoco]

According to my mate (Performance Ford this month Ask the expert) the Escort RST fannimold flows very well and he's recorded a proven 365bhp at the wheels in his ZT Fiesta using one with more to come

[rews_turbo]

i seen that thats y have asked u see cause i have been told 300 bhp max but your mate is useing a gt30 with is a very good turbo i was going 2 put a escort exhaust on but got told 300 bhp max so i am getting a peter g tubla now for max performance

[Oranoco]

Well having poked about his engine bay on many an occassion and to be honest scared witless by the sheer brute force of the car I well beleive Mike when he says there is more coming form the car on that manifold. The engine still has a lot more potential to give as it's only running a bit over half it's max boost capability.

He really does know his stuff and the DIY build on this car only goes to not so much re-enforce this more ram it home with a very large hammer If you can imagine using a sledgehammer to put thumb tacks in you will get my point

[rews_turbo]

`well what boost is he running and what intunals as he got and what dyno was it on

[Oranoco]

I can't tell you any more about the spec than the Performance Ford feature but as far as I'm aware it was running 18psi for the 365 (about 395@ fly ) although I would need to check to be certain.

Seeing as he distributes them the car was run up on the good old Ego Buster a Dyno Dynamics rolling road

[rews_turbo]

2 be honest with u i realy cant see it making that much bhp at as little boost im running about the same sepc but i have got a diff turbo not as good as the gt30 but im useing omex and 750cc rc injectors with a rover turbo inlet and i only made 280bhp at 15psi at the fly
now im going 2 run that tubla and noz 25bhp shot and about 25psi and im hopong 4 400bhp

[Oranoco]

Trust me mate it does make the claimed power. The Dyno Dynamics rolling road is almost the world wide industry benchmark. Mike not only maps but actually teaches mapping in his spare time if he tells me it makes a figure I trust it and him 110%

We've run so called 400bhp cars on these rollers before only for the owner to find they didn't have what was claimed. On any other inferior dyno Mikes car will punt well past the 400bhp mark and of that I'm in no doubt what-so-ever.

[rews_turbo]

what qurter mile times is he putting in and how fast is he going over the line

[Oranoco]

It's still under development and Mike isn't keen to get the car tested until the additional mapping work has been completed (why test cat that's not running to its full potential). Performance Ford plan to return to time the car once this has been done. It's a case of watch this space for now though.

[rews_turbo]

ok then no worries i just wanted 2 no u see when i seen it in the mag i fort it was a bit of bull s..t 2 be honest and if what u is saying is ture i cant foult the lad

[Oranoco]

Far from BS mate although there are some silly claims on cars power outputs so I can see where you are coming from.

[heeman10]

I've driven the above car on the rollers and have witnessed what it's capable of, it's no normal engine As Steve says, the turbo has another 10psi to give, and the engine will accept that once it's been mounted more brutally! To be perfectly frank, the power it has at the moment is overkill, as Mike will tell you himself, but as it's a development package, he will keep pushing it forward.

[RS_Rawli]

Hi, I'm barry scott!

[leefrst]

is this the frst

black with gt30 an escort t3 manifold and rs1800 inlet ???

[leefrst]

is this the frst

black with gt30 an escort t3 manifold and rs1800 inlet ???

[GavStyli]

is this the frst

black with gt30 an escort t3 manifold and rs1800 inlet ???

no its a mercury grey one, featured a couple of months back in performance ford

[GavStyli]

2 be honest with u i realy cant see it making that much bhp at as little boost im running about the same sepc but i have got a diff turbo not as good as the gt30 but im useing omex and 750cc rc injectors with a rover turbo inlet and i only made 280bhp at 15psi at the fly
now im going 2 run that tubla and noz 25bhp shot and about 25psi and im hopong 4 400bhp

if u still got the same intercooler as u had at the fiesta thrash at brunters, its limiting you. u need a good flowing single pass to minimise pressure drop

[andyhardy]

The ERST manifold will be fine for what you want. However, seeing as you've got a tubular manifold being made up for your engine, make sure that they put some decent bracing on it as they're not designed to take the weight of a turbo and exhaust manifold on their own! I've read about quite a few tubular manifolds cracking on people because they haven't had any extra beef to keep them together.

CarismaDave on here was/is still? running silly power in his ZT Fiesta with an ERST manifold

Cheers,

Andy

[heeman10]

Andy - Peter G's making the manifold, and as you probably know he's got more than enough experience with them to know about load-bearing issues And yep, I pointed out to our friend that Dave's has been making 355bhp on the ERST manifold for a couple of years now, even though he's buggered off!

[rews_turbo]

ok then if u lot are telling me that it can it can i was told the opersite and the inter cooler i used at brunter is the custom grs one is it bigger nuf 4 400bhp

[saqmaster]

A friend has had the ERST turbo manifold on the dyno at 355bhp. Back pressure is too high really. You get a huge win after 300bhp just by going to a tubular manifold (like Ian Howells 'wrc' ones).. The ERST one doesn't do a bad job though considering it was designed for 132bhp!