Competition road and rally car manufacturer MST is to new-build a Mk2 Ford Escort rally car
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Historic rally car builder and parts supplier MST has announced its ‘new’ Mk2 Escort Fast Road & Track, a new-build road-legal historic racer based on the Group 4 rally car. Each car is hand-built at the company’s headquarters in Northern Wales, and due to the brilliance of limited-type approval in the UK, is able to be registered and run on the road.
MST starts by fabricating an all-new bodyshell which is given a DVLA-registered chassis number, from which it builds up a personally-specified Mk2 Escort. The model is able to be fitted with either a standard or ‘Tarmac’ body with extended wheel arches into which an FIA-approved roll cage is welded.
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As standard, MST will fit your Mk2 with a 2.5-litre Ford Duractec engine with ATR throttle bodies, stainless steel exhaust system, billet-machined sump and radiator. It produces around 200bhp, but can be upgraded to either the Ford BDG or Millington Diamond engines that produce 230bhp and 300bhp respectively. A dry sump oil system is also able to be optionally specified, connected to either a five- or six-speed manual transmission.
Power is sent to the rear wheels via a limited slip differential mounted on a live rear axle. In place of the leaf springs MST fits all-round mechanically adjustable Bilstein coilover springs and dampers, keeping the suspension design relevant to this century.
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Brakes are sourced from AP Racing, with 267mm discs on the front axle gripped by four-pot calipers. The rears are smaller 247mm discs on single-pot units. A 13-inch wheel and tyre set is standard, but buyers can upgrade to 15-inch units if desired.
This being a road-legal racer, the interior and equipment level is sparse, but as well as the optional competition seats, MST does offer a leather interior trim option.
Of course so much bespoke fabrication and its high-end component list makes this Mk2 Escort quite an expensive enterprise. It starts at $93,000 ex-VAT, or about the same price as a Porsche 911 Carrera.
This article originally appeared at evo.co.uk
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