400HP Ford Escort RS1700T Group B Prototype in Action: Lovely Turbo Noises, Accelerations & Sound!

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400HP Ford Escort RS1700T Group B Prototype in Action: Lovely Turbo Noises, Accelerations & Sound!

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19Bozzy92

Күн бұрын

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@boxstclever5450 2 жыл бұрын

Love the RS1700T. Was lucky enough to have a ride in one of the originals back in the day. Dad was a development engineer at Ford and brought it home one night. What a beast!

@jordanthom8963 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure there's only one of them

@deanoscott Жыл бұрын

@@jordanthom89635 of them left that are confirmed

@raxxed 7 ай бұрын

@@jordanthom8963 16-18 were built, according to Malcolm Wilson

@mosca3289 2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this in magazines back when it was being developed. Exciting times.

@vintageman91 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see more of this car. Probably the longest video yet of it. Seems like its powered up a bit since it originally had around 300-320 bhp as far as i remember.

@madsciencebuilds 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what sounds better, the story of the development of the 1700T or the turbo 😅.

@sos15_yt 2 жыл бұрын

Both ones 😉

@Efini_Rx7 2 жыл бұрын

That turbo flutter is just heavenly

@Astons_Martin 2 жыл бұрын

What a nice, well-powered 80s car!🥰🥰

@gerdhermann752 2 жыл бұрын

An RST1700 was campaigned by Ford South Africa in the 80's in the local rally championship. The driver was Serge Damseaux.

@trukfixa 2 жыл бұрын

I used to watch them Malcolm Wilson drove one

@GavinMufclee 2 жыл бұрын

You can see how quick that escort is wow sounds absolutely gorgeous as well.

@dannsgamingfails8899 2 жыл бұрын

When Ford South Africa moved their production plant from Port Elizabeth to Pretoria in the late 80’s, the shells they had were sold at almost giveaway prices. If only we’d have known

@itsstocky1955 2 жыл бұрын

I could watch that thing all day!

@deanstevenson6527 2 жыл бұрын

The car could have been all wheel drives and saved. Ford and Porsche had put a bunch of money into this. The twin drive shaft Nissan GT-R shows that transaxles can make extremely good AWD machines.

@jonbeargenx 2 жыл бұрын

There where a few made with x-trak 4 wheel drive for Rally cross, not sure if any of these ever made it to rally. Martin Schanche had one of them.

@deanstevenson6527 2 жыл бұрын

@@jonbeargenx Yes Sir, the X-Trac had a front mounted gearbox, and an extended, almost Altered AFX drag car wheelbase extension between the A pillar and front wheel arch. I saw the car in UK Motor, 1983. Excellent info👍

@orangutanfan3179 2 жыл бұрын

The RS200 also had twin drive shafts

@adicursed 2 жыл бұрын

2:39 "That sounds noice. That sounds noice", the englishman approved this by saying it 2 times.

@isaacsrandomvideos667 2 жыл бұрын

Really cool looking car from the back

@shepardman993 2 жыл бұрын

Love this please do more on the Group B cars 🙌🙌🔥🔥

@d-d-i 2 жыл бұрын

This reminds me that would anyone wish to see Martin Schanche driving in FOS some year? He had this Escort from early to mid 80's, with Xtrac 4WD system and Zakspeed engine iirc.

@deanoscott 2 жыл бұрын

Martins car wasn't a 17t buddy. It was a complete ground up build with xtrac running gear and a heavily modified zakspeed engine. Not a bdt.

@brianfernandes2382 2 жыл бұрын

I used to go to rallycross meets back then. Watching Schanche, John Welch & Will Gollop. Great Times and classic cars

@kevincanham3078 2 жыл бұрын

That's one sick escort 👍

@samueldowney2806 2 жыл бұрын

I love this thing! Never even knew it existed until FoS 22. Growing up an XR3i was the ultimate boy racer dream car for me, and this is its hitherto unknown zenith of evolution. If I were a gazillionaire car collector I think I'd probably make space for one of these over an RS200 even....

@davekennedy6315 2 жыл бұрын

Surely the first gen RS Turbo as they pretty much look like this, same flared arches, rear spoiler, all body coloured. The XR3i was a long way off looks wise.

@samueldowney2806 2 жыл бұрын

@@davekennedy6315 The RS Turbo was too rare round our way. XR3i's were everywhere though, and imagination inspiring for a wee car nut lad. The proper RS was more of a unicorn for me.

@davekennedy6315 2 жыл бұрын

@@samueldowney2806 there were LOADS of RS Turbos here in Essex in the 80s/90s. Although I suppose Essex has always been the home of Fast Ford's, so we were kinda spoiled for them.

@argonaut6386 2 жыл бұрын

You must be a similar age to me. I had a Sierra Ghia as I couldn't afford the insurance on an XR3i. Opel Mantas, Renault 5 turbos were also very desirable back then.

@vodfriend 2 жыл бұрын

Can't help but notice the turbo flutter sounds like a squirrel 😆

@vodfriend 2 жыл бұрын

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@Pickchore 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a sweet ride.

@stringsgb8833 2 жыл бұрын

That's so cool. I always wanted an rs turbo but this is next level!

@dylanrc2994 2 жыл бұрын

What an interesting car! I didn't even know of its existence.

@Zaqwilson1 Жыл бұрын

the last RWD group b car.Amazing

@timewilltella39 5 ай бұрын

Gorgeous car

@benlotus2703 2 жыл бұрын

5 minutes of Bliss! 🔥🔥 .

@jimp1646 5 ай бұрын

Amazing car.

@chuckselvage3157 2 жыл бұрын

Hear it pull wow

@ericodar1891 2 жыл бұрын

Buen video pero también gustaría ver más del otrora grupo B como el Opel Ascona 400, de La cia Stratos ya lo vi varias veces, Porsche 911, Fiat 131 Supermirafiori , del poderoso Audi Quattro también vi, grandiosa la Mouton !!!!

@mrirace926 Жыл бұрын

Cute and ferocious!

@alfredogambone2637 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm from Cordoba, Argentina. At minute 2:08 an MG Metro appears behind the Audi and the Ford RS 200. It bears LAIZ bicycle advertising. If I'm not mistaken, it's the one I drew several years ago, and the driver was "Patxi" Juvanteny, from the Spanish dirt rally championship.

@oscarlazzerin 2 жыл бұрын

La mia auto preferita ❤️

@samueldowney2806 2 жыл бұрын

If I had to choose only one youtube channel to watch forever more, it would be 19Bozzy92. Please don't ever change and keep doing this for motoring enthusiasts the world over dude! I have seen so many amazing cars on your channel that I won't be able to see irl, in stunning quality and camera work and delicious sound! This channel is such a treat!

@19Bozzy92 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the very kind and supportive comment, Samuel! Hope to be able to maintain (and further improve) this quality over time ;)

@46holl 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome.! 👏👏👏

@vitorpassos309 2 жыл бұрын

UAU it looks and sounds so amazing.

@damianlechocki9954 26 күн бұрын

bEAUTIFUL CAR

@Mirolito 6 ай бұрын

Tenho um Xr3 1986 Azul mineral coisa linda

@davidwilliamson9162 2 жыл бұрын

1700T never seen one ☝️ looked out for them at the usual shows , gartrac I believe

@shaunwafer6907 2 жыл бұрын

If only they made the 1700t as a factory spec car for the general public to buy

@gaillaffer7579 5 ай бұрын

Lucky man to get a ride in one of them. Was that developed at Dunton? I’d loved to have worked there.

@fivedotsdave9723 4 ай бұрын

It has the 'young farmer' twin exhaust pipes.....

@Dan23_7 2 жыл бұрын

I never even knew this existed 😱

@jauffretazzopardi2119 2 жыл бұрын

Ford 1 jour Ford toujours 😎🤌

@chrislunn2925 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Mike Rimmer for bringing this project to reality. Saw it at Race Retro a couple of years ago but Ryan and Paul really stretching its legs on the Goodwood hill.

@sparkyhobo3844 2 жыл бұрын

Is that the Mike Rimmer of ' Rampage Events' (based in a small village near Andover) ?

@chrislunn2925 2 жыл бұрын

@@sparkyhobo3844 Think I may have got my Rimmers mixed up! Steve Rimmer is a big investor in Dirtfish and owns a great stable of rallycars including the RS1700T. Im not sure if he is related to Mike but appears to own a BMW M3 driven by him at one time.

@masteravdRU 2 жыл бұрын

awesome! my lada sama 2108 should look like this car!

@simonegranelli1061 2 жыл бұрын

È un vero peccato che non abbia mai corso....

@malcolmhales8181 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like Martin Schanke old beast

@MrMurph1981 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool 😎

@badbusdriver7160 2 жыл бұрын

I remember an article in a magazine back in the 80's about one of these being used in Rallycross. I don't remember what power it was making, but I do remember the 0-60 time being quoted as 2.7 seconds😯

@DYERIAIN 2 жыл бұрын

Martin Schance developed an Ecort Group B car in conjunction with Xtrac. It powered up to around 560bhp and pioneered the dawn of Escort Cosworth. Xtrac supplied the 4wd running gear and made them a massive supplier. That same car was bought by Barry Squibb from Torquay after Martin went the RS200 route. At that time during the late 80s early 90 Rallycross season it was renowned to be one the fastest accelerating cars ever. In the hands of Mr Schance it was formidable. Barry Squibb enjoyed some successes as well it has to be said. Hope that helps.

@davyfaeforth 2 жыл бұрын

@@DYERIAIN you sure about group B escort the xtrac escorts were developed long before any cosworth escort and used different engine Not just Martin though John welch done most of the development

@DYERIAIN 2 жыл бұрын

@@davyfaeforth OK it's all in the detail but effectively that's what I said. Group B rally finished and so the cars found their way over to rallycross. You are correct about the development of this car but then I did effectively say that. Fair point though.

@KaMi_10. 2 жыл бұрын

A suspensão independente felizmente acompanhou até o Mercado brasileiro O que tornou esse carro muito robusto e caiu no gosto BR

@64Pete 2 жыл бұрын

RWD FTW sorry, not sorry. Cheers as always Bozzy mate✌️🇦🇺

@19Bozzy92 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@64Pete 2 жыл бұрын

@@19Bozzy92 Doing the lords work brother.

@stevejones6503 Жыл бұрын

Savage 💪

@pierandreafrancini48 2 жыл бұрын

MERAVIGLIOSA,DA SOGNO😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@yannx4968 2 жыл бұрын

Merci.😀

@kevinharker1840 2 жыл бұрын

loooovely.

@RRVCrinale 2 жыл бұрын

I know we're all talking about how this car should have been AWD, but consider the opposite - could you imagine an asphalt touring car class done like this? Street prototypes, packs of turbocharged RWD machines very loosely based on the hottest coupes and compacts carmakers can get away with homologating, dicing in close quarters? Eventually I'm sure it'd have become some sort of open roadster series and priced itself out the way such homologation motorsports kind of inevitably do, but while it's alive...

@ventisette. 2 жыл бұрын

Group B was allowed to race on track, but only two cars (Porsche 961 and Ferrari F40 LM) ever did

@AAs-vb7pv 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing car iv all ways wanted to make a awd cosworth escort

@sos15_yt 2 жыл бұрын

Cool fun fact:Ford almost used this car,but it finally choosed RS200,an original choice because it's the only Group B car without a normal counterpart,even the crazy Audi Sport Quattro S1 has a weird origin,2nd gen 80 sedan (Typ 81)

@RBK36 2 жыл бұрын

Filmed it craching wil post it on my chanel after my next video, Nice video by the way

@tensevo 2 жыл бұрын

nice example

@081588101 2 жыл бұрын

unicorn

@eduardogtracerlm 2 жыл бұрын

Acho legal esse som do turbo flutter

@owenhoney3747 2 жыл бұрын

When this was being shown in magazines as the next ford rally car A company called powerush automotive Built a very similar car 2.0bdg , turbo atlas axle And it was fast Ian Tilke of silkoline oils Bought it and had success with it I do believe Oh and claim to fame it was used in a twix advert too

@ciaranburke3243 2 жыл бұрын

She's mint 👌😍

@wrighty338 2 жыл бұрын

Probably how the RS turbo should have come for the mk4 generation.

@phil7301 2 жыл бұрын

It looks and sounds lovely, but compare it to the RS200 , well there IS no comparison. They had to go 4 wheel drive. To think Ford went from the experiments with the front wheel drive Fiesta to the RS1700T To the animal RS200 all within a few years proves how technology advanced in the 80s 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@duckhunter8203 Жыл бұрын

They are all very cool but a fair few parts of the rs1700 went on the rs200 and even the rs200 was a bodge of lots of other bits and tbf even tho I think the 200 is one of the best cars ever, ultimately it was a big flop when it came out in the 80's.

@scotchali Жыл бұрын

same engine as the rs200

@evilash2388 2 жыл бұрын

There it is! Its cool to watch this thing racing, but would be even better if was not on pavement. I prefer the traditional gravel, dirt rally courses.

@Riga89 2 жыл бұрын

Bellissima questa Escort! Farai anche un video specifico per la Focus? L'abbiamo intravista poco nei video 😔😊

@19Bozzy92 2 жыл бұрын

Sì, sicuramente in futuro farò saltar fuori un video anche di quella Focus ;)

@sos15_yt 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know 1700 wasn't real displacement,it's in the description,to not confuse it with RS1800 (1.8 L)

@tattoedmat 2 жыл бұрын

If it wasn't for this car we would never had the RS200

@williamwhite9819 2 жыл бұрын

The car that never was

@jonpowell8014 2 жыл бұрын

My fave car that never made it to a rally...

@scotty197878 2 жыл бұрын

Gartrac xtrac ones did though

@Blamejames78 2 жыл бұрын

The reason they cut it out of rallying. Is it was built a left hand drive care, and when they converted them to right hand drive. The problem then they suddenly had, was it Walky’s lose power at a certain boost range. By the time they had figured it out the problem wHich was they had to extend the intercooler pipe I think it was during the conversation. This pipe would the. Collapse under a lot of boost, cutting off the power. But obviously they didn’t no or figure it out. The the RS200 was then In Production for and in rallying. That’s what I heard from a couple of people. A lot think it’s the Series 1 RS turbo with a rattle snake body kit. Not many no about this car.

@davyfaeforth Жыл бұрын

thats not entirely true , it was developed as a replacement for mk2 RS1800 , but Audi was already running the quarto as pace car for rallies and was minuets ahead of any car competing so was shelved

@Danger_mouse 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see, needs one less muffler. Sounds like an EV with a synthesised turbo noise

@fernandes5986 2 жыл бұрын

Who was at the wheel of the RS1700T in Goodwood?

@alabar9795 2 жыл бұрын

So this is a real rs1700t ?

@petespanel 2 жыл бұрын

Gartrac done a far better job with there g3 mk3 escort.

@dark_one1337 17 күн бұрын

A magnificent car, why didn't ford build the mk.3 engine Length wise like this Prototype, those cars would've been far better and more desired taeday and be great for rally beginners and hobbyists.

@buggerlugz6753 2 жыл бұрын

What was his time on the hillclimb?

@MaraLaserBrasil 2 жыл бұрын

0:29 AK-47 blazing.

@robertfish4052 2 жыл бұрын

I'll bet everything that he felt good when he got out of the car.

@peterthomas1079 2 жыл бұрын

What the xr3 should have been. Rear wheel drive, turbocharged and a proper old school rally car to follow on from the mk2 escort

@timfagan816 2 жыл бұрын

Should have been shouldn't it. Totally agree with you! My mum had an xr2i which was pretty fast, she sold that got a ford Orion 🤦‍♂️ turned out the Orion was boosted and rwd converted. She loved that. Drove it for a few years and liked rwd better, so she saved up, sold the Orion and got a straight 6 bmw 325i that had some work done to it. Was around 400bhp. She put a DTM exhaust on it. Sounded pretty mint 5pseed manual. Was an old school bmw, with the panel up by the rear view mirror to tell you about any faults when you pushed the button! She regrets selling that. She's now got an xr8 falcon and a focus rs. She's not even a petrol head. 🤣

@Ben-Rogue 2 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine if Ford had kept developing this, and it ended up as crazy as the Quattro?

@scotty197878 2 жыл бұрын

You obviously missed 80’s rallycross then (Lyden hill etc) as the Gartrac xtrac ones were 4wd and with Martin Schanche driving dominated all.

@Mike-1000 2 жыл бұрын

@@scotty197878 There were some mad cars in the 80's rallcross.

@franciscocaceres5736 2 жыл бұрын

parece ke lo veo muy inestable la suspension no esta lo dura ke tenia ke estar

@ole-martinlundefaret5876 2 жыл бұрын

Had Ford been a little more humble and used Martin Schanches 4wd set up from Rally Cross (the company X Trac is based on his ideas), Ford would have been winning Group B-rallies from the start. He was WAY ahead of the Group B-constructors, and WAY ahead of Ford (could even adjust 4wd bias while driving.) The RS1800T was a futile and old fashioned attempt, when they had in their netweork something that could have been so much better...

@marcosrobertomendonca1061 2 жыл бұрын

Anda muito

@rossisaacs541 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely not sure about the double exaust

@tomlepski8306 11 ай бұрын

Ford motorsport were gutted by the Audi quattro and four wheel drive leading them to very unwisely abandon this great project. The RS1700T would undoubtedly have clinched the world championship even as a rear wheel drive rally car. At this point in the history of Boreham,Ford were at the peak of their motorsport engineering acumen. This car would have been top dog among the Lancia 037, Toyota Celica twin cam Turbo, Opel Manta 400, Renault 5 Turbo, and the ubiquitous Nissan 240RS. This would have been a very worthy successor to the all conquering Escort RS1800.

@johnbrennan8611 2 жыл бұрын

I swear man the Brits got the coolest Fords. I would take some Cossie Escort & Sierra action over some trash Rustang any day.

@markussauer3605 2 жыл бұрын

Mk3 ESCORT

@artoodiitoo 2 жыл бұрын

It has that weird flutter sound that Subarus had in rallies, I always wondered what it is. Something to do with turbo?

@peterherrington3300 2 жыл бұрын

It's excess turbo boost being pushed back against the spinning fan (impeller) due to not having a wastegate to release the pressure . Modern turbos don't make the " tu tu tu" noise on overrun due to the wastegate pressure being released without the excess boost going back through the fan (impeller)

@glazewall 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the wastegate releasing overboost

@paulhunter123 2 жыл бұрын

i dont like the front bumper and why does it have 2 exhausts

@wilspu5590 2 жыл бұрын

Sue Collins?

@chunder27 2 жыл бұрын

Bozz do you know who was driving?

@19Bozzy92 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know with extreme certainty but after a quick research on Instagram I found out that one of the drivers should be Ryan Champion, with the blue-white race suit. There should be a second one with the red suit but I don't really know who he is

@chunder27 2 жыл бұрын

@@19Bozzy92 yes Ryan is top level, was British championship quality years, ago and drives a lot of older stuff still