does anyone know of ???

[infamous]

hey tonite i saw a late 70's early 80's Ford EXP. it is a turbo car, but i have never heard or seen of one. does anyone know any specs or anything?? oh and the other day i saw a ford cosworth rs on anderson. it was white and it sounded soooooooooooooooooooooooo nice. has anyone else seen this car? if you have you probably would have heard the turbo as well. i was drooling pretty bad.

[infamous]

shit 49 people have looked at this and no one knows what it is!?! well then i guess i will have to do some probing around (hee hee :D i said "probing") and figure out what it is.

[RiceCake]

hmm.. not sure about the EXP, but yeah seen the cossie at SS earlier this year and its very well kept! :thumbsup:

I think MrX still has his merkur for sale... damn i love the sound of his BOV :nut: :woot:

[infamous]

hey do you know any of the specs on the cossie?? it sounded so nice, but we weren't beside the guy long enough to ask him. :(

[4wheeldrift]

The EXP is a REALLY old escort. THey were only offered for a couple of years. I believe (but I'm not totally sure) they were using the same 2.3L turbo four that the SVO Mustang and T-Bird Turbo Coupe were using (150hp or so I think they were rated at).

[4wheeldrift]

Originally posted by infamous
hey do you know any of the specs on the cossie?? it sounded so nice, but we weren't beside the guy long enough to ask him. :(

Does it actually have the 2.0L turbo under the hood? or is it just a XR4Ti converted to look like a cosworth?

[RiceCake]

Hmm.. I think we need XR4Ti help from MrX :)

[infamous]

damn...i checked canada trader, and i tried to find the exp on the net but i haven't been able to find any specs. damn they are rare. i emailed ford early last night to see if anyone there knew anything about the car but i haven't gotten a reply yet. i hope i get one soon.

[infamous]

Originally posted by 4wheeldrift
The EXP is a REALLY old escort. THey were only offered for a couple of years. I believe (but I'm not totally sure) they were using the same 2.3L turbo four that the SVO Mustang and T-Bird Turbo Coupe were using (150hp or so I think they were rated at).

ah ha! i have found out that The EXP was introduced in 1982 with only one model, the sport coupe, and only with the base 1.6L engine. This remained unchanged until production was cut short during the ’83 model year. The EXP was effectively reintroduced in 1984, now offered in 3 forms: the base model, Luxury Coupe, and the Turbo Coupe. This continued into 1985, where again, production was cut short at midyear. The EXP was reintroduced again for 1986, now with a 2-model lineup: the sport coupe and the luxury coupe. The sport coupe was basically an Escort GT in the EXP body shell, whereas the luxury coupe was an Escort LX in an EXP body shell. The sport coupe was carried though the ’87 model year, but the ’88 and ’88.5 was offered only as a luxury coupe.

The 1.6L engines came in 4 forms: the base 1.6L, the 1.6L HO, the 1.6L EFI, and the 1.6L Turbo. The base 1.6 and the HO were both carbureted, while the EFI and Turbo both had a multiport fuel injection similar to the later 1.9L EFI HO (although the manifolds were different). The base engine was rated at 70 HP through ’82 and 72 HP in ‘83; the HO was introduced in ’83 and used a 2 bbl carburetor to made 80 HP. This became the base engine in ‘84. Also introduced in ’83 was the EFI version, which was first available on the Escort GT, rated at 88 HP. For 1984, the turbo version of the 1.6L was introduced on the EXP, and then extended at midyear to the GT. These were rated at 120 HP and 120 lb-ft of torque.

all of my info i found at www.fordexp.com

[4wheeldrift]

Good find, excellent info :thumbsup:

[infamous]

thank you. i am glad to have been able to find out what it was. i want one just because they are so unique!

[92 Teg-B18A]

might be fun to bomb around in, but IMO the earlier model style looks a wee bit on the ugly side

[5.9 R/T]

Originally posted by 4wheeldrift


Does it actually have the 2.0L turbo under the hood? or is it just a XR4Ti converted to look like a cosworth?

IIRC there is only one true cossie in canada and it belongs to some guy in kelowna i think.