1979 GL escort 1.6L

[panderson86]

hi,

looked everywhere for specs and no luck...

i am looking at buying a 1979 GL escort 1.6L (which is a 4 door) for entry level rallys and car club khanacross events.

is the length/wheelbase of the GL(4door) the same as the L (2door) or RS models?

is it too heavy for this sort of motorsport?

any essential mods necessary so that it doesn't give me terrible trouble on its debut?

if yuou don't think this is a suitable car... what other cars could you recommend without spending over 2k?


Thanks everyone... sorry for the long post

[whooligan]

The overall length and track are the same btwn the 2 and 4dr versions. The RS is slightly longer and the 2dr is slightly lighter, (53kg).....The van is 17kg lighter again.

[panderson86]

thanks for that... i had no idea that this info would be so hard to track down.

so would anyone recommend this as an offroad battler?

[RSgerry]

personally, i would try for a 2 litre Escort. Four doors are usually cheaper to buy than 2 door cars. These cars handle like nothing else on dirt so you would be doing very well to learn in one. Good luck.

[panderson86]

thanks... hopefully all works out!!

yea ive heard good things about the escorts off road and ill stick with the 1.6L so i don't move into a different class... which is for the best i think haha!!

cheers

[bad_mk1_escort]

kool dude they are really good cars for the dirt and easy to learn in as i have a mk2 2 door with a 1.6 and it when well so yeh good luck with it dude and do u have msn