The Ford Escort RS1800 is a rear wheel drive automobile, with the engine mounted in the front, and a 2 door saloon (sedan) bodyshell.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.8 litres. This unit musters power and torque figures of 115 bhp (117 PS/86 kW) at 6000 rpm and 171 Nm (126 lbft/17.4 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual transmission.
It weighs a stated 914 kg at the kerb.
Top stated speed is 179 km/h (111 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2408 | 94.8 | |
| Vía delantera | |||
| Vía trasera | |||
| Longitud | 3975 | 156.5 | |
| Ancho | 1595 | 62.8 | |
| Altura | 1365 | 53.7 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.65 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 914 kg | 2015 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 40.9 litres | 9 [10.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Ford | ||
| Código de motor | BDA | ||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilindrada | 1.8 litre 1834 cc (111.918 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 86.75 × 77.62 mm
3.42 × 3.06 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.12 | ||
| Distribución | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (DIN) |
117 PS (115 bhp) (86 kW) a 6000 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
171 Nm (126 ft·lb) (17.4 kgm) a 4000 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
46.8 kW/litre 63.6 ps/litre 62.7 bhp/litre 1.03 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
93.24 Nm/litre
1.13 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 9:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Weber carburettor | ||
| 1171.7 kPa (169.9 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 458.5 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 9 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 16.9 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 179 km/h (111 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 127.57 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 93.82 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 125.82 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.66 kg/kW 17.8 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | I.CS.MS. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.SE.RA. | ||
| Ruedas delante | 5½ x 13 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 5½ x 13 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | 175/70 HR 13 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 175/70 HR 13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 244 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 229 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 4 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.54 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 2992 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 18.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1975 Ford Escort RS1800 added before December 1995. Last modified 2025-02-16. |
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