Originally posted by AliasJerk:
No, it doesnt have a Duratec, its a 1.8L 130Hp engine on the GT. If I were you, I would take the Scort, drive it for a while and save some cash, then with the extra cash buy a really nice SVT tour, or a Cheep one with low miles and mod it with the extra cash you saved.



I still say throw in a Mazda 1.8l BPT and a good suspension and it will really scoot. I had a 1.6l B6T powered 323 GTX and without too many crazy mods was putting a lot more power to the ground than I do with my CSVT and with several hundred pounds less to haul around. Of course the car was also AWD so it was dynamically better than any US escort could ever be but it is still a great series of engines when turbo's are applied.