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    Escort GT VS. Porsche Boxster Spec

    We had the white turbo escort out testing at Buttinwillow for an event coming up in October and ended up having about 6 Boxster spec cars I'd built show up as well! They run about the same lap times---made for some good friendly fun!!! We shot the video with me driving behind in a C5 Vette and my friend trying to hold on/hold the camera---sorry about the shakiness!!!

    Piercemotorsports driver Jim Woods driving his turbo Ford Escort catches and passes another piercemotorsports built boxster spec at Buttinwillow Raceway in C...
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    cool vid, the gt runs pretty good.
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      #3
      it seems too. i was really hoping the C5 would have panned to the gauges during chase to see. Whats the story with the Porsche? nothing against the ford, i would just imagine a boxster stomping the $h!t outta an escort.. let alone gt lol...... guess i'll look for a build on the escort too
      1992 Ultra Blue Metallic EGT - The 'scort with no name - crap>reliable daily>rallycross prep>stage rally
      Featured in Rally Gearbox Magazine 3/1/11
      "There's a hierarchy of insanity in motor sports. Normal people think all racers are crazy. Folks who race sedans think people in open-wheel cars are nuts. People who race cars of any kind think motorcycle racers are absolutely off theirs meds. But there's one group that everyone agrees is made up of the most extreme, the most daring, and absolutely craziest people in racing - rally racers."

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        #4
        The boxster spec is a drivers class---all the cars are 2650lbs with driver, make about 185hp, use Bilistein ps9's with the same springrates, have tarret adjustable swaybars, get lightened flywheels/clutch's, and then full cages with race seats/harness's/window nets/fire systems. They all run on the same size/make tire so it's truly a drivers class...They average about an 85mph lap at that track---

        The escort weighs 2350lbs with driver and makes 158hp, has a full race setup with years of development---I've driven both cars over the years and the escort is quite a bit more of a handful to drive at the limit---the boxsters are so forgiving/well balanced, but the escort gives them fits everywhere on the track and especially in the rain---no contest!

        The vette is track prepared with coilovers/swaybars and a rollcage---stock engine/drivetrain. It's about 3 seconds a lap faster than the escort with 2 equal drivers going head to head---we tryed to look at the dash but it was hard to see in the video. I think we hit about 110mph on the front straight and about 120mph going into riverside in the video...
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          #5
          Great drivers in both the vette and the escort
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            #6
            Looks like great fun - it's very nice to see an Escort pass a Porsche.

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              #7
              wow.... now i understand. that's totaly awesome. can't wait till i have an acceptable car to track day with... no DD crap anymore...
              1992 Ultra Blue Metallic EGT - The 'scort with no name - crap>reliable daily>rallycross prep>stage rally
              Featured in Rally Gearbox Magazine 3/1/11
              "There's a hierarchy of insanity in motor sports. Normal people think all racers are crazy. Folks who race sedans think people in open-wheel cars are nuts. People who race cars of any kind think motorcycle racers are absolutely off theirs meds. But there's one group that everyone agrees is made up of the most extreme, the most daring, and absolutely craziest people in racing - rally racers."

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