1992 Ford Escort GT review from North America

Nothing has gone wrong with the car. Starts, runs, and drives fine.

I'm not a fan of domestic made cars, but I always thought to myself that the only domestic car I would buy would be a ford Escort GT, (mainly the 91 and 92 model year with the three piece spoiler) I decided that I would look to buy one for my next car. After I did some research and found out that it had a MAZDA 1.8L DOHC engine as the powerplant I was hooked. I also have a 91 protege with the same engine, it's just a SOHC. I beat the crap out of the protege every day, takin it to redline and dropping the clutch (still has the stock clutch at 175,000 miles!!) So I knew I could trust the engine and drivetrain. I found a good deal on a local one ($850) and picked it up. The owner before me had taken out the A/C, made a cold air intake with a RX-7 VAF, and advanced the ignition 16 degrees. At that point it was a lot faster then my protege, and revved fairly easily to the 7,200rpm fuelcut. After I got it home I took out the WHOLE interior from the front seats back (including sound deadening/everything) The car was again noticeably faster. (It only weighs 2,200-2,300 lbs stock) Next on my list I did the exhintake swap (you swap a stock exhaust cam in place of the intake cam, dynoed at a 25hp increase and 15ft-lbs over stock!!) While I was doing the cam swap I also removed all the power steering and windshield washer components. The car now makes tons of power all the way to redline. (very noticeable from 4,500rpm to redline) From a stop it will smoke the tires (upgraded to 205's) up to 3000rpm and then smoke them again from 5000-7000rpm. The car will surprise a lot of people from a stop or a role. Future plans include port and polish, deck the head to increase compression ratio, adjustable cam gears, tubular header, E-manage piggyback, SS valves with 3 angle valve job, and titanium valve springs. If I’m still not happy with the performance I will also be supercharging it. If anyone has any questions email me at g60_corrado_90@yahoo.com And it is now faster then my 1990 corrado g60 supercharged.