for something mighty, it just needed a little
encouragement to vault the final hurdle.
The Allmotion guys worked hard to get the
Escort dyno-ready and the light at the end
of the tunnel was readily visible... until the
custom inlet blew up! But Dave was totally
unfazed, battled through and got the car
ready for the open road – and, crucially, the
track too.
“Being a circuit-prepped car I always
figured its main use would be the track, yet
road-legal for occasional B-road blasts,”
says Nathan. “The first six months of being
on the road saw a lot of overcoming the
usual fresh build issues, and with very few
miles clocked up I decided its first proper
outing should be to Germany, the first track
it would see would be the Nürburgring!With an A4-size list of prep to do, I was
struggling to see much progress with work
and family commitments, so I put in a call to
Dave at Allmotion with just two weeks until
departure – and I can honestly say he broke
his back making the trip happen for me!”
One of the many jobs on Nathan’s list
(which had now become Dave’s list) was to
fit a Garrett GT28 turbo, and with that in
situ and all set up, Dave managed to pull a
brutal 280bhp from the CVH with just three
days to go. Keen to see what his car was
now capable of, Nathan took it out for a test
drive... and returned five minutes later with
a blown head gasket. “As I stood staring at
the car lifeless, Dave started stripping it,”
Nathan laughs. “Thirty-six hours later he
had it back on the dyno after a head skimand refresh; this was now the night before
the trip. Apart from losing the rear screen,
this time the car came back from the test
drive without issue! So off we went, and
over in Germany it got a lot of attention – I
must say it was worth the wait! On the trip
to Germany and back, with five laps of the
’Ring, four days and nearly a thousand miles
after the head gasket failure, the car has
proven testament to Dave’s skills.”
And, of course, it’s proven equal
testament to Nathan’s passion and strength
of vision. It may have taken since the era
of Amy Winehouse and Gavin & Stacey to
realise this dream, but the results speak for
themselves. An RS Turbo track car in 2019?
We can’t think of anything more appropriate
for a Series One.HERO
SERIES ONE RS TURBOѴѲ FAS T FOR D SEPTEMBER 2019for something mighty, it just needed a little
encouragement to vault the final hurdle.
The Allmotion guys worked hard to get the
Escort dyno-ready and the light at the end
of the tunnel was readily visible... until the
custom inlet blew up! But Dave was totally
unfazed, battled through and got the car
ready for the open road – and, crucially, the
track too.
“Being a circuit-prepped car I always
figured its main use would be the track, yet
road-legal for occasional B-road blasts,”
says Nathan. “The first six months of being
on the road saw a lot of overcoming the
usual fresh build issues, and with very few
miles clocked up I decided its first proper
outing should be to Germany, the first track
it would see would be the Nürburgring!With an A4-size list of prep to do, I was
struggling to see much progress with work
and family commitments, so I put in a call to
Dave at Allmotion with just two weeks until
departure – and I can honestly say he broke
his back making the trip happen for me!”
One of the many jobs on Nathan’s list
(which had now become Dave’s list) was to
fit a Garrett GT28 turbo, and with that in
situ and all set up, Dave managed to pull a
brutal 280bhp from the CVH with just three
days to go. Keen to see what his car was
now capable of, Nathan took it out for a test
drive... and returned five minutes later with
a blown head gasket. “As I stood staring at
the car lifeless, Dave started stripping it,”
Nathan laughs. “Thirty-six hours later he
had it back on the dyno after a head skimand refresh; this was now the night before
the trip. Apart from losing the rear screen,
this time the car came back from the test
drive without issue! So off we went, and
over in Germany it got a lot of attention – I
must say it was worth the wait! On the trip
to Germany and back, with five laps of the
’Ring, four days and nearly a thousand miles
after the head gasket failure, the car has
proven testament to Dave’s skills.”
And, of course, it’s proven equal
testament to Nathan’s passion and strength
of vision. It may have taken since the era
of Amy Winehouse and Gavin & Stacey to
realise this dream, but the results speak for
themselves. An RS Turbo track car in 2019?
We can’t think of anything more appropriate
for a Series One.HERO
SERIES ONE RS TURBOѴѲ FAS T FOR D SEPTEMBER 2019