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    Armed Escort

    Feb 28, 2020 4 minutes
    By SIMON MCBEATH

    Our latest wind tunnel project car is the Escort RSR of Tim Foxlow, looked after by MEM Motorsport (a company well known in rally circles for producing, among other projects, the Proton IRIZ R5 WRC car).

    The Escort RSR is actually one of SHP Preparations’ creations, featuring a tubeframe chassis with GFRP Escort Mk 1 lookalike bodywork and, in this instance, a 2.5-litre Duratec engine with around 320bhp. This particular example is raced in a sports/saloon championship in northern England and Wales. Its owner/driver felt that it was possibly being held back by its aero package, and

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