Martin's Escort has a 2.0L Vauxhall engine with our 225bhp Taper Throttle Kit.

Pictures by Hugh Holdaway

Email received January 2008 from Hugh Holdaway of Staplehurst, Kent who with the owner Martin Page rallies an Escort Mk2 with this kit:

Hi, this isn't an enquiry - more of a "thank you". My driver (Martin Page) came down to see you on Christmas Eve as we'd had an engine failure and needed some parts to get the car ready for a rally at Longmoor on the 30th. Obviously we needed the parts but the advice given and the oil pickup pipes (and modification instructions) were fantastic - the engine was rebuilt on Boxing day and running again on the Friday. We competed at Longmoor on the 30th and the engine performed without fault all day, without the advice given I doubt we'd have finished. We managed to achieve our best ever result coming 2nd in class so we're well pleased .