I remember in the early seventies a lad that lived local to us put a V8 lump into a MK1 Escort & that was it , no upgrades to the braking system it obviously didn't end well.
Many years back, a Ford Escort MK3 pulled out of a side turn in front of us. He gunned it down the road and suddenly the front end slammed to the ground and both front wheels went rolling down the road on their own. We stopped and retrieved his missing wheels for him.
I knew what he’d done as soon as I glanced at his car.
He’d fitted wheel spacers but had kept the original length bolts in place.




