Before the start of the “Turbo hot hatch” war in the early 80’s there was Group B Rallying in which required them as standard. However at this point Ford had released the 3rd generation of the Escort and as we all know it was now front wheel drive. Not the perfect start at the new dawn of the rallying elite. So in 1980 Ford commissioned the humble brand new Escort to be prepared for Group B. This involved not only fitting a 1.8ltr turbo charged engine with 300bhp, but more importantly…
