Newbie with a 1990 1.6 Sport

Mart_ · 16-12-2009, 07:23 PM

Hi im martyn, im form south wales and ive just bought a 1990 1.6 3dr sport in white, i dony realy know what im going to do to it yet.
Heres a few pics will post more wen i pick it up on saturday

Any ideas welcome

As i said i will update more wen i get the car on saturday

Cheers

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foreverford255 · 16-12-2009, 09:48 PM

very tidy lookin motor mate

16imarty · 16-12-2009, 10:51 PM

good cars mate not meny of the about me old man had one in black

Mart_ · 17-12-2009, 05:11 PM

cheers, ye the guy said there aint many about, so i dont know weather to do it a 2.0 zvh or keep the engine as it is

martinmilne · 19-12-2009, 06:57 PM

looks cool mate clean it up and stick zvh in keep as sleeper

GranaDavey · 20-12-2009, 08:52 AM

Looks tidy, would make a nice sleeper indeed

bythomson · 20-12-2009, 09:15 AM

just go the whole zetec route

why zvh when your going to all that bother anyway

GranaDavey · 20-12-2009, 11:19 AM

Or RST

Mart_ · 20-12-2009, 05:06 PM

thing is im going dwn the zvh route because i dont need to touch the loom, i just havent got the time or the head to do it lol

Silver'Scort · 25-12-2009, 04:17 PM

Hey up chap, am a newbie, just bought a 1.6 sport myself. Have a look in the general chat section i put a post with some pics.

Mart_ · 26-12-2009, 12:24 PM

looks nice m8. do you know if thats the original badges on it, as ive been trying to find out what was on them. But i can't find anything abouth the 1.6 sports

16imarty · 26-12-2009, 12:30 PM

the sport badge was if rember was just a red sticker next to the escort badge wos like that on me dads when he brought his and ther used to be a white on around my eara with same badge

danielson04 · 28-12-2009, 10:02 PM

if you decide to sell the front bumper, let me know dude please

Mart_ · 29-12-2009, 10:05 PM

im keeping the bumpers on there m8 soz

Zetec_mk4_XR3i · 30-12-2009, 10:17 AM

looks nice mate, had my eye on this as well.

I had an S2 that was G585 DSJ

Readie Si · 30-12-2009, 10:35 AM

if it was mone i would keep it as clean and original as possible, look how much the mk1 fez 1.3 S goes for these days, give it a few years and loads of TLC you will make a mint... power wise why not keep it simple with a set of twin carbs?

Zetec_mk4_XR3i · 30-12-2009, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Readie Si

if it was mone i would keep it as clean and original as possible, look how much the mk1 fez 1.3 S goes for these days, give it a few years and loads of TLC you will make a mint... power wise why not keep it simple with a set of twin carbs?

couldnt agree more. Tidy her up (please keep it two tone), lowered on S2 alloys with carbs and a stainless

Mart_ · 30-12-2009, 04:00 PM

its defo staying 2 tone i think it looks nice, i have been thinking about doing carb n cams etc

jonny s2 · 31-12-2009, 11:02 PM

lower it a touch and put some bike carbs and cams on the original lump,and leave as is cool and cheap as you like,good luck with the project

TurboShed · 31-12-2009, 11:06 PM

Looking good for 20 years old, and welcome to the site mate.

stembo21 · 31-12-2009, 11:51 PM

nice car welcome to pf

Silver'Scort · 01-01-2010, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mart_

looks nice m8. do you know if thats the original badges on it, as ive been trying to find out what was on them. But i can't find anything abouth the 1.6 sports

No mate, the badges on mine are RS1600i graphics, altered to read 1600 S. Unfortunately i have no idea what the standard badges were like.

stembo21 · 01-01-2010, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Silver'Scort

No mate, the badges on mine are RS1600i graphics, altered to read 1600 S. Unfortunately i have no idea what the standard badges were like.

i seen yours on ebay looked real clean

Silver'Scort · 01-01-2010, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by stembo21

i seen yours on ebay looked real clean

Thanks fella, she's not a bad old girl

Mart_ · 02-01-2010, 10:38 AM

well last nite i spent a few hour f in n blindin fittin a lowering kit off my bros rs turbo, but at the mo i cant start the car. i think the jets on the carb r gone, so this afternoon me n my old man r gunna try towing it n bump startin it. while its out in the lane ill take a few more pics

Mart_ · 02-01-2010, 05:07 PM

well heres the pics of it lowered. its yet to have a wash so still looks grubby, as fot the front my new headlights tured up this morning but im waiting on my new clear indicators before i fit them and ive got clear site repeters

Zetec_mk4_XR3i · 02-01-2010, 06:39 PM

looks great mate, i was put off when the seller said it was a bit tatty round the edges but it looks very tidy!

clears will look good on it, i'm hoping you put S2 wheels on her

Mart_ · 02-01-2010, 06:48 PM

it is a little tatty but a bit of elbow grease and it will look smart,
im affraid im keeping them wheels i cant afford new wheels yet but when i can i will look into s2 wheels

Silver'Scort · 02-01-2010, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mart_

well last nite i spent a few hour f in n blindin fittin a lowering kit off my bros rs turbo, but at the mo i cant start the car. i think the jets on the carb r gone, so this afternoon me n my old man r gunna try towing it n bump startin it. while its out in the lane ill take a few more pics

Carb jets can't just 'go' as such mate, possibly get blocked up with some muck dragged through from the tank, or if its been stood a bit they can get gummed up with fuel residue. Have you checked its sparking Mart?

Mart_ · 03-01-2010, 04:51 PM

ye she sparkin a lil after we bumped it me n my old man r starting to think its the plugs, so im going to buy a set in the wekk and go from there realy

Zetec_mk4_XR3i · 03-01-2010, 08:41 PM

dont look tatty mate, looks very tidy, wished i bidded on it now

good work

Mart_ · 04-01-2010, 04:54 PM

lol, well my plans for it this weekend, as long as it does'nt snow or rain, is to clean it inside and out giving it a nice polish up

Mart_ · 09-01-2010, 03:35 PM

well my new tinted rear lights turned up, and when i took them out of the box 1 of them was broken, heres a pic of them on the car. if you look at the left hand 1 you can see the black out line is missing

so today i went ahead and polished the car and heres the out come,
also i found the broken bits of the lights so im repairing them and thats y theres different lights on the rear

thats wen i done half the bonnet-

i also bought a second hand scorpian exhaust system for it wich im hopeing to have delivered and on the car next weekend.
ive also got the car running again but im not to sure what the problem was, i took a few of the engine parts off and cleaned them up gave it a serviced and now its running again, So its all going good. So far

J9AYJ · 09-01-2010, 08:43 PM

looks a nice motor

Mart_ · 12-01-2010, 09:17 PM

cheers m8
finally got mi headlights and indicators on, so wen it stops snowing i shall take a few more pics of the front end

jammerrs · 12-01-2010, 09:49 PM

i think you should lower it about 60mm on diomand cut s2 wheels with a black back and a set of twin 40 webers

nice simple and easy to put back to standard if its worth more as standard if you sell it

EDIT: what wheels are on it now? size aswell!? look quite nice

Mart_ · 13-01-2010, 10:40 AM

well its lowered now but needs to be driven to settle
the wheels are escort m6 rs2000 alloys i realy like em so ill keep them on for now

GranaDavey · 13-01-2010, 12:31 PM

Looks ace, love the black on white it has, looks good

stembo21 · 13-01-2010, 07:56 PM

i think you should sell me it

mikeross · 14-01-2010, 09:23 AM

Still looks tidy for a car that is 20 years old already. My mom used to drive that same car when we were little. She sold the ford parts when it broke down already. Good luck on the mods!

16-12-2009, 10:51 PM	#3
16imarty Wahay!! I've lost my Virginity!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: lincs Posts: 99 Rep Power: 8	good cars mate not meny of the about me old man had one in black __________________ martyn j

19-12-2009, 06:57 PM	#5
martinmilne I've found that life I needed.. It's HERE!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: masworth, herts Posts: 1,326 Rep Power: 6	looks cool mate clean it up and stick zvh in keep as sleeper __________________

20-12-2009, 08:52 AM	#6
GranaDavey Regular Contributor Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 224 Rep Power: 3	Looks tidy, would make a nice sleeper indeed __________________

20-12-2009, 11:19 AM	#8
GranaDavey Regular Contributor Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 224 Rep Power: 3	Or RST __________________

26-12-2009, 12:30 PM	#12
16imarty Wahay!! I've lost my Virginity!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: lincs Posts: 99 Rep Power: 8	the sport badge was if rember was just a red sticker next to the escort badge wos like that on me dads when he brought his and ther used to be a white on around my eara with same badge __________________ martyn j

16-12-2009, 09:48 PM	#2
foreverford255 Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: bedford Posts: 166 Rep Power: 6	very tidy lookin motor mate

17-12-2009, 05:11 PM	#4
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	cheers, ye the guy said there aint many about, so i dont know weather to do it a 2.0 zvh or keep the engine as it is

20-12-2009, 09:15 AM	#7
bythomson Too many posts.. I need a life!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: dundee Posts: 675 Rep Power: 3	just go the whole zetec route why zvh when your going to all that bother anyway

20-12-2009, 05:06 PM	#9
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	thing is im going dwn the zvh route because i dont need to touch the loom, i just havent got the time or the head to do it lol

25-12-2009, 04:17 PM	#10
Silver'Scort PassionFord Regular Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 472 Rep Power: 3	Hey up chap, am a newbie, just bought a 1.6 sport myself. Have a look in the general chat section i put a post with some pics.

26-12-2009, 12:24 PM	#11
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	looks nice m8. do you know if thats the original badges on it, as ive been trying to find out what was on them. But i can't find anything abouth the 1.6 sports

28-12-2009, 10:02 PM	#13
danielson04 Regular Contributor Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: leicester Posts: 240 Rep Power: 3	if you decide to sell the front bumper, let me know dude please

29-12-2009, 10:05 PM	#14
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	im keeping the bumpers on there m8 soz

30-12-2009, 10:17 AM	#15
Zetec_mk4_XR3i Advanced PassionFord User Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sunny Dunfermline, Fife Posts: 2,397 Rep Power: 11	looks nice mate, had my eye on this as well. I had an S2 that was G585 DSJ __________________ my mk4 Escort Bonus, ST170 + throttle bodies in OAP gold 193 bhp & 13.7 1/4 mile at 102mph http://passionford.com/forum/picture...16v-bonus.html

30-12-2009, 10:35 AM	#16
Readie Si Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: kenilworth Posts: 172 Rep Power: 4	if it was mone i would keep it as clean and original as possible, look how much the mk1 fez 1.3 S goes for these days, give it a few years and loads of TLC you will make a mint... power wise why not keep it simple with a set of twin carbs? __________________ My arse is fatter than youRS!!

30-12-2009, 04:00 PM	#18
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	its defo staying 2 tone i think it looks nice, i have been thinking about doing carb n cams etc

31-12-2009, 11:02 PM	#19
jonny s2 PassionFord Post Whore!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (12) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: west coastcustoms Posts: 4,180 Rep Power: 7	lower it a touch and put some bike carbs and cams on the original lump,and leave as is cool and cheap as you like,good luck with the project __________________ power is nothing without control

31-12-2009, 11:06 PM	#20
TurboShed Cossiemodo Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 3,080 Rep Power: 10	Looking good for 20 years old, and welcome to the site mate. __________________ TF2 name TurboShed - 2Fort only servers usually. Left4 Dead - TurboShed - I hate zombies!

31-12-2009, 11:51 PM	#21
stembo21 Advanced PassionFord User Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (1) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hull Posts: 2,019 Rep Power: 8	nice car welcome to pf __________________ my escort estate project http://passionford.com/forum/restora...5-09-11-a.html

02-01-2010, 10:38 AM	#25
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	well last nite i spent a few hour f in n blindin fittin a lowering kit off my bros rs turbo, but at the mo i cant start the car. i think the jets on the carb r gone, so this afternoon me n my old man r gunna try towing it n bump startin it. while its out in the lane ill take a few more pics

02-01-2010, 05:07 PM	#26
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	well heres the pics of it lowered. its yet to have a wash so still looks grubby, as fot the front my new headlights tured up this morning but im waiting on my new clear indicators before i fit them and ive got clear site repeters Last edited by Mart_; 28-05-2010 at 09:46 AM.

02-01-2010, 06:39 PM	#27
Zetec_mk4_XR3i Advanced PassionFord User Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sunny Dunfermline, Fife Posts: 2,397 Rep Power: 11	looks great mate, i was put off when the seller said it was a bit tatty round the edges but it looks very tidy! clears will look good on it, i'm hoping you put S2 wheels on her __________________ my mk4 Escort Bonus, ST170 + throttle bodies in OAP gold 193 bhp & 13.7 1/4 mile at 102mph http://passionford.com/forum/picture...16v-bonus.html

02-01-2010, 06:48 PM	#28
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	it is a little tatty but a bit of elbow grease and it will look smart, im affraid im keeping them wheels i cant afford new wheels yet but when i can i will look into s2 wheels

03-01-2010, 04:51 PM	#30
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	ye she sparkin a lil after we bumped it me n my old man r starting to think its the plugs, so im going to buy a set in the wekk and go from there realy

03-01-2010, 08:41 PM	#31
Zetec_mk4_XR3i Advanced PassionFord User Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sunny Dunfermline, Fife Posts: 2,397 Rep Power: 11	dont look tatty mate, looks very tidy, wished i bidded on it now good work __________________ my mk4 Escort Bonus, ST170 + throttle bodies in OAP gold 193 bhp & 13.7 1/4 mile at 102mph http://passionford.com/forum/picture...16v-bonus.html

04-01-2010, 04:54 PM	#32
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	lol, well my plans for it this weekend, as long as it does'nt snow or rain, is to clean it inside and out giving it a nice polish up

09-01-2010, 03:35 PM	#33
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	well my new tinted rear lights turned up, and when i took them out of the box 1 of them was broken, heres a pic of them on the car. if you look at the left hand 1 you can see the black out line is missing so today i went ahead and polished the car and heres the out come, also i found the broken bits of the lights so im repairing them and thats y theres different lights on the rear thats wen i done half the bonnet- i also bought a second hand scorpian exhaust system for it wich im hopeing to have delivered and on the car next weekend. ive also got the car running again but im not to sure what the problem was, i took a few of the engine parts off and cleaned them up gave it a serviced and now its running again, So its all going good. So far Last edited by Mart_; 28-05-2010 at 09:47 AM.

09-01-2010, 08:43 PM	#34
J9AYJ Virgin Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: leicester Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	looks a nice motor

12-01-2010, 09:17 PM	#35
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	cheers m8 finally got mi headlights and indicators on, so wen it stops snowing i shall take a few more pics of the front end

12-01-2010, 09:49 PM	#36
jammerrs PassionFord Post Troll Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: telly tubby land Posts: 2,759 Rep Power: 6	i think you should lower it about 60mm on diomand cut s2 wheels with a black back and a set of twin 40 webers nice simple and easy to put back to standard if its worth more as standard if you sell it EDIT: what wheels are on it now? size aswell!? look quite nice Last edited by jammerrs; 12-01-2010 at 09:52 PM.

13-01-2010, 10:40 AM	#37
Mart_ Part of the Furniture Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 189 Rep Power: 3	well its lowered now but needs to be driven to settle the wheels are escort m6 rs2000 alloys i realy like em so ill keep them on for now

13-01-2010, 12:31 PM	#38
GranaDavey Regular Contributor Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 224 Rep Power: 3	Looks ace, love the black on white it has, looks good __________________

13-01-2010, 07:56 PM	#39
stembo21 Advanced PassionFord User Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (1) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hull Posts: 2,019 Rep Power: 8	i think you should sell me it __________________ my escort estate project http://passionford.com/forum/restora...5-09-11-a.html

14-01-2010, 09:23 AM	#40
mikeross Virgin Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NY Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Still looks tidy for a car that is 20 years old already. My mom used to drive that same car when we were little. She sold the ford parts when it broke down already. Good luck on the mods! Last edited by mikeross; 18-02-2010 at 02:39 AM.

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