SaqsS2turbo

mk4 escort xr3i makin of a pick up

when i first bought the xr3i





engine bay split fire leads came with the car scruffy stickers thow


rs turbo bonnet fitted with 90spec bumper soon after naibour desided to reverse his van and hit the front of the car bending the bonnet and snapping the bumper but leaving the car with no under body damage



after geting a new rs bonnet on and cuting gap in the bumper



90spec rear spoiler fitted and primerd and smoked rear lights


clean up of the engine bay and srayed sme bits and cleaned nearley all the components

much better luking then b4


done abit of tidying up inside and added few extras


had this lieing around so replaced it with the big bore 4 as that wasnt loud as this


bad boy bonnet soon after






b4 i cut the roof off was coming along well to be a rs turbo replica till i striped the roof lining dwn and revealed the horror



then found the car to be rotting under





woke up next morning finding the roof was gone aswel and took a hold of the angle grinder ant went to plan be which i jus thought of that second










sierra sapphire cosworth spoiler
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strengthning bars that i have currentley placed and welded inside


working on the front bumper mount area


cut out the rusted top skin


after welding new plate need to redrill holes and grind welding marks


my bedrooms my garage for the time being loll


ashley exhaust system modified for really loud beefy roar and rear box made from center pipe silencer


silencer box removed used for back box replaced with straight pipe

silver box just example lol

loveley collection to choose from lol


was going to reweld a plate but just decided to replace the whole floor pan with a new one to be on the safe rustless side



inner front arch cleaned free of rust and sprayed over with rust proof silver primer




new sill fitted as old sill was rotton then cut off soon after as seen in one of the pics above


steering wheel which will be put back in once projects complete


left side sill still yet to be fitted

Moondust_crust

interesting work you have done there mate well done, i would weld a panel in at the back of the roof to the floor like the p100's had, would make the shell a lot stiffer, how have you done the tailgate bit?
cheers mark.

SaqsS2turbo

cheeRS mark thanks alot wil do well the tail gate for the time being i've used 4 plates and welded 2 near the middle and 2 on each side near the top to hold the tailgate in place but not really sure were i shud weld the the tail gate from to make it solid got any sugestions mark?

Moondust_crust

thats a tricky one cus there is nothing you can weld to without seeing the welds, what you could do is weld a bar to the bottom of the tailgate going from one side to the other, making sure that it meets the shell at either end, then just weld it to the shell, i take it the latch still works so should be fairly secure?

SaqsS2turbo

wicked just need to go out and get the bars 2morro and get it done defo sound like a gud idea thanks alot mark been veryhelpful

Moondust_crust

anytime mate, wicked project, nice to see something original.

SaqsS2turbo

rs nutta

looks a top project mate

once you'v put a couple of bars across where the cabs gonna be that'l make it alot stronger

SaqsS2turbo

sweet thanks for the help mate

rs nutta

what did you do with your first big bore exhaust mate

SaqsS2turbo

well the first bigbore 4 exhaust was almost new so i cut the back pipe off and welded a fiesta mk3 pipe on and used the exhaust on my mk3 fiesta xr2i soon after i used the pipe for the asley system back box

black r3

brave man shame as thats another 3i gone but will look good when its completley finished remember seeing a mk 1 rst pick up in fast ford before
good luck keep the pix coming

SaqsS2turbo

cheeRS mate wil keep pictures updated mate yup i remeber that mk1 rst pickup

SaqsS2turbo

fun job for me as im 16

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Good job there,and at 16 aswell

SaqsS2turbo

thanks mate

SaqsS2turbo

shud have mre pictures today

Munch

i like the idea

SaqsS2turbo

cheers mate

rs nutta

looks really good mate
be good to see the new pics

SaqsS2turbo

just put a few pics up at the moe will have mre in the evening

markc

nice work m8ty seriously suggest going down a scrappy and looking at the added strengthening they have put on the cabbys and yeah cage up the cab.
also get the front bit of the roof with no sunroof and put it on urs to save rot and again slightly more strength

also u need boxes on the exhaust so the back pressure is right as its not a turbo and aint redicularsely loud

good luck with it tho

Willem

nice project, will be nice when done

SaqsS2turbo

hmmmm back presure daym neva thawt of that lolll no worries if need to be alterd again wil do

luke89

iTrader: (1)

good project mate , good at welding for 16 what welder u use? i have to use a gas mig , what about some box section for the rear ? will be mad mate !

SaqsS2turbo

cheers mate i use a snap on turbo gas mig welder brilliant welder thow wel the exhaust i got rid of the silencer tanks but didnt think about back preasure as mark c mentioned so il keep the system the way it is and change the back box to the middle one in the picture with the 3 back boxes i got if not that then to the twin one as thats go baffels inside for better back presure also will give a diffrent look to others

SaqsS2turbo

i thawt u ment the exhaust box lmaooo loll for the back section got a brilliant idea in mind thawt of it yesterday will have pictures soon as i get sme sheet metal

Tom_xrt

sweet looking project dude, as a few has said look at underneath strengthing on the mk4 cabby, should help a bit!

Tom

SaqsS2turbo

appreciate it tom will pay a visit dwn the scrappy this weekend and see wot i can find cheeRS

ALL4SHOW

its a shame you have done the sills aready as you could have used angle iron,box section or the more rectangular style stuff & hid it in the sills to look stock while you are at the scrappy have a look for a VW caddy & see how its done & measure up the rear bulk head for your cab you might find a few other bits that might work with some work like the bed or tail gate /hinges/brackets/locking mechs ???? nice work aswell

GazzaG

Benni

Top project this mate, Will be following this one for sure

SaqsS2turbo

cheers lads and will keep my eyes pealed at the scrappy thank you all

Benni

No problem What color will it be mate or red?

SaqsS2turbo

i thawt on color which was a tuff one lol bt will do the black just as willem has got in his rs turbo inisde out including the engine bay

Moondust_crust

looking good mate, im restoring a mk4 cabby at the min so if you need any pics or help, then ill be happy to, good luck
cheers mark.

infinityMJD

kiddy at work was building a nova pickup a couple of years back! the bulkhead he planed to use was the rear hatch from an old estate, astra i think??? just a thought as there strong, easy to get, and flat so no biggy to modify in, maybe an old siera estate one or something would do the trick??
oh and as for stenghthening, from rolling around under my cabby the past few nights, she has 2 rails front to rear, quite heavy box section,
think a strut brace might be a plan too, else she gunna twist on ya

SaqsS2turbo

cheers mark wud help with a couple of pics of the under body rails wud be a great help mark and thanks infinityMJD for the help and tips il keep luk out for the estates at the scrappy

SaqsS2turbo

heres my email address if anyones got pics of cabby strength bars rails etc or any help scorpion_rst@hotmail.com

infinityMJD

got mine in for mot next week, will try to get under the 4 poster while im there to get some pics 4 ya