mk3 escort zetec turbo, poss breaking, 23/10/11 gauging interest

[rst in breaking]

found a few pics of when i first brought the car last year..... and heres a few pics from today with couple new bits for it one of me engine bay: me painted s1 roll bar: new bonnet raisers as bonnet bar has gone and smoothed over: rear lower arms that have been shotblasted, sprayed and polybushed, inner sider wont fit so got a feeling mk4 arms are diff from mk3? and thinking of having these all round with xr3 spats on rear?

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[Twins]

[xr3-keith]

coming along nicely mate

[Brian]

Looking good


Brian

[XRT_si]

You bufty coont

Looks good, ill try and pop round later and have a look

[rst in breaking]

cheers guys, didnt do much today, fitted bonnet raisers today, stupid kit comes with self tapping fixings to bolt to the car which are no way near strong enough so ditched these, took fixings from boot ones for now then drilled with washers and fitted nuts on the back, much stronger and looks . this should be strong enough rite? all windows are now back in and put remaining interior in so it now looks abit more like a car lol, 2moro i should be having more stuff sprayed black, then on go the polybushes (except rear inner lower arm as the seem too big).

what do you guys think of keeping the comp wheels and refurbing them? gloss black? matt?

[Twins]

Go with the comps ,satin black

[rst in breaking]

think i will do, keep it quite low to the floor and handling good (hopefully) lol, whats peoples opinions on the wheels on this escort? suited? cheers

[Lee Reynolds]

[rst in breaking]

slowly but surely

[rst in breaking]

bit of progress today, alarm now finished , steering rack on and polybushed, heater etc on, wiper motor arms and mech etc painted and fitted, rs1600i spoiler fittedbonnet catch painted and fitted, connected up a bit of wiring.

problem.... id connected bonnet raisers to the hinge now raisers fail on wing when closing so i am going to drill then tap a thread ito my bonnet raisers to fit these but is looking good now, just want it on the road.

what i'd said about arms being a diff size there are 2 diff sizes deflex told me so are sending me the other size so i got a free set for an s1 lol .

[danny_boy699]

looks nice mate, shud realy sort mine out

[rst in breaking]

just got car home, and was going to put it on drive till tax came thru, but just been told i cant....... parents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[danny_boy699]

just slap them and put it there

[rst in breaking]

cant, argued till i woz blue in the face shouting my head off, made get to the point where i wanted to dig him as he knew only too well how much ive spent on it and wern bothered if it got lifted and crushed

[xrmalin]

Looking good so far any pictures of it finished yet ?

[danny_boy699]

parents don't ya just love them.

don't let them get u down mate

[rst in breaking]

will try and get some, ive got a couple to update with but not fnished as still need few bits doing to perfect , found insurance so will bring it bk wkend to commence the progress. my t34 has now arrived, downside is it has a 48 housing instead of .63 so need to search for one? and brought some 17" comp mo's in white with new yokos, so will have to get them sprayed satin black maybe?

[rst in breaking]

gone and got some new bits for it throughout the week, now got gaskets for engine minus head gasket, water pump, new oil pressure switch, valve stem seals, sump gasket, need oil jets, rings, shells, water pump head gasket, focus rs gasket and arp rod bolts, im feeling a trip to fords i think and vauxhall for rings , any idea how much these are?
oh and brought a new ap 4 paddle clutch last nite, will try and work on it sat and get some pics up

[XRT_si]

Originally Posted by rst in progress

gone and got some new bits for it throughout the week, now got gaskets for engine minus head gasket, water pump, new oil pressure switch, valve stem seals, sump gasket, need oil jets, rings, shells, water pump head gasket, focus rs gasket and arp rod bolts, im feeling a trip to fords i think and vauxhall for rings , any idea how much these are?
oh and brought a new ap 4 paddle clutch last nite, will try and work on it sat and get some pics up

Vauxhall rings are around £90. Cheapest from AutoVaux when i checked. Auto components wanted over a £100 i think.

To let you know the focus RS head gaskets are virtually the same as all the others. Just get a series 3 triple layered one, came standard on all 2.0 Focus and are proven past 400bhp as far as i know. About £22 trade at Ford i think.

[rst in breaking]

who can get them trade though? lol. seem to keep buying tools this week because ive miss layed half of mine and think to myself " thats cheap" so now ive just brought a set of double ratchet spanners, off set ring spanners, tx star sockets, 3/8 socket set, 3/8 torque wrench, 1/2 inch torque wrench. can see them fitting into my tool kit nicely, but will prob find mis layed stuff soon now.

[fezzajsy]

awesome stuff..sgould be wicked when done...

[rst in breaking]

cheers , more money spent, just been burtons and brought shells, main bearings, vibratechnic gearbox mounts, (new standard ones now for sale) heat proof exhaust paint, studs for head and about to go and collect wheels. damn cars are expensive

[16vzetec]

where did you get them mud flaps from?

[rst in breaking]

got them from ebay, going to buy another pair so i can have them all round

[CliffRS4]

Really coming along very quickly

[rst in breaking]

jus went to upload a few more pics but battery died in the camera , will give it another go later. put the comp mo's on in white and decided to leave them, love em lol, fitted new lights today (got backs sprayed black too to look a little nicer, is beginning to look like a car, ordered my piston rings from auto vaux and ordered arp rod bolts so engine will be built soon, just need to get brakes etc and shell properly sorted!

[xr3-keith]

i bet that it looks sweet with white comps mate, looking forward to the pics

[rst in breaking]

sod it, one min, il put batteries in and upload then charge them again lol

[rst in breaking]

steering rack in and polybushed





and now with my new wheels on



camera battery died so couldnt get anymore, got head lights back in (with backs sprayed black, lol)

[jayRS]

looking sweet mate

[rst in breaking]

wanted to work on it 2moro but im going to be at war paint balling

[jayRS]

[rst in breaking]

should be fun so i gues il be ok not working on it

[MattPym]

Oh yeah that looks good

[rst in breaking]

cheers mate, just need and engine in it to put a big smile on me face now , graphics are still to come, spots have to go on, hella square fogs with the white covers, thinking of having a 3" bore exhaust oh and front splitter has to go on, unfortunatly it is only fibreglass so had to be prepped and resprayed, but i gues a icant complain as i got spoiler, spots with brackets and splitter for £40 lol

[xr3-keith]

i like

[rst in breaking]

cheers mate, pays of near the end of it and makes it feel worth while when people like whats gone into it, cheers

[rst in breaking]

hoping to pic up my gauge holders from twins tonight, if i do il add some more pics

[rst in breaking]

collected gauge holders and they look , i asked him to mount 2 gauge holders in the speaker cover ontop of a mk3 dash and 2 on steering cowling and he done a great job, and now has my gril to debadge . anyone else put gauges in speaker cover before or is it a one off so far?