2ltr ZT mk5 escort build update 07/02/11

[J1mbo]

will pm you tomorrow got a rather nice carbon idea for you theres a group buy going on £85 but ill let you ponder on it over night

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[tezmanian devil]

because your nice like that

[tezmanian devil]

OI jimbo, what happend to this pm then you lying blagard be pondering all day today

[J1mbo]

hahahaha




these

£85 a set you have to sent bases off though

[J1mbo]

was tempted for mine but got other mirrors and id rather have the actual mirror carbon

[tezmanian devil]

mmmm, they do look nice, but im the same really, rather have the mirror part carbon, is that just carbon coverd then? carbon delight? i think i might just take a load of gear up there to be coverd, no one seem's to want a carbon buldge bonnet

[J1mbo]

yeah carbon delight,

i wouldnt mind a bonnet but cant justify it, think it will stand out a bit much on red too, roof iss cool just bonnet i dunno

[Twins]

Phil is doing a mk5 rs 2000 track car for himself with lots of carbon on it including a bonnet

[McGoo 69]

i like them carbon mirror bases, they look smart,

i think ill stick with my carbon wrc mirrors tho :P

[J1mbo]

me too getting mine wrapped soon hopfully

[tezmanian devil]

Originally Posted by Twins

Phil is doing a mk5 rs 2000 track car for himself with lots of carbon on it including a bonnet

owh, do you know what sort of bit's he's doing atal?

[tezmanian devil]

Originally Posted by McGoo 69

i like them carbon mirror bases, they look smart,

i think ill stick with my carbon wrc mirrors tho :P

yooou dont want them horribly thing's..... you want to sell them to meeeeeee

[danny_boy699]

bit like red coil pack and leads it don't look right in the engine bay so u should give them to me lol

[16vzetec]

sweet car although i must say them standard lower arms will not be up to that power with them wheels too.
you need tubular rose jointed arms imo because you will need to move the front wheels forwards a bit to give it some castor, that thing will not drive in a straight line as it is i guarentee yu!

[tezmanian devil]

Originally Posted by danny_boy699

bit like red coil pack and leads it don't look right in the engine bay so u should give them to me lol

you reckon eh you can get them off msdignition.com if i remember i'll get the part number's for ya, think i might be popping past my garage tomorrow

[tezmanian devil]

Originally Posted by 16vzetec

sweet car although i must say them standard lower arms will not be up to that power with them wheels too.
you need tubular rose jointed arms imo because you will need to move the front wheels forwards a bit to give it some castor, that thing will not drive in a straight line as it is i guarentee yu!

it should be alright, i very much dout it'll stay fwd for long anyway, hoping to have it converted to rwd at some point, hopfully start looking into it abit more next year

[marky_g]

lookin good mate

[danny_boy699]

found it mate just have to work it out in to pounds

http://www.shopatron.com/products/pr...24.0.0.0.0.0.0

[tezmanian devil]

Originally Posted by danny_boy699

found it mate just have to work it out in to pounds

http://www.shopatron.com/products/pr...24.0.0.0.0.0.0

ideal, im sure there's a currency converted on the post office site??

[jon_ross]

listen peeps terry is thinking of jacking it in!!!! he'll probly hate me for telling you but hay. weve got to build his enthusiasim back up so get posting the comms up

terry mate please dont give up your just about to start hearing noises from it, its just the harder less pleasureable jobs left wot ill do if you want is when it done ill reduce the rent and you can store it there still under a cover in the corner.
if you dont want to build it anymore ill finsh it for you. for a charge

[McGoo 69]

how can you think about throwing the towel in so near the end? this is turning out to be an awesome car!!

youve come to far now youll loose too much money!

[J1mbo]

dont break it just cause you dont have a 500 splitter !

no seriously bud dont ! its a awsome little thing and im seriously looking forward to seeing it in the flesh !

i think i said before, but this is exactly ! what id do with my escort if funds allowd, oh and it'd be red

[danny_boy699]

jimbo just give him the spliter then he finish it

realy mate get it finished

[tezmanian devil]

it's all your fault jimbo, you could just gimy your splitter and all would be sweet

but yeh, i was thinking of getting shot of it, just lost motivation with it and couldn't be arsed, proberly because i hadn't touched it for a few week's, and i knew it was ball ache job's for the next few visit's upto the lockup.
but jon and me mrs have talked me out of it, and im atleast going to finish it befour doing anything too drastic.

certainly wont being going at the same pace as befour though
will update as and when i have somthing worth updating

[McGoo 69]

good to hear it! carnt wait to see it finished as itll motivate me! haha

[tezmanian devil]

i think you should sell me your carbon wing mirror's

[J1mbo]

[jon_ross]

where the updates then bitch!!!!

ive got a plan that will save us money and get us free of that unit!!!
next weekend we get down there and remove all the crap and put as much interior in urs as poss then sort out wots to be kept with the car and then well load up the cars with stuff to take to my garage and store it there then we can get your car rolling and if you get a car cover ill keep it under cover on shit days and put it in the workshop at night. then load up your car with the stuff to go with it and ill get the recovery truck from choice and we'll take it to south coast coz i know mark wont mind as youll prob have to pay abit of storage (but wont be 100 a month!) and what ever me or pete do on it but youll be able to work on it still and ive got keys for the work shop, as for the sierra ill put all the bits in storage and then get the shell on that rolling platform and take it to south coast, and then get our deposit back!!!

[tezmanian devil]

bloody hell, havn't been on here for a while
i do actually have an update aswel, but kat's mum's away so she isn't about to upload my pic's for me lol

sound's like a plan that, but i think it would be best if you run it past pete and mark first...
to fit the interior back in mine, the rear light connector's need rewireing back in and the feul pump connector need's wireing in, plus obviously all the dash and fuse box gubbing's... once that's done the interior can go in and stay in
all my part's can come back with me to my flat, got some space now i'v cleared some crap out, but yeh, getting out of that place would suit me down to the ground, pissed off with the agro of it now, and nathan obviously has a bitter taste in he's mouth now your working for south coast lol

[tezmanian devil]

oh yeh, found a wrc spoiler now aswel, so can you let pete and mark not to worry finding one for us

[J1mbo]

booo hisss

[tezmanian devil]

it'll look alright until i can be arsed to sort out the rs2k bumper, when my mrs mum load's my pic's up you'll be able to see why i'v given up with that idea for now... i'v chopped soo much out of the bumper there's hardly anything left of it (jon will be able to clarify that!) and it still need's more chopping out i will get around to it, but i just want to drive it now, bored with my crappy 1.3 skoda now lol

[jon_ross]

yea that bumpers fucked mate, it will still look cool anyway

[tezmanian devil]

right, time for an update....

first of all i'll start with the front bumper and show y'all why i cant fit it atm...

this is how much i had to remove from the back of it just to get to losely sit on the car (for pic's...)



here the bumper chopped the same as my old bumper i had on the silver escort


and this is how much i had to chop of just make it sit around the intercooler ( and still needed more!!)


and a few other to show how tight it is...







(shoddy bracketry on the i/c has been replaced for proper bracket's now )

and here's the new bumper fitted, chopped abit out and it fitted up nicely with no problem's atall




couldn't resist trial fitting the headlight's and bonnet to see how it all looked together...







got myself a set of nomad's aswel, cheers loader and although they look good, i am half tempted to sell them after seeing a set go for £368 but i'll hold back for now i think





also i invested in a new steering wheel, been after one of these for a while now, just love the look of them for some reason


and finally, me and jon have moved out of are unit due to to many hassel's, and mark from south coast performance offerd to store my car down there workshop so i can still work on it etc, so big thanx to mark, your a legend
anyway, here's a few pic's of the escort on it's first trip out in the best part of a year...







and some off jon's camera...












that's all for now, hopfully have more done in the next couple of week's when my new goodie's turn up

[J1mbo]

looks stunning mate

take back what i said wrc front looks mint with the bonnet you have, just works !

[tezmanian devil]

cheers dude, i was honestly expecting you to not like it atall tbh
hopfully now it's down south coast performance all the mechanical's with get done abit quicker so i can have it painted and actually use it for summer... finger's crossed (tightly!!) lol

[J1mbo]

the idea i hated ! but the bonnet works really well !!
good work mukka lol

[tezmanian devil]

should look even better once it's all one colour

[A16X_TM]

this not done yet?

[tezmanian devil]