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1998 escort 1.8 gti power upgrades options

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Old 13-09-2011, 08:29 PM
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Default 1998 escort 1.8 gti power upgrades options

having owned many sierras/mondeos over the last couple of years when my poor old mondeo 2.0i became not economically viable to pass the mot and went to the big scrapyard in the sky i stumbled onto my latest ride a 1998 ford escort gti 1.8
not being a tuning virgin by any streach of the imagination (several of my sierras where good cossie replicas including one that started off as a 1.8 cvh but when that one was stolen it had a 2 ltr pinto with twin 40s attached all k&ned up with a skorpion 3" stainless right back from the manifold)
my question is i am thinking about how to play with my new ride and a mate suggested a mad tweek using hybusa throttle bodies is this possible is it economically viable to do i obviosly need to play with the loom is there anywhere i can research the conversion and materials required for this
does anyone have any other suggestions short of dropping a cossie lump into her
i have been out of the tweeking game a few years now i know my old cars but new ones are a little different and there has prob been a few new ways to do things since my son was born (the main reason i stopped playing with cars in the first place) lol
many thanks for any suggestions made in advance
Old 13-09-2011, 08:37 PM
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wrong section to post this request really,The GTI is a very basic escort to start with ,but for best results turbo it if you have the money,but personally speaking the cost would be far more than any GTI is worth even if mint
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could fit a turbo from a rs turbo, replace the ecu with megasquirt? depends how much work you can do.
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