Old Jun 18, 2008 | 05:58 PM
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purple_fiesta
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Default Escort RST S2 Zetec Turbo, New Daily drive

Thought Id start a thread on here, got millions of pictures so ill let them do the talking, ill start from when i got the car 3 years ago!




Then I decided I needed a couple of spots of rust sorting and a respray






new front end pretty much, inner and outer sills, roof and loads more



After everything was sorted I got a full respray




then built it back up!


that stage was done! drove it about for abit like that





Then the t34 spat its dummy out so I sent it to turbo dynamics



back




and it was ok for a while then the head gasket went


then it was back together for a while and I bought a GRS front mount and some slim fans, and a radtec radiator




got it fitted but the bumper had to be cut quite abit so I got my mate to smooth the bumper were we had cut



Got it back on and fitted just intime for ford fair last year
O and snuck another fan in there lol





and got a mini feature in performance ford



drove it about a few times





Then the bloody headgasket went again (felpro)
So I bought a 2ltr zetec engine

and some let pistons


and decided it was time to tackle under the bonnet

and bye bye to the 230bhp cvh


and the interior so I got a pair of these

and this


my mate younge got busy with the engine, stripped it down and sent it to get bored out for the new pistons, and to get the zetec rods modified to fit!
nice new looking sump and dipstick tube


started opening up the inlet ports on my head

block back from being bored out, ready for rebuild



(Its rested on a piece of wood in that last one, dont worry
decided to get a manifold made, hopefully give abit of power and look good aswell!


started stripping the car down



Got a couple of bits powder coated

and the turbo on the manifold

by then younge had pretty much finished building my engine




I cleaned the gearbox up (CTS St2) removedhe last bits from the engine bay before it went to get welded




stuck my seats and cage in to see how it would look


then I started on the interior, scraping sound deadner and glue off the body, but then I found loads more rust






anyways off it went to work, first thing was the battery tray
lol!



and some patches

then it was ready for spray




and inside aswell






Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQD2QHuuEQA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD02D1hBS8Y

and thats how it stands upto now!

Last edited by purple_fiesta; Mar 24, 2011 at 04:11 PM.
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