HI there Ford Fans,

For those of you that dont know, I have recently aquired a 88spec Escort rs turbo. i started the thread in the wrong place so decided to move it to the proper section

Its mercury grey with the following spec :-

superchip
collins -31 actuator
K&N Induction kit
Bailey Dump valve
SFS (pikey) HT leads
Early 90s ST/ST exhaust system

Here she is when i got her. I added the 17s on as it came with dodgy 15s and a set of shagged s2 originals,also added the clear lights the same night in a car park








The car went into my garage as it had a few problems. Namely, a knackered cooling system, all front bushes were shot, it hated being started from cold and shuddered all over the place,(like it wanted to leave the engine bay) and a hole in the boot the seller covered with alloys
On the plus side it came with a massive folder of history back to 89, smoothed boot and delocked doors but dead motors which are now fixed after a few hours of splicing cables lol also the underside is rust free apart from the bit in the boot and a good battery tray.
Its now had a new water pump, and a new thermostat as the other one was non existent,after taking the thermostat housing off i was shocked to see it was empty,have been told this was common in the early 90s.






After a few hours on the bay and hating my rusty rocker cover i found this one

and won it for £10 plus £8 postage. lovely jubbly

and also found

won for a fiver plus £20 postage lol

Heres a pic with the blue rocker, i know it looks a bit weird with the red crossover,want to have it polished soon


i have also bought some other parts
Bosch 0542 fuel pump (not noticed anybody else using this pump??)
Powerflex front susp bushes
Sytec mini bullet filter
EBC green stuff pads(front)

I have encountered a bit of a problem when i came to fit the fuel filter.its banjo fitment on the standard fuel filter and push on on the new one.does anyone know a easy way to sort this??

Planning on lots more mods soon, keep ya posted,thanks for looking
CheeRS JamieRST