Hi Guys,

Thought i'd share with you my Escort Bonus side project that i'm doing along side my black ERST.
I travelled ALL the way to Lincoln to collect it from my good friend LincolnDanny so you may recognise it!

The plan was to run the car as a standard 1.3 HCS to the ground, and then switch over to run full RST mechanicals when/if the engine went bang.
Well a couple of weeks ago it went bang, with a plume of white smoke out the back a bent rod and a hole in the block
And yes it was my fault, ran her low on oil knocking commenced and just ran her until she gave up, very naughty i know, but it's only a shitty HCS.

Here's what she looked like when i first picked her up from Danny's


Then my mate Ash very kindly gave me some free G-max springs and shocks Cheers fella




Then i picked up a cheap set of Superleggeras from the Bay


Just after this the engine went pop so i started buftying bits up for the turbo rebuild.
First item for treatment was the throttle body (ive lost my before pics so i'll add these when i find them!)




Then the metering unit
Stole this pic from Danny's thread, but mine was just as bad as this:

All of the bits i needed for the metering unit rebuild are here


And the after pics:








Inlet manifold before


And after, bolted to a fully rebuilt skimmed head, cheers to Paul 66 turbo for the Bailey breather.



Rocker cover needs either highly polishing or painting as does the breather. And yes that dump valve will be binned as soon as i can get a new top hose or a blankin plug.
I have also replaced all of the injector seals and plastic sleaves for brand new items:




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I've also bought this GRS from Scorted on here for a bargain £150


That's all for now folks, got a load of parts on order to rebuild the bottom end with, so i'll update soon!