First ill give a Intro!
Been a Member on this forum for a while just havent posted much...

Im 21Years old!

Been In Love with Fords ever Since i knew what they were

Had Too Many cars for my age really 31 Lol! But loved them all!

Had 2 Cars Mag featured... My Red Escort GTI & My white RS TURBO

My Red Escort GTI! 1.8 Zetec.. Custom Inlet and Exhaust Manifold.. white Comps... Was Immaculate! loved it
Built this when I was 18... Bought it standard with in 2 months Looked like this...





Also Had a 500BHP Saph Cosworth 2wd Magenta Red!
Had a WRC Engine! On Diamond cut RS7's!
Built this On my drive.. Bought it all In Pieces! Loved every Second of that car.. whenever I took it out that was... had a 528i Sport 51 plate BMW on 20'' M5 Alloys for My Daily at the time





Only Kept it 2 Months Once Built! Sold It for a Healthy Profit .. So wasnt Complaining!


The Bought Proberly My 6th RS turbo! but My fav one!

Bought it Basically a Shell! Needed Alot Of work doing.. Built New Engine.. 270bhp rollin roaded @ Wheels! 1650cc Steel Bottom end Stage 3 head T34 Stage 2 Hybrid Turbo! Diesel gearbox etc
Won 2 Shows Whilst I had it.. For Best In Class!!
Unfortunatly Had to Sell it Because I lost my job :/





Took a Brake away from Fords and went to rover

Id Always Liked the 220GSI Turbo! So bit the bullet and Bought one ...
Built a Crazy 2.1 Forged Engine For it.. GT28 Turbo DTA management etc 305 BHP!
Gearbox Gave way on that. Driveshaft spun and Wrecked the Spline Got annoyed with it so Sold it My Friend! lol

Owned about another 26-7 Cars! But cba to go thru them all!

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Mk4 Escort Estate 2 door! 1.6 Auto!



44k From New! 2 Owners from new! & a Chuffin Bargain at £300

Always wanted one of these... because they are Soo Ridiculously COOOOOOLLL! & rareeeee as Poooo Pooo!














Never Seen a Engine bayy As Clean as this




& a Boot Floor This Immaculate



One Hell of a Find i wrekon!


Tottallly Stripped now


Well Chuffed to be Honest ... Its completely Solid! No rust anywhere On any of the Floor Plan.. Seem welds.. Or the sills! Couldnt ask for a better shell tbh!



Got a Problem with the Battery Tray tho!

Looooked 100% Solid..
Kind of Put it thruuu lol! So thats nakered.. and In Need of a Repair Panel But Perfect Time.. To Put the Battery In the Boot now!
And When the New Panel Gets welded in... Remove the Battery Tray itself... and Just keep the Smooth panel! Will look Lovelyyy!!!



Rear Bumper Is in the skip!
Along with-
Seats
Carpet
Rear Lights
Auto box module
and Few bits of plastic....


Just Bought Some New Rear Lights off ebay! As My Ones were Cracked
Also In the Process.....


Beeen hard At work Todayy!

As its Going Back to Factoryy fresh!
Obv First thing to do is Strip it back to nothink!

So Hay Hoo Thats whats been going on todayy!

Everythink off..

And Had Fun.. Getting all the Chuffin Underseal off the Underside!!¬ But Its all Off! So To be Honest the Hard Parts done!

Had a Trip out earlier.. To Buy a New Variable Speeed drill With WireBrush Ends! And A Brand New Toool Box + Ratchets, Sockets etc! Thought Got to have the best so lets go buy some!
Cost me a Good Few pennies for the New Tools but ... Itl Be worth it in the end!

Before Underseal was Stripped off


After



Petrol Does wounders 8)

Told You I was Having Everythink Factory Fresh and New! Even Down to the Lights!


Brand Spanking New! & Shock Horror.. Not a Ebay Purchaseee!

Also Ordered The Very very very very RARE! Ford Wrekon there were about 50 sets of these Lights made! But Anywayy
Thanks to someone I Know at FORD! Managed to get a Set... Yet again Brand new!
Full Red Tint! Rear Lights! They Should Be Arriving Tomoro Sometime! So Will Await them!


Also Ordered All my Brand New Suspension!
Front Shocks
Rear Shocks
Front Springs
Rear Springs

Was Debatin on make.. but Got a Good deal On a New Set of Spax .. So Opted for them! Hopefully Will be With me By the end of the week If not definatly Next week!


Tomorrows Plan.... Get the Wirebrush Drill Bit Into Action... and Let it loose on the undersidee.... Soo Its Readyy for me to think about paint!

Well Had a Trip To AutoSmart... Managed to get the Correct Paint to Paint Undersides of cars!

So the pics you Saw Yesterdayy Were with the Metal Rust Sealer!

Here it is Now Finished!

Looks Factory fresh!

Love it (HH)

Passenger Rear Wheel Arch


Drivers Rear Wheel Arch


Underside







Over the chuffin Moooon! (bg)



Been in my garage all afternoon... Tinkering!

Back end of the Car Is Now Back In place...
Had everythink painted Blackk! Think The Silver And Black Contrast will go well

Fitted All My New Rear Suspension! And got everythink lined Up!







Well Chuffed with how this looks!!


Welll.. Done what I wanted to Do for this week now!

Finallyy the Engine is out!
Huff and A Puff with out a Hoist.. and it slotted Nicely underneath

very nice engine bay tbh...

And found a Little Bit of Dreaded Rust behind the Front Bumper

Will Sort that out thoo!










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Got too sayy.. them Auto Box's Weight a Chuffin tonne!!!

And The Gypo's Come in Handyy for once...
just as I was cleaning Up...
The Scrap metal van come round...
Resulttt... Bye Bye Engine and any other Shizzle I had lyin around :mrgreen:



My Angle grinder has been My best friend todayy on the sanding side of things!
Rust Spreads i swear.. Looks about 10p size.. ends up 3times the sizeeee lol
Owell... Jobs a gooden

Before


After


This Does Needs a New plate Welded.. But thought mite aswel sand it right back first..

Other side

Pretty solid.. Had a Bit of surface rust that Like i said looked small ended up bit bigger.. But Nothing to worry about...



Before


After


Drivers side Wheel bay: Before





Pretty much the same the other side... Never took pics.. only after sanded



Drivers Side... After:


Passenger side... After:


Lookin tip top Shape now 8)











Drilled the Caliper Holes On the hub out So they accept Cosworth Calipers 8)

Just got to get some New Control Arms!¬
And Tighten it all up!

Steering Rack has been DeGreased and Given a Lick of paint
Had New Steering Rack Bushes!


Finally got my Engine Backk...

Skint Now.. but Owell.....

Sold the 2.1 Zetec turbo block. to my mate... Gave me a good price for it

Sooo heres the new engine....

Im not goin Turbo now..... CBA! Mainlyy becausee i did some Research ... every Mk4 Escort.. Either it is hatchback.. estate van or combi... They are all Turbo'd!
And I dont want mine to follow the crowd...

Soo this is just gonna be a Highly Specced 1850cc Zetec

Spec to the Bottom end so far
- Fully Bored out Block to 1850cc
- New Marhle Pistons
- Piston Rings
- Heavy Duty Big End bearings
- Heavy Duty Crank Shell Bearings
- Block has been drilled so it can take the under Piston Oil jets 8)
- ARP Rod Bolts!!!
- Brand New Oil pump
- Brand New Water Pump

( think thats enough for a good Bottom end )

Will post Pics Up when I manage to catch my breath From a Stupid hectic mornin!!!



Well today i thought to give the car some more Lovin...
As I havent for Hmm A Good few weeks!

well big decision lately has been what colour to go for....

Cuz i dont like silver! end of....


Mallard Green was top of my choice for a while...

But Images Of My RS Turbo come Fludding back too mee....

And Has to be Frozen white Soo thats what Im doing....



So had to re do the underside...

So far the Underside has been..

*Stone Chip Guarded with about 7 cans of the stuff! ( tad high on that stuff lol )
*Over the top of that a Sealer with Added Waxoil 8)

& This is How it Looks Soo far











Probs Will Buy The white Paint for the Underneath Next week sometime.. but goin to give it a Good few days - Week... For all that so far to Go off properly



Got My Brakes Aswell.. Some nice big Cossie Brakes with Bell Disks! ( 3piece Disk.. I can take them apart .. Whooop )

Also Got My front Seats - RS1600i Seats! Going to be Totally Refurbed/Re-upholstered In Black With White Stitching 8)
( need Pennies for this tho )


Sod It... Took the Pics











Nice & freshh!! (ud)


Long Due Update I think ....

Been Waiting For New Control Arms To be Delivered And they Finally Were this Mornin


So Thought I better Put all the Suspension Etc Back Where It belongs....

Passenger rear


Drivers Rear


Passenger Front



Drivers Front




Underside Shot



My old Rear Bumper was Smashed To pieces.. & had So much FibreGlass Inside it.. I Chucked it in the Bin the second i pulled it off....
The Other week My New One Arrived 8)


Also Got a Strut Brace.. ( needs painting etc )


Decided to be Different... & Not have Recaro RST Seats!!
So Opted for RS1600i Seats!!

( These Are gettin Refurbed/Re-Upholstered ) Black.. With White Stitching! Think they will look Smashing Once done...

Painted All the Inside white aswell


Dash it out.. Havent Decided What Im doing with that yet...
I soo want to Try get a Mk5 Dash to fit... but Dont Kno if it is Possible or Not...

So if i have to Use a mk4 Dash.. Ill Get it Flocked... Tbh Ill get the Mk5 Dash Flocked if it fits aswell... ( Never Seen a mk5 DASH in a Mk4.. But Im sure its possible...)


Thats All For now... Im Trying to Get it on the Floor.. because when I do that.. I can take it to be Painted... 8)



well Dug My Brakes Out from the Box's In my garage...

Cosworth 2wd Calipers & 2Part Bells Disks!

Noticed the One Caliper The Seal Is Nakered! So Going to have to send them off for a Refurb Me thinks...

Split The Disks tho... They Needed a Good Clean and a Fresh Coat of paint on the centres etc!





First Pics of my Engine now!
Brand Spanking New... Just It decided it didnt want to turn over Smoothly.. After Months Of Sitting In a garage...
So had to Strip it back down to See why the Crank wouldnt Spin Smoothly...
It Would Spin.. Just Not How I like it to!
It Does now tho...
Good Old Bit of Oil And Constant Spinning It Become free 8) Turns Over By Hand now!

Im a Fussy Bugger I swear! Some people would of Just stuck it in.. and let the Oil Flow Round and it would of free Up that wayy!
Pfft.. Wouldnt even take that risk!!
Easy and quick enough to strip down and put back togetha!
Piece of Mind!!






Another Lick of Paint 8)


Spec:
1850cc Block - Originally a RS1800I Block So Has the UnderPiston Oil jets!
Brand New Marhle Pistons
New Big end bearings
New Shells
Crank Givin a Polish
New Oil pump
New Water Pump
New Bottom End Gasket Set!
ARP Con Rod Bolts!
ARP Flywheel Bolts!
Freshly Skimmed Flywheel
Stage 1 Fast Road Clutch!
(Built By myself)

Head Spec:
2.0 Head
New Valves
New guides
New Valve Springs
New Cam Buckets
Polished On the Inlet Side!
( had all this work done )





And Never been run! So will Be nice to Fire Up a New engine!




Well think thats it for now!

Im just awaiting to bring it to work!¬ there is a Cortina atm havin a full resto! which should be out by End of OCT and then mine is booked in straight away to have it Painted Frozen white

There will be a change to it aswel.. it will come out a Combi!
taking the back windows out and Puttin pannels in ...
Have a proper soft spot for the combi Van !!!

Then gotta put my engine back togetha! and at some stage afta paint .. Put it in and build the bay up ...
Really cant wait now well Excited!