Ive always thaught that the best way to get more speed out of any car is to reduce the weight of it, so this escorts will be losing a few lbs over the next few months!
I started with the fuel tank:





This is a Jaz 4 gallon fuel cell, normally found on drag racing machines.
It weighs a fraction of the old steel tank (which was dinted and peppered with holes anyway!) and i have installed it in the boot, along with a Facet solid-state electric fuel pump.
Next on the agenda was the glass, which weighs alot more than people think!
I found a perspex rear screen on ebay for a tenner, so im putting that on today.
Next week its going to have the rear polycarbonate door glass made, which will be 1 piece rather than having the quarter windows, just to help clean up the lines abit I also sourced a mint S2 RSturbo heated front screen from ebay, complete with wiring loom for £30.
You may have noticed from the shot of the engine bay that the heater and blower have been ripped out. These things weigh quite a bit, especially when you count the weight of the extra water required to flow around the heater matrix! So its staying out. All the hoses were ripped out and blocked off where needed.
But since this is going to be my daily driver, im on the lookout for a nice compact electric heater to to keep things civilized in the cabin. Lighter and probably twice as efficient!
Im also about to order a fibreglass bonnet and boot for the cause, will let you all know how i get on with those.
If im going all out with the weight saving plan, the natural thing to do would be to strip out the interior. But ive driven cars with no trim and the rattles would actually drive me insane on long journeys, so its staying in.
However i have got rid of the heavy tar soundproofing, and the front seat frames have been drilled out to buggery in a bid to shed some weight!
I'll cover the interior later on.