This is my newly purchased Mk6 Escort. I used to own it 3 years ago and regrettably sold it, anyway i missed the car and put the feels about on selling pages on Facebook and a week later the owner contacted me and to my surprise he was willing to sell it. Happy days unfortunately it needs some loving. When i sold the car is was fitted with a 1.8 ZVH Turbo engine and was really fun to drive would spin in fourth in the dry. The car is now fitted with a 2.0 Zetec Turbo engine that needs a little loving. Only had the car back about 3 weeks and spent a fair chunk just redoing dodgy shortcuts wiring plumbing etc Every oil pipe was split or leaking NO crankcase breather was drilled into the block was the main issue top work fella and the turbo oil return wasn't even tapped just a air tool attachment pushed into a hole in the engine block Wiring was a fire waiting to happen to be honest so had to buy all new for the engine bay sensors etc
Looked a little rough around the edges but i'm gonna make it look presentable under the bonnet that's what i'm most bothered about. Coming along nicely now need to get it on the road for September and give my Sierra a years rest so it can have some much needed loving, i'll let the pics do the talking....





Bit of a mess when i got it wires and pipes everywhere



Front bumper is literally hacked to pieces and only 1 pozi screw each side holding it on. I've got everything to convert to a Mk5 but think i prefer the Mk6 tbh



Covered in bird shite



I do love the RS Accessory rear bumper and skirts. The WRC will be going when i find a new tailgate that isn't rusty.



Nice little collection happening now. This pic makes me happy



First day first wash in a long time. Came up well still very much Radiant Red no pink









Nice big turbo, slight play in shaft but didn't smoke what so every so i'll see refit it see how it goes.





Running Beige injectors and Fiesta RS turbo management with a blue power chip.



Bit shady this more evidence of short cuts



Not much room for the radiator and the massive intercooler so some modifications will be made. Not happy with the rad being held on with tiny cable ties either






This was the turbo oil return as you can see leaking as it was just pushed in the block.







Vac pipes from the inlet manifold through a t piece to the boost gauge for some reason I've now routed the top van pipe straight to the boost gauge but unsure where these pipes go to with the one way valve on?? assuming something is missing where does this go on a Fiesta rs turbo??



Exposing the fire hazzard



Proppa breather plate bought from Burton Power, was a core plug in there fitted by previous owner but wanted this plate.



Sump off so i could clean up and drill for the turbo oil return.



Mk1 Focus RS pistons apparently.






Trying out the new wrinkle effect VHT paint. Came out perfect well happy with the finish.



Just a few of the new bits fitted



Crank case and turbo oil return fitments. I managed to drill and tap the sump but had to get someone in to drill the engine.pics below
Why the previous owner didn't drill the engine when it was out of the car is beyond me. If you block off a crank case breather it means you need another breather in a different position on the engine common sense really



I was getting impatient so had to fit a few bits to see what it looked like.



Here's the old sump i painted, drilled and tapped.







Exhaust manifold painted and wiring nice and tidy



A big let down is having No power steering, incredibly heavy with the power rack still fitted so still looking for a manual rack. Anybody got one?



As you can see up the top all the wiring has all been gone through and i've wrapped every wire nice and tucked away nice and tidy. Just the rad fan to wire up correctly manually operated atm.




Here's the old random odd pipes couple are samco, Saab and RS turbo deserves better



I took a trip over to ASH Silcone (ap motorstore) and got a selection of pipes made up, 24 hours later here we are I will be going back in the future for more coolant hoses but this lot will do for now.



Quality highly recommend



I called this guy out to drill my engine for the crank case breather. Has to be on the front as i didn't fancy taking the engine out to drill a breather round the back so i just used the hole that was already there. As said this should have been doing by the previous owner prior to the engine being fitted
Not an ideal position because of the turbo and pipes etc but should be fine rooted upto the oil catch tank.
Oh the cheeky git was only at my house 10 minutes and charged me £60 to drill a hole and he ended up using my tap gutted. Atleast it's done now.


Been waiting for this moment for 2 weeks now i can fitting parts back on



Nice shiny sump with new gasket.



Quick paint of the block while everything was off.



Then it was time to put back together. Nice new heat wrap just waiting for more steel wraps to arrive. A good idea to heat wrap the down pipe as it's so close to the starter motor and never used to start with the old zvh when hot.
Horrible stuff this wrap is still itching



Ignore the starter cable, still got to fit the brand new one. Also heat wrapped the oil return pipe just incase bit tight for space at the front.












Getting there now. Maybe i shouldn't have painted the turbo letters red it'll do for now Looks a damn sight better than it did just 3 weeks ago.
These last few pics were taken today 10/08/16 was going well until it started pissing down. Back on it tomorrow hopefully get the engine bay sorted then move onto the body and see what it looks like under the rear of the car. Dreading looking i hope it's ok and doesn't need to much welding.
I was told it was only running 10 psi of boost so once i've run the engine in to make sure everything is ok, no leaks etc then it'll be upped to 14psi.
Can't wait to drive this car. I had a 300bhp Focus ST Asbo orange at the same time as this Escort 3 years ago and the zvh Escort would have pissed all over the Focus was a dangerous but brilliant experience driving it but hopefully it's even better with the Zetec turbo think it has an LSD now too
I will keep this updated for anybody that is interested. All my inspiration comes from people on this site. Cheers to guys who have answered my questions in the other sections of the forum, massive help.
Any suggestions welcome good or bad..

Ryan