Straight question.....
Is the 1.6 escort MFI set up just s#*t?!!
I've had this car 2 years now and I get the feeling I'm chasing my tail with it trying to keep it running properly and smoothly.
Some days I start it up and it purrs like a cat and is quickly responsive. Other days it's just dog ruff! Idles all over the place and coughs an splutters as if I've got YET ANOTHER air leak.

I've spent loads of money on it over the past 2 years, and had the fuel mixture and idle set up twice (after I do so it runs the best it ever has).
And I think I am quite the expert at hunting down air leaks and electrical problems now, as I have had enough practice with the thing!

Was the MFI escort like this from factory? Was it always destined to be crap?! Surely not!