Rite guys and girls been meaning to start a thread for a while so here goes.

Got my escos in july last year after swapping my mk2 clio v6 for it.
After driving it round for a while i decided i wanted to get it back to better than new so took it of the road december last year and im probably about halfway there now so heres the pics of the progress so far.

First day of the resto tkae the engine out










Then got the gearbox and engine seperated and on the stand





then get the rear beam and bits off





Cleaned up the caliper mounts


hubs and carriers ready to go for shot blasting and plating


disk carriers ready to be anodised


rear beam bits ready for shot blasting and powder coating


loads of other bits ready for plating




hubs and carriers all done and plated


all me bits back from powder coaters


started putting the rear beam back together



Me disk carriers all anodised



my intercooler after a bit of a clean


bits back from plating



under side before and after cleaning ready for a new coat




disks back together


rear beam all finished





gearbox with a fresh spray





front calipers before and after cleaning




shiney bits after cleaning


engine mounts after clean and spray


now some new bits

fixed top mounts


adjustable tcas


comp strut kit


rear calipers


water pump


geniune wrc headgasket


grp a gasket set


sump baffle


k and n


starter motor cleaned and sprayed


some bits for blasting


block and head all sprayed and back together



exhaust all heat wrapped


old and reconned alternator



rocker cover sprayed candy red



big winged sump fitted


few more bits bolted on the engine



and now the good bit got the turbo last weekend a gt30 with external waste gate got it trial fitted still need a few more bits tho. Thanks to martin at reyland, couldnt meet a nicer guy or more knowledgable






and thats what ive been doing for the last 3 months more soon tho

 

do you want to come round and do my mk 6 escort? lol only joking you have done a mint job

 

mint and your doing a great job of it

 

nice one mate will be keeping eye on this

 

 

looks great m8 really does keep up the hard work

 

stunning

 

Superb,, are you a member of escortrscosworth.com i;m sure this would be a welcomed thread in there resto room!

 

Yes i am bud iv already got a thread on there

 

post a link mate?

 

looking good, love the candy red rocker

 

link for escortcosworth.com
http://www.escortrscosworth.com/foru...ead.php?t=1735

 

spot on

 

WOW some good work gone into that...looks lush

 

fucking hell mate, didnt realise you had put that much work into it, youll have to let me have a look at it when its done,

 

very nice mate

 

That's awesome, will keep an eye on this!

 

looks mint mate!

 

stunning work mate looks amazing

 

Wow i love it the turbo is massive lol.

 

beautiful car

 

Rite then boys and girls another update got some pulleys and alternator bracket bak from powder coating just waiting on my crossmember. Also got to get some bits and bobs electro plated then i can get it timed. Anyway heres some pics




more soon

 

Brian

 

Very tidy! All the powder coating and electro plating makes the difference.

 

wow stunningly bufty! lovew it!

 

Very NICE .


I hope you plan to make something new here ?????

 

rite guys another update got the underneith of it stone chiped now just need to do the wheel arches and then spray



also got me prop all cleaned and sprayed


and lastly got a few more bits back and on the engine



and how the car stands at the moment


More soon

 

looking good mate all the best with it nice work

 

great work mate cant wait to see it when all finished

 

lovely work mate

 

fantastic work, looks amazing so far

 

another bit done had to figure out how to mark the top mounts for drilling. Trying to measure would have been stupidly hard so came up with an idea to make a bung that goes tight in the strut top with a hole dead central to pull the top mount up square got all the measurements and then my brilliant neighbour machined them for me and heres the finished artical will drill them this weekend :icon_smile:

 

nice project mate!

 

Looking good


Brian

 

Looking good.

 

hope i dont sound too thick but im wondering what the plating is and how its done to make the bolts and other bits in the pics look gold? cheers

 

The plating is electro plating and its done by dipping the bits. You can have it done gold,silver or clear

 

looks awesome mate,well done

 

Very nice pal

 

keep it comeing mate, If i had the time id love to do my escos like this.