Hi Guys. Andrew from Perth, Western Australia.

I am new to Passionford and thought i would share some photos of my car.

Its a 78 Mk2 Escort Coupe with a 2ltr pinto turbo.



Engine bay before brake upgrade



After brake upgrade



Front brakes (UPC ebay special)



Rear brakes (Ford EF falcon rotors and Nissan r31 skyline calipers)



Rally design pedal box



I have owned plenty of escorts over the years and its nice having one that stops well.
The standard Brakes will pull you up at speed but you only get one go at it!


Its running an EMS 8860 ECU mounted on top of the glove box.




It is still a work in progress and I just took delivery of a YB cossie to fit next!

 

welcome to passion ford mate

what other plans do you have besides the cossie motor?.....

 

Thanks Jonny
My next big spend will be a decent gearbox. I am going to stick with the 4 speed for now just to get it back on the road. I am still undecided between a T5 or a Toyota supra box.

Here is a pic of the engine after I unwrapped it yesterday.


Just realized the first photo is quite an old shot before I fitted coil overs and dropped the rear. This is how it currently sits

 

you gotta keep them 1.6 badges haha

what power are you aiming for and spec

 

It started off as a 1.6 but got ripped out pretty quick.

The pinto made 265 bhp@25psi and was heaps of fun but was far too laggy.

I am hoping to get around 300 - 320 bhp out of the YB but will be running a gt2871 to get the response i want.

 

Very nice mate, it will be even better with the yb

 

very nice!!!

And that will be the perfect turbo for what you want next to no lag!

do you suffer from high charge temps due to weather conditions ie being in oz where its always warmer than the uk and having such a cramped engine bay?

 

Nice one.
Sure does look different from the back with the fuel tank under the boot floor rather than how
our euro spec ones had it in the boot.
Keep the updates coming.

 

The last track day I did was in December last year and was 40 degrees celcius in the shade. The lag was ridiculous. I am currently running a Davis Craig electric water pump and a rx4 alloy radiator which keeps the engine temps down.
Here is a photo of the engine showing the water pump.


The water pump controller is great for track days. It will run the pump and fans for 2 mins after shutdown and gets rid of a lot of heat soak.

 

found a couple more photos from earlier in the build.
Interior

Coilovers i built using old struts and the weld on tube.
Running GAZ inserts and Small hole top mounts

 

Cool project. Have you had videos of your car put on you tube??

 

12.9 sec 1/4 mile
265hp

 

Nice car mate. Bet it's fast.

LIFE'S SHORT SO FLOOR IT.

 

4 Yearly update.

Fitted a g25-660.

Goes good.

12.3 @132MPH

 

WOW what a update I bet thats fun lol

 

Nice update there

 

Like your car alot So, what do you think about the new turbo working in real life? I am looking for an turbo later on, want full boost around 3000 rpm. Not like 4-5000 like the old ones :P