darrenb16two

Car looks awesome mate! perfect

booner999

Thank you very much

Sadly, its being advertised. Fed up with bending over and being shafted with fuel. Had a chat with the Mrs at the weekend who tried to convince me to keep but I explained the money I put into owning these cars could give us a really nice lifestyle

gjh

Seen its on pistonheads, DON'T DO IT!!!!! But GLWTS

booner999

Cheers mate. I craved for one for so many years after I sold my last one, 5 plus years makes a difference and running around in newer cars with the toys has set in I think. I love how raw this car is and wish I could use it to its ability but in the real world the car gets driven at 1% full throttle for the time it is used, and that 1% is great fun but for the rest of the time it is costing a bit to run in fuel. I could sell up and get a car that does 99% of my driving in complete comfort and saftey and cheap to run on fuel and parts.

Crap I know and will no doubt miss her once she has gone but that is something I will have to put up with. I can always buy another if in a years time I change my mind etc.

This time it has to be a diesel I purchase, that is what I was aiming for when I bought this but got swayed to a 400 odd bhp Escort Cosworth lol

rsian

Why don't you buy a standard one mate.
Mine ain't too bad on fuel at all really, in saying that it's a weekend car for me so I don't notice it as much

booner999

After having this one a standard one just wouldnt do it for me
I need at least one diesel in our house and could do with a bigger car if I am honest, three kids and a E46 330i Sport and the Escort

Karl 3dr

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Just seen this on Pistonheads myself, very tempting!!

booner999

Would be good to know it has gone to a good home

stevecfrst1

Looks a nice car this but it was only for sale for like 9k less than a couple of months ago? It was discussed on here about it. Bit unrealistic to expect another 2k for it when youve not really done anything to it

booner999

Starting bid on ebay was 9k. Does not mean that is what he took for it does it?

And who cares what I bought the car for? if it is a Ł11,000 car and I got lucky being in the right place at the right time, that does not make the car not worth as much does it.

Also for your information, it was put up originally on a buy it now for Ł12500 so that makes my Ł11,000 seem like a bargain

I guess people who bought RS500's 5 years ago and now putting them up for sale at three times the price they bought them for is unrealistic?

Thanks for your input, really helpful post

BRAMMER

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I really like the look of the car, colour, stance, wheels, transmission choice - i just wished i had that sort of money spare as i'd like to own one of these one day and being 2wd really appeals so someone like minded will take it off your hands.

booner999

Cheers Brammers, it does drive so good. They should of all been RWD. Anyone who has not driven one, do so. Most say the rwd saff is the best to drive, well imagin having that as good to drive but in a Escort Cosworth body Best of all if you ask me.

I have done nothing to the car over the last few weeks hence no updates, however my house is now starting to look like a house again As soon as that has been finished then I shall have more money to throw away or at least enjoy.

The car has started to get a little tight to get into 1st gear which I thought was alot worse than it is. Took her for a spin today and it still selects just a little stiffer than the rest of the gears. Anyone know how much a rebuild is on a T5? Or just replace 1st gear synchro?

I am surprised at how little attention this car gets on the road, most of my cars are constantly having someone try and push you out the way or egg you on. Not so with this car, seems very strange.

Had a MK2 Golf GTi pull up a long side this the otherday at the lights, I noticed the intercooler hanging off the front of it in my mirror and knew which car it was. Didnt bother to start with, got met with the normal waste gate flutter from the golf, in second I thought I would give it a squirt. The guy didnt want to know when you go passed with the ass twitching and the wheels spinning, I think he knew lol. I did notice the passanger was filming lol so expect that to be on Youtube soon.

Anyway, that is the update so fa. Not much will be done to the car now on the run up to Christmas and it is for sale so who knows it may find a new owner before my next update.

ST-Steff

Lovely car, good luck with the sale

matsin

Really nice car you got! I just bought an escos about 3 months ago but i´m just not feeling it. Had a rwd saff before the escos and i miss the rwd action, reading your thread makes me wonder if i should make it an rwd. Do you have the stadard rear diff, if so how is that working? Standard front hubs?

booner999

Mine has the standard front hubs, sierra beam, diff etc. 205 engine so no worries with the sump etc. If you keep the 200 lump you will need to change the sump and oil pickup (i think) to allow for the 205 sump.
Shortend prop to fit, box will have to be changed, new mounts etc for all that...

booner999

btw, this is for sale

booner999

I couldnt resist







Spotted it yet?

Minirotty

lol id have done thesame.

eoindonnellan

priceless!!!!

why did they stick that L in there......

eoindonnellan

can someone photoshop the L out of the photo?

H3lsing

Should have stenciled a ford logo on it .

booner999

Update:

Well we have been having problems selecting 1st gear. Spoke with the guys on www.escortrscosworth.com who advised a few things to try, tried and didnt seem to make any difference. It was put down to a new clutch being needed.

The car would be hard to select first, it would go in but was very stiff and was at the point of not going. I found if I put her in gear when rolling around 10mph she would slot in fine and all other gears worked fine as well.

Took it to a local garage who without looking at the car said it was the clutch Gutted as its a AP 6 Paddle clutch and has completed around 7000 miles

Anyway I have been using the car as it works fine if you have a bit of forward thinking and was setting aside some money for a clutch.

I had a wedding at the weekend and was talking to my counsin who has owned a few of these, he said he would pop round and take a look for me. He did check the car over when I got her and agreed it had all the right bits on her etc.

Anyway a week later and last night he turns up, tried a few things, mainly he wanted to get the car to stall in 4th with the handbrake on to see if the clutch will slip or stall. So we did this which involved the clutch being slipped alot and fighting to counteract the clutch which didnt work. The car stalled which was a good sign. So we checked the ratchest etc which again looked fine. Took the car out for a spin and gave it some hassle, no slipping at all and everytime I selected 1st gear it worked fine. So we have left it to see if it happens again, this morning it was perfect again like it was before. Got a feeling it could of had some dirt or something between the pressure plate and the clutch. So will monitor this and see if it happens again. Failing this I had some things I need to try the next time it does this. My cousin said he would drop the box and replace clutch, release baring and selector all depending on what the problem is.

So at the moment she is back working fine. We also think this could be related to me having to use 1st gear alot to get over some speed bumps so I have been told to use 2nd and avoid bumps if possible which I did this morning.

Going to give her a clean at the weekend and see how we stand.

Been really busy putting my house back together which is coming together now! Carpet being fitted tomorrow

No pics of the car, she is dirty and up for sale lol Had so many random things offered to me for PX. I think she will be staying now unless I get offered a decent amount for her

Glenn_

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Keep the escort. You know you want too.

booner999

I cleaned the old girl today, she was looking a little worse for ware as had little time for her the last few weeks with the house work etc.

Gave her a nice clean, got the wheels looking lovely again and thought about clay baring the paintwork and polish etc... but it got the better of me so I took it out for a good blast.

This is the first time since having this car I have properly given it any through the corners and pinned it coming out etc.

WHAT A MACHINE! Being a Cosworth your kind of expecting something to go wrong or the temp gauge to go through the roof but the lad who built this car has made it magic! It just never gets hot. Not once has it gone above half even when sat in traffic for 45 minutes, the fans have only kicked in once and giving it the beans it never really budges from quater the way up the gauge. My old one was constantly getting warm, cooling down etc but this one just loves it!

So how does the car go etc... Well for a start, I can well understand the need for bigger brakes. A few times coming into the corners coming down through the box to ease some of the speed off and anchoring up it just felt like the brakes wouldnt take too much of that kind of driving. Managed to string a good few miles of twisty road together without traffic and really using the revs... well I say using them, changed around 5.5 and certainly no more than 6000 rpm but this is ample enough to make it go like fook!

Handling is really impressive, I was pushing on and it took everything I could throw at her. I wouldnt want to push anymore on the road but would be good to get her on track and see what the limits are for future reference.

Had a blast down a main road as well, was funny as I was passing through a village and had to let a car come through in front, Up comes this little Polo GTi and the driver giving it the beans as he went passed and hit the brakes as soon as he was by me... I was thinking "well done mate" and thought no more of it. So I go about my lanes and eventually come back to a main road where you can give it some beans, as I came out of the slip road and not hanging about I fly passed this little Polo who by now has obviously seen me flying out of the slip road and giving everything he has got... Around 3 miles later he caught up while I was waiting at the roundabout, he clearly was supposed to go straight on but never, he pulled in behind the old girl.. So off we go, Lucky the road was quiet so I could slip passed a few bits of slow traffic with this kid trying to keep up. I lost him by the end of the road as he couldnt match the beast. Silly bugger was determend which was silly, he was never going to keep up and although it was fine for me to overtake, it was not for him but he still tried. I hope he learnt a lesson, you cannot keep up with everything on the road.

But yeah, A very nice drive in her, weather was cool and dry so perfect for the RWD, best thing I ever did putting the wider tyres on her, she really digs in and sticks now which is great as you can use the power a bit more.

Spotted SiB in his Escort as well while I was warming the car up, car looked very nice and you forget how good they look when your always behind the wheel.

Cossiemainful

iTrader: (1)

Done!

booner999

Hahaha quality, just saved that photo

Just got back from a blast in the old girl while the weather is still dry ish. Just giving her a run more than anything, on route home I thought I would go the bendy way home, come around a corner nice and slow and boom... Flood! Slowed right down to see other cars going through and thought it looked fine I would be OK... Started going through in 1st gear with some revs and all was OK until it started coming up over the bonnet You could feel where the splitter was pushing the water and the engine under strain! Had a proper wave going on. Luckly enough all was well, gave it some revs in second for a few miles and no problems.

Car went well as always, never missed a beat

Been offered the full asking price for the car and in two minds if I should or shouldnt take it. Going to have a good hard long think over the next week and see what happens. Might be changing jobs if all goes well on Monday which means I will need to do no miles for work etc so less pressure on having to keep the car. We will see. One photo of it dirty on a crap phone just to prove these cars do get used

booner999

Woke up this morning to a nice cold dewy morning so got up and took her for a blast, was a little slippery so didnt go balls out but just a nice drive by myself and the car.

Took a quick video of her being reved and it fluttering. Excuse my video, really is crap sound. Took a couple snaps as well, she is dirty but sometimes they look better like that

booner999

Well nothing has broken... yet lol But it has got very dirty...

















So as you can see, it was bad!! I thought I would do a 50/50 with one of the wheels to show the dirt





And this was after I finished the paintwork. I dont bother with two buckets, I keep the hose on and everything I cleaned a part I will wash the mit off with the hose pipe.. It is amazing how much dirt comes out and how clean the water stayes when I do it this way
Paintwork finished with the tyres all sprayed up etc






















Just a quick one of a bit of detailing, just put some plastic stuff on, before and after shot



After this I started the inside,

Before













After















Then it was time to make it official....



Fitted



Enjoy and comments welcome

adam151082

Oooh, how much does it cost to join and get one of those?

booner999

Ł35 a year

H3lsing

She looks very well, and it was high time she got cleaned. I can however see water marks on the paint, that's why the two bucket method is an important step. There is also alot of contamination so a paint clenser like AG intensive tar remover would have done a good job of that. It desolves tar spots.

I can understand the fustration of having a dark coloured car though and it's usually the same story again once back out on the road. If you used a good wax it would prevent you from having to do a lot of cleaning during the next washing though.

Si B

iTrader: (59)

Was good to see another Cossie on the road Mark

Yours looks awesome cleaned up. Who's nicked your rear seat base bolts though?

Don't sell it! Mine has gone, and now I've got nothing nice to drive (will be ok once I fix the Evo).

Driving the Passat and the Escort van does nothing for me

booner999

I agree, car is so easy to clean after a good wax, polish etc. But the weather is rubbish now so that will have to wait until the sun comes back out. I find using a clay bar works a treat too but not too often, maybe a couple times a year

booner999

Cheers Si, yours was stunning too. So good to see another on the road! I was gob smacked! Shame you sold the old girl Do you think it will be your last?

I know, I want to know who stole them too.. Will grab some on the cheap and get them fitted, not many people sit in the back of her

What is up with the Evo?

Sticky.

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You know my thoughts on this as per te Escos forum mate.

You should get the dirty pics up.

Bloomers

iTrader: (1)

Very nice, bud.

i get mine back this weekend, if you ever fancy an excuse for a drive and some photowhoring...

booner999

Bloomers, I looked around yours at the Taunton PF meet. Got another couple guys down this way, MK Focus RS and Sierra RS500. We will all have to get together and get some photos taken

Cheers for the comments guys, the dirty photos should still be up

Sticky.

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They are mate, they didn't work for me last night

booner999

I blame photobucket

Bloomers

iTrader: (1)

I'll hope you didn't, mate. i've not made it to a PF meet yet.....

Its in the bodyshop in Cornwall atm