Hello.

So i got me escort a little while back as my second car (first ford) , was running but not very well no boost lots of black smoke and weird noises here and there.

The car was kept in a dry garage for a few years very rarely driven, had plenty of history so after talking to the owner who's a friend of mine we made a deal and i had her a few days later for a reasonable price, Of course i was told the was 200bhp and wasn't boosting due to a simple air leak but that never seems to be the case and it certainly wasn't different with this car. ha ha

So Heres a few pics when i first got it. ( out side a friends house )








After realizing that the car wasn't boosting due to just a simple air leak i had to inspect the car further the problem became clear ......



The amount of play in the turbo was unreal and there was a major oil leak, the hunt for a new turbo begins


Well the new turbo arrived and i started to take the car apart and fit it


Well a few hours later and the turbo was fitted yay. Took her for a test drive and still no boost :O really wasn't sure what to do next .


So i started a thread about my problems on here and i received a pm from muz saying that he lived local and he would pop round and have a quick look, what a legend muzzzer turned out to be he told me loads of things i didn't know about the car and said to pop up to his on Sunday so he could have a look at my boosting problems

I took the car up to muzs and with in a few mins we realized that it was just the actuator that wasn't set up so he wound it out a a couple of turns and told me to take the car for a spin up the road, Omg the smile on my face was massive when the car came on boost for the first time woop woop. cheers muzzzz


nice pic of her


I had plenty of history with the car but had no idea of when it was last tuned and set up so i gave jano a ring and arranged a day for me and muz to pop up and pay him a visit

Well i got a new rocker cover, spark plugs, exhaust mounts and oil in her ready to go to janos and a few days later we hit the road and headed up to Essex.

Arrived at janos around 11 am he got straight to work.



The fueling was out 2 and a half percent, inlet manifold gaskets had gone few other bits and bobs. the car runs amazing now its soo smooth on boost and just feels alot more responsive. very very happy bunny.

Well i think Ive caught up on just about everything Ive made a nice big list of things that i want to get for the car but the next thing is the cosworth management

THE LIST:

Gear box mounts
Actuator
Flocked dash
Charge carrier bolts
90 spec bumper
Bonnet
Cssworth wheels
Hose kit
Intercooler
Cam kit
Breather system
Cosworth management
Rear disc conversion
Front lowering springs.

I will update as i go along but I'm not sure how often thats gunna be thanks conor.

 

dont look a bad base to start mate

 

i'd fit a 90spec front bumper and leave outside as is

 

Yeah im putting a 90 spec on the front i dont know why a 88 spec one is on it .




So here are a few plans.

Cossie manigment
rear disk conversion
cossie rims onr ford soft lines
RESPRAY
flocked dash
new intercooler
new acctuator.

ect

 

looks good

 

Looks a decent motor mate,get it back to standard.

 

looks good mate, nice base for a project.

 

Hey all. havent done much to the car in a little while apart from just fit some new side repeaters and tidy a few bits up. i took advantage of the cold weather and had a play in the snow. heres a little vid







Very excited as im off to see my brother in a few days and get to have a rip in this beast

 

Looks like a good motor mat what power is it running,

Oh you need to learn how to handbrake turn

 

Nice car mate, looks good and tidy.....but like said i wouldnt plan a career in stunt driving just yet haha

 

Pritty standard power tbh lol yeah it was very very icy and didnt wana risk crashing into anything lol

 

Nice set of diamond cut 7 spokes in wheels for sale section would suit this ,cars looking good

 

Yep like my new rims

 

Fair enough mate

 

Naa the dimond cuts are'nt my style lol softlies or escoss for me

 

Well its been a long while but the cars a little different to say the least.

To cut a long story short. the car looks like this.





Running

cossie P8, antilag,braided loom, pectel board, coil pack
konis
cossie rims
Baileys breather
samcos
grs cooler
kenlow
s1 box
bla bla bla bla

Because insurance has gone up so much i cant get insured on the car for a couple of years but this wont effect the progress on the car. i am MORE that happy to wait till i can insure it. luckily my old mans a saint and is going to drive it it any shows i want it to be at.

Anyway over the last year that i have owned this car i have fallen in love with it and i really want it to be one of the best about and hopefully have a mag feature. so its have a bare metal respray with added extras frozen white course.

Over the past 3 days,

day one.

some of the new panels, getting as many get ford ones as poss but these days it ain't easy.




the cars work area.



interior out



engine parts out.





DAY 2

engine out







Took the dash out Today and removed the alarm as well

dash out



alarm was a bitch.

 

nice one mate its gona look the nuts

 

 

You have any ideas how long it takes carbon delight to make the roof ?

cheers mate.

 

looking good mate,

i will be making a start on that bumper for you soon pal.

 

Thanks alot jamie. when do you think you could have it done ? painter keep naggine me to start getting the pannels ready lol

Also when i pick it up wouldent mind have a chat about what paint combo to go with

 

no worries mate we will have a little chat than and i should be able to start it this sunday mate and i will get it done as soon as i can for you mate

 

Fcuking hell, that was an update! Top job there!

Shame about your insurance, but shortly you'll be old and insurance will be cheap!

 

good on ya for keeping the motor and being patient!

Will be sweet once its all done

 

More progress today and i got my good camera back.









sweet

 

can only see one pic from youe last update m8, looking good though

 

getting there mate lookin good you doing any more to the engine when you get the body sorted

 

i can see them all

 

I have the loom in m room with me now. Oscer ( my dog) is just finishing it ff for me. good boy!

Start.



Him in action





update late.

 

fuck fair play till you mate, being 18 like my self is a cunt to get insured, hope every things turns out the way you want it to be, wanna sell the P8?lol

 

nice sound system in your room but car looks good mate, best of look with it.

 

I love Oscer. What a dude. Car will be amazing when you/we are finished with it. Next summer will be awsome.

You, Paul and myself need to get a move on.

 

 

Yeah we are getting there now chaps. i will be happy when its all painted. i have a massive list of parts to get but dont wana buy much untill i have the car ready for all of the parts lol

 

nice mate!

 

Not much progress atm, im waiting for mark to build a trolly for the shell atm so i can take the wheels ,arbs, tcas etc off.
Seeing as this cars going to be concourse clean the underside needs to be minty mint so im tackling the exhaust atm.
stage one is cleaning,
Before

After


Im just waiting for some compound To give it a right good buff lol

 

Finished




Just abit of the loom i removed lol



Trollys been made now so i can finally strip the car to bare shell and start getting it ready for paint.

 

looking good pal

 

looks really good!!

 

Saw your roof at phils the other day ,it is nearly ready for lacquar