Hi there,

I bought this car last summer, had a bit of fun and then got bored of 180brake and the mfi. Im also tired of the bumpy horrible low as shit ride so it getting the underside sorted with new polybushes all round and some powder coating.

The aim is to get the car done in time for central day!


Was really impressed with the shell, there has been a patch in each of the front footwells and i think the car has had a patch on the chassis leg, plan is to chop the patches out and redo them nicely. I took the bodykit off and expected lots of rust was amazed! the passenger side was mint and the drivers side needs an outer sill section at the back. The interior is out (forgot to take photos but was again very impressed by the shell).




Underside has been well waxoiled, which i was fairly happy about, just going to be a nightmare to strip.

Kit off





Drivers side, not as good but far far better than i expected






The bodge don't even think the bellend took the arch off to do it, new sill section on order



Rear bumper off and looking good, quite like them without a rear bumper......




Front in the air



Exhaust off, 4" tip scorpion with a 3" bore if any one want to make an offer, i am after a 2.5" bore and either 3.5 of 4" tip so if you have one give me a PM

A quick degrease and jetwash in preparation for proper stripping on sunday.



End of day 1, such a pain it gets dark so soon! cheers for looking and i will post up day 2 in a minute.

Rob,

 

Nice s2 mate, shell looks clean!
Good luck with the project

 

Day2

Was planning on getting the rear suspension and fuel tank out today, but doing it solo means it takes forever, hoping to get a few friends on it in a while to help remove all the old underseal and wax oil but dont want to run out of beer tokens before then.

don't you love bodges



The car is going back to standard body wise so these are destined for the bin



Random photos






Suspension off thank fuck, going to take friday off work to remove all the bushes, get the tank out and the rear brake proportioning plate ready for the powder coaters on sat






Nearly ready to get funky with a wire brush any pointers would be much appreciated!




End of day2, really need to get a move on if im going to make the pod in april. Next weekend should see the engine out and stripped. The aim is an honest 250brake with the same torque.

Cheers all

Rob,

 

looking good nice project you got there

 

Cheers mate, should be okay once its done!

EFI inlet came the other day, just need to find an efi head or spacer plate. Would you keep the frst throttle body or change to a cosworth tb?



Rob,

 

Also, any one got any idea if i can still get the loom connectors? Specifically the connector on the inlet manifold for the air/coolant and injectors....

Cheers

Rob,

 

Good clean shell there ,have a look on the 3 door resto im doing ,may give you some pointers

 

Haha Twins i read your rst thread from page 1........ took bloody ages! so i will indeed check your 3door one out.

Rob,

 

looking good top work

 

Nice work also have a look at my underbody resto im doing at the mo might help.

Keep the pics coming

 

Bought

Standard alloys
Standard 88spec seats (car came with buckets)
Standard steering wheel
305LPH cosworth fuel pump

Next to buy

Gizzmo boost controller
WB lambda and controller
MSII V3 Kit
Bush Set
New Drums and Shoes
New Front Disks and pads
Injectors (maybe VXR)
EFI Head
Random Gaskets

And after looking at Twins 3door thread thinking i may have to get a few bits zinc plated!

After the bits have been taken to the powder coaters on sat, sunday should see the engine and box out.

Cheers for now

Rob,

 

Cheers Puss i will do

Rob,

 

nice s2 m8, prob one of the most solid unrestored ones ive seen

 

Cheers mate, should be nice when its all done.

Rob

 

great project pal,what bucket seats were they you got any pics?

 

they are cobreua (or how ever you spell it!) RS2's, pretty smart just not my thing, found a receipt for nearly Ł200 a seat

They are in storage at the moment but can take some photos if you like?

Rob,

 

very nice mate!

 

they look quite funky from a quick glance, they fixed back or recliners?

 

Top project keep up the good work.

 

looking very nice

 

Looks like youve got quite alot taken off already, dont get too stuck in as you need to build my YB lol

 

very nice mate, looks quite solid too, good luck

 

Good base there, will keep my eye on this

 

Cheers lads


Make you a deal....... you help me strip the black shit off from underneath and i'll help you fuck your engine? and buy pizza

Rob,

 

looks like a good shell mate.

 

wish mine was that clean!

 

Looking good


Brian

 

looking good mate doing the same thing on my drive hard work mine ant as solid as that as well! good luck

 

nice and tidy one mate should be great when its all done!

 

Thanks for all the comments every one

Spent sat going to Essex to pick up two front recaro seats, both looked really good, then i gave them a clean



The amount of dirt that came off was nasty... the second photo shows what the rag was like when i started, and when i finished.




Start proper stuff today, bloody wet and cold

Got the tank out, looked pretty good underneath as well!





Was really happy with the condition of all the bolts they all came out easy which was pleasant (for a change)





Annoyed that the brake fluid has leaked onto the servo and taken the paint off, thinking of converting to a mondeo one etc.





Caliper/disk off,



Off side caliper being a bitch, solution, man bar



Ball joints split





Front arb off,



Rear proportioning valve support plate off and in the powder coating pile again looks fair underneath



The 22 year old bolts holding the valves on were pretty sweet too



Back to bed



Thats it for today folks, more to come tomorrow as i have the day off work. Taking a load of gear to the powder coaters, then to the ford dealership to order a load of clobber then home to take the coil overs off to sent back to AVO for rebuilding.

Think engine stripping begins when this is done woop.

All for tonight, knackered and cold

Rob,

 

Any one know if you can still get recaro bolsters from ford as one of mine could do with replacing before the material wears.... and any one got any sub frames as mine didn't come with any take it their the same for all mk4 escorts?

Rob,

 

Coming along nicely mate, its too hot to work on cars in this weather! well, where I am anyway lol

 

I think new bolsters pop up on ebay every so often

 

if thats wax oil on the underneath then gunk dissolves it then you rinse it off with white spirit under pressure if you can but you need to leave it for a bit to really really get stuck in try a patch to see if it's of any use to you, the watery gunk not the foamy shit and normally have a cheap pan brush on hand to aggitate it if need be

 

Alright Dubai boy! how is it mate? every one alright out there?

Mate thats a proper ace tip thank you very much. Will be putting this into action in the near future!

Rob,

 

Yeah Dubai is good mate, everyones good. Its going to be 27 degrees today. Nice change from all the snow lol

 

Lucky fucker! Let me know if you want picking up from the air port etc?

Any way,

Just bought a V3 MS1 ECU (to be upgraded to MS2)
A boost controller (Gizzmo)
A wide band Lambda controller (AEM)
Anti roll bar mounts (new, look nice!)

And my wallet is feeling loose and sore due to this mornings mammoth raping sesion. Just off to ford to order some more fucking parts Sloppy seconds for the wallet

 

Looks like a very solid shell

 

good stuff!
fair play for doing it outside in this weather