onionlover

Hey guys new member.
Got a black Escort RS Turbo thats undergoing a rebuild. It's had all the usual chav crap done to it and it's also been owned by someone whos mechanical talent doesn't quite match their enthusiasm.
The idea is to remove all the chav parts (too many to list) and return the car to standard. Then mot it and enjoy it.
Any tips and advice would be welcome.
I'd also like to pick your collective brain about short-shifter kits. There is one fitted at the moment but in keeping with the rest of the mods the gears are now all over the place. I was just wondering what gets changed when fitting one so i know what to remove.
Cheers

mp1

Best a luck to ya

onionlover

I think i'm gonna need it. I'll get some pictures up at the weekend

bigryrs

iTrader: (10)

Look forward to seeing pics mate!!

onionlover

Finished fitting the new front suspension springs and shocks today. Went to take the bumper off to look at the intercooler and realised the bumper was only held on with 1 nut instead of 4. Once that was off i looked at the radiator and the fan, and they were only held on with tie-wraps. The more i take off this car the worse it gets.

sionr

ye i got one like that.mine pissed me off that much i decided to use if for parts.it seems theese only come in 2 states chaved or looked after

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Good luck fella.

onionlover

The car currently has a quickshift kit fitted, only it's been done really badly. What gets changed over on the kits so i know what to change back?
Also i'm having problems posting pictures. Every time i click on the manage attachments button i get an 'error on page' message on the status bar at the bottom of internet explorer. All it says is 'errors on this webpage might cause it to work incorrectly'. Is this my computer settings or my security software blocking the link?

stevos

put your photos onto photobucket, copy the img file and paste it into your thread.

onionlover

Cheers for that stevos. Me and computers go together like bins and cats.

http://i956.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Photo0147.jpg

This is the car when it was actually running. Judging from it's condition though it's probably a good thing it isn't on the road. The sun-strip was really annoying as it covers about a quarter of the windscreen which was replaced with a non-heated version.

http://i956.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Photo0009.jpg

This is one of the brake pads i took off. The only possible explanation for this i can think of is the wrong size discs. If anyone else can provide another explanation i'd be glad to hear it.

http://i956.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Photo0003.jpg

This is what was holding the radiator onto the car. The more stuff i find like this the more i want to strip the car further to ensure there are no critical problems in other areas.

Rikochet

This looks exactly like my Xr3i/turbo. A good car under lots of chavvy bits!!!

onionlover

Just went out to start swapping the rear suspension over and as soon as i'd opened my garage door the heavens opened up. If only i had a garage big enough for a car and tools.
Damn you scottish weather.

stevos

Does the reg of that car end in yoo as my mate had one that looked like that a few years ago

Ke1th

I work in a single car garage, it sucks. Where about in Fife are you from?

onionlover

No it ends in VHT but i feel sorry for your mate if he had one as bad as this one.

onionlover

I could have put the car in the garage but i wouldn't have been able to work on it which would have defeated the purpose. I'm up at leuchars.

stevos

Yeh mate the one he had was really bad just wondered as i seen his old one up for sale not long ago. his was properly bodged together when he bought it and was never a great car.

onionlover

The way this one is held together i'm surprised it didn't rattle more when i was driving it

PETEDUDE007

thats mad, i feel you with the scottish weather tho what a CUNT!

i love up by aberdeen and i cant get nothing done on my car in this!

onionlover

Bring on global warming i say. That'd make scotland an ace country to live in