Well with just getting back into an blue ovalI thought I would start a thread to keep note of any changes made. After chasing power with my old car and making a bad choice in tuners, this car will be kept under 400 bhp and hopefully as reliable as possible. The only change I might make is to go back to a standard exhaust cam and get a remap to help bottom end response.
First plans are to sort the small faults on the car so the fuse box will be replaced or repaired, and the pod gauges sent off to Brendan.
The progress will be slow but i have a few parts lying already both left over from K60SSE and from my Porsche.
Just now the car is running a 310mm disk upgrade on the front , but i have these lying so may look at making up a brake kit with the 310's on the rears and 350+ on the front.






The standard boost gauge is pointless so my old Collins 40psi gauge will be fitted in one of Mikes pillar pods



I also found my old strut top caps so these will get a coat of wrinkle black along with a brake res cover to fit in with the engine bay.
I was lucky enough to have picked up a Ryan loom last week from Doug Stirling , that fits the spec of the car with coil pack,cam cover trigger... so with any luck this along with an uprated fan loom will be fitted at somepoint.





The only other parts I could find was my old rear strutbrace and dump valve, Im not sure if either of these will be fitted but if they do they will both be painted black first.
In the mean time the car is tucked up in the garage with the heaters on

 

looks nice, more pics

 

very nice.loving the calipers and kart in the background mate

 

looking good neil ,are you going to keep the calipers red ?

400bhp ideal for fast road use

 

Looks good, that a rotax max in the background?

 

lovely

 

Neil, you should check what width disc those Porsche calipers take, Porsche have a habit of using quite wide ones.

 

Yip its an 06 Gillard Rotax its not had much use in the last couple of months , but will be out again once the weather cleares.

Im going to more than likely get AG to fit the loom and at the same time a standard exhaust cam, then get a new chip from MSD. Looking for a responsive 360/380 engine.
Both Wenny and Mark the old owners of the car realy have done nice work to it in the past.

 

Martin I measured the originals off my old car a while ago ,there 28 rear and 32 front Im sure.

 

Nice mate

 

Perfect then I have seen some ubber wide Porsche discs though.

 

The engine bay was the bit that sold the car for me



The wheels i wasnt keen on to start with but there growing on me fast

 

Ah man up! I was at Whilton mill on sunday running a girl I know who races TKM! If she can do it in sub-zero temperatures, so can you :P

 

Nice one neil when your goin to andrews pm me if im about i will nip up n see you

 

Always loved this Escort.

Nice one Neil.

 

Carlo Im not too sure it will be the start of next year at some point , Im hoping after new year I will be back on a fixed rota with work so could plan it then. Im just sorting out the parts justnow then will give both MSD and Andy a shout for prices.

 

Will be good to keep an eye on this - stunning looking car

 

stunning car mate. not a fan of the wheels though. will probably get shot down for saying that!

rondells suit that colour best imo.

enjoy it mate

andy

 

Think you've done the right thing having a nice car to use anytime you like and a toy in the garage. I'd change the wheels to Rondells without the center caps, my mate has his Pacifica like that and I loved the look of it.

 

Do I sense your thinking of doing the same too

 

Funny you should say that I have actualy found some old pics of the car on rondells and i do like them , but the Montes are growing on me plus you need big brakes for rondells

 

Stoo Im kind of glad i did it aswell I have the BMW as a daily ,escos as a toy ,getting a new kitchen and some cash in the bank off the sale of the Porker. Saying that the escort hasnt moved out the garage since I got it home but that is only because of the weather. Got a fitted cover aswell with the car

 

Dunno mate. I do think about it from time to time but I'd really struggle to get one as good as the white one so it's probably best I just admire them from afar. When I move house and get my nice big garage the notion will no doubt appear again.

 

That's good, mate. It can sit under the cover until you fancy taking it a blast. It's a good feeling having something like that tucked up in the garage.

 

Are you mad the wheels make the car...

Engine bay is awesome.

Will it stay under 400hp for long though?

 

Yip it will as i aint sinking 6K+ into transmission again.

 

That white one was bloody immaculate! I recon you could still get one in the same league as it if you waited long enough.

It seems like the EsCos is the must have for everyone even if they've had an an M3, GT3 etc. I know I won't be happy until I have one in my garage. Nothing else comes close to them for me

 

trust me them wheels are wicked mate looks like a right rally sl&g

 

Lovely looking car that, wish I had a garage like that to work in too!

 

Looks fantastic

 

I will be keeping an eye on this thread.Stunning motor neil and best of look

 

Cool neil im only 20 mins away so you can pm me anyway ! Ask andrew im sure he had a set of engles (sp)the rondell copy's for a escos with tyres dont know if he sold them but he defo had a set

 

Looks good mate, just don't go too mad with it did you get it from Middlesex? Ive still got a spare set of rondells if you want a set.

 

I on the fence with they wheels i loved yours with the gold andy , My mate Russels duel violet monte has silver ones it looks mega ! Mike r's looks good with gold ones as well just not sure on neils with the silver but its his car ! if i had my way i would have every escort cossie on 18'' Rl7's

 

Very nice, love the wheels on it

 

looks bang on, best of everything

tbh these look timeless on either the rondell's(without centers) or the comp oz reps both are just as tasty

6k on transmission fook that

 

I think the wheels will be staying they are growin on me, I did notice your wheels forsale Andy an was tempted by them but the only other pacific cars up here I know off have rondells.
Carlo what remaps is it Andy does might need to get the bm done if I'm across anyway lol

 

Looks lovely

Who was your tuner on the old Escort?

 

Ava wasn't so much I wasn't happy with the work more the time it took.

 

Love this Escos, thougth about buying it from Wenny, my pugworth is at AG at the moment, first dibs on the monte's if you decide to sell.