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Old 03-02-2012, 12:15 AM
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hello people been on here a while no and thought i would show you lot what ive been up to with my car!

started as a box std 1.4L H reg escort escort estate MK4 decided to go down the sleeper route and lowered it on 15" steels and fitted a 2.0 silvertop with RS turbo gear box, and fell in love with the car from then on! a little while later i had a little bump at the front!

so decided to do a resto on it! and a plan to go faster with boost!! i love the look of the MK3 escort especially the RS1600i so decided to fit it up with MK3 panels to get the look of a MK3 RS1600i escort estate road legal track car!

will post a few pics of the work i have done so far body work, hope you enjoy my work im about 75% done now have a look!

at the being!

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engine swap
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bodywork time
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and the colour!!
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what do you think!?
Old 03-02-2012, 12:20 AM
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why the FU$k have all my pics came out like that!!! that took me ages as well!! some one help please!
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I would be pissed if my pictures came out like that!

You need the img code from photobucket.



[IMG] Picture link here [/IMG]

Photobucket should have it ready made for you just to copy over.


From some pictures ive seen looks cool and would love to see this in action

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Got any smaller pics lol. Try to upload the pics properly matey.
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at fu%kin last! lol
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Old 04-02-2012, 05:29 PM
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looks good
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then started to strip it for the bodywork conversion






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now carrying out the body work








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and what do you think to the color!

























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new manifold on mock up engine!





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love escort estates, lookin good
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and my daily runner std 2.0 dohc

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thank you fella, been goin on for 2 years now! lol
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hello people a little update engine is now built and in put the manifolds on today what you think?

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will fit this once all running fine

pic of the loom i made for the omex


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That looks fantastic
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thanks fella
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Fucking awesome buddy!!!!
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Shall be following this, looks fantastic.
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few pic's from today fitting the doors ready to be flatted and polished





RS1600i bib fitted!





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looks a belting job mate,ive got the 16i bib for my estate too,looks cool
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No hanging about mate. Top job!!!
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another little update put the fuel tank in and done the rear inner arch's and the underneath will up load more soon





my little unit

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That looks brilliant!!!! I love it! Needs ambers, and dark wheels to finish it off though!!

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nice project mate
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How nice is that, Top project mate, Love the estate mk3 and 4's.

Keep the pics coming




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What gearbox are you running with it mate?

Awesome build!
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lovely a real credit to you
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thanks for the interest people! umm ive got a brand new set of ambers cant make up my mind what to run! lol as for wheels im goin to run them voodoos but will be painted anthracite very soon as i need 17" to clear the brakes on the front, but need to save up for sum comps!
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o yer as for the gearbox ive got a ib5 with the s2 LSD fitted see how it goes! fingers crossed!
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another update from today last nite the nearside rear quarter got repainted due to a small reaction. also the tailgate got a coat of paint fitted it up today and the rest of the door glass! looking good now it looks like a car again! take a look










also got the sump back yesterday from having the oil return union tiged welded to it


will give it a lick of paint tomoz
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very nice
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great work love this thread!!!!
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hello mate love your builds i see your RS1600i van on hear a little while back it what convinced me it would be a easy conversion to change it to mk3! thanks fella, love the work on the saff! top job!
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Originally Posted by K7 TSS
o yer as for the gearbox ive got a ib5 with the s2 LSD fitted see how it goes! fingers crossed!

Think this is the route im going down as sod paying 600 quid + for a Quaife and ebay auctions of them seem to have dried up.

Did you have to shave 1mm off the outer diameter of the LSD? Which Ib5 did you go for?


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