here we go............. i brought a 1.3 escort 2 do sumthin with last month & it just sat on my "unfinished" driveway! i tried selling the car for £90! but had no joy so its now a project car!

i have all rs turbo running gear wiv piper 285 t2 cam & high pressure oil pump fitted, superchip, 3ich mongoose stainless, & a bleedvalve laying about (all the mods u need for 180 bhp).

so ive decided 2 stick all the running gear onto the 1.3 4 speed gearbox & see what it does!

i have a 5 speed for when it goes BANG! but i want 2 see how well the 4 speed copes & how quick of the mark it is. (should be interesting)

MAN I GET BORED SUMTIMES!

heres a few pics or he car & what ive done in the few hrs i spent on it 2day.

THE CAR




TODAYS PICS


ALL THE OLD CRAP


WASHED THE ENINE BAY DOWN QUICKLY






SHAME ABOUT BATTERY TRAY (gonna brush it in silver again thou)

THE NEW ENGINE


the engine was rebuilt a few years ago but havent heard it run yet! FINGERS CROSSED

 

just short of a wireing loom! (as in wanted post)

 

good luck mate should suprys some of them saxo boys lol

 

Nice wat happend to ya combi van with the cozzy wheels???

 

brought everything 2 complete it & woke up 1 day & just sold it all!

ive built 2 stealth escorts now from 1.3's & i love them!

u carnt beat pully up next 2 a scooby at the lights in ur standard 1.3 escort decked on 14 inch steelies wiv wheel trims & just blowing him away!

the expression on there face is priceless!

sum wouldnt agree wiv me but i think scoobys are over rated!

old ford dont die they just get quicker! (even the shitty 1.3's)

 

check this out!

the 1st stealth i ever made! 18psi beast on an engine built from a few old scrap parts in my shed

 

i also agree scoobys are well over rated theres so many of them about as well they are just very boring cars to look at

 

do like the idea of a sleeper like

 

heres what ive done 2day

 

wow no fuckin about it running?

edit just noticed the loom hanging over the wing

 

nah waiting for loom 2 arrive, will be all done 2morra appart from loom.

should get loom by friday & have it running sataday (as long as engine is good?)

shame i didnt have all the parts here as could have finished it 2morra!

 

todays update!

engine bay is all complete minus a loom & few ods & sods





old tank is off



now thrown near old engine



new tank is implace but waiting on a fuel pump (2morra)

 

nice fun project mate!

 

LOL soon as the turbo wines them gears up thats it bang!

 

actualy it wont there is no diffrence beteween the stenth of boxes just ratios

 

if it blows then its geting another 4speed put back in!

i have 2 5 speed boxes but there no fun!

got my fuel pump & a few other pipes im missing 2day but sods law its pissing down with rain!

spec

engine was rebuilt a few years ago (so should be nice strong lump)
high pressure oil pump
ported & polished head
piper 285 t2 cam
-31
full mongoose exhaust
superchipped ecu
bleedvalve (running 18psi)
k&n filter
all thrown onto a little 1.3 4 spped gearbox

i have a feeling this car is gonna launch well off the line!!

 

hehe its gunna be evil

 

lockesRSparts, looking very good. Wondering if you could help me with a few things as im planning on buying a 1.3 4speed and creating an RST replica for my first car. As you can guess ive got a few questions:

1. On the 1.3 how interchangable are the RST parts with the standard 1.3 parts - are there much differences in the suspension setup? Can i swap on RST disks easily?
2. As concerns the 4speed box i'd prefere the 5 speed - can this be mated to the enginew easily or does it require a fair bit of tooling? An ideas on the final drive ratio on the 4 speed compared to the 5speed - or really what im looking for is the difference in driving experience, considering im still going to have the 1.3 in there.

cheers

 

that is brilliant! love the idea of a sleeper and the pic of the 1st one u did looks fantastic, is it still going about terrorising ppl?

 

all parts will swap straight over mate. (suspension, roll bar etc..)

to fit the rs disks u will need the rs turbo callipers aswell. (then its a straight swap)

any xr3i/rs tubro 5 speed gearbox will mount up to a 1.3 engine & sit on the same mounts. u will need 2 get a 5 speed gearlinkage aswell thou (£10 from the scrappys)




as for my old turbo it was sold & then had a harvey gibbs engine fitted 20psi/200bhp & 90'spec bumpers then was sold on ebay for £2k

 

fitted fuel pump a min ago!



all fuel lines are connected.

carnt do anymore untill loom & other little bits arrive!

 

this is as car sits now.

 

super sleeper ya keepin the wheel trims? as well wat ya doing about the brakes

 

14inch steel's wiv trims as thats smalest i can go with rs turbo brakes!

so answer 2 ur other question is rs turbo brakes all round

 

Foooook!!

You dont hang around do ya!!!

love to see some of the faces at the traffic light grand prix

 

no mate as i want it done asap!

gutted i carnt do anymore untill parts arrive!

abit off the topic but what do u all think of my rims?????? (not for this car)



old school tsw evo's, just got them back from powdercoaters & have 4 new tyres ready 2 be fitted this week.

not sure what there gonna go on yet? or if i'll ever use them but cool to have sat in ur spare room in the house! lol

 

I know what you mean mate!

Wheels look schweeeet!!

 

cool mate. should see you second stelth u did now, look right mean, nealy done tyres need to go on the rims and mot'ing and she is back on the road ready for santer pod oh got the samco top boost hose from s.c.a new for £25 they messed up some where there oh them rim would look cool on my stelth

 

lockesRSparts, mate ur a fookin ledge!!!!!!

awaiting the next update!!!!!!!!!

 

updates?

 

Thats brilliant that is!!!

 

picking my loom up 2day!

should be fitted later 2dayif the weather stayes nice o 2morra.

hopefully have it running in next few days! i'll get sum vids up if al goes well

 

sweet ...Vids

 

sh*t i forgot to PM u chris, i had a loom"!!!!!! looks good and like the idea so much i have just got myself a biege mk4 C plate 1400 cc orion... and have plans....

 

got the loom & it HALF IN! i say half as its just started raining so ive come in for sum dinner & a cuppa tea.

nice 1 mate! i wanted a gold 4door last year 2 turbo up but missed out on it u gonna go turbo power???

 

yeah of course! but i see if u can work out what i have planned? it involes an £50 efi escort 3i, a free 2.0 16v mondeo and a T3 i have knocking around... by the time i sell all the stuff from the mondeo i should have a free 200bhp Q car... and plus all the stuff from the efi 'scort.... will get pics of the orion asap, as its a SHED... but mot'd... hope it all goes well!

 

sounds good chap!

loom is all in now, little finishing jobs 2morra & then should be running monday as soon as the oil feed pipe turns up.

 

ps... any joy with th windows?

 

were sent out yesterday (or day b4)

 

here are a few pics of while loom was being fitted & when it was fitted!

dash out (thrown bak in car as rain was comeing)


loom all fitted back in engine bay


car all turns over & all lights, wipers etc.... work!

fit last few bits 2morra & hopefully get her fired up.