Dan

Can these bits not be bought as replacement items?

Keith B

I can't make my mind up on the silver. It looks great from the back but from the side it matches the colour of the wheels too closely. I'm, thinking that some Ti coloured wheels would set it off perfectly.
Please, please, PLEASE. DO NOT do the bonnet raiser thing. Dont relegate all your hard work to that of looking like a 17yr old Nova driver.

Lincolndanny

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Hey guys, has been a long time, shortly after my last reply, i lost my internet connection and only got it back last week! Over 4 months!
Anyway, think its about due an update
Now i havnt been able to transfer all my pics over from my old pc yet, so these are for the mean time

The car is all built now, registered with the dvla as a turbo, and the tax and insurance have been all sorted out

At first with the car on the road i felt that the performance was pathetic and thought i had wasted my time.But while giving it a full service, i noticed a blocked hose coming off the metering unit. Turned out the Amal valve was missing!!! One of the previous owners of the donor car must have been a right bodging git, not to mention a cheapskate
So with a new amal valve from Ford, we had a RST performing to its full capability, and an owner with a big smile on his face
Anyway, initial list of jobs to do were:
Sort out sloppy gearchange
Sort out front suspension as insides of original tyres got scrubbed very quickly due to the bad camber and bouncy standard 1300 dampers
replace front windscreen as its scratched
replace webbing in passenger seat as its split in half and have to run with an xr3i passenger seat at the mo

So, getting on with this list....

Ordered some MEF Adjustable TCA's today so they should be here soon, and these arrived today...

Nice new set of adjustable Koni's should sort out the bouncyness and go well with the Spax springs
This also turned up today and had to fit it straight away!, Difference was unbelievable!!




proper sexy bit of kit
got a better windscreen in the shed, so that'll be going in at the weekend, and found some new webbing on ebay, so will get some of that ordered.
So there we go, just need to get my new tyres put on the front superleggras, and then get the voodoo's refurbed in the meantime as they look so much better.
So thats this months list, then after that its bailey breather, GRS intercooler, -31 actuator and get the old girl chipped
Some more updates soon




Oh and if anyone wants to make me an offer on a MINT set of superleggras with 3 very good and one new tyre, then send me a pm

cheers
Danny

GTechR

Still waiting to see ya down Woodcocks matey... lookin Good

Dunc Maclean

looks mint mate! loving the voodoo's on it! those alloys are always gonna look mint no matter how old they get!

top work fella!

Dunc

gingeRS

top job

how do you get an old shell and get the logbook changed to say rs turbo when it has a different vin, engine number etc.

would be tempted to do this with mine, as have always wanted a silver rst and would mine would be a perfect donor car.

cheers

Lincolndanny

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hey mate, when i say registered as a turbo i mean that its got the turbo engine size on the log book now.Still says escort bonus as model.Dont think you can change this
danny

Red16

first time ive seen this thread very nice

where from and how much was the quickshift ?

gingeRS

does that mean its more difficult/expensive to insure as i know many insurance compnies have narrow minded views on these kind of things. I take it it is insured as an rs turbo, rather that just a 1.6 bonus?

where there any differences between the bonus shell and the rs turbo shell? other than the holes for the bodykit rivets?

looks wicked in that colour

BA

very nice looking car....

markc

me mates got a silver 1 too hes had it for quite a few yrs built from a 1.3 bonus



lovely in silver well dome m8

Lincolndanny

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hi mate, no differences between the shells apart from as you say the holes for bodykit. oh and sunroofs are different

it cost an extra Ł200 a year to go from 1300 bonus to 1300 Bonus converted to RS Turbo

MarkC, is that Ders one?

cheers for the kind words guys, update again soon as im still recieving parcels

cheers
Danny

markc

na his names dave from down my way always at the shows
its minty mint ill try and get a better pic of it for u

Lincolndanny

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if you could mate, ive got a few of it from shows, but always nice to see some more

is he going bufty underneath?

Lincolndanny

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cheers for the kind words mate
Got quickshift from work-Ł160 but thats with discount
most places ive seen mail order are around that price
cheers
Danny

TGTURBO

TOP motor there fella looks the nuts in silver well done to u matey

Nick_RSIFEZ

My first car was Stratos silver 1.1 bonus, always wanted to build it into a turbo but then it got written off by a mate, ford should have built them in this colour as well as they look top class good work mate

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

Looks mint in silver matey

My first car was a silver g reg 2dr bonus, i loved that car!!! G191OSH ended up wi mfi XR3i running gear, turbo rims ang 90 spec bumpers - all declared officer

Lincolndanny

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silver ones are the best

received these pornagraphic parts from MEF Motorsport in the post today


got some time off work so will be starting to get underneath sorted and detailed
cheers
Danny

stevenebm

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looks like the one from fast ford a few years ago.if it is its very nice.

a want a silver escort turbo now

Lincolndanny

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sorry mate, its an exclusive club

stevenebm

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seriesly mate.always wanted one might be ma next project ones this one is done

buftyboy

nice colour rs,are they rare in that colour?? looks

Tonyt1t

bufty boy they dont come standard in that colour mate

back on topic car is lush mate!

markc

yeah it was i fast ford 3 page spread i think pure chrome under the bonnet

u doing the rear adjustibles too m8ty ???

RS-adam

there are no RS that are so bad, that you can give up hobe on it.. almost everything can be fixed and welded up again.. thats my oppinion... so plz dont kill that RS

rs_daz

Nice one have you fitted the TCA yet? how does the car feel with them fitted?

Lincolndanny

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havnt got them fitted yet buddy, just started some time off, got to collect loads of clips ad bolts 2moro from ford/bolt specialist, then i can start buftying underneath, so will fit tca's at this time. RS has already gone im afraid mate, roof had a big kink in, inner wings, front panel were all fooked, and dont get me started on how rotten the floor to inner sill join was. Realy was at the end of its life. Im currently also restoring my mk2 Escort, thats rotten, so believe me i know when a cars worth saving or not, but i know what you mean, theres alot of RST's being broken when they really shouldnt be!

Lincolndanny

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thanks for the kind words buddy, hows yours coming along?

Lincolndanny

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was it in Fast Ford as well? I remember seeing the one on this thread featured in Performance Ford

Will do the rears at a future point for sure, but really aint got the money to do it at the mo-have to buy rear arms and coilovers at the same time and its alot of spenditure!

AdsCapri2

Lincolndanny

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Now then guys, have a few threads all over the place, so from now on going to have this as my only thread about my car.

Suspension is now all on and set up, along with two new front tyres so im back to a full set of Superleggra's
Pics of how the old girl now looks...



Also found a pic or 2 of what the old girl looked like when i first bought her just over a year ago..




Now, currently the cars of the road till the end of the month with a leaking sump gasket, so while she is off the road and now the clocks have gone forward meaning summers on its way, its time to spend some nights doing some little bits that will make a difference.
First job which ive just come in from doing is trimming the B-pillar covers. My Bonus didnt have these as original, just painted metal, so i robbed them out of my donor RS before it went away to be crushed. Trouble is is that they are a different colour to my headlining, so decided to trim them in 86 spec fabric(think twins did this before having his flocked? ) only took an hour tops, listening to Dave Pearce on the radio
Looking forward to fitting them 2moro

Enjoy








The finished result...


well happy with them
cheers
Danny

whitecossie

well nice mate love the panels

m.d.

love it mate, especially when you see the comparison

GTechR

Lookin mint matey... take it your on the outer circle halfords?

Turbo Pez

Loving that, mite have to find me sum 88 spec material, top marks m8!!!

Lincolndanny

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Well, its time for the old girl to come off the road after only 3 1/2 months as being a turbo.Fed up of the look of it under the bonnet and all the little leaks, so its time to strip it all back again and go bufty for the show season. Car also eeds a new gearbox and uprated clutch inreadiness for some proper power

So, enjoy the rebuild

What im improving on...


First item for the bufty treatment, manky and leaking metering unit.


some of the new bits from Ford...


and the finished item just needing the two little fuel lines



Really happy with the outcome of it, worth the nights in the shed scraping away all the crap and prepping

The next item for the treatment( Brackets being put in the "to go to powedercoaters" box)


Just like to say a MASSIVE thanks to Andy YWK for all of his help with part numbers and tips so far, hes a top guy

another update soon
cheers
Danny

GTechR

rs nutta