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11-04-2006, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by sidewayz
i have strong views on people doing a turbo conversion & then calling them RS Turbo's when they aint, anyway i like the colour
I always tell people mines originally a 1.3 bonus, they are even more amazed
cheers for the kind words guys
11-04-2006, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by sidewayz
i have strong views on people doing a turbo conversion & then calling them RS Turbo's when they aint, anyway i like the colour
this car is like mine, its been built to full RS spec, with all the RS bits, ok wnt ever have the tags to say its a real RS turbo, but if its solid, looks like an rs turbo, sounds like 1, and goes like 1, in my eyes its a god damn rs turbo
just so you know, comments like these on another site once made me almost give up on my project due to the riducule and belittleing. but after a while i realised you dnt need the permission and blessing of a narrow minded few to build a car the way u want it
i luv this car, been built just like mine, i wil b putting a resto thread up soon as im well into rebuilding mine yet again. love the metering head, my local ford garage said there were no rebuild parts available, so im guessing they were fobbing me off, will have to sourse the part numbers
well done mate, keep up the good work, have to get a rs replica stand at 1 of the shows, see if anyone wud eva notice the difference
11-04-2006, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RSandy
Originally Posted by sidewayz
i have strong views on people doing a turbo conversion & then calling them RS Turbo's when they aint, anyway i like the colour
this car is like mine, its been built to full RS spec, with all the RS bits, ok wnt ever have the tags to say its a real RS turbo, but if its solid, looks like an rs turbo, sounds like 1, and goes like 1, in my eyes its a god damn rs turbo
just so you know, comments like these on another site once made me almost give up on my project due to the riducule and belittleing. but after a while i realised you dnt need the permission and blessing of a narrow minded few to build a car the way u want it
i luv this car, been built just like mine, i wil b putting a resto thread up soon as im well into rebuilding mine yet again. love the metering head, my local ford garage said there were no rebuild parts available, so im guessing they were fobbing me off, will have to sourse the part numbers
well done mate, keep up the good work, have to get a rs replica stand at 1 of the shows, see if anyone wud eva notice the difference
As for the part numbers, let me know what bits you want and i can help out
11-04-2006, 05:27 PM
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sideways seems to have a habit of dropping comments like that!
Personally I think at 16 he needs to hold back on comments until he has experienced how hard/expensive it is to find a solid mint RS on a budget, or how scary it would be to pick up a Ł2 - 2.5K half decent one and then rip it apart not knowing if you are going to be able to pull of a resto.
If it is someones first go at a resto project, then to me it make sense to use a solid 1.3 shell that you have been tootling around in as a new driver, and picking up a rotten RS to use as a donor car to create something special. If it goes tits up then it hasn't cost a bomb and you haven't wrecked a roadworth RS, while if it turn out right, you've got the car you wanted.
I think it is only wrong of people to try and sell an RS look a like as a genuine RS in a misleading manner (some do). if a car looks the nuts I don't care if you call it an RS or a Popular plus, to me it's just a smart looking motor and i do think people have a lot of repsect for peeps who turn their little 1.3 shitter into a show car.
Car looks good mate, love that colour and the RS.
Matt
Personally I think at 16 he needs to hold back on comments until he has experienced how hard/expensive it is to find a solid mint RS on a budget, or how scary it would be to pick up a Ł2 - 2.5K half decent one and then rip it apart not knowing if you are going to be able to pull of a resto.
If it is someones first go at a resto project, then to me it make sense to use a solid 1.3 shell that you have been tootling around in as a new driver, and picking up a rotten RS to use as a donor car to create something special. If it goes tits up then it hasn't cost a bomb and you haven't wrecked a roadworth RS, while if it turn out right, you've got the car you wanted.
I think it is only wrong of people to try and sell an RS look a like as a genuine RS in a misleading manner (some do). if a car looks the nuts I don't care if you call it an RS or a Popular plus, to me it's just a smart looking motor and i do think people have a lot of repsect for peeps who turn their little 1.3 shitter into a show car.
Car looks good mate, love that colour and the RS.
Matt
11-04-2006, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by parky1984
what happened to the voodoos pal
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11-04-2006, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by matts1
sideways seems to have a habit of dropping comments like that!
Personally I think at 16 he needs to hold back on comments until he has experienced how hard/expensive it is to find a solid mint RS on a budget, or how scary it would be to pick up a Ł2 - 2.5K half decent one and then rip it apart not knowing if you are going to be able to pull of a resto.
If it is someones first go at a resto project, then to me it make sense to use a solid 1.3 shell that you have been tootling around in as a new driver, and picking up a rotten RS to use as a donor car to create something special. If it goes tits up then it hasn't cost a bomb and you haven't wrecked a roadworth RS, while if it turn out right, you've got the car you wanted.
I think it is only wrong of people to try and sell an RS look a like as a genuine RS in a misleading manner (some do). if a car looks the nuts I don't care if you call it an RS or a Popular plus, to me it's just a smart looking motor and i do think people have a lot of repsect for peeps who turn their little 1.3 shitter into a show car.
Car looks good mate, love that colour and the RS.
Matt
Personally I think at 16 he needs to hold back on comments until he has experienced how hard/expensive it is to find a solid mint RS on a budget, or how scary it would be to pick up a Ł2 - 2.5K half decent one and then rip it apart not knowing if you are going to be able to pull of a resto.
If it is someones first go at a resto project, then to me it make sense to use a solid 1.3 shell that you have been tootling around in as a new driver, and picking up a rotten RS to use as a donor car to create something special. If it goes tits up then it hasn't cost a bomb and you haven't wrecked a roadworth RS, while if it turn out right, you've got the car you wanted.
I think it is only wrong of people to try and sell an RS look a like as a genuine RS in a misleading manner (some do). if a car looks the nuts I don't care if you call it an RS or a Popular plus, to me it's just a smart looking motor and i do think people have a lot of repsect for peeps who turn their little 1.3 shitter into a show car.
Car looks good mate, love that colour and the RS.
Matt
its also my 2nd rebuild, as ive also got a mk2 escort which ive had since i was 17 and im now 21
Anyway, enough of this RS genuine malarky, this threads about me project mk4 Escort!
14-04-2006, 07:41 PM
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Right, another little update, got the fuel accumulator painted....
Also stripped out the master cylinder/servo and brake linkage ready for rebuilding/painting/powdercoating.
Ordered some decals for the engine bay and went to fetch my Ebay bargain intercooler
Master cylinder and servo repainted and new decal fitted, waiting on a new brake resevoir for the master cylinder and new nuts, washers and grommets to join the two together.
spent an hour or so stripping stuff out ready for pulling out the engine and box got a fair bit done for such a short time, really chuffed im doing this as its only now im realsing how grubby stuff really is 
just gotta wait for me old man to get the engine crane from his work next week now Wanna be getting on with it, summers nearly here! 
More soon buftyers
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Also stripped out the master cylinder/servo and brake linkage ready for rebuilding/painting/powdercoating.
Ordered some decals for the engine bay and went to fetch my Ebay bargain intercooler
Master cylinder and servo repainted and new decal fitted, waiting on a new brake resevoir for the master cylinder and new nuts, washers and grommets to join the two together.
spent an hour or so stripping stuff out ready for pulling out the engine and box
got a fair bit done for such a short time, really chuffed im doing this as its only now im realsing how grubby stuff really is just gotta wait for me old man to get the engine crane from his work next week now
Wanna be getting on with it, summers nearly here! More soon buftyers
cheers
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16-04-2006, 05:19 PM
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Stripped out the brake pressure regulator assembley today, and have painted the regulaters, mounting plates going in the box to the powder coaters, and the brake pipes i need some green plastikote to paint them 2moro
Also refurbed the fuel pipes that go on te metering unit, cleaned the pipework up and painted the ends, fitted them to the unit and it finishes it off nicely
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Also refurbed the fuel pipes that go on te metering unit, cleaned the pipework up and painted the ends, fitted them to the unit and it finishes it off nicely
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16-04-2006, 08:34 PM
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its been said before but al say it again ford should o
done em in this colour.she looks cool as fook.
u prob should o went efi after going to all that
trouble but hey she is still nice
done em in this colour.she looks cool as fook.
u prob should o went efi after going to all that
trouble but hey she is still nice
17-04-2006, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by rigwrecker
its been said before but al say it again ford should o
done em in this colour.she looks cool as fook.
u prob should o went efi after going to all that
trouble but hey she is still nice
done em in this colour.she looks cool as fook.
u prob should o went efi after going to all that
trouble but hey she is still nice
17-04-2006, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by mercury grey minter
Where did you get the decals from,i prosume there reproductions.Am after just the one for the master cylinder.
keeping a look out is worth it though
17-04-2006, 05:44 PM
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yep ere is always time for the efi later on.as soon as a have bought
myself a house am gettin an other rs turbo to work on hopefull it will keep
me from going out every weekend lol not decided weither to go zvh or stick with cvh but will hopefully be running cossie management hope a can find a car as clean as yours tho
myself a house am gettin an other rs turbo to work on hopefull it will keep
me from going out every weekend lol not decided weither to go zvh or stick with cvh but will hopefully be running cossie management hope a can find a car as clean as yours tho
29-04-2006, 05:56 PM
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Right time for another update then!
Engine and box are now out, gearbox is off to be rebuilt next week, and hopefully sorted out a better sump for the engine. Engine needs detailing while its out as well
have got pretty much everything stripped out of the engine bay ready for paint, just needs a couple of clips taking out and and the speedo cable. Wiring will be masked up, and strut tops taken off when its ready to be painted
Have also degreased most of the engine bay, and im shocked at how well the paints come up! nearly decided not to paint it, and its so nice to own a minter, non of that inner wing, battery tray rust shite
if i pull my finger out 2moro, may well be able to get it painted
also trial fitted my intercooler, so that if any trimming was necessary, i could do it before it was all painted
organic clutch kit has turned up so thats another part waiting to go back in, and finally, does anyone know if these clips are still available from Ford?
need quite a few of them!
more updates soon hopefully!
cheeRS
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Engine and box are now out, gearbox is off to be rebuilt next week, and hopefully sorted out a better sump for the engine. Engine needs detailing while its out as well
have got pretty much everything stripped out of the engine bay ready for paint, just needs a couple of clips taking out and and the speedo cable. Wiring will be masked up, and strut tops taken off when its ready to be painted
Have also degreased most of the engine bay, and im shocked at how well the paints come up!
nearly decided not to paint it, and its so nice to own a minter, non of that inner wing, battery tray rust shite if i pull my finger out 2moro, may well be able to get it painted
also trial fitted my intercooler, so that if any trimming was necessary, i could do it before it was all painted
organic clutch kit has turned up so thats another part waiting to go back in, and finally, does anyone know if these clips are still available from Ford?
need quite a few of them! more updates soon hopefully!
cheeRS
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29-04-2006, 07:53 PM
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i love it, top work that man. im just about to start my own restoration thread, mk5 escort cabriolet with rs turbo engine.
i do love old being replaced with new or given a dam good cleaning.
i do love old being replaced with new or given a dam good cleaning.
30-04-2006, 08:42 AM
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looks really good mate, are you goin all bufty underneth?
good to see another ford having some money spent on it!
cheers mark.
good to see another ford having some money spent on it!
cheers mark.
30-04-2006, 10:05 AM
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will be going bufty underneath next winter mate
Gotta decide this morning if im going to spray the engine bay
It came up really well yesterday, and thats before ive even tried to polish it. Seems a shame to cover it all up as it looks mint for 16 years old, and sort of keeps it 'originality' if i dont spray it.
Will go out and have a polish, then decide
Gotta decide this morning if im going to spray the engine bay
It came up really well yesterday, and thats before ive even tried to polish it. Seems a shame to cover it all up as it looks mint for 16 years old, and sort of keeps it 'originality' if i dont spray it.
Will go out and have a polish, then decide
06-05-2006, 06:49 PM
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just a sneak preview-engine bay, slam panel and front panel all sprayed up and then laquered. Decided it would be a shame not to paint it. Picture just doesnt do the paint job justice at all.Bling bling shiney in real life!! Big thanks to my old man, 1 of a kind
Proper update soon once i start building her up
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Proper update soon once i start building her up
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06-05-2006, 07:39 PM
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looks really good mate, get some waxoil in that crossmember, and in all the gaps now its all sprayed. keep up the good work, looking forward to more updates!
06-05-2006, 08:00 PM
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RS Nutta, 17" OZ Superleggra's
Moondust, dont worry, got plenty of waxoil to go in there, its mint, and its staying that way
Twins, thanks for the
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Moondust, dont worry, got plenty of waxoil to go in there, its mint, and its staying that way
Twins, thanks for the
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