Reply to essexrsturbo.
I must be so stupid i now have one of the most solid rs turbos around, built with new ford parts. In fact some of it is finished off better that new.
Everone is entitled to their own opinion about MK3 or MK4. But to post personel comments like that on the forum is just shit. Go bollox. If you dont like it, dont read the post anymore.
Thankyou to the rest of you who have contributed. As i keep saying more to come after chrismas. I personally like the MK4, as i posted earlier this car replaces the one i sold years ago.

 

think what he is saying mate is why didnt you just find a half decent mk4 and replace the crappy pannels on that, seeing as you are having to replace half the pannels anyway.....

 

Have you ever taken the carpets out of a rs turbo or any of the bodykit off. I have worked on many ford cars b4 this and they looked great from the outside. Under the parts they were knackered. Dont believe me, keep looking over this forum most of the cars here have had major welding on sills, battery trays, bulkheads, chassis under boot floor. only to be found when stripping the car down. All i have had to do is a streight forward panel job with no fabrication or repairs what so ever. I am too much of a perfectionist when it comes to cars, especially when so much money is invested in it. This car is solid, not a speck of rust anywhere. Respect to those who have made nice cars on a budget in this forum. As someone said earlier its whatever makes YOU happy. The car is something to do in the very limited spare time i get these days. It has been an ongoing three year job. Things (people) out of my control have made it take this long! I posted the pics for a bit of fun, not for a debait about MK3 or 4, or to justify my reasons behind whats been done. I will post the remainder of the pics for those interested. For the few who like the car and the positive comments thankyou. The car is exactly what i want, and carnt wait to run it. I have had loads of cabrios and still have one, a puma which i reshelled when they were new, cossy 2wd and a lotus elise and loads of motorbikes. All of which i have worked on or modified. So i am basically saying i have not just jumped in with no experience on a project i cannot compleate. Watch this space.

 

NOOOOOOOO WHAT THE FOOK ARE YOU PLAYING AT YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUT A 3 FOOT E-TEC SPOILER ON IT AS WELL

 

uve opened a can of worms with this one mate lol, i can appreciate wot this lot are saying bout keeping it mk3 cos there aint many good shells about and they look the bollox (im biased on that one) but i can also appreciate the hard work uve put into that

 

Everyone whos on at the guy leave him alone ya pricks! Its his fooking car, his money and his time. What he chooses to do with it is his choice not yours. You may not agree with what hes done but no need to slag him.....

keep the updates coming mate

 

no mate, its not a RS Turbo, its a Rep and always will be

you say your a NASA Space Machanic so why have you put a shitty mark 4 rollbar on it?

also how far are you going to go to convert the car to mark 4, because i can still see loads of mark 3 bits there, your only ever going to fool your Saxo driving mates

 

The thing is mate he is doing the car for him self.. not you

 

top job fawdy,looks sweet

 

Cheers lads for the support on this one. Much appriciated. As for the antiroll bar i have just built the car as my previous car was made. I found no problem with it. All said and done its an old design car so it will be driven with this in mind. I just like em and its built for me. If i was that worried about handling i would go get another lotus elise which could out perform this escort easily. Its just a weekend hobby at the end of the day. What i like about the rst is the amount of following its got, like passionford, owners club meets etc. Simple and basic to work on engineering. Also cheeper to run that the cossy i had b4. Some of my mates also have fords. One has a zetec xr2 and another has cabrio rst and one is soon to be building a zetec turbo escort van. These might not be race tuned 0-60 monsters, but at the end of the day they are a bit of fun to work on and drive. Chill out essexcockchops

 

Cant help it mate hes a southerner

 

A few scanned pics of previous cars i had. B4 the days of us having a digital camera!

The puma i got from a breaker and reshelled it at home. Run it for a year then sold it. Wasnt on hpi tho! The cossy i got from a lad i know. it was a 2wd and had most things done to it under the bonnet. Was very fast. 4wd needed!!! The xr3i was mine when i was 17. it had just 30,000 on the clock it was like new. Paid Ł3000 for it. Sold it for Ł2500. Puma shell went to the scrappy up the road. Cut it in half with the angle grinder!

Pic from the dealers website when it bought it.

The turbo replaced the xr3i, bought it from a mate for Ł4500 when i was 18. It had superchip, samcos, scorpian.

 

turbo looked very nice mate!

 

Aewsome work mate keep us all posted, top stuff.

 

loving that puma mate

i think i can see why your doing this conversion... your doing it for the same reason i am going to restore my motor... for the passion of owning a car that i've rebuilt, to my standards. top job mate...can't wait to see it finished !!

 

take no notice to other people who dont give you the support you deserve mate, its your car , you can do whateva you like with it, at the end of the day everybody has different opinions and views on stuff and you cant please all the people all the time!
loving the resto its gonna be a cracker when its on the road!
im restoring a mk4 cabrio at the mo but its taking longer than expected, keep up the good work and keep the pics coming!

 

Fawdy just wishes he had an engine like mine to put in his car. Keeps wanting to buy it off me. but no way im keeping it! He He[/img]

 

Here it is, in its new home!

 

 

looking good mate.
pat on the back for taking it on mate, nice to see you had a plan and stuck to it
more pics mate

 

Well done m8, I like your project

 

Normally I would say converting a mk3 into a mk4 is sacrilage, but the work and time you put into it makes it worth while. Ignor all the piss takers on here, at the end of the day its your project

Keep it up, looks the tits

 

fooking nice mota

 

When I first saw this post I thought oh no what a waste but after seeing the quality of your work and what you've put into it I think its great and you will have one of the best mk4/S2 on the road

Keep up the good work mate

Also it aint as bad as what I like to do with mk3's but I dont seem to get any digs for it

 

super work as always

will i get as much greif as this when i convert my brand fire new!!!! Mk4 shell into a Mk 3



and im then probably go 4WD with it aswell .

 

not from me mate, would be a good project,

 

HOW SWEET DOES THAT ENGINE LOOK?..MMMMMMMMMMMM

 

Sweeeet

 

fawdy get more pics up soon as m8

 

CAn't beleive people were slagging you off for this.........

Well done, and you've done some good work.

Mk3's aren't all they're cracked up to be. It's a Ford escort for fuck sake, not a Ferrari 250 GTB SWB Berlittina................

Not like there was ever a fucking shortage of the things........



Oh, and more pics

 

dont beat round the bush lad, if you got something to say then say it

 

Nice project! I understand you reasoning behind using the mk3 shell and the work you've done is top notch.

Its your car, you do what you want to it, don't let anybody put you down

 

Love that engine ,is the inlet in a black look aswell

 

That engine is LUSH

Liking the engine a lot

 

Big Brother is shit.
People in the X-Factor have no talent whatsoever.
Dandelion and Burdock tastes like petrol flavoured shit.
That bloke off Little Britain is obviously a raging poof.
Concours de Elegance is a waste of a car.
Grease is a shit film.


Hows that?

 

U forgot to mention the fact your Fiesta is powered with one of them "Ford Escort" engines

 

Doesn't bother me m8. And it's actually a Fiesta engine

But see what I mean about Fords being common? Spare engines and all sorts everywhere!!!

 

as i sit hear listening to the wife moan over how much money im gunna spend on my car and forced to watch grease, i think thats fooking well spot on lad

sorry mate, dont mean to clog up ya post

 

No one likes a smart arse

I know what you mean about parts kicking around everywhere.....

 

jayRS, Grab the remote, change the channel, remove batteries and watch as she panics when the remote doesn't work like normal. She'll soon get bored and go and do some ironing or something

safechav, We're here as we have a common love of Fords, not ultra rare De Tomaso Panteras, or Buggatti Veryons. So, cutting up a 1.3 L Ford escort to put Mk4 panels on, is hardly a loss to the world is it?