Car is looking great mate, them RL7 will really suit it.

 

Have you got any pics of the carbon spats mate sound cool as fook

 

Thanks bud, I may have to flog um tho


I'll get you some pics bud

 

Whilst my friends were over today helping me with my van... They bought L2 out into sun for me, loved it!!!














And I was one happy man!

 

Car is looking mint Kev . How you doing mate?

 

Hi mate, I'm holding in there bud, another operation soon so still on the recovery train haha

 

Small progress but progress none the less...

I managed to get the boot and bumoer painted by a mate up by London, tuck them up to him had a road trip wirh my mate Andy.

Placed back on now and making the car look more finished haha



















I also managed to get some new polycarbonate windows now and I choae the tinted ones, no pics as there all wrapped up atm.


I removed the cylinder head as I'm fitting a stud and nut kit.

Whilst removed I reworked all the inlet set up and had it all re-gas flowed.

All my design, cnc dth inlet and trumpet extensions....










Hopefully have her fired up before summer!

 

Wow I love that escort. Your obviously a very talented motor engineer mate

 

Good to see your progressing with your two projects.

 

Nice to see things moving on Kev. The car is looking very nice, love the throttle bodies

 

Thanks man, my brains a little slower than it used to be but its starting to work again slowly lol

Thanks bud, with the help of some good mates.

Thanks bud, yeah I'm happy with the set up now, was never 100% happy so I'm glad I pulled it apart and sorted it.

 

Because of my now disability I can't get into or around my barn because I am unable to move L2, she can be pushed out with your little finger, but takes strength of legs I don't now have to push back in.

But where theres a will, theres a way! I got myself a winch and mounted it sideways so it can pull L2 back in at thr touch of a button!

All done and will be bolted in by a mate tomorrow.

 

Nice to see the escort still looking well. The winch is a good idea.

 

Great job on the winch cracking idea that

 

I'm glad you have mates around to help, sounds like they are a cracking bunch and good to hear your still progressing with your projects.

So will this end up on throttle bodies or with the head/turbo in the background?

I've been thinking about throttle bodies on a s8 audi engine for something different, what brand are these your using?

 

After 11 years of renting barns I got a new landlord who wants me out, which is fine but the way hes gone about it made me want to kill him but thats another story.

I have a new home for all my cars and trailer sorted for now. Got a couple of new shipping containers which one is for the Maxi’s

So for now at least I can sleep easy

Took 2 saturdays with a couple of friends to move all cars pikey van is back at home for now and my movano is back road legal and outside house lol

 

Must be horrible losing a unit like that and having to move everything. I remember when I had to close my garage business down it didn't dawn on me untill we were moving everything I didn't realise I had so much stuff! Was sad to see the garage empty after

 

I’m with ya on that mate, I don’t remember closing my garage down as I was dribbling at the time lol but the anount of thing I’ve found in the barn I didn’t remember having, found 5 engines didn’t know I had! Lol

Check out my other container

 

Good God Kev you hoarded some stuff away there. You’ve enough to start a production line

 

Year and year of building RS’s mate. That’s not all of it yet lol

 

You have got to love spare parts.ive got a bit of a collection too lol.

 

Fook me you've got
Some
Stuff in there mate! I was totally gutted when I had to
Close my business down (recession hit badly) as I'd put soooo much time and graft
Into
The place,'working 7 days a week sometimes all night to get everything done and it was a total
Waste of time in the end but at least I gave it a go. Nothing on the scale of what you had to
Go through though mate. U managed to store all your stuff from the unit u just lost?

 

got a similar thing in my garage a 12v removable floor mount winch to pull the track car back in the garage if im on my own.

 

New 380lph pump system and also sorted one for Pikey van too.

 

Awesome build this! Love all your builds fella! Whether it be cars or Lego LOL!!!

Do you happen to have a ST170 or blacktop 2.0 zetec 'in stock'?

 

Thanks mate but I haven’t sorry, well I may have one... think its a 2.0 but can’t remeber spec, was a budget 300bhp turbo block and has been on shelf dor years.

 

If you are looking to move it on, please let me know

Keeping my eyes glued on all of your builds now lol

 

I will try and get it dug out for me bud.

Thanks too, appreciate it, always followed yours too mate.

 

Carbon skinned some door handles a boot locking trim and deleted the hole for lock.

 

 

great wheel also and come close to a rl7 for looks kev

 

 

Awesome mate..look forward to this build.

 

 

Think everybody knows / remembers why this build got put on hold but I dont forget I have her...

Ended up with another set of SpeedLines lol

Also the rear springs have always been maxes out at 12 inch and could of really been better on 14s as there WRC billstienea but managed to get some 3 inch springs, they're not helpers they're proper pounded sets.

Also the ITBs are 52mm and I've wanted for ages to have kicker plates to suit but we only ever made them for 48 and 50 and the 52s have a wider bolt pattern but my mate eventually made me up a set.

 

I had a lad make me this billet cnc coil pack cover a while ago and I wanted some more now but he's stopped so got to get round to sending to Mark at MT so he can knock me a few up.

 

Big L2 update coming next week be posting to YouTube now also here's a quick peak at L2 atm