Well what can i say im a glutton for punishment




its awesome comes with the optional ford rust and everything

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You going to leave the bodwork as it is then slap a big juicy engine in? 2.1 ZT?

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RIP Ben. Gone but not forgotten.

SportKA - I've driven one and its deffinately a Girls car

Ford Fair 2010 0-60 7.45 secs Trek 4100

Save the trees, wipe your arse with a Cosworth

:O no! make the bodywork minty. Good condition escorts go for silly money and their only going up.

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too late ive already attacked the front wings with a can of satin black nah mate gonna keep it old skool with a 2.2 pinto snorting through a set of twin 40's, not gonna mollycoddle it, gonna use it properly........sideways

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get the bodywork sorted, slap a big engine in tehre, and make millions of moneys

its a 4 door so they dont make big money unfortunatly, but ive always wanted one cos i love the whole old escort thing and love that fact that when i get the new motor in there theres not gonna be a lot around here thats gonna touch it

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i love it!!!!! my grandad won one of them brand new back in 1979 from fords dagenham in same colour old skool

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Rip Ben Elvin (jam)

looks ace, slap a YB in there leave it looking standard and then go chav hunting

Top car mate my first car was a mk2 which i bought about 4 years ago and was a total scrapper at the time, but have bin doin it up ever since and now look at it lol
The car originally ran a 1.6 crossflow engine an was an auto, today its currently running a 2.0l blacktop engine straight from a ford focus on twin 45 webber carbs and a straight through ashly exhaust, the car also uses a t5 gearbox from a sierra cosworth, almost everything on the car has bin custom made to allow the engine to run in a rwd configuration, the only problem is at 18 years old nobody will insure me to drive it so it jus sits lookin pritty in my garage atm


The front view just after the re-spray


The rear view just after re-spray


Another pic just after the re-spray


The first compleat picture of the engine transplant


Another pic just after engine transplant


Same as above

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Thats well nice mate, was contemplating sticking the spare zetec into it, but have decided just to stick a set of webers on the little 1300 with some gt spec valves and thrash it until it throws a conrod or something, then think about putting in the 2.2 pinto

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Thanks mate, yea it is a really good engine for the car but if you do ever atempt it at sum stage ya guna pull ya hair out lol it is a real head ake
but so worth it in the long run tho
But a 2.2 pinto sounds nice tho espeshaly with a foor door as many arnt atempted,
its also not that hard to do ither coz you just use all Mexico, or Rs 2000 stuff and there be plenty of power to kick that back end out aswell, so if you need any advice or bits give me a shout ive got loads.
but if your puttin a twin set of webbers on a 1.3 that will still be quick enough, but will cost you a fortune in petrol tho lol,
an the chance's of blowin a conrod on those little engines is quit remote due to them bein good old cast iron but if you goin for webbers your bound 2 melt a piston or ring at some stage an kill it through loss of compreshion instead lol jokes

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its all good for fuel, i have the astra coupe for just general journeys, the mk2's only coming out when the mood takes me or when the astras in for an mot or anything, and dont worry i have a nasty habit of killing engines, my old si went through 4 engines which all let got in spectacular fashion, 1st things 1st tho i have to kill the rear tyres thats on it now as soon as i get the thing running(shouldnt be too hard as its getting fuel just no spark)

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the old pushrod engine are pretty much bullet proof just keep it topped up with oil and it will keep on going, a mate of mine has seen one them engines still running with a valve pushed through the rocker cover

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Rip Ben Elvin (jam)

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Some people are like slinkies. Not really good for anything, but bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs!

From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.

is that even possible?

on 3 cylinders yeah its possible, my si did 350miles on 3 cylinders once
de rusted the bonnet

shouldve just left the screwdriver in the toolbox

just for a laugh

and the ruined rear quarter

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I did a good couple thousand miles on 3 cylidners with a burnt out valve.

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few more bits






Still deciding on the powerplant, part of me wants a nice pinto screamer and the other part wants a turbo motor of some kind(SR20DETT )

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Fair play for taking that on m8

Heres a couple Escorts I seen whilst at the rally last week:

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Done quite a bit to the escort tho

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