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This is gorgeous man. Also love that escort.

How much weight have you taken out of the car with all the holes?

Nice work on getting it sorted man. Beyond me how you went through that process but.. the result shows you know your sh*t! Man, I'm the same. I just started wearing hoodies too.

Yea this looks legit asf.

Omfg. This went from a "my grandad has one of these" to "mad max fury road" with the change of those wheels. WTF MAN! AWESOME.

Chur Spence, a wealth of knowledge mate

Threw a new thermo in it this morning and also sanded off the tempt gauge sensor as when I rebuilt it I painted over it, thought it might give me an issue so I sanded it back. The old thermo was an 88 degree one which I actually was surprised - that's quite high isn't it? I put an 82 in it and it seems to have done the trick.. SO FAR.

Delayed til tomorrow to get this checked. But drove to work today and it did the overheating thing again for about a minute. Got out, bottom hose was warm as bot the top hose was kinda cold. I'm going along the lines of needing a radiator clean and new thermo.

Yea it runs an overflow. I had it pressure tested not long ago and everything was a-ok. I'll see what this guy says and let you guys know, but thanks for the advice and tips. It's such a relief and a help haha.

I'll get a new thermo and also a new cap and gasket. This'll bet the go first.

My mechanic is the man, so I trust him. I hit him up and he said "You never told me it was overheating, get it checked immediately etc" but I'm sure I told him, lol. I got another family friend who owns a radiator specialist shop in town checking it tomorrow, thank fuk. It's random as though, it lifts and then drops. But I am SURE I can smell coolant - which is dodgey, but I can't -see- any coolant anywhere.

Sup guys, Man.. again, stumped. And I know jack all about cars. About 3 months ago my escort got rebuilt professionally. And now my temp gauge fluctuates from time to time. It reads hot, then comes down and settles where it should be after about 5 minutes most times I drive it. But only once or twice over the duration of hours. I can sometimes get a mean whiff of coolant - and I check it when it's cold and usually it's level and where it should be. I run it this morning, turned it off and I put my ear to the top of the radiator and I could hear a slow hiss. I really don't wanna do damage to the engine. New radiator hoses, clips etc. Anyone ever had a similar issue? I'm thinking I'm gonna get the radiator cleaned and get them replace the therma and also a new gasket and radiator cap. Le sigh. Hahahaha. Hope it's not expensive!

Sick!

The complexity of this problem man. Mind blown. Reminds me why I drive an escort.

Jesus god damn. Amazing.

A lot of people go for 4AGE engines in the old escort. Black top. Off of a Toyota. Also you could look at a Zetec engine which is for example out of a Ford Mondeo. Awesome stuff! Sucks you had to sell the 2door! So rare!

Sweet thanks for that. Any implications that would tell you not to put them on Yowzer?

Hey guys, I have done a bit of digging around in terms of wheel spacers on these forums but I wanted to start my own thread just to clarify a few of my questions. I'm interested in some wheel spacers for the escort, just to beef it up a bit and give it a more staunchy appearance. Recommended or not? Major implications? Legality? Like I read they need to be certed unless approved by the manufacturer - how would you go about getting it approved by them haha, or would they have a list of acceptable spacers? If I could push them out an inch that'd make a huge difference. I checked TradeMe for some but found none at all. Mine is a 4 stud modgies.

Anyone keen on a ribnight or something?

Throw it in storage and chuck a third party fire and theft policy on it. Man to those dudes offering him a spot in a time of need, good fullas. Chur.

Man these are nice. If you're up north at some stage can you let me know? Far north. I like photography as well. I'm interested in the filter you use, that retro look is nice and clean!

Am I right in saying some of them have added silicone particles?

I like redline oil. They have some special properties in it to help with gear crunching I've heard.

Installed. Running mint again. Odd though, getting a weird delay when first accelerating sometimes. Only for a second, sometimes car might jump a little and not quite sure what it could be? Dirty carb? Oh to add, it doesn't do it on full choke.. runs mint on full choke but sounds rank revving hard and guzzling fuel.. and not good for engine haha.

Sounds good man, glad you're on top of it. I would consider replacing the whole unit and coil. It's so cheap to do, $250 and you're set with an electronic ignition. You'll get better idle and rev out of it too.