shizzl

i certed my van for $430,that included,engine swap,new mounts and xmembers,lowering,wheels,gauges,steering wheel,and exhaust being only 80mm off the ground...

i hated my ute (rx3ute) so i sold it,now i miss it...

and im hating my mk2 right now cos i cant do jack shit to it cos its soo far away!!!!anyone wanna buy it!argh!!!

i have the pinto 2l with decomp gaskets,rebuilt bottom end,2.0i head and injection,vf10 turbo,lightened fly...once its all running and run in if that ever happens ill replace the vf10 for a vf23 and upgrade the ecu and injectors.....and diff and brakes...

ill just chuck on some vented discs with ebc's or pagids....dunno yet..

if the bottom end fails ill strip it down and bore it the fuck out and strngthen everything...

are you all talkiong bout a boot release?cos my escort has one...it had it from factory....little chrome handle next to the seat....

well my poor little esky is still up in auckland under cover doing sweet f all....ill be up next month to pick up my injected pinto motor.will swap the head from the old nackered injected pinto to my rebuilt block....fit the mandrel turbo manifold/turbo/dump pipe,run the wires/ecu into the dash area.....thats probably as far as ill get on one weekend if im lucky...then thats it till xmas holidays

i wanna bring it down to chch so i can finish it but its too damn exspensive to truck/tow it down....

it still needs alot to do on it...

new carpet/rooflining/door trims

seats fitted

battery box/battery/cabling

new brake lines

all wiring done

dizzy timing done

new rear muff

new front wheel bearings

vented discs and new pads

pumped guards

new wheel nuts for the 17s/or hotties

new paint at some stage

new tints

new belts

sport dash fitted

rs2000 front spoiler fitted

rear window refitted

drivers door reg repaired(2 teeth missing)

fit some kind of tunes..

fit t/timer

make turbo-intake pipe with bov adapter

fit oil/water lines for turbo

fit radiator

rangi up some radiator hoses

make new gearbox xmember

find one big ass money tree and start shaking the crap out of it!!

see,just a few things ae...

i just hope my block hasnt siezed up on me....

i miss my little car.....i wanna work on it now!!!

howdy...

anyone in aucks skilled up on doing a headgasket on a pinto?

when i come up next month i wanna switch heads over....so im looking for someone whos done one before and knows what theyr doing....

anyone?......

f,b,s,s kit i was quoted about $3200 at your door...

thats over $800 saved from the importers!!!

that was through burning customs in oz...i have the email addy if you want it...

mk2s were made from 75 up to about 82?

i know my mk2 is a 75...must be one of the earliest,and i used to own a 82 mk2 4dr ghia...*cough*pile*

go bigdave go!!!

69 hillman hunter(rolled it)

80 datsun sunny(put it into a ditch and a mate through the windscreen )

83 honda civic wagon

83 323 gt

83 MK5 cortina

80 mk2 escort 2L

90 fxgt

92 gsr lancer

88 rx7 gtr

79 b1600

80 b1600 rotored with rx3 nosecone(RX3UTE)

84 alfa 33

78 808 sedan

75 mk2 escort

83 l300 vangina

75 mk2 escort(bought it back)

79 rx7 gt

97 vr4 legnum

89 rs legacy

85 econovan rotary

93 primera

still got my 75 escort......

i have pics.....who can host them?

yeah its in chch....the motor is tired,smokey joe....but the body is wicked...will get a pic tomorrow...he does want to sell ae

a guy at my work has a mint silver one with flares and chromies that hes thinking of selling...ill take a pic....it looks mean as...not lowered but looks it..

yup....you learn something new every day...

axle stands must go under the chassis rails....

on a escort the strut doesnt come away from the hub assy....its all one piece...youll get to hate it as much as me....i had to take off the sway bar and control arms to get mine out....such a bitch...

anybody got an easier way to get front coils out of a escort?

youll only need a spring compressor for the front.....or you could do it the rangi way.with the car on the ground,undo the spear nut,jact the car up and the spring unloads inside the wheel arch not reccomended...

the leaves are easy though...if you just put blocks in,put your escy on axle stands,undo the U-bolt nuts that hold the diff to the leaves,jack the diff up so you can slot the blocks between the diff and the leaves,lower it back down onto the blocks,make sure the lugs and holes are lined up or you block will pop out,put your new U-bolts on like the old ones were,do up the nuts,do them up tight,take the car for a spin around the block,jack it up again and retighten the nuts if needed....some settling does happen with blocks....

the front of escorts are a pain in the arse...so i found anyway....i just left standard capri coils in the capri struts...sits low enough...might upgrade to kings later though once its all going...with the 17"s on it and spoiler fitted.....so i can check clearances etc...and ill ave to get the gaurds rolled/pumped/lipped etc...

mate....this type of post is exactly what we need.....

when you read in classic ford mag and read that its been turreted and 4 linked and yadda yadda.....its really good to see what the hell they mean and how its actually done...

mad props to you mate..(good shit!!(cheers))

now...wheres that coilover conversion id love to see how to do that on the cheap(but not budget)

28kg for the stuff i need...

manifold,fuel rail,loom,ecu,afm,dizzy.....

ive got a evo pump and lines in the scort....im not in a rush to get it either,cos i wont be able to fit it till september,but i would like to get the manifold etc all polished up mint...

yo bigdave.....who you use to send your parts over?cos ive found a injection kit for my escort but its gonna cost $450 to ship over!!!!

the guy never returned my messages etc.....he wouldnt give me a price...

pissed me off.....

theres a place in aucks that had a 2.0i motor with manifold for $400 but they wouldnt split the manifold off.....im in chch so itl cost a bomb to get the engine to chch.....i may get it and just take the head off it and sell the block.....aparently its only done 79,000kms....no loom or ecu though...

dont you think ive tried that already?even google searxhed wich showed up nothing.....

just thought someone would know or have noticed one somewhere...

has anyone seen a sierra 2.0i being stripped/wrecked anywhere?i desperately need the injection manifold and wiring and shit from one.......

im so badly lost to finish my project withut this shit.......

i did 243kph in my old 1990 fxgt down the ramarama motorway section....had digital speedo thingy attatched to somewhere like a terratrip...i did 180kph in my rotor van last weekend out darfield way...go the canterbury rds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well yeah for sure....but if you wanna pay for lowered leaves you might as well buy a single leaf conversion....better ride and good slamming....you dont get twist etc.....only $180

my last ride past a wof with the springs lifted and flipped to the top....i was told as long as you keep the main spring(the one with the bushes/shackles) is in its original location ie: not flipped...

ive seen a courier ute that had flipped leaves,it got hit on the rear 1/4,snapped the leaf at the bush keeper due to the reversed action of travel= weakened leaves....

in my ute (rx3ute) all i did in the rear was remove 4 leaves(from 7!),

took the middle 2 and flipped them in between the main and the lower leaf(about 10" long)...so i still had all the strenght left in them,but the 2 flipped leaves helped lift the diff up,still had a mint ride..i also had 50mm blocks.....

if your gonna change your suspension...do it right....dont cut corners:ie leave shit undone/unclamped etc....

make sure shit dont rub when its lowered.....saves alot of other probs....

just my $1 worth i guess....

i had a mk5 cortina and changed the 4 speed to a 5er.....i actually prefered the 4speed....i have a rs2000 box in my esky....

but im thinking of pulling the motor out and selling that in favour of a more modern engine------zetec or cossy......mmmmmm

in the uk they have normal looking eskys stated as rs2000s...