Mr.Mk1

Cool! I was at Crean food services!!!

Where is it that ya work??

I saw the car parked in Gore outside Woolworths last year some time n I had no idea what it was, but I liked it

Kyteler, think I saw ya 'line in Invy today, do you work on Crinan (?) st somewhere?? It was parked on the street.

My old man owns Heriot Invercargill freight service and is there mon-fri, n I was with him...Gee, wasnt that interesting!

Got a light kuz?

Pix???

http://members.dodo.net.au/~craezor/

One tidy as mofo mk1---------

Duznt fit the topic, but ill use my own thread!

Blame it on P!!!

Are they like Forrest arches or small ones?

Huge difference, mk3s look like early lasers.

http://home.wanadoo.nl/ford-escort/Pics.htm

Is that David Vizard's book or John and Peter Wallage's? Ive heard about them but cant spent that $ on a book when i could buy essentials for the engine its self!

I will keep yaz posted too!

Hey all,

Finally bought a 1600 for the scort, needs some rings, exhaust man/extractors and my 32 weber on manifold - $100.

Im pretty hard up and dont wanna go hard boring it n shit yet, but ive heard about putting 1300 pistons in the 1600s and it raises the compression ratio? Just happen to have a spare 1300 now and was wondering if its worth doing...

Mechanicals arent a prob and i can handle most things.

Do i have to swap the whole piston and connecting rod or can i get away with putting the piston on the 1600 rods (are they the same size in other words!)

Im sure ill come up with new questions so keep checkin back

Well i guess it may depend on the paint you will get, but i had four litres of topcoat, about 6 of thinners (dont skimp on this, as it will give you a nice thin coat and better shine), 4L of primer putty and i didnt go 4 clear. Hope this helps

I personally like Pushrods history best!

Any pix of ya cars, esp. low '80 scort ?

So its too late to suggest the cossie

I wouldnt mind some progress pix if ya have some, email plz My old mans got a crap-i too, '74 GTR V6.

Haha yeah i catch ya drift, i wasnt tryin 2 b smart, i need more mk1 pix on my hard drive...either that or i need to get out more often

Haha a pimped out ekki, i gotta see this!

No really, slap some pics up dude

Haha a pimped ekki, i gotta see this!

No really, slap some pics up dude

Cool, these is an outside chance it was the same car... Where was he livin when he had it? Did it have a windback sunroof and the rego # HJ8167? Looking on the papers it seems it was in the Otago area around then.

Escorta, its one of the side on pics, but its good that ya cant notice it!

Id REALLY love some pics if you have any of ur old mans capri!!!

What engine was it runnin?

Ive herd that there wasnt a kit made for these, but the one on ours fits no prob, hasnt been moded.

He got it for $4000 haha

It was in a guys shed for 15 yrs and he wanted back what he paid for it. Seems its rare as fuck, hope 2 find out more.

I made mine in one afternoon from sum 2" box section i had lyin around. Poached the longer U bolts outta the mk1 corty They are good for something afterall!!! joking...

Anyone know how 2 cure the whole back-axle-sitting-back-further-than-standard-once-u-put-blocks-in thing?? look at the pix on my site, u should b able 2 notice it. Its not a big deal but it kinda bugs me when im in a shithouse mood.

I hope my ezza has restrictor plates

Well my old man got them from BNT and haggled heaps, got them 4 $151.90!! Ive no idea how much they have lowered it as ive dun 1 side only. And ride? the cars half stripped and half sanded already, so probably no trips 2 c for a wee while.

He got the lowest springs for capris b4 u have 2 change the suspension, so they r not quite superlows.

Word...thats mint now!

Escorta got it str8 for dropping the front struts, the pri-bar bit ne way, i just did it an hour ago on a mk1 capri...

Its so much easier to handle when out and spring compressors are like $25 unless u can borrow them off a garage.

I just took out the factory coils and put in Cobra lowering springs, didnt even need the compressor to put the Cobras on!!! much shorter...

Ill do the other side 2morro and should see how low i got it

Ideally u want 2 ppl doin the job.

Now thats phat....but the big wide page could get annoying...