W8NSEE

i was talking to a guy th other day, and hes got a 1600 turbo setup its easy as hell to do, and itl sit on the spot in 3rd

he also said that it will beat a supercharged levin

yea i myt also just come to watch but it all depends on work tho

it depends how much time you want to spend on it and how you want the end result to be

I am stripping my capri back to bare metal the whole outside has been bare metaled and epoxyed now, i thought it was worth it because i thought the body was pretty good for rust until i got through the paint then hello there were some little spots of rust here and there.

Another thing to consider is how long you intend to keep the car as you dont want spend hours and hours of time (like i have) then sell the car a year or to later.

In the end it comes down to how long you want to spend doing it (money and time) and how long you intend to keep the car

If your going back to metal you dont have to acid dip or blast it with media

i would contribute to this as everyone else should do

i think that starting quarterly would be good and just printing in the same stlye as petrolhead

yea i agree with alfaholic

the 20v's just dont cut it compaired to the good ol 16v

the mk1s are mean tho

well finaly getting all my engine bits ordered for the escort

its currently getting bored 40thou

port 'n' polish

oversized 1300 pistons

shaved head

lightened and balanced crank,flywheel and rods

still thinking of which carb to use and cam

im only talkn about bigger vavles due to geting my block bored out, itl depend how much i do bore it tho wether it happens or not.

Ive been talkin to a guy thats a built his fair share of 1600's and 2l's and he was saying that it could be worth while getin the secondry jetted a bit bigger so wen u put ur foot init itl have enough fuel, but then again this is with a bored engine

i just finished stripping my 1600 and its ready to get checked out now. mines goin to be bored out, and im using oversized 1300 pistons, ported head might get bigger valves, possibly goin to sideys or rejetting standard carb, unsure of which cam to use yet tho, lightened and balanced flywheel and clutch assembly crank and rods.

should be fun when that gets done

i also have black fluffy dice

my first car was a good ol corolla that cost nothing to run, you could do 120ks on petrol light

off the clock in third in my mates civic 180+

off the clock in our old v8 commie 220+

off the clock in my mates gtx 180+

180 in the capri standyish 2l

160 in the escort

yea i shud just pull out the trusty ol black primer and be done with it

my bumpers arent chrome, so they can be done colour. ive been think of doing it in dark green with a black pearl in it and the bonnet black with the same dark green as the car as the pearl. but im nt sure yet so keep the suggestions coming

Guys i need some suggestions of a colour or colours to paint my capri.

i dont have a photo cause i cant find one but its a mk2 like RTs

yea i would agree with that there is a large focus on the new cars/front runners

yea thats interesting because lowlancers isnt that loud

yea it was good i didnt even no it was on till i went on here

damn thats mint. hmmm do i want to get another block and do a similar thing to my capri

that reminds me of a mk2 sport that is exactly the same with roof chopped off, but they had welded the doors shut as well it was matte black too, it looked sweet

so far just backing has work blind has worked out ok at nite

yea it looks good and they way they did the roll bars is cool, but i still wouldnt have a escort without a roof

so where are these other pics

hey w8nsee do u have no reverse lights on your escort??

yea none at all its great fun at night without them

its pretty nice but its not sumthing i would do.

well now i know how low to make mine then

yea im pretty open, i agree with escort_boy

but then again some things are just wrong, like putin a sr20 in a s1 rx7