mk2_escort

Hi all, iv just picked up a Sierra 2.0 dohc 8v motor to go in my escort and am having trouble finding info on the net about it. found the basic stuff but i want to know what the difference is between the block on this motor, than the sohc pinto motor? From what i can tell they are different. also any other info at all will be much appreciated, cheers

Im looking at fitting up a large alloy radiator in the escort now, as im running a pretty hot motor and the car will be used on the track. max dimentions are 650x420 so it is far bigger then the standard size. the one im bidding on is 70mm thick so what il be doing is removing the waterpump driven fan and use electric fans. what i need advice about is about cutting the metal box shoud so i can mount the radiator foward more to give more room for the fans. most of you will know what im on about, its nothing structural. just wondaring about the legal issues etc and what the cert guy will think. cheers

heres a 3 step guide to improve you're brakes and keep them standard. 1 - get you're rotors machined/re-faced. $25 2 - buy a calliper seal kit from repco (or otherwise, cheap as chips) and take the callipers apart. its all fairly straight foward, the most common problem with escort callipers is 1 of the pistons almost seizing up. you need compressed air to blow the pistons out each side. then just take out the old seals and chuck in the new ones. $60 (ish) 3 - some new brake pads. $$ after this you will need to bleed the brakes and new brake fluid. you should be able to do it all for under $150 and you will have nice fresh brakes that you can have peice of mind are working properly and effectively. also take the rear drums apart and clean them out and check everything etc. mint.

yea i plan to do the capri ventilated disks and spacers on the callipers shortly after my car gets on the road. and im also looking at doing a hilux lsd rear end conversion. mates dad said hed do it all and shorten it for couple hundy + price of diff which will be a couple of hundy he recon. (stock car guys, seem to know everyone and can get their hands on anything)

you cant just use levers to strip a tyre. first you have to pop both beads off which you will find very difficult. just rock up to somewhere and say to them "can you guys strip these for a box of beers?". will also depend on how busy they are as they wont make time to do a free job if they could be making money instead. trust these words.

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I thought J port and Monster port were two different types of port. monster being larger than j port. Txt my mate, he said you want NA rotors so you dont have low compression. low compression = bad

thats no good lee, you realy need to sort out your cooling lol. ditch the one on it now and go twin electric. that thing was strugling hard on art deco weekend! good luck

yes you do lol. (anyways, on the street, I've never really noticed that much of a handling difference between a 2L and a xflow in an escort.. both of them handle like an old escort) hah. but seriously, when driving in anger, power isnt a priority. iv seen stock standard BOS cars go faster around our HBCC track than datson and corolla rwd rally cars etc etc. thats probably a - getting the power down issue, though...

^ yep, but it all comes down to ones own preference also. thought it might be worth mentioning that a guy i know here in the bay used to rally a escort with a 2l and got plenty of power out of it. but hes now building a new one and going back to a xflow simply because he didnt like the extra weight in the front. at the end of the day, you dont go fast having loads of grunt, handling comes first imo

interesting thoughts and ideas. probably the main idea why i sticked with a Xflow in my escort is because as above mentioned, keeps the weight in the front to a minimum, which in turn keeps the handling characteristics as best as posible. although no doubt a 4age is probably lighter then an all cast iron xflow but not sure. for all the trouble you could go to doing a conversion, you could be building a fun little xflow, and iv got a few bits and peices to get you started that i want to get rid of, il let go cheap as.

no im not doing hydrolic clutch. and i wont say how much he is doing it for me, you will have to ask him that. cheaper then palmside for sure.

just so you all know, eke zetec here (havent got your name yet lol) is going to be building me a pedal box, so it will solve about 3 problems in one! 1 - wont have to re-kit current booster or fiddle around with that. 2 - will be able to run sidedrafts with no troubles about room and clearance 3- can run a wide alloy radiator because the booster and resoviour wont restrict width as much. im happy. zetec, iv got a kind of busy weekend ahead, going to a hillclimb tomorrow, so i will probly take out pedals etc after work on monday and get it to the courior when he comes in to work on tuesday. cheers

get this ...no fuckign around..just get this buy the time you have spent ages fucking around and spent moonbeans getting teh bits to make it work you could have just got this and been done with it sometimes its just a matter of payign teh money totally agree

i think thats a bit different. getting the brakes to lock up on gravel takes half the effort as it does on tarmac. if not less. im very interested in the pedal box route, as it makes sence as it fits the purpose for what the car is being built as used for. im not affraid of spending money in the right areas to save mucking around in the future. however this has applied quite often so far through the build and its starting to realy add up. but at the same time the car is definitely starting to come together thats for sure!