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so just to up date. i havnt done much just got the doors off with a lot of heat and a FBH i stripped out both doors to just the shells and there is little to no rust in them so ill just strip all the paint and pimer them and put them to one side. ok so the BIG PLAN ive been thinking about motors and looking around with my tape measure and doing some calculations and here it is im going to buy a vl comodore rb30 manual. i will use the complete front end and modify it and the front of the escot till it all fits and use the vl power steering rack so that will be 5 stud front with bigger brakes and the rb 30 will bolt in.(and ill turbo it) next ill take the vl diff cut all the shit of it and if its not disc ill change to disc and make up my own coilover 5 or 6 link setup so thats 5 stud rear with discs all round. then ill cut the complete gearbox tunnel gear box mounts and drive shhaft tunnel out and wield into the escort and just go from there. i will have to drive the vl for a while till i can aford another car so most of this will be later this year. but like i say this is the plan fukin yeha i finaly know what im going to do

what a f@#kin beast looks finished to me

i wish mate ive only managed half thats so far. but ive had an idea some poeple will hate this but at the and of the day its my car so i was going to use vl commodore front end and diff so i think ill just buy a whole vl with the rb30 use all the gear i need and use the motor do do the mocking up. then sell the motor and any other shit i dont need and get the motor i want.hahaha then its fuking yeha. i know sound so simple a

its just that in the past when ive been building projects i always had a pick a part on my doorstep and it was so handy to walk in there with a tape measure and and get a heap of differant parts that might fit and it cost fuk all.

ive got one on trade me for sale its a 3.89 but its in chch . if thats any good

hi all is there anything like pick a part in christchurch. cheers dan

slowly man if i had more cash left over each week id be and you know how it is man i need things to do other things. like i need a skyline motor and box so i can cut the wall and tunnel and make new.(so if anyone has a motor even a fuked rb20turbo and box i can use just do mock up the wall and tunnel pm me) but all in all mate its stripped and waiting

sounds like a nice motor set up mate.

is it good mate heaps of ford stuff?

thats some nice work on the firewall mate. what sort of pedal box are you thinking of using?

thanks mate that was a ggod read ive put a 4.1 ford 6 in befor and they are huge and it was a bodge job to thrash around.

hay guys. mate belive me if i had $10 +grand for a ford turbo six i would get one i use to have a alloy head 4.1 in a mk2 years ago that was fuking mental. was running escort drums up front hahahaha. its got to be between the toyota or nissan 6

so these door pins on my escort are strating to f@#k me right off im going to heat them up on the weekend and see if that helps.

so any way just up date ive fully stripped the car aprt from the doors. i would like to get the shell sand blasted befor i carry on. and i will need a motor and box so i can start cutting the fire wall and tunnel to make the new ones. so i was thinking about a sr20 and then i thought about small block v8 and then the one i would like a rb25 det untill i was told that the ijzgte was cheaper . so im still yet to decide and save cheers dan

just to get back on track this topic isnt about me. so if its to do with me post them on my project. this is about this mint escort being built. cheers dan

what?

Have you considered going with Toyotas 2.5L 1JZ-GTE. It is a better engine that the RB25DET and is cheaper at the moment too because of the Nissan drift buz. For abit of inspiration as to how good it looks and fits in older stuff; http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=9806 Ps, sorry to thread jack QCADTA. yeh ive thought about it but i didnt know that they are cheaper . thats a good thing.

sweet. thanks guys.

thats coming along so well mate. the motors a nice fit aswell. thats what i want to do with mine archs the bubbles are mean. if you dont mine me asking mate where did you pick the front panel and bubbles from and how much? with the rad suport gone theres so much more room now and that race civic rad will fitin there nicly. and your right about that intercooler its a perfect fit for the front so i have to ask bro whats the dimentions may have to get me one all in all i love it mate so keep the pics and up dates coming all ive managed to do to mine is fully strip and i got the gaurd off and the bodys not to bad but i want to get it sand balsted fully before i start. and im have such a problem picking amotor. its between small block v8,sr20det,or the one i think ill end up going with rb25det. but mymind changers all the time. dan

hi all any one know of any swap meets in the south island coming up. cheers dan

thanks mate it will be a slow build as this will be the 1st time ive built the 4link and everything from scratch. but yeh man it will be good to save another 1 from the scrapy. cheers dan

so waht im thinking of is nissan skyline running gear for the 4 discs around and 5 stud pattern. sr20 turbo and 5 speed bigger tunnel.drive shaft tunnel and diff tunnel. 4 link rear end full cage bubble arch and more when i get started. cheers dan

hi all just picked this ner death 2 door up for my full rebuild its not to bad a fer bit of rust. but its perfect for what i need. so heres some pics Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18 hhhhmmmmm let the build begin. cheers all

hi all i was wondering if any 1 has a trailer i can borrow for next sat for a small fee. its just got to be big enoth to fit a mk1 escort on. im in chch any help will be great. cheers dan oh its just for 1 day im having to hire a ute cos its got a towbar and was hopeing not to have to hire a trailer aswell

you done a sweet job there man. it looks mint and just love bubble archs