d.p.n.s

shes coming along nicly mate.

what a differance new panels make a.

keep them coming man

dan

Hey its mint to see anotha mk1 2 door bein brought back good stuf man, pretty sure i saw ya towin it round bout a month ago or sumthn so wil be sweet to follow ya progress

thanks mate

and thats a nice mk1 you have there

dan

Cool build man. Enjoying reading up on this sorta crap and very keen to see some progress with the conversion. I saw tell the missus to buy a cheap run about rather than a gay expensive 4x4 and crack into the build asap

I'd be super keen to just see you wack a rb25de head on top rather than piss around turboing it and I'm sure you'd see a reasonable power increase, though obviously not as much as the turbo conversion.

I'm guessing that buying an rb25de and rebuilding your engine with those pistons, but otherwise standard rb30e block and the standard head from the rb25de with ecu and loom running it all. Just an idea anyway.

hahaha my lets me have my toys so ive got to let her have a 4x4 just make sure it has a towbar so i can use it aswell for towing my mk1

the thing with the motor is mate i think it will be enogh i mean

its a 3L 6 cylinder with a turbo in a mk1 escort and it pulls like a school boy in a heavy vl in standered form .

i think ill be happy and theres loads of people around like (LURK1N-G8KEPA) that have givin me loads of ideas on getting power out of it.

and if im not happy then once its built i can modify from there.

cheers

dan

Yea i know hellraizer, good mate of mine. Im originally from gisborne. (where he is)

Yea as far as im aware you can just bolt the turbo on and run the water and oil feeds. The series 2 Rb30e block has blanks in it for these lines. you can just use standard n/a loom and ecu with the chip installed and get 8-9psi boost. but ideally in a perfect world where money grew on trees, you would upgrade injectors (can use mitsi magna ones) and use a link ecu (you must be the reason hellraizer was asking me all this the other week) so you probably know......

I researched all this several times was going to do it to my VL wag but decided on an RB20DET. Then i thought i might put the RB30e in an LJ torana and turbo it, but decided against it.

But any questions let me know and i'l see if i can help. Chip is on trade me if you want a read it. But if i sell them thru this website i'l do a way better deal.

thanks alot mate.

ive been doing a lot of searching myself on the interweb and thats the reason i held out for the holden i bought cos it has all the places for the oil and water feeds and returns.

all i want to do is just get it started next year with all standerd parts so i can get it running with one of your chips and a small turbo set up.

then once its all buit and certed i can up grade things later on down the track.

cheers

dan

Vp should be IRS, should

So its just a berlina then?

Could possibly find out about some Disc Brake rear ends for you and how much.. (speedway people, heaps of spares) He'll also be able to tell me which is the better diff.

Cheers,Chris

Not all VP, VR, VS's are IRS, alot have a live axle. Cop spec VR's had the IRS LSD diff. You should be able to use the diff centre, but you wont be able to use the whole head.

VL calais turbo and V8 and few 3L's had disk brake rear end. How ever the VN disk over drum hand brake setup bolts on to the VL diff fairly painlessly and is a cheaper more readily available option.

Also in case your interested for your project - the diff gearing in a NZ 2L VL is much more suited for acceleration and pick up. and for 4.11 gearing (even more pick up of the mark) use the gearing out of a horrible NZ 2L 4cyl VN

thanks for all that mate i think you know hellraiser?

as he sent me a pm with some of the info but i will keep you in mind for the chip.

so does that mean i can use the n/a loom ,ecu,injectors ect?

cheers

dan

www.calaisturbo.com.au . you will get any info you need regarding mods to the motor and drivetrain...just dont tell them your pulling the car to bits lol.

would be keen for some bits off the vl when you are done with it.. let me know.

haha to late im already a member and ive told them im stripping it to put into a ford.

Vp should be IRS, should

So its just a berlina then?

Could possibly find out about some Disc Brake rear ends for you and how much.. (speedway people, heaps of spares) He'll also be able to tell me which is the better diff.

Cheers,Chris

yeh man its just a berlina

that would be cool if you can find somethings out for me

just find out what you can even if i can just swap the heads over

thanks

dan

Rofls, someone sticking up for a Vl commodore and it doesnt even have a V8 Any commodore lover normally hates the Vl's due to the nissan drivetrain

From Memory the commodores started getting disc brake rear ends from around the start of the VK (all not just the v8/royales etc) Diff should be the same as older ones.

Which diff does it have as one is fairly average.. Will try to remeber which one is the better one. Look at the d/shaft, if its got the ubolt or nut & bolt arrangement at the diff head. (one of the diffs are prone to stuffing the axles)

You are planning on putting a twin cam in or nah?

Cheers,Chris

hay chris

not 100% sure about the diff its a single spinner and drums.

i want discs and a lsd if i can just change the head that would be sweet.

the diff i want and have been told to go for is a ex-cop vp diff .

as for the motor im keeping it sohc but will be turboing it.

then once its all in theres always room for change later on down the line.

cheers

dan

what a shame to see a tidy commodore destroyed.. but its going to be a awesome projects. those rb30s are nuts specially with a manual on them

dont get me wrong mate its not a bad holden but i wouldnt say it was mint

it was used as a farm hack and the inside is pretty fucked .but for what i payed for it i couldnt but the parts sep for that i mean ill be useing everything out of it so it was a good buy.

dan

looks like you got the mean deal on the holden

so interested to see how this works out

yeh not bad man got it for $800 with a reg till end of nov

i gave it a full service got a wof on it.

the g,box is a bit noicy but will sort that befor it goes into the mk1.

cheers

dan

Commie looks pretty decent, if it was'nt a Holden id say keep it and find a doner that is rusty or crashed.

Yeah where ya finding ya front gaurds and whats the tag on those bad boys? Will have to do a weigh up when you have them both off to see weight differance.

Gaz

i got a good deal on them as the guy that makes them normals makes fiberglass guards and makes the bubbles as a sep set but i asked him if he can put the bubbles on for me and he said he will try and make a one peace front gaurd with the bubble on but for the front gaurds with bubles and the rears being made wider all up $800 cash.

as for the car i drove it to the ford show on sunday and ive never been so embarised in my whole life.

but aaprt from that im realy enjoying driving a big 6 witha manual and this motor in my mk1 even without a turbo would be fast as fuck .

im getting excitded haha

just got to wait till next year when i buy the missis a new 4x4 then i can strip it and the fun begins

cheers

dan

will the escort is up on a stand so i can wheel it in and out of the garage and next week i may start on the front end.

i just need to by a cheap mig.

cheers

dan

ok to just update

well i found my doner car

a mighty 86 commonwhore

it was even a manual and is my daily runner till next year

i also got the wheels ive been looking for

they are roh 16x8 with pretty good 225x50x16 alround

but the main part was the motor a sweet running rb30 that already has a pod filter and a thremo fan fitted

i also got a new front panel from palm side aswell as new rails were the gaurds are weilded to.

i have also ordered my fibergalss front gaurds with the bubble molded onto it so they are one peace and ordered the rear bubbles but got them made 50mm wider then standerd so they will cover the wheels.

so im going to cut the front of the escort and make brackets so the gaurds and front panel can be bolted on and off.

well thats it for now.

cheers

dan

realy good base to start with bro

i would just clean up and marks do the inside and put a nice set of 13x7 hotwires and thats a nice oldschool look .

oh and im only...... ....31

Ill throw some pics up here tonight guys

Would you believe the wags took away the best presented award the mustang boyz not to happy with that

haha they will not be happy campers

hay man doesnt sound to good

i had a 2lt ford motor that was stuck soild took the head and all the pistons were down abit (none at TDC) and my old man told me to fill the bores from the pistons up with coke and leave it till its all gone get a big bar on the crank and turn it over and that worked.

so if all esle fails try coke

dan

yeh welcome mate and you have one hell of a car to start with

my 1st car was a mk 1 escort.... ahhhhhh i remember the days when we use to ...........

yeh good luck mate and keep us posted.

dan

was good man a few very nice fords there and in the sun your cortina has a mean colour change bro.

shame there wasnt meany escorts but all in all some realy nice ford.

well worth $2 haha

dan

this sux i think im going to be the only guy to drive a holden to a ford show hahaha

yeh man i use to have a mk1 esky witha 3l v6 and a holly carb

went fuck well.

realy good mator if its one of them mate.

Cheers. I wasnt planning on going this far but one thing leads to another Yeah getting a price from palmside for a couple of things. Just hope i can remember how everything goes back together. Thought id start a post on turbosport as well since they know so much about everything to do with escorts. Its the first car ive fully rebuilt myself and first time welding, i think it shows but still learning

well your donig a shit hot job so far mate.

theres a topic on turbosport about doing the rear panel(you have probly seen it) as long as everything matchs up just weld the sucker in haha

fuck man your cars coming along realy well .

the rear panels from palmside are about $265

keep up the good work mate.

almost makes me want to go and caryy on stripping the shit from the bottom of mine hahaha .....almost

dan

p.s your car looks just as good on turbosport aswell

just seen these on trade me

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 235652.htm

if any one has a ford 1600 i would keep an eye on these

i use to have a set on my old 2lt and they work so well.

and the set up on these is pretty mean looking.

dan

which day or both?

i dont hav a cortina but would like to have a look at my escorts brothers and sisters.

and yours is still a cortina (MK1ONP) and fucking nice one at that.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-121004319.htm

So so so keeeeeeeeean on bsa

yeh i seen that man

i think it will go for a lot more then that a

but if i had the cash i would snap it up.