Josh027

Hey mate, I see you put your amp under the rear seats. Do your passengers complain/even notice anything under there?

Thinking about using the idea for my escort!

Took it in for a wheel alignment and balance, as they've been needing to be done for a while. The car had been shaking once it hit ~55km/h

Turns out the wheel bearing and ball joint are "completely poked" the guy sounded rather vague over the phone but was gonna do a write up for me.

Thankfully, from what I could relay to dad, it sounded like it was easily within his expertise.

I'm liking the sound of only a few days turnaround! Still living with Mum and Dad would be a massive help with that!

For the record guise, Dave at TSV doesn't do anything with leaves. And so the search continues!

Flicked out a couple of emails, thanks everyone for ya input!

some 14's or 13's (not modgies or hotwires) just my personal preference. be different and stand out from the crowd!

IMO, hotwires belong on something more EU / US based. Modgies are unfortunately overdone by starlets.

I'd definitely go with something like

A guy who works over the road from where I park my car for work has a set similar to these on his ke30, looks wicked!

Dad had one of those "the internet is wrong" moments! He thought heating then flattening the leaves would stiffen/raise it if anything

Cheers for all the suggestions guise, I asked my Dad and he suggested trying Auld and Voss, he was unsure if they still existed turns out they don't.

Will get him to ask his Mechanic friends if they know of anyone local. Getting shit sent away is a bit of a hassle.

Would rather have them reset than playing around with blocks. Do it once, do it right kinda thing!

Will resetting the leaves make it lower? If so, how on earth does that work?!

Anyone know/recommend any places to get my leaves in the Escort reset?

Gave Kruzin' Kustoms a call, suggested a place in Auckland.

As that is a little out of my way, anyone have any experience with local shops?

Prices/ Times

much appreciated!

What are your plans for the build?

Ahh, what you did there, I saw it!

Only one of us need to have class for this gang to be successful!

^ Saw that! Definitely makes me want to get involved in the moped game!

I see I see, I was hoping someone who had done it/knows something about the Kent could suggest one that would go straight in.

Thanks for that Beaver, sounds like that's the way to go. - Still open to suggestions though

It's been full of stop leak, thought it might be better to buy a new one with more layers than try fix my current one? Any thoughts?

Need some advice on a radiator to fit my 1976 escort

Preferably Japanese, not as old as my current one!

You guys know the deal, links best value for money etc. etc.

Thanks heaps, what was the price for that? Will be off there after school!

Cheers mate, will give it thought while I'm away

Cheers mate, is that for SuperCheap auto?

Repco told me it would be $80 for a gasket, don't think I'll be going back there!

two_days_late: I live just down the road in Palmy, what sort of prices were you looking for the struts and coby?

Josh: Should hopefully getting some progress done after Aussie and during the summer!

And by "leak" i mean, changed tappet cover to proper escort one, falling apart gasket wasn't quite on properly, ended up with a bonnet full of oil! Luckily it had only been down the road and back

Jesse:

Bore only adds how loud it is? Friends are already telling me they can hear me coming for ages!

Can you explain the differences with Type E and T9? What else do you need to make it fit for conversion? what's it worth?

I'm off to Aus on friday so not spending until after that!

Josh:

Looks mint! People are always curious with the square headlights, once had a guy tell me that mine DEFINITELY wasn't a '76 as they apparently didn't come out with squares! Appears to once have been the same blue aswell

So it's been approximately 5 months since I last updated this, thought it was about time!

Currently:

The 1600cc is securely in and passed a wof, they were none the wiser (read: engines are identical)

Currently running a 32/36 weber carburettor which is pretty standard for the 1600

The engine has lumpy cams in it so it idles rather nicely!

The radiator has some leaky parts, nothing "Stop Leak" can't fix for the moment.

Still rocking the hotwires, considering swapping back to the steelies for shits and gigs. (thoughts?)

Exhaust has been done, now is 4-1 extractors through a 2" pipe with a 2" muffler

Which can be seen..

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Thinking about welding/paying someone to get a coby AND/OR big bore? May need some opinions here as exhaust is not quite my strong point! Looking for a nice grunty OS sound.

Front shocks + springs have been put on as the previous shocks were leaky and not so good.

question: Do I assume my saggy ~40 year old springs are 0 height for if I decide to buy shorter ones?

Got some nice (tiny) 4" speakers in the standard speaker cases sitting up the back.

Just have some sneaky 6x9's to connect hiding away in the corner of the boot.

Future plans:

New probably Japanese radiator

A guy from Dad's workshop said he has a 2L Pinto I can have which has new pistons and rings which could eventually be a goer

Shorter but stiffer springs, so it's just as low but not as bouncey?

Exhaust is fairly complete as far as performance, next grunty sound is the ideal.

Either a Type E or a Sierra 5 speed GBox

Still deciding on rear axle setup - rear brakes/diff &c.

Wouldn't mind rocking a set of standard steelies, potentially widened.

Interior either restitched or re-covered again in a nooiice white like it is at the mo.

A respray is long in the future, quite like the vintage / sun damaged / not costing a shit ton of money look

Definitely cheaper than having to replace leaking oil!