excort Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 hey well i got my hands on a 1976 mk2 escort acouple months back and have slowly been doing stuf to it putting a pinto and sierra 5spd in it it has been a pretty straight forward conversion the gearbox bolted straight in and driveshaft i used the radiator out of the sierra and put the filler bottle under the front guard convertin the pedal box was easy just used parts off the sierra one and reshaped one of the pedals im useing the cortina mags that came with it currently polishing them up have finished one and it took me ruffly 20 hrs im modifying the sump and its not easy with a arc weilder i think im gona get some one else to do it for me with a mig carnt be botherd anymore lol i dont think i could of fit a bigger radiator in there if i tryed have a look at the pics tell me what you think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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excort Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 ill put some more pics of the car up when i have the engine in there sorry if i put tomany up lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 its still abit ruff here i haddnt finished sandin it and polished it 3 times with autosoul after came up really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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excort Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 i decided to do some custom work on the indicators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 my pinto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted September 6, 2005 Author Share Posted September 6, 2005 thanks yeah beilive me i took my time doing them indicators didnt want to ruin my car ay turned out quite good time to do body work on it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 well the engine is in just stufing around with little things now funny how they take the most time but hay one day ill get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted September 13, 2005 Author Share Posted September 13, 2005 just cut the exhaust haveing to modify it looks very fun only till i can aford to get some exstractors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted October 8, 2005 Author Share Posted October 8, 2005 well ive finaly got my escort going ive got a pod filter on there not sure if i like it tho opinions would be good thanks i think i got abit triger happy with the grinder for my sump but hay the guy i got it weilded by siad that they userly cut more off them than that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted October 9, 2005 Author Share Posted October 9, 2005 Photos of both L20Bdatto's *Karl* B310 coupe and the esky: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted December 11, 2005 Author Share Posted December 11, 2005 well ive been rather busy lattely and ive purchased another engine for my escort another pinto BUT a 205 block got me some rs2000 extractors aswell done abit of body work but its still abit ruf getting there slowly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 well i just recently put a electronic dizzy in and tidyed up the engine bay the dizzy makes it run quite alot smoother now ive just got to get on to the body work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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