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gizzy_eskys 1980 Ford Escort MK2


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Hi all, im new here and thought i would give you a look at the car im working on at the mo, hopefully she will be legal in the next week or so, so i can get some driving in before school starts again 8) lol....

1980 mk2 escort coupe

-Just painted in gloss white with mettalic silver racing stripes with black pinstripes

-Fibreglass front spoiler

-Satin chrome powder-coated bumpers (matches colour of racing stripes)

-13inch pollished tridents with brand new 215/50/13 toyo directionals (mean looking tread!)

-2L 205 block pinto and 5speed, running on quad 42mm throttle bodies and injec racing link computer

-2 1/2 inch straight through exhaust with single pollished race muffler on back

-Has prelude seats in front, escort sport in back, interior is next priority after WOF

After sorting out a few ignition problems she runs sweet as now and sounds awesome :shock:

Heres a few pics from assembly after paint, is alot more complete atm but just to give you an idea....if i can figure out how to put the pics up haha

Great site guys, i hope to see some of your rides one day! oh and btw how do i get a dirty big oldshool sticker for the esky??

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  • 2 weeks later...
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added racing stripe to side of car today, finnishes it off nicely (thanks dad) heres a couple of pics, also, car doesnt want to start now.....injectors tested good, their getting plenty of fuel, their getting signal from computer, all ignition and plugs/leads/dizzy etc are new are there loads of spark so at present im confused as hell, car will be getting trailerd to the shop to get looked at in 2 weeks when they have a space in work :cry: - any help/advice would be appreciated!!! but after thats sorted shes WOFable, ive finnished the wiring and lights etc so im making some progress...........

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  • 6 months later...
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after screwing the bearings a few weeks back, engine is now fully rebuilt and back in car. Should be back on the road this week. Cert next week, wallet permitting. will post pics sometime

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