two_days_late Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Upgrading to a Sierra gearbox and using the Sierra clutch etc is a pretty cheap and easy upgrade and then you get the bonus of a 5th gear as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_C Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Nice Escort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Have weighed up the option of the sierra gears boxes. But I dont want to put a cert plate on the car. And with the 3.5 diff its not relly needed.( on the road anyway) And have been asking a few questions about a clutch. And for street use just a heavy duty clutch should be fine. Good news is I get it back tomorrow. Cant wait have heaps to get done. Going to pick up the LSD on saturday I hope it can be repaired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 If anyone has a housing for a LSD liying around let me know will save the hassle of getting one from the U.K?> Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Nice tidy up job on this wee beast, keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxxy Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Mint job dude, makes me wish I still had mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Help needed cant get it to start need an auto sparkie anyone???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 in what way? got it cranking over? got power to the coil? post up what its not doing mate cant be hard to sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 What area are you in? Pretty sweet wee project, video's once you do get it going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 I'm losing power to the solinid just doesnt seem to be getting a signal only 0.3 volts so the starter wont engange. We did hot wire it and got it cracking over but there are still some small problems to get though the fuel doesn't seem to be flowing the way it should for 4 x 40mm carbs I would expect to be able to smell the gas but we couldnt. The fuel pump is working . So I will call my local garage tomorrow and hope I can make some progress. They are very helpfull and have been helping with the project all the way though. I sure its to do with the Alarm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 The car is in the Glen Innes area at the moment thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 hey man I can give you a hand if you need some time next week as I am going to beach hop tomorrow after work are you intending on taking this around the track at nats? I would like to go up against you as the cars seem so similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendon Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Awsome work mate, escorts looking great! I find this real interesting as I have a "77 Mk2 Sport. Just got a few questions, with all that work getting your paint looking so good. What did you use? . I'm currently getting all the rust removed from my escort and considering getting a full re-spray but looking at your progress i might just put some labor into it. I''m also going to get a full exhaust system put in down here in Palmy at PitStop, would be cool to get an idea of how much it''ll cost. Also that sound-proffing insulation is a great idea, where did you purchase that from? Was it very effective? Keep it up Thanks brendon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Hey Pete, I'm trying to work in the track day. But its work in progress at this stage. Your car with the bigger bore would more than likely leave me for dead. Thanks for the help offer I have managed to get it to my mates work shop today so it should be running tomorrow I hope. But I'm sure there are still more issues to come. Did you get a side dissy cap for yours? Or how do you keep the leads out of the way? Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Hey Brendon, Thanks but we will wait and see it needs it first warrant in a couple of weeks so I live in hope all is good. The paint was very hard work I have put in over 60 hours all up on this or more and am still not happy with it. I used a few things Mr buff cutting compound from super cheap but be care full with this you can rub though paint layers and I only used this by hand. Then Meguiars paint cleaner.And a clay bar as well. and then I have Meguiars NXT tech wax 2.0. I only ever worked off small sections at a time and could spend hours getting it to the finish I wanted. You can tell pretty fast if you can get something out of the paint or it's dead. I also got leant a buffer from a paint shop and spent 8 hours on a buffer to help take the worst off. Make sure that you mask off any vents and rubber bits as not to destroy them. Exhaust has had a flange put at the base of the headers and 2 1/4 pipe right though with two mufflers. Muffler part numbers are RD41413 & PS1182 any way all up cost $452 not to bad but I had to shop around the same company different suburb was $200 more made a big difference to how the car went. I wouldnt go any bigger than 2 1/4 inch. Plus you get a 5 year guarantee. Sound proofing is like night and day compared to the old stuff very quite inside the car now it has a few features that the old schools stuff doesn't.It doesn't retain water, and has a sticky back so easy to fit you can also get it in 5mm I got it form Forman building systems. I used 10mm It's called Formshield . $ 34 per meter plus gst. 3 meters will do the whole inside of a coupe. just get 2 meters if you don't want to do the fire wall. Where are you based? Have you started a thread for your car??? Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 A mate had a similar problem with his headers coming loose and cracking at the top. I'm pretty sure he took them somewhere and got them heated up (while on the car) with a torch of some kind, and that must have released some pressure off where they were breaking. I'm sure someone else will have more/better info on the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Got some better studs so that should fix the problem or I will turn up to the nationals in a tractor lol. Also picked up a one piece drive shaft. Not sure about the 3.5 diff dont think that will make it back in to the car which is a shame . But the carbs might??? get on the car. So if they do I'm looking forward to seeing how it will go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Put a one piece drive shaft in but thats not the problem. The diff that is in there is nothing short of rooted. And I have fat chance of getting fixed tomorrow seen my car has spent the last 3 weeks on and off in the workshop and it's still not done.Starting to doubt it will make it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bantam Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Shane, it's not because we angled the motor over to fit bike carb's is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 The diff is completely stuffed so much so that the front bearing in grinding and vibrating the whole car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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