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2009/07/02 13:41:30

escortking

bens mk2 escort.

this is my first car
im new to this site so ye lol

59 comments Leave a comment

DRS 02L

it's versy similer 2 mine,
exept 4 the roof.

2009/07/02 14:00:47

lucas

wats with the black on the front end.

2009/07/02 14:05:00

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by lucas

wats with the black on the front end.

thats what i thought . thats how it was when i bought it.
im goin rs front end soon anyway and takin the vinyl roof off and then paint it

2009/07/02 14:07:29

DRS 02L

what coulor are you painting it?

2009/07/02 15:18:39

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by DRS 02L

it's versy similer 2 mine,
exept 4 the roof.

not 100% sure on the colour yet. thinkin of goin black

2009/07/02 15:36:09

Ryan2000

Make that car OG! Love the front on these. Some day soon i will get one like this.

2009/07/02 17:09:06

DRS 02L

they need round head lights

2009/07/02 17:34:35

lucas

Gpon RS front isnt as simple as it seems. I reckon leave it flat front and give her a paint job new rims maybe a new motor, then you will have yourself a new car.

2009/07/02 19:01:09

Vanman

Welcome to the site. I agree RS fronts not worth the effort required. Check this one out to see how a bunch of simple mods brings up a Ghia.
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=131789

2009/07/02 20:05:38

Mavrik

Great first car,it looks pretty tidy. I agree with what a few people have said, keep the standard front. Some nice rims and some new paint and it should look sweet, you don't want to attract to much attention with the Police. Look forward to some more progress pics in the future.

2009/07/02 22:39:00

DRS 02L

what's the interior like?

2009/11/02 17:24:54

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by DRS 02L

what's the interior like?

2009/11/02 17:59:16

Mish

dont think the RS front will be a problem with the police they will look straight past that to the cage, proberly not a great idea if u want to go unseen. thats just my opinion as a P plate escort driver, who seems to be 'randomly pulled over alot'.

2009/04/13 15:46:15

3sc0rt

Lol, i was looking at the first couple of pics thinking, maybe a old granny car before hand... then i seen the cage lol, it's a nice car buddy, i would leave the front and keep the square head lights.. everyone gets the round ones and copys each other. Black would look nice, they had a thread on here called night rider i think and that MK2 was the bomb, i loved it! black really suits the mk2, as for the nose cone sell it to someone with a mk2 who cant afford a real RS lol, Btw what's under the bonnet? with that cage in there id like to think somthing with a bit of guts, worked 2L? maybe some twins? Overall Nice one

Rhys.

2009/04/13 15:59:28

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by 3sc0rt

Lol, i was looking at the first couple of pics thinking, maybe a old granny car before hand... then i seen the cage lol, it's a nice car buddy, i would leave the front and keep the square head lights.. everyone gets the round ones and copys each other. Black would look nice, they had a thread on here called night rider i think and that MK2 was the bomb, i loved it! black really suits the mk2, as for the nose cone sell it to someone with a mk2 who cant afford a real RS lol, Btw what's under the bonnet? with that cage in there id like to think somthing with a bit of guts, worked 2L? maybe some twins? Overall Nice one

Rhys.

the motor that is going in is gettin slowly built lol but its a 2L pinto bord to a 2.1 and the head will be pretty standard as for money but it is gettin set up for a big cam n poo poo. ye i will get some twins when i get the money.

2009/04/13 16:46:45

JordyCharlieBoz

Get rid of your square headlights...
...
Everyone should get rid of them, then I will be the only one with square ones =P. Looks good. Dont make it a RS lookalike, better the way it is.

Paint your bonnet mat black, would look sweet. Did mine the other day =) lol. Just remember that changing the carby is ilegal. Cops haven't checked under my bonnet yet but they have asked if they can buy mine off me lol.

2009/04/14 23:52:57

escortking

i got my nosecone dummy fitted and put the rs bonnet on.
photos are crap quality but ill take some soon with the camera

2009/04/26 13:57:45

escortking

vinyl roof has been removed.

2009/05/24 22:15:52

escortking

done some work on the engine bay yesterday giving it a quick sand and painted it aswell.

2009/08/06 18:21:26

MKI20L

love that colour looks awsome

2009/08/06 20:08:09

escortking

i got my head serviced the other week and they done a few other mods.
i got hardened seats for unleaded, got bigger valves, bigger cam,double valve springs and it was ported aswell. so the motor will be going together shortly i hope

2009/08/06 21:15:33

Sterling

is that a yellow mini i see?

2009/08/06 21:40:52

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by Sterling

is that a yellow mini i see?

sure is mate

2009/08/06 22:21:52

Sterling

that is freakEN AWESOME!!!!

honenstly there isnt a guy in the world my age that wouldn't agree

hey why did ur escort have the lower front in black when u first pics?

that engine bay looks great

2009/08/06 22:24:20

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by Sterling

that is freakEN AWESOME!!!!

honenstly there isnt a guy in the world my age that wouldn't agree

hey why did ur escort have the lower front in black when u first pics?

that engine bay looks great

ye its my brothers mini and its good fun. pretty loud for a mini aswell
the first pic of the escort is how i bought it so it was already like that im not sure why but lol.

2009/08/06 22:33:37

maxrs

I like the Blue in the engine bay.
I bet the roof was in good nick under the vinyl. Did you find any surface rust?

2009/08/06 22:49:40

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by maxrs

I like the Blue in the engine bay.
I bet the roof was in good nick under the vinyl. Did you find any surface rust?

there was no surface rust at all. the only thing was a dent smaller then a 20coin which is very slight so its all good.
ye the colour is true blue off the xy gt falcon

2009/08/06 22:54:46

maxrs

You could start thinking about, how your going to fend the Ladies away when you get your car on the road;)

Have you thought about wiring yet, someone on here might have a MK2 RS wiring loom avalible.
That will save you some pennies if you don't have a Auto electrition handy.

2009/08/06 23:14:42

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by maxrs

You could start thinking about, how your going to fend the Ladies away when you get your car on the road;)

Have you thought about wiring yet, someone on here might have a MK2 RS wiring loom avalible.
That will save you some pennies if you don't have a Auto electrition handy.

lol
we were just focusing to get the car on the road for now. nothing to fancy just to look like a full rs n hopefully some nice lookin wheels .
we cant spend time on it as my dad always wants to work on his capri or the gt so im lucky ive even got this far .

2009/08/06 23:23:01

3sc0rt

Same Blue as mine, its all comming along now. Good work buddy

2009/09/06 11:56:52

escortking

been doin some work and got the motor in after a day off school

and this is the progress of my dash im making out of alluminium

2009/06/19 21:18:22

digginganddirt

engine bay look arsume mate,not a fan of the dash my self but the quilty looks great, so have you got a date set when your gonna paint the rest of the car?

2009/06/20 10:56:28

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by digginganddirt

engine bay look arsume mate,not a fan of the dash my self but the quilty looks great, so have you got a date set when your gonna paint the rest of the car?

na i dont have a date for it yet to be painted. just takin our time as ive only had my Ls for just over a month and in no rush to get it ready yet

2009/06/25 22:42:08

escortking

got some mags for it and still gettin the body ready.

2009/08/07 17:17:03

escortking

2009/07/13 20:07:28

Sterling

sweet stuff! ill be getting a pair of those one day.. or efi.

what sizes?

2009/07/13 21:13:51

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by Sterling

sweet stuff! ill be getting a pair of those one day.. or efi.

what sizes?

there 40s hopefully put them on 2moro n then ill take some more photos.

2009/07/13 21:45:13

Sterling

what's ur 2ltr like? is it worked at all? rebuilt?

intrested to hear what the difference is like.

2009/07/13 22:39:11

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by Sterling

what's ur 2ltr like? is it worked at all? rebuilt?

intrested to hear what the difference is like.

its full rebuilt less then 200kms on it. 60 thou over, 2.1 stroke . balanced crank , head has bigger valves. double valve springs, bigger cam , ported . thats all i can think of for now ill have to get the reciepts out to see wats been done.

2009/07/13 22:53:44

escortking

2009/07/18 18:43:17

escortking

2009/08/23 18:07:10

escortking

2009/11/24 09:50:16

escortking

2009/11/24 10:02:41

Sterling

that looks amazing, and dude, ur dads car is mint.. lol

(assuming that orangey falcon)

2009/11/24 21:50:50

digginganddirt

top stuff mate, love your old mans falcon too! (wishes for xt v8 farmont[^])

2009/11/24 22:19:25

Timmeh

It's come a long way since the start of the thread! Look forward to seeing how it turns out.

2009/11/29 10:50:47

escortking

some progress.

2010/01/17 22:01:29

maxrs

Very nice, It's coming along faster than i thought it would.
Keep up the great work MR King.

2010/01/18 11:07:40

digginganddirt

yeah very nice! just needs a nice set of rims and some lowness haha keep it up wish mine was processing this quick haha

2010/01/18 15:23:55

escortking

quote:
Originally posted by digginganddirt

yeah very nice! just needs a nice set of rims and some lowness haha keep it up wish mine was processing this quick haha

i got a set of 16s for itjust got to put tyres on and a few other things . but before that ill be doing a few more things n go for rego. got a new exhaust the other day and i think it sounds good.

2010/01/18 18:38:36

escortking

well after loosing my brother in a car accident 4 weeks ago i have had no time and no effort or anything to do anything on the car but thanks to my neighbour he bought me wat i needed to put my new rims on.

2010/09/03 20:42:00

krt10

very sorry to hear about your brother.

on the upside, those rims look awsome

2010/09/03 21:17:36

Chippa666

Condolences to you and your family for your loss.
Been watching this thread for a little while now and I have to say you've done a great job on Escort. I wasn't sure about your colour choice at first but after seeing it completed, it looks good. Love the new rims too. They set it off nicely.

Chippa

2010/09/03 22:16:49