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2005/06/23 12:38:29
Steviestar

Steve's Mk2 MoreDoor

Here's a couple of pics of my lil esky after i finished the paint and added the speedie SoroccoII wheels. She also runs the hi-comp 2.0lt pinto with custom grind crow cam and extractors.
Most recent mods include the custom methanol injection set up that i have just made and fitted, will post pick of this set up when it is sorted properly.

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mk2panelvan
nice set of wheels u got ur self, nice paint job too
sounds like she going to go hard

Cheers

Jake
2005/06/23 17:10:30
Steviestar
Methanol injector is finally up and running and works a treat!
I have just received my new suspension part from the UK so that's the next job, then on to the interior!
2005/10/08 17:03:58
Joshua
Sounds cool, and looks cool from what i can make out in the pic.

Got any more pics?
2005/08/17 01:03:07
darnoldrs
Looks raly neat. Good work.
2005/08/17 07:51:44
Steviestar
quote:
Originally posted by Physhy
[br]Sounds cool, and looks cool from what i can make out in the pic.

Got any more pics?


Unfortunately i broke my camera so the dodgy photos are from my phone! I will be at the up coming cruise though, probably meet you guys down at the Kiama pitstop!

AAWWW yeah i lowered her on the weekend aswell! 2inches at the rear, just waiting on front springs now!
2005/08/17 10:35:51
Steviestar


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2005/08/17 10:50:59
darnoldrs
I was going to say it needs to be 2-3 inches lower but i figured you would be taking care of that with the new suspention. will look heaps better when is lowerd at the front.
2005/08/17 12:24:58
Steviestar
quote:
Originally posted by darnoldrs
[br]I was going to say it needs to be 2-3 inches lower but i figured you would be taking care of that with the new suspention. will look heaps better when is lowerd at the front.


Yeah i just need to find some 2"lower springs at the right price, lil strapped for cash at the moment, My VL commodore show car's draining me dry!
2005/08/17 16:20:31
darnoldrs
Thats what you get when you own a HOLDEN..
Mind you my escort is doing the same thing to me. Oh well. I guess thats why we earn money, So we can spend it and its better than drugs, smokes or booze.[:x)]
2005/08/17 17:29:32
Steviestar
That's true, but if you or anyone knows of a nice cheap set of front spring i can get hold of it would help too!
2005/08/17 17:37:54
Joshua
looks cool, yeah i agree, look good when front is lowered
2005/08/17 17:42:32
darnoldrs
that ok, I am after a set a bit lower for the front of mine also. I think I Mite just modify the ones i have to the right height. All of teh others that i have are all standard height.
2005/08/17 21:20:04
Steviestar
I am actually about to attempt modifying the front springs today!

hopefully without to much drama!!

I'll post some picks up if it all works out
2005/08/18 09:41:18
darnoldrs
Are you going to cut them or heat them?? Im thinking about either cutting mine or heating mine up to let it sag. I only need about 15-20mm.
Dont strees thou, You just heat up the very bottom and let it sag till it is touching the coil under it and slowly work around the spring intill you get to the desired height. Once it has been heated it looses its spring.
2005/08/18 12:04:48
Steviestar
Haven't done it yet! i need an oxy! or someone with an oxy set
2005/08/18 14:59:46
Steviestar
Hey all, just made some bumperettes and fitted them, here's some pics.

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2005/08/19 15:27:03
tybrown
Looks good!

i like the airbrushed ford symbol on the bonnet!
Fancy!
2005/08/19 15:36:56
Steviestar
Yeah it's a shame the paint and body are getting a lil old now, cause when i get around to getting the small spots of rust fixed i'll loose it all, and i can't be bothered doing it again
2005/08/19 15:42:02
Shea
ayyy u got same seat covers as me
looks nice! did you do the airbrushing yourself?
why not pay a little bit extra for proper springs instead of cutting / heating, i mean if your goin all out on it why cut corners when you can get lowered springs for around 120 bucks? - or cheaper, shop around, it will ride ALOT better.
Cheers, Shea
2005/08/19 19:28:02
Shea
oh cool, good desicion on the springs.
what did you do the airbrushing with? r u a pro at it or just gave it a go?
cheers, Shea
2005/08/19 21:54:54
Steviestar
Woohooo the day has come!

Tomorrow she goes in to have the coil over conversion done! YAAAY

The struts are being made up to group 4 tarmac specs so i can't wait!

I'll post pics once she's done!
2005/10/25 15:09:41
Steviestar
Wooohooooo!


i just got a pair of 45mm webers off a 4age toymotor!

Now all i need is a manifold to suit! if anyone has one for a reasonable price please let me know as i'd like to fit the 45's as soon as she comes home from getting the suspension done!
2005/10/31 18:31:33
Steviestar
OK everyone the suspension is in! wooohoo!

does anyone know how to make these pics smaller so i can post em up here!
2005/02/11 18:34:07
Steviestar
phone pics will have to do!

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2005/02/11 19:52:50
Steviestar
Ok, i finally got a twin weber manifold for my pinto, so as you can see with the pics below i moved the battery to the boot

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Ported the manifold to remove all the casting marks etc for smoother flow

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Kitted the webers

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cleaned them up spick and span

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i have also fitted a Kent RL31 cam so now they are ready to be fitted to the engine, i just need some air filters now before i fit them, damn expensive for filters! Sheeesshh

2006/02/27 10:12:17
RS2000mk2
good lookin progress there, should go nice indeed wit that set up
2006/02/27 11:07:54
lucas
nice work looks like she is comin together and lookin very good.
2006/02/27 17:23:16
GeoffWade
the car is coming along great . What did u use to bring the carbs up so great
2006/02/27 19:05:45
jds
Steviestar.. very nice work. Could you tell me how much the Pedders coilover struts cost please? And are they adjustable? What's the ride comfort like?
2006/02/27 20:11:15
Steviestar
quote:
Originally posted by GeoffWade
[br]the car is coming along great . What did u use to bring the carbs up so great


I started off with the dremel and some metal polish, but wasn't happy with the finish so i used a single coat of alloy look paint with a single coat of clear over the top

jds - the complete set up including all of the front bushes, steering knuckle and fitting cost $1823
2006/02/28 09:44:25
Steviestar
The ride is a lil rough at low speeds but she's like a go-kart now lol


here's the bill so you can see what ya get for ya moneys! i reckon well worth it!Free Image Hosting at <a href="http://www.ImageShack.uswww.ImageShack.us' />
2006/02/28 10:13:40
jds
Thanks for the info Steve. Your link doesn't work but. And which Pedders outlet did the work? I gather they're height adjustable only??
2006/02/28 12:52:42
Steviestar
quote:
Originally posted by jds
[br]Thanks for the info Steve. Your link doesn't work but. And which Pedders outlet did the work? I gather they're height adjustable only??


I went through the Wollongong pedders store, but all pedders stores can supply these coil overs, mine are only height adjustable but you can get the adjustable insert fitted aswell for an extra $100 or so per strut, they send them off to the Melbourne factory where they make them to suit your requirements. It only took them 5 days from the time they left wollongong to the time they returned and were fitted in the car!
2006/02/28 14:57:14
Steviestar
Ok i fitted my new cam on Friday and the webers yesterday but ran into a few problems.
1 throttle cable is stretched almost to it's limit
2 distributor cap is just touching the front weber leaving me no adjustment for timing
Other than that they are all on, she idles (a bit rough but i can expect that from the cam) and she runs ok. Once i sort the dizzy problem out i think she's going to hammer!

Anyone else had this problem?

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2006/12/03 09:22:39
RS027
Coming along very nicely. The webers look right at home.
2006/12/03 11:09:34
Timmeh
We have had that problem on our rally car where the dizzy is being interfered with by the Webers, so we just moved the vacuum advance side of the dizzy around to the front and reset the timing with the dizzy there.

Your new carbies look great!

Tim
2006/12/03 21:42:31
Steviestar
quote:
Originally posted by Timmeh
[br]We have had that problem on our rally car where the dizzy is being interfered with by the Webers, so we just moved the vacuum advance side of the dizzy around to the front and reset the timing with the dizzy there.

Your new carbies look great!

Tim


I did this yesterday and seem to have the timing set nicely now, she goes alot better with no pinging, just the idle is a bit grumpy and she's a little bit tempermental under 2500rpm, but that's just the cam and i can live with that!
Also fitted and rewired yesterday was my (Tacho) sports dash that i bought on e-bay, so the dash is looking a whole lot nicer now too!

Next step in my Mk2's life will be getting resprayed in orange with the mexico stripes, I love the look of the orange mexico's.
2006/03/13 08:36:24
Steviestar
Yeah she sounds great now, and is a pretty wild ride in the wet.

I'm still having a few little issues but working my way through them! Have sprung a leak in one of my soft mounts, i think on No.4 but that seems to be the only prob now, and doesn't hold her back much at all!
I'll fix this problem next weekend probably
2006/03/20 09:58:11
Steviestar
Just fixed the leak, what i thought was a soft mount leaking was actually a rocker stuffed so i replaced the inlet rocker for No.4 and all is well now YAAAYY!!!

What i'm after now is a vernier cam wheel so that i can dial in the cam to suit the rest of the set up, and i would like to get a luminition ignition set up so that i can throw the points in the bin, he he , then it will be off to the dyno for a proper tune!
2006/03/20 14:01:50
Steviestar
i need a new oil breather cap if anyone has one or knows where i can get on, as mine fell off yesterday and melted on the extractor, nearly setting fire to my engine bay, so now i have a mini k&n filter on there off my show car (the commo) and it's too fumey in the car now with it like this

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2006/03/23 10:13:32
Steviestar
Picked up a new grill today for my mk2 and fitted it:


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And i've also started retrimming my door cards, i'll get some pics when i get some more progress done on them, but the interior will look similar to my show car (pic below) but with orange instead of yellow, to match the paint work once i get the scort resprayed:


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2006/04/04 20:03:04
Steviestar
Ok here's my first door card finished, will get the rest finished by the weekend i hope LOL

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2006/06/04 13:57:23
Steviestar
Nearly there! I ran out of the orange vinyl, so the last one is gonna have to wait til tomorrow when i can get some more.

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2006/06/04 15:37:13
tybrown
That looks great!!!

so did you just recover them with new vinyl???

can you list how you did that?? i want to recover some door cards i have!!

they look hot!
2006/06/04 15:47:59
Steviestar
Yup, just peel the old vinyl off and clean the old door cards up(repair if needed) then using spray adhesive , spray the cards and fit the thin layer of foam to the cards, cut out the holes etc.
Now using the old vinyl (if still the right shape) use it as a template on the new vinyl. Cut it out making sure you leave a bit of excess (this can be cut of later) so that your garranteed you have enough.I used the missuses sewing machine (SSSSHHH don't tell her, LOL) to sew a bit of vinnyl in black around some black speaker carpet then sewed this to the bottom of the trim. Now spray the cards again with spray adhesive and place the new vinyl onto the cards making sure you have evenly distributed the weight and it sticks properly (i used a special stamp that my mates dad gave me to stamp the pattern lines in at this stage) once adhesive has set i used a staple gun to run around the edges to hold it all nice, pulling it irm at the same time.
Now just cut your holes out leaving a bit of extra to fold under and glue this down for a nice hole finish. Refit the crome stip and Fwalllaaaaaa Done, fit them in the car and go AAAAAWWWWWWW!!!!

LOL
2006/06/04 16:02:22
RS2000mk2
looks hot mate good work
2006/06/04 16:47:29
Steviestar
Stevie's gone nuts and fitted the three door cards that he already retrimmed!

AAWW yeah i also decided to wack a couple of neons in there while i was at it lol

[:u]BLING BLING[:u]

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2006/06/04 18:13:57
2lt_Scort
Looks very professional Steve.

Rhys

p.s. I can see you love your bling [:p]
2006/06/04 19:08:21
Steviestar
quote:
Originally posted by 2lt_Scort
[br]Looks very professional Steve.

Rhys

p.s. I can see you love your bling [:p]


I couldn't help it lol it's a disease
2006/06/04 19:16:30
maxrs
Love the door trims.Makes one wonder why Ford didn't use coloured door cards.Goodluck with the last one!
2006/06/04 19:52:06
Vanman
My first Escort had a stunning emerald green vinil throughout.

They came up a treat Stevie, looking awesome on the car.
I'm not mad keen on the neons for effect, but they can be very practical as interior lighting, I plan to put some under the dash to light up the floor wells.
2006/06/04 21:54:58
Steviestar
yeah i'm going to move the neons to either under the seats or under the dash, but i just pit them there for the photer LOL
2006/06/04 22:09:15
maxrs
Go ahead and cover your kick panels.Little plastic panels beside rear parcel shelf?Do look good colouredLooking good!
Your handles-Are they all going to be black?Just rear passingers door has painted handle!
I like the black(handle)over orange background!
2006/09/04 09:35:00
Steviestar
yeah all the handles are black now (i was just waiting on another set as my originals were all cracked and horrible) the panels that you speak of next to the back window will be covered in black vinyl by the end of today, or i might leave it for tomorrow and go for a cruise, but yeah i have the vinyl waiting to go on, just have to repair the panels then cover them, then just gonna cover the pacel tray in carpet and that'll do for now!


LOL
2006/09/04 10:13:06
Steviestar
Went for a good run today up through maquarie pass and then down to kiama via jamberoo from robertson! It was AWESOME i must say through the mountains now, i'm extremely happy with the engine tune now!

Took a couple of happy snaps while i was out too! Finally figured out how to resize the high res pics lol



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2006/09/04 22:57:29
zakspeed
Nice ,Nice ,Nice, awesome job. My mum actually lives in jamberoo, maybe you could do a burnout in her street[88][88].
2006/10/04 01:21:15
Steviestar
HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA i probably did! i smoked half way back up that street that the pics were on i should have told my mate to get out an get a snapshot of it lol!

oops did i say that out loud
2006/10/04 01:42:23
zakspeed
Your a HOON im telling[88][88][88][:x)][:x)]
2006/10/04 01:50:54
Steviestar
AM NOT[:0]

It was an extremely slippery peice of bitumen [:x)]
2006/10/04 01:58:59
zakspeed
I understand[:x)]
2006/10/04 02:26:39
Steviestar
Picked up some more toys for my esky today!



See pic:

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2006/12/04 12:39:18
Steviestar
Well i finally got around to pulling my distributor apart to fit heavier springs on the advance weights and try to solve my ignition problems!
After completing all the work and resetting the timing i took her for a berl around the block only to find that it was still the same. So i had a thought and pulled no.1 spark plug out and the rocker cover to check top dead centre!
Low and behold my freakin crank pulley is about 20 degrees out, that's why i couldn't get the darn thing to run right. i remarked TDC on the crank pulley and reset my timing after putting her all back together.


YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!

Stevie's happy again
2006/01/05 21:21:54
Steviestar
Well i finally found some time to fit my new twin point dizzy and leads (due to fuel pump issues in the Group A, i couldn't afford electronic, but now i have the old one as spare to make into an electronic dizzy when funds allow). I also fitted a set of Splitfire plugs, a new cam belt and i'm currently messing around with a cold air set up to feed te hungry hippies (webers), with the new vaccumless advance curve etc she seems to be much happier.

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2006/06/07 15:08:33
Steviestar
Fitted a strut brace today! We'll have to see if this solved the understeer problem i had.

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2006/03/08 18:19:09
Steviestar
Well i got a bit bored the other day so i decided that some spare aluminium sheet and some left over lexan that i had in the shed had to go to make a bit more room! i also needed to replace the air cleaners on my scort, so it got me thinking, What about a custom airbox with cold air induction! So i got a bit carried away, I'll let the pics explain the rest!



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There it is all bolted up in the car and ready for action! The only drama is that it has near doubled the volume of the webers induction, but on light throttle it's not too bad!
2006/10/11 17:23:34
Steviestar
The strut brace stiffens the front end up dramatically by holding the struts at a specific point, nice and tight! therefore with limited chassis flex/twisting in the front end it's like wacking a big swaybar under the car and improves handling!
2006/11/11 09:06:42
Mk2_2dr_2L
Yeah nice work there !
2006/11/11 18:50:47
The Phantom
Great Mk2 ya got there, looks like one I was gonna buy a while back. The guy sold it though without telling me, wondered why he didn't return calls... Turns out he was interstate somewhere and returned home to like 70 messages [:o)]

Love the neons on it btw, ultimate pimp factor.

Looks tops, gl with it.
2006/11/11 20:06:35
Steviestar
it has made a small difference in performance, but the main idea behind it was to stop the old filters getting "fuel soaked" and loosing their airflow characteristics and also to save some money come service time as i only have to buy 1 filter each time i go to replace it! after going for a decent run in the car, i can pop the bonnet and touch the airbox and it's still cold so it must be working just fine i reckon lol!

2007/03/15 13:44:16
Diablo69
That custom air box looks fantastic.

I really like it. Especially the clear perspex top.

Well done. Great work.
2007/03/18 12:59:58
Steviestar
well just another little update! i picked up some more little toys for my esky over the last week or so and thought i may as well pop a pic of them up here before i go and fit it all tomorrow or Tuesday, not included in the pics is the fuel pressure regulator that i've already fitted! Pics of it all fitted will be up in the next few days when i get time to fit everything!

New items: Catch Can
Custom Ram tubes
Chromed Rocker cover
Chromed cam belt cover
Fuel pressure regulator

*pics aren't uploading* [xo]

2007/05/20 18:43:18
Steviestar
New additions fitted!

Chrome bling bling Cam Cover and Belt cover fitted, aswell as my oil catch canwhich i ran a return to sump set up on, so there's bloody pipes everywhere haha

Next on the "to do" list is to make a new airbox that incorporates my ram tubes! fun fun fun





2007/05/22 18:55:48
Steviestar
LAtest edition: new improved Airbox using a higher flowing filter, and i made up a new grill too

just waitin on my Ally radiator to turn up, and then the rest of the samco hoses can go on
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2007/12/13 23:36:56
maxrs
Looks great Steviestar, in Queensland the top oil breather has to be plumbed into the air box.
Have you noticed a difference in the handling since the strut brace?
2007/12/14 00:06:25
Matt RS2000
How much extra power does that Cosworth badge give you??
2007/12/14 00:20:08
Steviestar
Strut brace makes a fair difference, i have to pull my finger out one of these days and mount it better

haha at least 25hp with the badge
2007/12/14 10:26:05
greenmk2
That engine looks tough i like it. That airbox setup is a good idea to
2007/12/14 19:43:25
Steviestar
One of my Chrissy prezzies! YAAY[(#)]
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2007/12/25 19:28:51
Sterling
that air box and grill as serious sex it looks sooo MINT!!!

i love it!
2008/09/26 12:49:50
Steviestar
Thanks mate, it's a shame i had to sell her though as she was a good little weapon. 1.13's around waikfeild aint too bad!

Anyways once all the poo poo blows over then i'll be searching for a 2 door flat nose MK2 to turn into a group 4 replica
2008/09/26 17:54:38
Sterling
aw u serious... parting with a loved one does suck..

how do the cut bumpers look in real life? do they look like a hack job? im thinking about doing the same :D
2008/09/26 18:43:44
Steviestar
The bumpers didn't look too bad cut, just depends on how you finish the ends up, rounding them off would have been much nicer though
2008/09/27 21:47:09
jds
New owner selling her off already?? Is that price what he paid for her??

[url][/url]http://www.carpoint.com.au/used-car/FORD/ESCORT/New%20South%20Wales/csn6347213.aspx
2008/10/18 15:15:50
Steviestar
It appears it was too much for them, and being a p-plater he's lost his licence in her already


doesn't look like they've been looking after her either GRRRR!
2008/10/18 18:24:54

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