from another forum but still an update

after gettin the hilux back on the road its now time to get the escort back on track. Done some small things, replaced the boots on the TCA's and the tie rod ends, started makin the bumper irons etc. and after gettin some rather large quotes to make an exhaust i thought f!#k it,ill make my own. so went and got some tube, bends and a flexi, and cut up my old 63mm exhaust off my old evo for a resonator and a muffler



got my hilux cables shortend and made an adapter so the escort lever would take the two cables and give me plenty for adjustment. hand brake works good = win.



also changed the top mounts to solid mount pillow balls, just had to make some bushes on the lathe at work to adapt them to the escort strut. almost like adding power steering to the old girl. have also done a few other things but will post those updates when i get round to taking some more pics

poo poo weather down here today so lit the fire and did a bit in the garage. got a new mirror still in original box. cheers trade me.


made a tray up for the battery and got that all mounted as well.

another score off trade me was this hks evc 4 boost controller. only needed a loom made for it which i did yesterday.


also got a 12" fan mounted, had to make some new radiator mounts for it. got it switched off a 82-87deg switch so will see how this goes for a start. made some pedal rubbers. just puttin some small finishing touches on her before a warrant check.

this got put on today



Also had a slight driveshaft vibration which was only minor but enough to be annoying, so had to raise the gear box to get my pinion to gearbox angle the same, so had to raise the trans tunnel which means my consoul no longer fits, but driveline is now smooth as. But also had to lengthen my dump pipe off the turbo as the raise in gbox raised the ass of the engine as well. also had to put a rsm in as well, smaller steering wheel and lower seat height meant i could only see the speedo to about 60kph and not much of the loud dial either

well after mentioning stripes, yesterday jarrod from the down the road wandered down with these, id been slack gettinn back to him bout exactly what i wanted but he made an excellent job of makin them and puttin them on

Looks good with the stripes

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Originally posted by LINCOLN

Looks good with the stripes

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thanks. breaks up the carbon bonnet and didn't want mexico stripes along the side as i thought it would make it look a bit heavy, quite happy with how they turned out.

love the look of it. very tuff

what type of gearbox you got in it

Nice 1! Good to see you saved it. How are you finding the power & torque? Is it meeting your expectations?
 
I really like the rims, they look a lot like simmons. Were they at a good price on trade me?

Nice car mate,
The stripes look great.
 
Fahley

Sexy colour combo.
Love it! Great stuff qcadta.