my Escorts

2015/04/16 15:13:18

krt10

Seriously just loving being able to drive this thing at the moment. after all of the **** that went down just to get it on the road ( engine swaps, getting seized by police, having the tuner damage the car) its now only feeling like its worth it.

it really needs better suspension as thats its down fall. i haven't touched the suspension since owning the car. But at the moment it doesn't really bother me too much.... maby over winter ill do something.

i hated the 16" wheels and i actually enjoy looking at the car now. im even thinking of getting 13"s for a bit of fun.

cheers

2015/04/16 16:05:37

RS 2000

Looking good mate!....... oh and where is my invite to these drives????/

cheers

2015/04/16 18:46:09

ratta tat tat

Good stuff. That's why we go through it all. To enjoy it at the end! Some silver 13" minilites would look the bomb and lower the car a bit :D

2015/04/17 08:45:24

krt10

haha davor they are always last minute. ill probably be moving closer to your area soon so may be easier.

I really like the south london look haydn. i will have to give it a go i rekon

2015/12/09 13:38:38

krt10

Time for an update.

Not too much going on. Currently have the diff out of the 2 door doing a ratio change.

The 4 door really needed some love in the suspension department. It came with pedders crap. The steering was alot heavier than any other escort I had owned and there was a knock under load when you hit a bump.
With the steering being as heavy as it was it really didn't give good feedback thru corners. I replaced strut tops and control arms trying to chase the knock aswell.
Basically no difference. I tried a different complete strut that I borrowed and it all went away.

So I sourced some new 2lt legs and got some bilstein inserts. Along with roller tops it should make the car alot nicer to be in. Fitted them last night but haven't had a chance to drive it yet.