oh im all for each to there own, but if ya putting pics up for people to see figured id let ya know wat i thought, my mate had one and ya can get heaps of parts for em but as soon as ya put a bigger motor in em, everythin and i mean everything needs to be changed cause its all piss week.


your car is looking mad by the way.

yeah thats what ive heard lol. there a cheap car, but for some reason they have a reputation of being able to run forever. (engine wise that is) the autos are poo poo, and the diffs cant handle jack.

and cheers lol.

some stuff from Gdub arrived today, again, more stuff that i have to be patient about till i get a roadworthy cert.

(YES! im taking my time, but im in no real rush!)

nice. should make an awsome racket when its on. mmm

they are ugly stock but so are 99% of cars including Escorts until they have wide wheels.

all that datto needs is some 14x8's with offset lower than 0 and it will look porn.

nice carbs, what's the duration and lift on that cam?

its a speco regrind.. 4f2300

IN Duration: 290 - 238

EX Duration: 298 - 240


Lift@TDC: .100 & .075

Hi Sterling, What stage is the Cam & Size of the twins? Also With your bucket seats did you have to modify the rails? If you use the same rails, bolts & nuts getting it passed for safety should be fine. Thats if it is the same mounts, holes, rails, nuts and bolts.

You sure have come along way since the start. All your persistance will pay off and Your escort is going to be looking and running fantastic. Goodluck with the rest of it.

Cheers Rhys.

thanks for the kind words mate.

i dont know what "stage" the cam is, though it is a "Speco 4F2300 regrind cam" and what told it makes power from 2000-6500 rpm

and yeah the bucket seats are using the escort rails, and they line up in the origonal escort mounting points. and yeah all the nuts and bolts were used, no welding.

im so eager to try out the "performance package" lol

the carbies are twin DHLA40's, dellortos.

That's great with the fitting of the seats, usually you have to do a bit of modifying to get them to fit. The rev range on the cam you got is awesome, mine wont wanna move untill 3000/3200 lol

Your going to have some fun with those twins, once everything is sorted and and you have a good tune you will be blown away... And the noise those twins make is gold [:x)]

Becareful though, when i got my car going a %100 with the twins i lost my license [B)] lol

haha sounds like fun! all i have to do is swap the points over to electronic on the dizzy i got with it, move the battery to the boot, chuck a catch can in her, remove the cylinder head and swap over rockers and cam, a bunch of new gaskets later ill have a good lil esky.