Whats it doing in the kitchen Robbie?
 
I went for one of the GRP4 (Millington safari spec) rads even though they are are meant for NA YB's in Escorts, they are big core capacity. Plus with no intercooler in front of this one and being a track car only air flow will be no issue.
They tigged in the turbo cooling fitting to my specs. Where the intercooler will go I'm still figuring out. I really don't want an air/water setup.
 
I know they have the radiator/intercooler combos but I really didn't want to hack the front of the car (this is a flat nose MK2 escort)
Price wise with delivery etc, it worked out around the same as a custom made PWR unit.
 
Once I'm in recovery after surgery I'll spend some time getting a thread going with pics.
 
Mark

New radiator is in, rad fitted well but the outlet was different by a bit compared to the old one so mike had to make a spacer to extend the top rad hose, if id notice it before hand i would have organized a longer replacement. oh well, im surprised my ocd doesnt get triggered by it as much.

Also 2 years later the LSD is in also, we changed the ratio to a 3.89 as well. Ive never had a lsd before so the chattering is going to take some getting use to. Cant wait to see the misses reaction to that shes going think something is broken. It feels a bit zipper and the lsd keeps the rear end really planted through the corners, just feels like ive got more grip. Other then the noise pretty happy with it. Added my own resto mod touch to the diff tag.

Hey Robbie, glad you've moved up a notch with the LSD. Yeah the clunking is a bit worrying at the beginning but you'll get used to it.. just remember your car wants to steer differently especially in the wet, just be ready for real happy fun. With mine it used to lightly understeer and then get some oversteer but my setup was with skinny 185 x 13 wheels, very predictable . Enjoy 👍
Tramp bars next??

Thanks Marty! i imagine it will be some fun in the wet, although if i took it out today i would have needed to be a boat!

Im thinking my attention needs to move towards brakes, i do still have the pedal box to go in or was even thinking spaced and widen the standard calipers with some better pads. Who knows, i do like overly flashy bits on the car and some AP calipers are flashy. 

Didn't it just bucket down today, you know it'll be bad when magpies are sandbagging their nests !!

Brakes are a touchy subject, maybe get the question out there to see what others use and ideas.

My mk2 has 2.8i vents with Volvo 264 4 spot calipers with taxi pads, machined down Volvo sold front rotors on the rear with Mazda 626 calipers and handbrake, the master is Cortina TE with the booster removed and a bias tap inline to the rear, it was my daily driver and driven hard most times .
My mk1 van with a zetec has Chrysler pt cruiser front rotors (280mm) and Wilwood NDL 4 spot calipers, no idea on performance as the van isn't running yet
The orange Mex had a rally design 285 Wilwood brake kit, that was good value..

Cheers marty! ok my thinking is

Stock booster (although i think this is why it feels a bit dull), widen stock calipers with some vented rotors, keep rear drums.

Bias box, AP kit on the front and leave rear drums (this is what im favoring atm - keeping it somewhat simple and keeps my flashy side).

Bias box, AP kit front and skyline rear calipers on the back (remember i picked up a whole set up a while ago).

Although all this is making the car somewhat of a non sunday cruiser!

Well the landcruiser has been in the panel shop getting a new rear bumper - bit of an adjustment of me driving a large car compared to my previous 2 wheeled honda. In my defence we both reversed into each other so 50 50 blame.

That means ive been using the escort to drive to and from work which is nice but after all the rain in the last week ive noted from leaking from the front windscreen, it seems to slightly pool in this corner and then start leaking through and running down the dash. What are my options? slap some sika in there and hope it seals up or get the windscreen removed and put back in?

Unfortunately you know the answer to that one Robbie🙁
I just pulled the heater box out of the RS. Soldered the core up 10 years back when I started the build. I have a collection of the things.
So this time I bit the bullet and have ordered a repo from the UK. I am told they are good items. Certainly hope so for $270 landed.

Robbie you'll be surprised where the water gets in from, just cause it's pooling at the corner doesn't mean that's it's entry point.
Get to the auto shop of choice and buy windscreen sealer, do not ever use a drying silicon .
The leak will find the lowest point so it's best to seal the whole way around with a caulking gun lifting the rubber seal and applying plenty but not too much that it squeezes out everywhere messing up the car . The sealer will never set .

You might want to buy a cheap wifi back camera from ebuy or AliExpress, maybe even a beeper kit, great for those blind spots on the rig . Hope you get you cruiser back soon

Thanks guys, one of the guys in the escort club reached out and said he can remove and reinstall the screen for me. Might be the right approach. How does the sealer set marty? ive been doing some reading on sika windscreen sealer as i want to do a small job on the cruiser that will need it.

Would you believe it was going for a reverse camera install the next day, it was just one of those after work, running late to get somewhere just didnt look around. It did stuff all damage to the cruiser but her barina was dented in the rear pillar. I figured may as well replace the bar and keep it all neat and tidy.