NIce to see am escort doing what it was built to do. Your car is looking very clean, it is a credit to you.

wheres the action pics of me [:x)]

lol

Update:

Managed to find some spare time due to a weeks holiday from work
so what did i do, went into work and built my new motor.

motor specs

'95 astina BP block
big nose crank
bored to +40thou
Wiseco forged Pistons
Wiseco rings
ACL Bearings
Shot peened B6T rods
ARP Main studs
ARP Head Studs

Also have a Ported N/A head with a set of cams to go on after some issues are sorted and the running in of the bottom end is complete.

After i am happy with the run in i will fit my bigger T28 BB turbo with a custom steampipe manifold and fit the head and cams, then have the new combo tuned.

some pics

Looking good Mish, great to see a different conversion successfully done too. Im taking my F6 ute to the attwood skid pan next Saturday. cant wait, seeing your photos make it look very fun.

Thanks KIZZA,
just some word of advice for attwood,dont run ur good tyres as the surface is reasonably course and damages tyres if u get some decent tyre speed.

Cheers mate will keep that in mind, problem I have is I need decent sized wheels to fit over my brembos but ill see what I can sort out by the weekend.

Hey mate,
I drive along side you most on most days, i always make an effort to get close to have a good look, i love it! i'v got a mark 1 escort and am currently fitting a pinto to it, time proving to be an issue tho.

how'd you go with the new engine ? i'm heap interested in this conversion have you got any pics of the engine mounts and gearbox ? is it a manual tunnel ?

hey guys sorry its been a while since ive updated, been doing a little bit on the car as it is no longer my daily drive.
the car is now no longer on full registration and running on club permit.
Have mostly been spending the time on the car doing all the bigger jobs that i didnt get a chance to do whilst the car was being driven daily.
One of the first jobs on that list was to get a bigger turbo onto the motor to make the most of the strong bottom end i built, so off the car went to Brenton at Brae Automotive Fabrication  http://www.braeautofab.com for a custom steampipe exhaust manifold with external wastegate and screamer pipe, custom 3 inch stainless dump pipe. 
Mounted off the new Brae manifold was a china spec GT2871R turbo with the internal wastegate blanked.
 

 

 

 
 

next on my list of things to do was to remove my engine to fix a rather annoying oil leak, 
being that removing the engine is a utter pain in the behind i decided against doing on my stone driveway, luckily i mate offered me the use of his hoist in his shed, only problem being his hoist was an hour and a half from home so i was on a strict time frame, and not having the car finished was a long walk home.
The removing of the engine requires the head to be removed and the gearbox to come with, so with that done i checked the state of both my flywheels and clutch, fixed my sump gasket leak and refitted the gearbox and bottom end back to the car. This was now the perfect time to refit my ported head that i had to remove due to some teething issues along with my bigger cams.  
 
Now the car idles like its a damn rotary ( due to the cams needing a proper dial in ) and is in real need of a retune so i can wind the boost up past the 8psi spring i have in the gate at the moment