You have had a shocker !

BLOWNMK12L

spewin about the carbys 40's will still do a gd job, our engines keep gettin more and more similiar evry day hahah, but least yours is puttin out some decent power,10 more hp then me :(, least he defected you for easy things cos if you got done for emmission it would be impossible for our engines to get off defect

Thats bad luck. They just don't like those red p-plates.

So how do you get the defects inspected? Is it just a pink slip inspection or carrington rta depot? A while back i was driving along foreshore and a cop on a bike pulled me over took my licence and told me to follow him to the carrington pits. I got done with excessive noise,no cam belt cover. So i just fitted a reducer tip from two and quarter to one and half. that done the trick.

I wouldn't be spewing about the twins. Look inside your carbs and see how big your ventures are. I had 48's and the ventures were 34mm but my bro had 45's and his were 38mm. What you have done to the ports will have a huge effect on the power. Along with the cam,valves,tuning etc..

I Have to goto Carrington within 10 days, the ventures are bigger, not sure on size but they were a big help. im not worried about the size that much but yeah. To add to the bad news i think i have fiucked my gear box, it sounds like when i change gears like um... a marble or a rock or somthing is rolling along floor boards or somthing.. but 10 times louder... there isnt so much crunching just a suss noise. in high revs it starts to happen aswell.

Free Escort Anyone? [xx(]

My best offer still stands $1750, with a full tank of fuel but you can keep your flashy doof doof and wheels, or give me $6k and your car and I'll give you a yellow RS2000 with fresh paint, 12 months rego, no rust, worked 2L that goes like it should and everything works if you don't frig with it will keep going.

BLOWNMK12L

You must be stressed. One thing after anather. I thought i may have damaged my gearbox in my 300z today. I had run with a 200sx and i crunched 3rd in a big way.. I had the stereo up to loud [:o)]

You should be able to find a gearbox cheap if thats what it is. I never had any dramas when i had the 4spd.

Dont they love picking on p-platers. They defect the your car thinking it may turn you off having a modified car. WRONG! It gets poeple like me more keen to make the car street legal. When they give my esky the stair i smile cause my engineers certificate has the RTA carrington stamp of approval

Yeah, im going to Upgrade the Clutch, Box and get a LSD, Then Engineer it id say... I've got alot of work ahead of me.

Keep at it mate. One day youll find everything works and youll be smiling again. Its worth all the effort to have real style at the end.

Josh

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Originally posted by longboy74
[br]Keep at it mate. One day youll find everything works and youll be smiling again. Its worth all the effort to have real style at the end.

Josh

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I Know... but at the moment it's pissing me off so much.

Im going to buy another escort to use as a daily... and then full on work on the 3SC0RT then ill be right :)

Bad run of bad luck or what...

My Mrs car which is the back up of my car never working... has been smashed in a crash, on the way to Sydney on the F3 i aqua planed and lost control of the car and off we spun, Hit the M3 BMW in the middle lane, spun around and into a vito van, so basically writen off... the cop declared it noones fault. Insurance covers it all thank god. so the escort is broken, the mirage is gone... all ive got is a Ford Fiesta lone car lol