For the first time since owning my escort, it's in a shed!!!

Once everything is unpacked, hopefully the motivation will return in install the new motor....

Well,
 
It's been a loooong time in between drinks and the escort had been shelved for quite some time.
 
Now almost 3 yrs later, (lots of changes including another addition to the family), and finally the motivation is back, so time to get the escort back up and running....
 
Recap. Just before I moved to our new place with a shed, I managed to lunch the old engine and then, once rebuilt, the old EMS somehow decided to pack it in during the move.  Turns out I lost one of the injector drivers and as they are such an old dinosaur of a unit with no tech support, I was up for a new ecu.
 
After more than a few drinks in the shed one night, and after watching one too many crazy Swedish tuners with big turbos on their BMWs Saabs and Pintos and I bought an Ecumaster ECU. Now, I've never been one for doing things buy the book, however, even this, an ecu with very, very limited Australian support was a stretch for me.  So, after a much searching, I managed to get hold of a tuner from Sweden, who emailed me a nice little base tune
 
While I was at it, I thought I might redo the bottom end as the cosworth bottom end had too low comp ratio.
 
The new shopping list has included,
EcuMaster ECU
1000cc injectors
GT30 turbo
45mm external wastgate
LS1 coils
E85 PTFE fuel lines and fittings
Proflow pump, surge tank and filters
Specialized Piston Services custom forged pistons.
Maxspeeding rods
36-1 trigger wheel and sensor
Ceramic sprung clutch. (may yet go auto)
 
Needless to say the postie, and the bank balance, have been getting a workout.
 
I'm pretty busy with work atm, but hope to have the car back up and running later in the year.
 
I'll get some updated pics soon.
 

 
Shaun
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Good man, Ive been waiting for this post for those 3 years. Glad to see you held onto it all and are back into the swing of things. Heres to hoping its back together soon.
 

Wicked Shaun.

Im keen to see your ls1 coil set up and how you'll be going about it. Ive been trying to research a set up guide for this with no luck for the pinto. Im personally not up to that stage yet but updating the ignition system is common search i tend to do at night time

Where was the trigger and wheel bought from?

Expect 400hp plus out of this set up bro!

Cheers.

Ez'

Good to hear that your project is not forgotten. I look forward to seeing further updates.
 
Cheers,
 
Damion

Good to hear your back on track with it
Happy building and tuning... Drew