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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2007/02/19 10:18:19 (permalink)
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that looks great damion...

did you get the wheels fixed up? they look great.

glad to see the engine running... hope you have fun. drive safely...
thats going to be one taily escort

what did you use to polish the plennum? did you just sand it back and use Autosol?


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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2007/02/19 22:12:16 (permalink)
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Thanks everyone.

Yeah i got the wheels straightened professionally and gave them a bit of a polish.. they could do with some finishing off tho.

yeah i probably wouldn't recommend doing the plenum too much sanding / polishing is involved.
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2007/02/20 21:06:11 (permalink)
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Car looks great Damion, from what ive read youve had a fair bit of bad luck with this project, hope you actually get to enjoy just driving it for a while! Flat fronts look tough[}:)]
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2007/07/03 21:31:04 (permalink)
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[br]Car looks great Damion, from what ive read youve had a fair bit of bad luck with this project, hope you actually get to enjoy just driving it for a while! Flat fronts look tough[}:)]


Thanks Nigel, yeah it has been a bit that way mixed with a bit of bad management aswell

I sent the turbo off to be rebuilt yesterday and following trend it was not in good order.. even the shaft is too worn for re use.. but anyway, it should be back in my hands within the next two weeks.. so hopefully I can start her up again soon
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/04/11 18:39:08 (permalink)
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Well it has been a fair while since my last update, so I thought I would add some new pictures and give a bit of an update.

It hasnt all been smooth sailing, but it is finally running ok. The car really needs a new ECU to make it run as it should.

So carrying on from my last update..Shortly after the turbo was rebuilt I put some more kms on the car and stress cracks started to propagate on either side of my passenger side strut tower (has anyone seen this happen before?) I had a friend make some plates up to fit in the underside and stitch weld them in for me.

Then I hit a kangaroo and made a mess of the front right hand side of the car, fixed that.. then had the bonnet unlatch at speed ! Then went through three NPC clutches and a couple of gearbox rebuilds.

But enough whinging, here are some recent pics of the car:











Cheers,
Damion.
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/04/11 22:00:32 (permalink)
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The car is looking great
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/04/11 23:03:11 (permalink)
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Looking good mate
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/04/11 23:33:37 (permalink)
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thats reeaaaly nice love everything about it those pillars and no fuel lid look so much better
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/05/11 08:47:51 (permalink)
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Looks fantastic! I'd seen pictures of the car didn't realise it was a Cosworth Monster!!! I'm drooling...
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/05/11 12:37:06 (permalink)
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Its a sweet ride alright. Sounds like plenty of hard work went into it.
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/05/11 17:45:14 (permalink)
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the car looks brilliant, i would like to do a cosworth conversions,(years down the track) how hard is it to do the conversions and roughy what would it cost to do, just say for a stock cosworth

cheers
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/05/11 18:13:19 (permalink)
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how hard is it to do the conversions and roughy what would it cost to do, just say for a stock cosworth

cheers


how hard? not at all. how much? very much.

though your biggest problem would be finding a complete motor
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/05/11 18:58:28 (permalink)
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Damion that is a nice car and a credit to you. Well done.
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/05/11 19:09:48 (permalink)
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Damion that is a nice car and a credit to you. Well done.

I might get to see it one day if I'm lucky.

Let us know if you decide to do Willowbank one day.

Enjoy driving it dude.
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RE: My Mk2 Escort... Getting there ! 2008/05/11 19:09:56 (permalink)
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Looks great!

Some video footage would be tops [:x)][%]
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