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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/05/11 20:21:26
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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 
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/06/11 18:10:13
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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.
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/06/11 21:08:38
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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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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/06/11 21:12:37
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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
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 :)
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/11/13 07:49:54
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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 
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/11/13 08:02:38
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I'd be stoked if I was given a Fiesta as a loan car. Usually they're old buckets o' poo pooe
Rhys.
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/11/13 16:53:41
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Your having bad luck with cars.. when will it end [B)]
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/11/13 21:29:47
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By the sounds of it, your lucky you did'nt get hurt.
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/11/15 17:57:59
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Yeah im ok, cars and me at the moment are enemys it seems so yeah [88] im thinking of doing a upgrade on alot of stuff.. and its going to cost a bit so ill be saving for a bit and yeah whack it all in at once. The upgrades include - New Clutch , New Sierra 5 Spd , LSD , and thinking about Supercharger but the First three are a must.
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/11/15 18:58:03
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Damm you have had a rough trot lately. Hope it all comes together for you soon.
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2007/11/20 21:48:59
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Me to mate, Need to get a clutch in by Saturday so i can go to this cruise. im in the process of finding someone to do it cheap for me. but if i cant find ill be devoed that i couldnt make it.
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2008/05/01 20:39:39
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Ok.... Bad news. Bottom end totally fiucked. Piston Fiucked. Head Fiucked... so im pulling the peice of poo poo 2lt out and putting in a 13B N/A, Would appreciate anyone whos done a conversion or has a 13B already in a esky to give me a few pointers. I've priced a 13B Bridge Port with RX4 Box for $1500, but in terms of all the other stuff, manifolds, modifications etc give us a shout. Some tell me not to touch the rotor but its cheap easy power... What do you think?
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2008/05/01 20:59:25
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That's a real shame man. I know how you feel though!
As you said rotors can make good power, but just as another option to consider (if it's your thing), you can get front cuts with 20v Toyota donks in them for a decent price! They go hard and rev really well too.
Best of luck with it mate and sorry to hear about your bad luck.
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2008/05/01 21:09:09
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I was wondering how your car was going. What the hell happened?? [:0][V]
I have been in a brigy 13B rx4 it was a todal loose woman in traffic and was a beach on fuel but it was very quick.. One of my mates done the conversion and it was a lot of work steering column changes new engine mounts, but it also was a turbo job. You may have seen it in newcastle in the past was a light blue mk2 pano.
You could look into zetec?
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RE: Rhys' Mk 2 Escort - Broken.. AGAIN!
2008/05/01 22:32:46
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Very sorry to hear about your engine Rhys.
Rotors aren't well know for their reliability or longetivity so you might just be getting yourself into a different pile of poo.
I had a mate with an RX2 bridgeport which hunted and carried on on the road, not a good daily driver. Just my 2c.
Cam
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