Arched Mk1 Escort Zetec

Donor car, soon to be convertible[:x)]












Lots of lovly rust around the firewall











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If memory serves it was at SFS this year, albeit with just the rear arches done?

Car is looking great - well done! Keep up the good work and good luck with the Zetec conversion. Keep us posted with any progress.

Finally got some spare time to put some more photos up,

Oh btw, thanks for the comments











Changed the fuse box to this one, outta a e series fairlane (outta focus and the wrong way round but you get the picture.)


























And here she is when she rolled out jan 2007 to be registered for my 18th

Hey guys

well then, january this year, the weekend before sfs 2008, over the long weekend i put a rear set of flares for my mk1. Bought a set of fibre glass arches off geoff wade.

basically taped them into place and job done.... [88][88][88]





Cut away what we definatly wouldn't need, refit, cut away a little more.





Nice big chunk missing



Lipped the arch



A mk2 roof makes a good arch



Weight reduction [(#)]













trimmed the fibreglass screwed into place (later to be replced with pot-rivets













JOB DONE, for the back



donor car in worse shape again



And chopped this in half, going to use the front to mount up my zetec so i can sought out all the problems on the and do a dtraight swap





And dragged it down the hill.

Now let's move to the fun stuff.

Engine details,Zetec, of course, out of a 96 mondeo

Retro-ford Sump, Water rail and engine mounts. (which i highly recomend)
Arp conrod bolts
Ajstable Kent Cam Wheels
Gixxer 750 throttle bodies
Hoping to make my own stainless steel headers exhaust based on the Ashley design.
Borg warner T5 gearbox
Cosworth aluminium bellhousing.
Std mondeo flywheel and pressure plate.
XD/XE Exedy Clutch plate.

Amazingly and luckily we were able to find clutch plate which was the right diameter to fit with the flywheel and right spline diameter and size to fit with the gearbox.

Anyway down the the piture spam

Checking how the sump lines up




Fitting the conrod bolts

i just read this entire topic, im intrested to follow this any sort of an update?

Thanks for the kind words

This is my third escort, but first that ive properly driven.
first was a mk1 4dr, sold found something better
2nd brown mk1 4 door, good paint, poo pooe everything else, thats the shell in pictures, that was in an incident (not me)

Then i got this when i was about 17 and a half, spent 7 months or so fixing it up to road worthy std. (ala photos).



As for progress.... haven't done anything new, had exams and stuff latley. And party because the dollar went to poo poo so i haven't got an ecu yet. so basically need:
- Exhuast
- Intake
- Ecu setup and installation
- Radiator (probably going a VW one)
- Fuel system... so nothin much left....[88]

The manifolds i want to make myself, but i need to find a good tig welder (can anyone reckomend a good hobist one?) first, so thats kinda holding me up.

I've also got a new daily driver, kawasaki zx250, which has halfed my fuel bill an has taken the ergency out of getting the motor in.

Cheers, Mark