well now the 2 door is painted

( was stressing out about getting it done before the cold weather came to stay) i could turn my attention why the daily was running like $hiit.

it still ran but lacked power (got me to work. thats about all it did lol). turned out it was a burnt inlet valve on no3 cylinder.

soo off came the head and i replaced it with the one i removed from the 2 door. slightly bigger valves and double springs. its nice having 4 cylinders again haha.

anyway went for a drive today. found this little place. dunno where i was but there were a few very quiet intersections that the escort took to very nicely ;)




really needs fatter wheels to fill the guards and lower it abit. maby if i find some spare cash thats not getting thrown into the 2 door i will do it.

krt10 
another blue 4 door which i got off this forum. some may recognise it
 

 
Ah.. so that's where it ended up. What's the report on it? What have you done, and what plans do you have for it?

EFI ay. So what's under the hood?

yeah i does look like it belongs in there.  the sump hangs down with the x member though. but its infront so itll be the first thing to go if i hit a bump. ill have do make up a good sump guard for it. i dunno if thats common with sr conversions though.
also the steering hasnt been altered. all factory which is really good. again i dunno if thats common on sr conversions.
 
as for maintenance. it could use some. has a few oil leaks, probably needs a good going over. im a mech by trade so thats not too much of an issue, finding time is though haha. it all runs and works though. very fun to drive too :)

from what I saw, the bottom of the oil pan was exactly level with the bottom of the crossmember, and doesn't hang lower. that is spot on, perfectly fine and shouldn't need any sump guard. I took a pic of the sump area, but I won't post it as it's upto the current owner if he wants them posted.. ha ha.. because others might get "funny ideas.." LOL! Someone paid big dollars to make sure it was done right. And the steering was as per factory, nothing was altered and no spacers, ect. Sump was modified is all I will say. 
 
Pic below of the standard S13 180SX SR sump.

 
And a high capacity oil pan fixed to same car and engine.

 
As you can see, both are pretty much level with the bottom of the crossmember.

The paint came up nice :-D
When you say fun to drive, how much fun exactly? Being a mechanic, would you think it worthwhile doing this conversion? Or for a non mechanic, spending 10K getting it done.
 
 

Nice :-) Thanks for sharing those observations. I can't wait to see the 2 door going either mate! It's such a solid project

got a update from all my cars.
 
firstly with the green 2 door. been updating that in the project section but ill add it here too.
it now runs, has been on the dyno and took it out to a track day. was good to actually drive the thing but i had a few issues.
 
firstly i went to start it for the first session and it decided to strip some teeth off the starter pinion.  typical it would happen then, it had started fine at home everytime and even that morning when loading it on the trailer.
so the car had to be roll started all day. not that the day lasted all that long as it was dropping fuel pressure going thru the fast kink and when at full throttle. so i putted around at 75% trying just get a few laps in to test everything out.
only did about 8 laps before deciding to call it quits. was no point staying out just puttering around.
 
got it home and ripped the started out to find what the problem of the stripped pinion gears. a few emails were sent and a new one was on it s way which was excellent as the starter itself had only been used a handful of times.
 
as for the fuel pressure drop, im still using the starndard mk2 tank (no baffles) so fuel was running away from the pickup. even with a full tank.
so i am in the process of organizing a surge tank and fuel pump. would love a fuel cell but cant afford it at the moment. once thats done i can go out again and start playing around a bit more.
 
video of it on the dyno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkMQp9R0hCs
 
and a run down my street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIBPnydXr8
 
with my mates ke70





 
 
On to the blue esky
its now back to legal height. ive fixed the oil leaks, tidyed it up, fitten standard BOV back on and starting to iron out a few things.
 
it has passed engineering tests
next up is emissions, then roadworthy. 
 hopefully it should be on the road in the next few months.
 
once on the road i will be getting rid of the wheels as im not a fan of 16s on escorts. then i will be just trying to make it look as un assuming as possible.... and of course just enjoying it.
 
i did take it to a small ford show. was a good day with some good people



 
 
 
a mate and i also bought this for $200

 
got it off a mates brother. its manual eb with about 400,000 on the clock
anyway we welded the diff and solid mounted the engine and took it to a local rally track for some club days and started doing this.

 
funny thing is its running bob jane all rounders (race tyres, of course) and is compleatly stock besides the diff and engine mounts. even still has full interior after a few rounds we have been beating some of the "proper rally cars" with dirt tyres, roll cages ect.  all just a bit of fun and for $200 its the best value ever.
 
video of one of the stages.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...4&feature=youtu.be
 
anyway that leads me onto my new daily. before rallying the eb i used to to tow some stuff. went alright at towing. i was looking for a tow car at the time to tow the green esky when its done. ive never really been into the bigger fords like falcons but i figured it could be a cheaper option than a ute for towing.
i found a eb and sold my yellow esky (never thought id sell and esky for a falcon)

which was really hard to do as i loved that car. was such a good daily, i took it everywhere and it never missed a beat. but its gone to a good home by the sounds of it.
its manual, is nice and clean, but has a FG engine under the hood. got it for a good price ( much cheaper than any ute i was looking at) and the thing tows really well. makes 190kw atw with only headers,hi flow cat and a tune.  its nice to drive and does what i need ot to do but i still miss my 1600 esky. least soon ill have one to drive around again.

 
the engine bay does need a tidy up

 
 
 
so thats my cars at this stage. ive successfully kept myself broke.
 
enjoy