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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2015/09/02 14:05:36 (permalink)
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Looks like its all coming along fantastically, your doing a great job
 
I noticed you ran the Falken tyres at the track, what did you think of them? I have them on my car but haven't had track day heat into them yet
 
Keep the updates coming!
 
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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2015/09/03 10:09:15 (permalink)
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Looks like its all coming along fantastically, your doing a great job
 
I noticed you ran the Falken tyres at the track, what did you think of them? I have them on my car but haven't had track day heat into them yet
 
Keep the updates coming!
 
Cheers,
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Yeh, the Falkens seemed pretty good. But I haven't used any others to compare them to. Used them on the MK1 at a track day with no problems either.

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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2015/12/25 12:02:28 (permalink)
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With the holiday period now here we've been able to get a little more work done on the car.
Started to work on the wiring loom in preparation for the ECU. A new dash has been installed, the coils packs have been mounted and the ignition module mounted in the front kick panel.










And a xmas present of sorts! With all the machining done the engine has been assembled.





So hopefully will have it home and installed over the next week or so.



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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/01/24 22:57:38 (permalink)
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The engine has now been completed with new water pump, thermostat housing, alternator and brackets added.



It now sits nicely in the engine bay. The correct clutch plate to mate the T5 box to the engine should be here tomorrow so the drive train should all be installed by Tuesday.





Then it's off to have the turbo manifold, intercooler and radiator fabricated.

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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/01/25 19:49:29 (permalink)
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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/03/15 11:21:32 (permalink)
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Any updates........
 
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My 4 door MK II Resto
http://www.classic-ford.org/cfp/tm.aspx?m=37623

RS Owners Club Victoria Committee Member - http://rsocvic.com/
 
 
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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/03/15 19:14:37 (permalink)
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Like all projects things are a little slow, have been delayed in getting the next lot of fab work done. But have received some more parts for the car. Got the gearbox fitted after sourcing a suitable clutch, the quick shift has been fitted too.
 

 
Got a custom plenum in from the UK, very nice bit of gear but may need further modification to fit the larger throttle body that I plan to fit.
 

post edited by 80ESKY - 2016/03/15 19:21:31

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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/03/15 20:29:27 (permalink)
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Looking the goods- nice work and great finish.
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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/03/17 13:46:44 (permalink)
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Nice Project!
 
What Engine Management are you planning on using?
 
I will be interested to see what you do with your intercooler / radiator set-up. I ended up setting my engine back another 25mm from the factory location to allow me to run a couple of half decent sized fans, but it's still super tight in there.
 
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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/03/17 15:19:29 (permalink)
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Nice Project!
 
What Engine Management are you planning on using?
 
I will be interested to see what you do with your intercooler / radiator set-up. I ended up setting my engine back another 25mm from the factory location to allow me to run a couple of half decent sized fans, but it's still super tight in there.
 
Cheers,
 
Damion




I will be running a Holley EFI HP ECU.
 
It will be a tight squeeze and because i don't want to cut too much away to fit it, I will most likely get a custom intercooler and radiator made for it.

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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/03/17 20:52:48 (permalink)
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Is that your engine bay I seen in the April issue of Classic Ford ..nice
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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/03/18 16:32:11 (permalink)
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Not sure, haven't seen that issue yet.
There was an "in the build" story in Fast Fours Magazine a couple of months ago.

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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/03/22 16:50:21 (permalink)
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Nice Project!
 
What Engine Management are you planning on using?
 
I will be interested to see what you do with your intercooler / radiator set-up. I ended up setting my engine back another 25mm from the factory location to allow me to run a couple of half decent sized fans, but it's still super tight in there.
 
Cheers,
 
Damion




I will be running a Holley EFI HP ECU.
 
It will be a tight squeeze and because i don't want to cut too much away to fit it, I will most likely get a custom intercooler and radiator made for it.




Nice - they seem to be very popular with the V8 boys.
 
Yeah, it will be good to see what you come up with.
 
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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/09/09 16:59:35 (permalink)
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It's been a few months since I last updated this build, so he is some progress. The re-wire of the car has been commenced with a heap of extra fuses and relays added to handle the ECU and ignition systems.

 
The custom turbo manifold has been finished. You will notice that the alternator bracket has been modified so that the alternator sits lower down. This has given us extra clearance to sit the turbo and wastegate towards the front. It will also allow us to fit a 3.5 inch dump pipe.
 

 
Should be no shortage of flow with this turbo in place.


 
The next stage is to modify the inlet manifold to fit the larger throttle body. Once that's done the fabricator can get to work on the intercooler and radiator.
 

 

 

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Re: 1980 MK 2 Escort - 4 Door 2016/09/26 10:03:53 (permalink)
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I just reread this thread, what a change from page 1 with ghia alloys.
 
Have you still got the original 2lt sitting in the shed?
 
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