mk1 escort

Post by **Ben** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:21 am

Ian, that looks the dogs !! ... loving it ...

Ian200sx · Post by **Ian200sx** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:57 pm

Well finally my little mk1 escort NA cossie made it to the rolling road for mapping.

To start off with Emerald rolling road has been fantastic today. We had a number of issues throughout the day but he stayed in a good mood (ish)!

I spent last Saturday checking over the car for leaks etc to make sure it was ready for the rolling road, cam cover leak fixed but sadly my alternator fried when the engine was turned off with the kill switch. I now know not to do that without the right type of kill switch! Every thing seemed fine but I knew there would be teething problems, as it hadn

Post by **Ben** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:05 pm

Another great write up ian, i'm glad you can just get on with it for every little problem you hit ... plus shame about your wheel.

Post by **Stuart** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:45 pm

A nice read that and always good to read about someone taking another step closer to being on the road again.

I'm glad your faith in Dave seems to have paid off(wheel aside) His reputation for mapping and general engineering know how is pretty much as good as it gets so I'm sure he'll be the right man for that ECU and that car.

Bloody nice trailer too :thumb:

PIG · Post by **PIG** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:37 pm

Just read through this mate,nice looking car and I'm glad your driving it now after all the shit it appears to given you mate. They're not bad figures either bud. It took me near 6 years to finish mine mate. I started with an atmo cossie in mine also as they sound the tits revin :-D good luck with it though bud

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Ian200sx · Post by **Ian200sx** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:12 pm

Well winter is on its way so I thought it best to get back to work on the escort! I thought it was nearly finish but a few things still have been bugging me about it so I thought I

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:23 pm

Looks pretty good to my untrained eye Ian. Certainly thrown down the gauntlet there mate!

Rob_B · Post by **Rob_B** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:04 am

Thats is a cracking looking car mate...i remember you talking to me about it, but this is the first time i have had a look at it...very very nice. :-D

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:26 am

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Engine out, throttle bodies gone, rotrex supercharger being fitted so lots of new engine bits on there way. I

RETRO_AL · Post by **RETRO_AL** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:50 am

Very nice,would like to see it @ snetterton sometime