Escort Help needed

Rotary Brain · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject: Escort Help needed

Me eh no if anyone cud help me out here. I see a MK1 2 door escort, well i tink thats wat it is, A PM series numberplate. I like the car cause it looking like ah kinda vintage muscle car. Any how, the man say he war $8500 for it, so i really looking for ah lil summin to build up, i thinking like to put a red top sr20 and ah T 3 TURBO. i was wondering wat i had to modify before i do that, like new diffs, dryshaft, them kinda ting. and is $8500 to much for the cars, holla at meh nah pls......
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Yeo · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject:

I'm thinking the best people to ask would be MG Man and Inshan... hopefully they see this post and reply to your questions.
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X2Board · Rebel Zorce Ossifah Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 138

As long as the body is goood and sturdy , you have a good platform to build on.
check chassis for rot especially around suspemnsion mounting points. if it was a old racecar chances are it may have the capri diff which is made of neverdonium .. this can handle the SR20 with ease ..

you will need to upgrade the brakes and bushings throughout , remake all the rubber bushings with teflon or equivalent. and adapt some late model performance brakes from nissan to work on the front.
leave the rear brakes alone if it has the capri diff.

$8500 all depends on the condition of the car.. hard to say without seeing it.. but as always .. the lower price u pay leaves u with more $$ for mods..

and the friggin word is DRIVE shaft & this model escort only uses one diff.

(edited for clarity by MG Man)
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Rotary Brain · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject:

Aye thanks they X2, Gosh,, doh rush ah breddren so nah, yuh from russia or war, I so accustom hearing dryshaft. Buh on ah serias note, how i go know is ah caprice diff, bare in mind i am nut a mechanic, i rel chupid wen it come to these tings, i need sumone to come and check the car with me, like a mechanic or summin, war u say?, yuh know anyone? buh thanks eh, them man hv ah 1500 120y engine in the escort rite now, he eh hv no dash baord and ting buh the car running and he say the rear diff making sum noise, i tlk to ah mechanic, he say use pick up diffs, me eh no, i like the car cause its 2 door and it looking like ah 67 camaro, hehe yeah, well thanks padnas, i go leh yuh no war hapenning.
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MG Man · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject:

^^^sounds like rubbish, especially for 85k
I'd bet the body is full of filler and structural rust
have fun killin yourself when u drop in ur SR
seriously tho, a Mk1 Escort has limited suspension capability
anything over 150bhp and u will need some serious bits to handle the power, and I don't jst mean suspension bushes
u sound very young, and I am guessing have limited RWD driving experience. An escort with the mods u desire will more than likely end with a bang if u try to corner fast...............
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zodiaque · Dude where's my Car? Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 602

The Mk1 is pretty old, even if there is no rust there will be structural stress. Unless you intend to significantly build on the existing framework, don't put an SR20 in it (besides that being the most stereotypical RWD engine to put in it).
Leave the poor Escort alone in it's old age, unless you intend to restore it properly. Save your money, and perhaps, your life.
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dragist · Racing Wind! Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 308

^^^ Well said , but where is this car ??? Twisted Evil

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