Jump to content
Escort Cabriolet Club

My 1989 Cabby Listed Mods So Far


Guest Rmwln
 Share

Recommended Posts

Guest Rmwln

She was a bit of a rust bucket when i bought her but i saved her from death and injected a nice several thousand into her.

 

1.fibre glass dash board ( flush - no glove box and shelf )

2.MK5 Pedal Conversion

3.Brand New Carpet

4.new windscreen

5.Morretti front quad conversion

6.Rear quad conversion

7.replacement front bumper

8.replacement rear bumper

9.Side skirts

10.Bonnet Modifications in fibre glass

11.Evo V Rear spoiler

12.No handles or locks on driver passanger doors

13.No locks or handle on boot

14.Flush boot

15.17" Alloy Wheels

16.New tires

17.Brand New 1.6 CVH Engine Built From Scratch

18.Wassner Forged Pistons

19.Wassner forged rods

20.raceing valves

21.Honed and ported head.

22.cossy head gasket

23.all brand new uprated ancillories

24.cosworth P8 ECU - wireing harness and sencors

25.cosworth throttle body

26.standard cossy injectors

27.new components for bonnet.

28.samco and roose motorsport performance hoses all round

29.Modified charge carrier

30.Anti Lag With On/Off switch on centre console

31.leather costomised recaro's

32.4 point harnesses

33.leather door cards

34.ford raceing tachometer 0 - 10,000 rpm

35.Ford raceing bioost guage

36.Ford raceing water temp Guage

37.Ford raceing Oil temp Guage

38.52 mm pod holder - centre console

39.AP Raceing Clutch - 4 padle

40.Kent Cam

41.Billet Crank

42.Full Stainless Mongoose 3" to 5" rolled out Exhaust system

43.uprated fuel pump

44.cosworth 4x4 rear vented calipers and disks

45.Cosworth front calipers and disks

46.RS 2000 Handbrake cable - fixings

47.Bailey swirl pot

48.Bailey header tank

49.lots of other bailey components.

50. EFi conversion

51.Engine Mounts

52.Group A Induction Kit - Cosworth

53.Waste gate - accuator

54.WRC shift lights

55.MOMO Race steering wheel

56.replacement weather strips

57.GRS Motorsport Intercooler and EVO6 Radiator

58.Garret T3 Hybrid Turbo - 360 Deg Thrust bareing - Turbo Technics

59.Brand New MoHair roof

60.Body was totaly stripped and restored prior to all the above

 

i pobably havent mentioned everything and missed a few things out. but its been ongoing for 6 years and im due to finally get it mapped in two weeks at field motorsport via pectel life map.

 

i never did get a picture of the car when i bought it, wish i did, but now she is what you see in the signature below.

 

will keep posting about the tune up and let you know how it went.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest Rmwln

cheers gents yah the dash was done by a compony called bentleys.....i just remembered another thing aswell to add to the list...Full Coilover height adjustable suspension system pro. lol

 

ill try and get some pics up

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest shaun

That's a few quid spent to save another cabbie :salut_gb:

6 years bet you can't wait to drive it :drivin:

pics look good what i can see so far....

hope you have good power run :banana_dance:

what sort of BHP you looking for?

were did you get your weather strips from?

will look out for pics when you do some

Edited by shaun
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest Rmwln

i found the driver and passanger weather strips in canterbury ford garage, lucky really i got the last two going, sometimes if you keep looking on ebay ect you can find cabs getting broken down and you can pick up some real good ones.

 

my mechanic has some pictures of the engine stage by stage and i have some on my old PC that isnt plugged in at the memont, but what i have got is a good phone and ill have to take some pics of the engine bay and the dash that everyone wants to see.

 

 

 

 

 

this project has taken me 6 years because of money issues, i think im around the £24,000 - £25,000 area lol, only because i got everything i could brand new so there wont be any hickups...i have to try and remember to do it when i get time as im pretty busy at work and only get weekends to do bits.

 

thanks for the replys gents makes what ive done worth while.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest Rmwln

Sorry to answer seans question.

 

it is drivable now its taxed and insured, the power im hopeing to get out of it on Dark blue injectors which are standard cossy injectors is a max of 280 BHP, if i want over 300 bhp i need to go for dark green injectors, its a lot of power for two wheels, havent made my mind up whether to stick or twist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

funny think is i entered my number plate into that car spotter txt thing and the other service thats linked into the DVLA and the Police and the txt came back as " NO INFORMATION " maybe its because of the mods lol who knows, it is fully legal though as ive had the old bill rubber necking at me and they must of done checks on it?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest shaun

sounds like you built one fast cabbie there :drivin:

pc plod will want to have a look sooner or later as they do :tongue:

keep up the good work mate will look out for more on this cabbie :convertible:

happy driving hope you enjoy it :biggrin:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

×
×
  • Create New...