Paul

Car gone to paint shop to have engine bay and front arches re painted

battery tray,

Andy going to be pleased....look what i did today!!

too much mate, will calculate it at the end but i recon about £6000- £7000

Decided to get the engine bay sprayed, gone this far seems pointless not to. Any ideas what can be left in, ie master cylinder etc.... Paul

MFI engine 4 sale, see above pics pmsl

Engines out (Thanks eric for the hoist) and Andy for the lift...........................isnt he strong!!!!! The engine bay clean up begins lol

Hopefully the engine back, but have just ordered some Big front brakes. Hi - Spec................ and and some new suspension lol

Thanks mate, i thought EBC brakes were dust free... i had greens on the front for years and didnt have any problems with dust. Paul

Just fitted new braided fuel line from pump....... Well thats the back nearly sorted lol............ I have had most of the front end re powder coated, will post pictures soon.. If anyone wants a RS Turbo engine or MFI lump let me know. Paul

Rear Brakes have also been replaced with discs and new cossy calipers and EBC discs fitted......

While the back end was off, decided on a complete nut and bolt rebuild. This includes new wheel bearing etc........ Stainless nuts and bolts have been used where possible for the fuel pump bracket etc and replacement nuts and bolts were ordered directly from Ford. New Power Flex Poly bushs have also been fitted.

Some re powder coated items and a new fuel tank and fuel pump

A quick clean before the rebuild

Lets start stripping

Paul's Winter Project Has some of you know i have been spending some time and money on the cab ready for next year, this all started when i asked Andy at Stanford Hall to give me a hand with putting a RS turbo lump in. Foolishly he agreed. After several project meetings (well chatting over a beer) we decided the best thing was to purchase a complete RS turbo and strip it for the running gear and sell the bits and bobs we didn’t need to help fund the purchase. After a few weeks looking we found a 1988 red RS turbo very local in Stoke in nice condition. So we wondered over parted with £800.00 and drive it back to Andy's works, engine was sweet with no smoke or noise from the engine.........once we had put some fuel in it................. We spent the next few weeks stripping the car of engine, RS kit etc selling the parts we wasn’t going to use to get some of the outlay cost back. It was then i had one of my stupid brain waves.................. Andy i said i need to change the goal posts............. I don’t want to strip my wiring loom out because its mint compared to this one. He looked at me and said ok.... I want to run after market management.......... right he said............ yes i said........... Then he told me that the only seasonable way of doing this was to put a Fiesta RS Turbo engine in. Ok i said lets do it........... He then pointed out that none of the MFI gear currently sitting at the side of the car would be any use and told me to go and find a Fiesta RS turbo engine. So a few weeks later and I spotted someone breaking a Fiesta RS up and made him a offer on the engine. 2 days later e picked it up and added another engine to the collection of bits next to the car. I had already spoken with Andy about the kind of performance i wanted to see from the car and he had told me that we could achieve it but it wouldn’t be cheap but he know of a engine shop that would rebuild the engine to the spec we required. So a few days later it was dropped off and work started on the head and block. New Steel con rods and pistons were ordered from Burtons together with new big / little ends and ARP bolts, another £1400.00 This is before any labour work on the engine. While the engine was away we started stripping the old engine out and i asked Andy, can we strip down all teh running gear of the car and replace all nuts and bolts etc....... he looked at me again.... in a Andy kind of way and said of course you can......... So the following weeks we stripped the rear of the car completely out and sent all the bits and bobs off to be sand blasted and re powder coated. I have taken some pics along the way and will try and keep you updated. Performance wise, the car will be running approx 250 bhp with 3 independent maps, normal, track, sprint. Launch control etc will follow shortly..............

just need to know the location so i can mount it and it will look standard. Paul

Hi, any ideas where the Edis 4 module lives on the Escort MK4? Picture would be good. Paul

Put a Turbo Engine in. Paul

I have just done this mate and if you can afford always better to do with new / reconditioned. My bill Rear Sierra 2 wheel drive calipers reconditioned £120.00 EBC disc £100.00 EBC Pads £40.00 Brackets from AS £20.00 Powder coating of brackets £10.00 RS2000 Handbrake cable £23.00 New nuts and bolts / slider bolts etc from Ford £40.00 Still havent got the brake hoses yet so poss another £30.00 pmsl £390.00 ish Slightly cheaper than from Burton Power I do have a pair of secondhand calipers but need sliders if your intrested £25.00 Paul

The discs and calipers on a RS Turbo are bigger in diameter, hense more surface in contact with the pads. They will bolt straight on mate, i have a brand new pair of front RS Turbo calipers c/w brand new EBC discs and Pads if you are intrested. They will bolt directly in place of the standard ones. I went down the route of RS Turbo but not even used them and changed my mind going to go with Brembo or something. Paul

No probs mate, if you dont have any luck we can order in UK for you and ship it across the water Paul

Here you go mate!!

I think its just paint mate, you can buy in UK this paint for lights. Paul

Dont think so m8, im sure its a common earth. How many teminals can you see attached to the screen? Paul