james1700

i know im being optomistic but hey, my mates all think im mad being excited over a measly 80 bhp oh well should get a call tomorrow saying its ready, i cant wait james

had my escort taken to the local rolling road today after i bolted on the 40's the before figure is 63 bhp at the wheels so what will it make once its jetted and had the timing adjusted? its a lightened and balanced 1340 xflow with 234 cam, ported head ashley system and manifold and a pair of weber 40's im secretly hoping for 80 at the wheels james

i am, and im cacking myself!!! james

hi yeah im using a filter king fuel preasure regulator but not sure wat its set at.

ive just fitted some twin 40 webers to my 1.3 cross flow and it cuts our after about 2 mins of running. could it be anything to do with not getting enough fuel. ive checked the fuel pump and thats getting a 14v wen running and 12v wen not.

lovely looking ghia you have there i would ditch the rear fog lamp though! james

im going from lincs on sunday morning, but ill be on the a1! i think i might be lonely, lol james

thats crying, no screaming out for a cossie yb keep the 1.6 badge and have some turbo fun james

well the scort is in the oven ready for the wing tops and bulkhead to be sprayed first thing, then i can spend the afternoon masking up the body! oh the excitement james

much better vehicle than the early disco's i have had a look for one recently but just dont have the need for another 4x4 plus id always see the new shape and be jealous, lol james

i too paid up today, do i get my name in purple now? how do we get access to the adult room too? james

mine is oly off the road due to my own silly fault i decided to freshen her up ready for cf show. a few 16-17 hour days, 2 new wings and 4 litres of high build primer later its ready for the paint booth 2moro if they can squeeze me in the bad thing is once iv built it back up its going to spend a day or 2 on the rollershaving the 40's set up! its not fair, lol then again it will hopefully be looking nice for cf show james

been without my car for a week now, and driving a poxy astra van! im really missing driving my escort and iv only had it on the road a couple of weeks! strange iv become so attached to it after such a short time! james

i doesnt look like that anymore im afraid

cheers guys, im hoping for it to be looking its best for cf show but you never know things might conspire against me i am loving being in a mk2 again, just need to up the power levels!

having sold my cossie i began searching for another daily driver. i wanted something cool, not desperatly quick but fun to drive and fun to work on. so today took it for a little drive see how it drives and its nice to say its set up by eye. i will 4 wheel align it on tuesday at work but its nice for now. it also needs to come down a touch on the front. today i put my suede steering wheel on and a quiafe gearknob and washed the engine bay down getting rid of 30 years of grime and the brake fluid i threw around changing the master cylinder i have also already fitted a facet pump under the boot floor and a filter king reg under the bonnet ready for the twin 40's i have arriving on tuesday. i also have a new pair of wings arriving on tuesday and then it will have a full respray getting rid of all the dents and scratches. im not after a minter show stopping escort to wrap up warm in my garage, no this is my daily driver and will get used rain or shine (well when im not on the my motorbike).

great feeling aint it? i walked out of tescos yesterday having spent the day lowering my escort and fitting a full set of polybushes to find a bloke taking pictures of my car. lol his mrs was moaning telling him to get a move on. they just dont understand do they?

likewise never have never will. they are all as bad as each other in my opinion, the bloody immigrants get treated better than anyone else its sickening and dont get me started on the victimisation of the motorist. but why will anyone else be any better? thats the whole reason i wont vote, its a waste of time and effort. james

old ford autos do superflex poly bush kits for the 100e springs. they are very good although i never tried mine on the road james

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thats the jobbie regards the jetting bogg bros will do them for you or you can try it yourself just try a local hardware store for microdrills. i had to drill my main jets out to 1.75mm and had the needle set to its richest setting james

should stick with the anglia sam, you know real cars are built not bought

nice to hear your showing them whos boss kev, iv been doing the same since i picked up my escort, pull up at the lights with a chav next to me and nail the crap out of it, i love getting asked whats in it mate, then reply no really it is just a 1.3!

the inlet manifold off a focus st170 has a short inlet with rubbers joining to the plenum. the spacing of this short inlet is the same as gsxr carbs you just need to block the injector holes with some old injectors. james

my old zetec mk2 flew through its MOT, at the end of the day an MOT tester should have enough knowledge to look at a car and know whats safe and not so long as the engine aint hanging out where is his problem i personally would report him to his superiors and to the dvla james