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No mate, thats definatley good - as long as you dont mind! I ever understand people winging about their car being too loud, surely thats the point isnt it?!

Recently got a new quaife short shifter and after fitting it Im not that impressed.. I wanted a SHORT shift for quick changing but it feels no different to my last short shifter which gave up the ghost at CF this year, can anyone recommend a company that does a proper short shifter with an aggressive shift? Im talking proper short fellas!

Looked sweet, caged up an'all! How did you come to get your motor on there then mate? Hope they didnt scratch it when they broke into the other car!

Mine are 7x13s but theyre not superlites theyre old miniltes, yeah the 4spokes look the mutts nuts in 7's I believe the repro ones fit straight under and to be honest think they look a little bit cooler than the genuine 7"RS rim although thats just me

They wont fit unless you go for a non deep dish style wheel... so superlites in 7" are all too far offset, u can fit them but your car will look more like a 4x4 than an uber cool slammed escort

Sorted it many thanks mate Problem was the terminal on the main power cable shorting out against the solenoid casing Took me all day to work it out but at least its sorted now! Its almost to good to be true when you finally tackle something thats been a pain in the arse for days, Im a happy bunny

1) "That wire on the left should be to the neg on the battery, and earthed to the starter by putting it on one of the bolts that holds the starter to the bellhousing" I dont quite understand that as that wire goes into the loom... which I THINK earths up by the rad.. Do you mean if I put it straight onto one of the bolts holding the starter on I will be earthing the starter as I have an earth lead fixed in the boot?.. 2) "There is a braided wire on that one that goes into the starter" What does this braided wire do? 3) "The crimped wires on the right terminal will be constant fed live, do you really want that?" The red wire (blue crimp) is a feed to a switch for my fuel pump&ignition 4) "Right after just disconnecting the (blk/yellow and thick black on the left) wires I tried the battery cables again and the car was still trying to start up" So Ive disconnected the red wire with the yellow crimp and now its not cranking itself. What do I do with the yellow crimp wire as that seems to be the one that turns the starter motor over? Hope this makes sense

Can someone out there with a pinto or done a xflow to pinto swap please post me up a piccy or two and some instructions on the correct wiring for a starter motor as I almost blew myself to bits at 3am this morning trying to connect my battery up! Everytime I go near it with the cable I get a flash of blue light and the car trying to start itself up... Ok so the battery cable and my fuel pump/ignition wire (red with blue crimp) comes off the big stud on the right with the wire that used to go to my + terminal on battery (yellow crimp), leaving the two from the loom that are: one blk/yellow wire with the blue sleeve and the thick black wire. These both went to the old xflow solenoid... I think maybe they are the wrong way around but would like an honest opinion on it 1st before I go and wreck something Right after just disconnecting both the solenoid wires I tried the battery cables again and the car was still trying to start up... So Ive disconnected the red wire with the yellow crimp. Then tried the cables again with only my ign/fuel pump feed on and no start-up, good.. but just fried my fuel pump wire Any ideas why this would happen? All I can think is that the pump is not earthed well enough, would this be correct or am I overlooking something?

Mate I seriously think two tone will look the nuts, the look is perfect with the colours joined at the swage line - I normally agree with most things sambo posts but how can you say that this doesnt suit an unarched escort?!

This looks fcking awsome

YES I like that idea Go Go, what you waiting for! It will look hard in two tone black and silver This idea does sound very original and in my opinion would rather suit an unarched escort especially with the square headlights, it would look hard as fook slammed on 13's.. proper GT street racer

I can vouch for black being a complete c**t to keep looking tidy mate, and to be honest the car does need to be dead straight or you will see every imperfection Must say the two tone idea looks very cool tho

OK been trying to decide which brakes to go for on a budget so would like to ask has anyone here had any experience with hi spec ultralite 4's? My 1st intentions were to go for the these with 260mm vented discs until I got onto the phone to hi-spec and the geeza started asking me how much my car weighs and what power :blah: and that theyre best used on kit cars... so why advertise them for escorts??? at which point I said ok mate I'l think about it and finished the call... So now I dunno if I buy them and fit them I'l think later down the line they arent up to the job Ive wasted my fkin money or was he probably just trying to upsell me? What do you think people?! Cheers

That looks like the best fitting so far mate-nice one thanks for the link, will probably go with one of them to be honest but one more question... do you know where I can get a battery box of the right size to fit it lol! Cheers

Yeh I read that, was a bit surprised they didnt test out a varley for some reason... You right too I do want it to be able to turn the car over well!

Sweeeet, do you know of any sites I should check out? Cheers matey

Just wonder if anyone can shed me some light on this one... whats the smallest/slimmest standard size battery you can get without buying a varley or spending a hundred quid on one? I will be fitting the battery into the boot of my escy but dont want it to take up all the room as I want plenty left for possibly spare wheel post, bmx, missus shopping or whatever... Any advice and/or *PICS* will be greatly appreciated, cheers peeps

As per title, what experiences have you had and what have you found to be the best? Wanna know which one to use on my manifold really - Cheers

Btw I must say this ford ka or whatever it is looks fookin shite!

175/50/13's on a 7inch rim are fine, just grab a tape measure and see how many inches the 175mm makes... abra cadabra 7 inches! I.e. Not stretched

Lets have some more pics then mate!

I agree on this tho because it should be down to common decencey, if the person selling it doesnt know what they have got then it would be their duty to do some research to save ripping themselves off or they should hold their hands up and say "mate Im not too sure, but what I do know is..." And on the other hand what about the poor fella buying the motor, or if its an inexperienced young fella whos saved up all his hard earned money and is dying to get himself into his 1st ever oldskool ford only to blow every penny he's got to get it home and find that he's been misled into buying a patched up rotbox with half the bits he thought he was getting to be missing or wrong? Personally I feel for the heartbroken little lad Honesty is the best policy I say as were all in it for the love of old fords so why rip eachother off??? As it goes, I think the actual shell and general look of the motor youve got there is bloody tidy mate and lets face it thats the most important bit, plus most people want a 4.1 and if not I'l swap u for my 3.9, be interested to know what the price for the car was? Nice one anyway mate

It sounds right, Im just browsing ebay for fuel lines and thought I'd try kill two birds with one stone and do the brakelines too.. without robbing myself blind through burton etc!

Hmm a little tecchy one but can someone tell me what the exact size is for replacing the copper brake lines on an escort? mk1 if it helps... Big Thankyous

I know its probably been asked lots of times and should really be up in the escort tech section but could anyone give me a proper run-down as to what bits I would need in order to convert my mk1 to rear discs and possibly also what it involves? Admin feel free to move to the escy section if need be Many Thanks Osf'ers