Escort Mk2 advice (4 door Mk2 pics required to help inspire)

[4DOOR-SHERWOOD]

loving the stance you have on those revo's Daz!

 

Cheers mate, do you own all the cars in your sig? Some stunners there Your yellow 4 door is a stunner!

 

I love the stance on mine too but im gonna have to raise it a bit and sort the front suspension out, the previous owner cut the springs down to just 2 coils The rear is lowered 4" at the moment.

 

 

Not much daylight to be seen underneath

 

I own the mk2s and th orange mk1 is my dads! thanks bout the yellow one! i love it!

I have some spare coil springs if you want them? u can have them for free, pm me if u like!

[dawesy1700]

i've just done this to the four door in my sig, ride height adjustable coil overs, £40 to have them welded, £45 for the kits n £30 for a pair of springs, should help you get the perfect stance,

so thats £115 plus a bit of elbow grease and hammerite and your laughing.

 

Can i ask you a couple of Q's please mate? Im thinking of converting my struts to coilovers but the standard strut casings are only around 46 - 47mm thick, the threaded coilover tube is made for a 51mm strut... Did this cause any problems when welding on and also have you used anything to fill the 5mm gap between the strut casing and the threaded tube? Hope that made some sense??

i measured the struts on mine and they were only approx 2mm thinner than the threaded tubes but i think my welder popped a few spots of weld on them then filed them down to be a nice fit, then gave them a good weld top n bottom and hey presto, a pair of coilovers for less than the price of a single coil over from burton etc etc.

[New_Skool]

Stunning cars, thanks for keeping this thread alive

 

Daz, that really is a lovely looking 4 door!

 

My car is still completely standard at the mo, although i nearly bought some superlites at Ford Fair on Sunday lol. Work shall commence in the winter if she is still with me.

 

Hope to see some of these stunners at Battlesbridge on Sunday. I'll be in mine (hopefully).

[Tall paul]

Lovely four doors there, loving the slammed stance and them rev's fella!

 

 

I'm on the OSF stand in mine Sunday mate, are you on the stand?

 

Mine looks abit different to my sig tho, need to get a new one done.

[Daz271]

Thanks for all the nice comments about my car guys

 

moordoorAsh... Is the "how to" in the Aug edition? I didn't notice it in July's. And if so how did you get a copy so early? you got a subscription?

 

4DOOR-SHERWOOD... Thanks for the offer of the springs, thats very much appreciated but i think im gonna have a go at converting to coilovers

 

Dawsey1700... Thanks for the info, i didn't realise you had welded the top of the tubes too, even though you can see it plain as day in the 2nd pic Doh! makes sense now. Gonna order the bits from Rally Design asap Can i just ask what length and rate spring you went for? I was thinking of 9" 200lb?

 

New-skool... Get on with the Escort, you know it makes sense... P.S i have some superlites for sale in "parts for sale" shameless plug there

[moredoorAsh]

moordoorAsh... Is the "how to" in the Aug edition? I didn't notice it in July's. And if so how did you get a copy so early? you got a subscription?

 

Yeah its in the August Edition but it was in the shops from the 27th july

[Daz271]

moredoorAsh

Yeah its in the August Edition but it was in the shops from the 27th july

 

LOL... why was i thinking we were still in july? And why havn't i been and bought CF yet? D'oh! Seem's I'm running a month behind everyone else

 

Tall Paul... Nice looking motor there, my cars out of MOT at the moment so i wont be there hope it's a good day for everyone though

[stephens_xpack]

WOW, very nice - makes me want 2 extra doors on the cappa.

[Mr Day]

Always liked four door ghia's n if i had 1 it'd be like Daz271's,thats 1 seriously nice car's you've got there always thought Mick the cabbie's was sweet to,both simple but so right!

[4 door escort]

Hi New_Skool

 

100bhp from a crossflow is quite simple, i have 106bhp from a fairly tired 1660 running a mexico head, twin DCOE's, a 234 cam and electronic ignition

 

so a set of 40's and a good camshaft should see you around that figure on a 1600 running good compression

 

and as for pic's, as soon as i remeber how (or if anyone want's to refresh my memory) i'll get some piccies of my little more door up

 

cheers

 

4 door escort

[willmk2]

Get a Photoshop account. Upload pictures onto there, click edit picture and then click re size, it gives options on the bottom you want to click 'website' then save changes then click 'link' and copy the link to here

[4 door escort]

cheers Will, my poo-poo computer at work won't let me get on photobucket, it gets firewalled....oo-er, i'll have a crack at it when i'm home,

 

thanks again

[escortmad79]

Behold the rat!

[Nick Mexi-cos]

Another more door just finished will be out at some of the meets this year

[moredoorAsh]

 

Sweet as I'm feeling that stance

 

What size are the wheels/tyres and how much have you droped it please

[5hane]

 

 

need to pull me finger out and finish this

[Slammed]

Another more door just finished will be out at some of the meets this year

 

Nick can i buy some tyres of you please

 

nice mk2 that

 

Gav(with youre old mk1 2door )

[Unclebuck17]

I never fail to be amazed at how many gorgeous 4 door's their are out there and for such a long time they were seen as the poor relation to the 2 door, but that's certainly not the case anymore.

 

Here's a couple of mine to add in to the mix:

 

[Billy_smith]

Another more door just finished will be out at some of the meets this year

 

So you found some revo's in the end then nicki! looks really well mate

[Mick The Cabbie]

God I love your yellow 4door unclebuck17. It looks so right

 

Didn't know you had the 4door bug as well Nick. Lookin good in da Ghia spec & purple with the white 7" Revo's.

 

I do like the way that most peeps are building their 4doors with the less is more approach!! Without wishing to offend anyone, rally reps & RS wannabe's in 4door shapes don't quite cut it, IMO..

[antz]

God I love your yellow 4door unclebuck17. It looks so right

 

Didn't know you had the 4door bug as well Nick. Lookin good in da Ghia spec & purple with the white 7" Revo's.

 

I do like the way that most peeps are building their 4doors with the less is more approach!! Without wishing to offend anyone, rally reps & RS wannabe's in 4door shapes don't quite cut it, IMO..

 

less is more on a four door!

 

oh that rhymes!!!

[Mick The Cabbie]

LOL, & yeah for good reason

[Nick Mexi-cos]

7x13 genuine revo's , 175/50/13 yoko a048r and 2 inch lowering at the back and two coil cut from the front perfect stance

[Unclebuck17]

God I love your yellow 4door unclebuck17. It looks so right

 

Didn't know you had the 4door bug as well Nick. Lookin good in da Ghia spec & purple with the white 7" Revo's.

 

I do like the way that most peeps are building their 4doors with the less is more approach!! Without wishing to offend anyone, rally reps & RS wannabe's in 4door shapes don't quite cut it, IMO..

 

Cheers Mick I'm pretty pleased with it!

[Boreham]

 

 

 

sweetttt..jeeeezzzz*&%$ that's damn fine. Mk2.