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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    Yeah...

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    wow nice car mate..

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    this is looking good buddy a lot of effort, fiddling & work gone into it to make it what it is nice one

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    may i know what is ur brake setup? tq.

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    A lot of fiddling to get things 100%... well 99% takes all the time... cheers mate

    Teflon, the front struts started life as standard drums. They were modified to accept Toyota Corolla discs and callipers, and then modified to accept a Subaru Legacy Bilstein upright that was then converted to coil overs.

    The brakes don't feel as good as a new car, (probably due to the servo/master cylinder set up, which is a bit of an unknown) but they feel a lot better than drums.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M11rf View Post
    A lot of fiddling to get things 100%... well 99% takes all the time... cheers mate

    Teflon, the front struts started life as standard drums. They were modified to accept Toyota Corolla discs and callipers, and then modified to accept a Subaru Legacy Bilstein upright that was then converted to coil overs.

    The brakes don't feel as good as a new car, (probably due to the servo/master cylinder set up, which is a bit of an unknown) but they feel a lot better than drums.
    i didnt know that escort brake has the drum setup too, mine is the disc brake.. anyway nice car u have, bfore i bought my car last month your car was inspiring me... hehe just go through your page... i was in ayutthaya from monday to thursday last week, stayed in Krungsri river hotel... great thailand... love the thai tradisional massage )

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    If you come to Bangkok, get in touch, we can meet up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M11rf View Post
    If you come to Bangkok, get in touch, we can meet up.
    thanks mate, i will contact u.. i ve been there 3 times.. last week was the longest stay, 4days, 3nite.. actually which part of bangkok do u stay?

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    i just bought sept 2010 issue of classic ford. saw ur car the reader's car of the month... congratulation mark!

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    I bought some new wheels 13x6 mini light style wheels. The ones i currently have on are 13x7.
    I have had them polished and the centers painted orange, and new 175/60/13 tires.
    I have changed the wheels as i intend to fit an axle from an AE86 with a LSD and it is slightly wider... these 6 inch wheels should give me the clearance i need, my friend has already done it with 6 inch wheels.
    Not too sure about the center colour... hoping it will grow on me...
    What do you reckon?




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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    Just watched your vid mark and she does rev really well, very crisp and sounds strong.

    For me i think the wheels looked better silver, but as you say it could be a grower...

    Or maybe anthracite centres would look good on the orange car??

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    Hmmmm....... I'm going to leave em for the time being and see if they grow on me. If not, its easy enough to get em painted again. Anthracite may be a goer

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    nice car mark, how much is the Ae86 LSD axle there?

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    Quote Originally Posted by GAZZAMK2 View Post
    Or maybe anthracite centres would look good on the orange car??
    thats what i said

    although it does remind me of the late 80s , when i painted mine same colour as the car

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    Quote Originally Posted by teflon View Post
    nice car mark, how much is the Ae86 LSD axle there?
    £200 - £300 depending on where it is and who is selling it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Blower View Post
    thats what i said

    although it does remind me of the late 80s , when i painted mine same colour as the car
    I remember that Maybe it was a subconsicious influence...

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    mark, do u know what is the hub to hub surface width for escort english axle and AE86 LSD? what's the different? tq.

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    Not sure yet, but i will let you know when i do it

    I think my axle (casing) is 48.5 inch... I would imagine the AE86 is 49 or 50 inch. Which means i need about 1.5 inch each side, which i should have with the smaller wheels... just!

    But then the hubs might be smaller, or even bigger!... I'll post it up when i know.
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    Nice one. Do you know if all toyota 3s ge engines are 2 litre? as i have tried getting info from fensport who are local to me and they are not very forthcomming..

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    i thought they were, bit i have just taken a look on wiki and found that 2 variants are 2.2...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_S_engine

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    A video from the weekend.


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    Quote Originally Posted by M11rf View Post
    If you come to Bangkok, get in touch, we can meet up.
    hi mate, im going to bangkok again next tuesday (9 till 11/11/10). i will stay in four wings hotel. maybe i can see ur car live... hehe

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    whot's up teflon? i dunno u much yet.. but i've seen ur car around our local sites on the Net with the northern's mates. u can meet mark at Bangkok and chill in @irish bar. if it's happen for u to meet mark in bangkok, i need a favour from u. pls check ur pm box.

    hey marky, so u gonna meet a 'Tord' mate...! hehehe... TOYOTA + FORD..
    can i pay to ur paypal for the steering coupling?

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    No worries Med

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    Great video Mark - some really nice metal in that race and you were just blitzing em!

    The mk1 looks noticably quicker that the rest of the cars on the vid, you've really got her well set up pal

    Any more vids from the twisty stuff?

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    Cheers Gaz.
    I did start at the front... so I had a good chance from the beginning
    The car went well, if i had some fatter tires, it would have been faster as it was squeeling it's way round the tight corners.
    This is the only vid that was taken...
    Next time i'll get someone stood on the twisty part with a camera...

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    don't bully him if happens to be u guys are meeting up....

    ahhahhaha...

    i think it's time for u to bubble arch ur mk1.. so next will be RS2000 stripe!!! nize huhh?


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    Bubble Arch project coming soon..................................

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    Quote Originally Posted by M11rf View Post
    Bubble Arch project coming soon..................................
    Now thats just plain greedy

    .........although i did wonder what you would do with your other purchase

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    lovely motor mate

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    Cheers

    I have only just seen the magazine today. This is a Magazine here in Thailand, which was published Oct 2010.




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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    I have had an AE86 axle fitted to the car with LSD.

    On Sunday i went to my first Gymkhana event with the car... Was a good laugh, but the handbrake wasn't working, and below 3000rpm the car bogs down (because of the throttle bodies) So it wasn't ideal. (excuses excuses )
    My time was 35.01 seconds.
    The best time was 31.?? (FWD CRX with hydraulic handbrake)
    1st timed run i went off course...



    I will link the second timed run when someone uploads it

    This mini did well... 1000cc



    Celica with a turbo.

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    2nd run... I ALMOST went off couse


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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    A few pics...












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    1 more vid...



    I like this one, cos at the end some Thai guy (the organizer) complains "Herrrrryyyy Falang" which means something like "Oh Dear You Foreigner" I guess he thinks i was stupid

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    Looks like you had some fun , well done on the time

    maybe it would have been better if it had rained

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    A bit of snow might have been even better.

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    Some pics of the rear axle.









    It's longer than the original axle, and even with 6inch rims the tyres are still catching the arches.

    I have tried my best to pull them out a touch so they dont catch, they are now not catching on the lips of the arch, but they are catching on the inner tub of the arch when the suspension travels over a big bump. Pulling the arch out has made the outer arch look a bit of mess, rippled and cracked the paint.

    I have a set of bubbles here for the car and i have taken it over to the paint shop today to get them fitted... Pics coming soon...

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    Few pics from today...















    No going back now...

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    Re: Mk1 Escort Almost There... (almost)

    Nice to see a car getting used and enjoyed. The arches will be worth it. Was it a hard decision in the end to cut it up?

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    Shame to cut it up , but if needs must ...

    SO , New arches = New wheels ?

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