YACT: New project car - Escort ZX2

[EyeMWing]

Link Front quarter shot (Note that big smear of purple bird poop was not included in the purchase price)

Link Rear quarter shot (Note that the extensive bank of SUPPROTER: FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE stickers were included in the purchase price. They are known for bargaining stuff down to a warning. Previous owner actually got pulled over and APOLOGIZED TO. The scrape on the rear bumper is the only damage, I'll clearcoat that spot.)

Link The interior is nice as well.

The entire car was PRISTINE when I took it out for the test drive yesterday - all the dirt you see in the quarter shots is from my shakedown.

I don't think there's enough room under the hood for a turbo (or much of anything), so I think I'll be concentrating on appearance and audio. Damn I just made myself feel like a riceboy. Keep in mind that everything I do will be in good taste.

EDIT: My old gear will work in this thing. Pressure wash and jackstands, here I come.

 

[Colt45]

engine pic doesnt work

and its a escort, just in case you didnt notice

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Colt45
engine pic doesnt work

and its a escort, just in case you didnt notice

Fixed. And yeah, it's an Escort. It was cheap, just got overhauled, and doesn't look like a beater. Oh, and it's less than 15 years old. That's always a plus.

 

[tweakmm]

Nice Escort?
I would have saved my money and put the money that I would have spent on the other stuff and bought a better car.

Oh how I hate 99% of domestic cars.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Colt45
engine pic doesnt work

and its a escort, just in case you didnt notice

Fixed. And yeah, it's an Escort. It was cheap, just got overhauled, and doesn't look like a beater. Oh, and it's less than 15 years old. That's always a plus.

The link to the engine still doesn't work. Get rid of the https://

Here's a proper link to the engine picture

 

[NutBucket]

Yeesh! That engine is disgusting!! Simple Green and a pressure washer post haste!!

And what's with the faded front bumper?

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Yeesh! That engine is disgusting!! Simple Green and a pressure washer post haste!!

And what's with the faded front bumper?

It's a '98, and I'm pretty sure that that's a plastic piece. And if you think THAT'S dirty, you should've seen the under-hood area on the Turbovan. THAT was messy.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Colt45
engine pic doesnt work

and its a escort, just in case you didnt notice

Fixed. And yeah, it's an Escort. It was cheap, just got overhauled, and doesn't look like a beater. Oh, and it's less than 15 years old. That's always a plus.

The link to the engine still doesn't work. Get rid of the https://

Here's a proper link to the engine picture

Bug in forum. It won't let me get rid of it. It keeps reinserting it.

 

[CrackRabbit]

The later escorts aren't that bad... I'm still kicking myself for buying the 94 that I did, worst car I have ever owned.

 

[NutBucket]

http://www.turbo-kits.com/escort_turbo_kits.html

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Link Front quarter shot (Note that big smear of purple bird poop was not included in the purchase price)

Link Rear quarter shot (Note that the extensive bank of SUPPROTER: FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE stickers were included in the purchase price. They are known for bargaining stuff down to a warning. Previous owner actually got pulled over and APOLOGIZED TO. The scrape on the rear bumper is the only damage, I'll clearcoat that spot.)

http://www.wingcorp.net/escort/engine.jpg">Link</a> Obligatory shot of "the works" (Two things here worry me - first, the radiator mounting is plastic. Second, there's a fusebox on the far right of the pic. Only the front lip of the hood is weatherstripped. But these are minor concerns)

Link The interior is nice as well.

The entire car was PRISTINE when I took it out for the test drive yesterday - all the dirt you see in the quarter shots is from my shakedown.

I don't think there's enough room under the hood for a turbo (or much of anything), so I think I'll be concentrating on appearance and audio. Damn I just made myself feel like a riceboy. Keep in mind that everything I do will be in good taste.

fwd car with about the same amount of hp as my sportbike... how is that a project car?
The only cool thing i could think of is doing a zetec swap from a wrecked svt focus. You can pick up most of the svt focus parts for dirt cheap. My buddy got the entire suspension (springs shocks and swaybars) for under 400 bucks form the dealer.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Colt45
engine pic doesnt work

and its a escort, just in case you didnt notice

Fixed. And yeah, it's an Escort. It was cheap, just got overhauled, and doesn't look like a beater. Oh, and it's less than 15 years old. That's always a plus.

The link to the engine still doesn't work. Get rid of the https://

Here's a proper link to the engine picture

Bug in forum. It won't let me get rid of it. It keeps reinserting it.

There's no bug in the forum here. You have to select the http tag instead of the https tag. That's all I did to provide the correct link.

 

[Cristatus]

looks like a ford taurus to me

but maybe that's the american version of the old escort?

dno

 

I don't think there's enough room under the hood for a turbo (or much of anything), so I think I'll be concentrating on appearance and audio. Damn I just made myself feel like a riceboy. Keep in mind that everything I do will be in good taste.

Good taste, on an escort? Think about what you're saying.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
http://www.turbo-kits.com/escort_turbo_kits.html

get the stage 2 super turbocharger kit, and don't change anything else about the car.

Of course, it is alot of money . . .but it will serve you better than a body kit or somesuch nonsense.

 

[Tremulant]

Same engine as the 00-04 (or 03) Focus. Should be plenty of things you can do to it.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: SampSon

I don't think there's enough room under the hood for a turbo (or much of anything), so I think I'll be concentrating on appearance and audio. Damn I just made myself feel like a riceboy. Keep in mind that everything I do will be in good taste.

Good taste, on an escort? Think about what you're saying.

Okay, so I have a shotty base to start with. WAIT, WTF, THOSE TURBO KITS ARE A MITSUBISHI TE04H!? I HAVE ONE OF THOSE. Ladies, I start tommorrow.