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Engine is now running sweet as a nut,all 1.8 stuff now fitted (injectors,MAF and ECU)
before it was a reet cut and shut,sorted now,thanks to ebay and the PATS bypass guide on Evo

2 pics from todays visit to the beach,taken on phone,and car was washed just afterwards so the black scuff on the front isnt AS bad but its still there, u can hardly see the spats in the pic but they are there

*NEW MOD*

Got hold of a drivers side OMP 4 point harness today to see if i like em. Fitted it and..............its good and bad

Goind points
Feel safe
Strapped down tight
Looks ace
CAN drive harder and remain in FULL control (see below)

Bad points
Struggle to reach stereo
Struggle to view offside blind spot
Got a bad back within minutes from sitting so upright (i know my clubmans made me sit upright but in them i could slouch,with harnesses on i cant)(and my seat is always vertical as i like being sat up)

Took it for a test drive and it was a much more involved drive than usual,mainly cos the movements of the car didnt make me move so i always had all the controls perfectly in my hands, thru it 180 round a roundabout and was amazed at the forces i could feel trying to pull me out the seat but not moving

Fitting time-40 minutes (had to unbolt seat and lift inside edge to get at left lapstrap bolting point)

Will i be purchasing them? for the right price yes


Dis dem

Got some COBRA harnesss pads on em aswell (these(harnesses and pads) are brand new,never been fitted and one is still in the box)

whats with the sunstrip

agree please take it off.

what about standard rear lights with a dark tint on the lower part.

You pussy!

I love harnesses since I naturally sit up straight and they are pointless unless your strapped in TIGHT. I can see why some people dont like them.

Maybe its time to buy a stereo with a remote control

ok i know a lil about this one as iv looked into it b4 iv got a 1.8 zetec running 115bhp standard and if i upgrade the cams, ecu, throttle body, fule rail, map daf to all 2l i could push 140 bhp de cat and zaust another say 5-10 bhp noz another 50 easily dont wana pust it to far so could pust it to 200bhp and for all of this you are goa need to sort some mad air intake out cause these zetec's love the cold air to much mine cant get enuff as for upgradeing engines i got a lil suprise going in my si escort next year hahahaha

Already got a remote dude,time to fetch it out the door card and have it on my lap, bought the harnesses today and will be fitting the other one tomorrow,aswell as the type S 6.5" front components and the exhaust will be getting done before friday hopefully

See the previous page where i stated the reason for it

de-blanded the windcreen
Rally theme
Helps get sun out of eyes (more than visors)

In birkenhead from friday night - sunday night so will try to pop down the rock on saturday and see whos out

"1.8 zetec running 115bhp standard and if i upgrade the cams, ecu, throttle body, fule rail, map daf to all 2l i could push 140 bhp"

Babybird,im not sure where u got that info but i REALLY DONT recommend using 2L sensors and fuelling parts on a 1.8

Correct 130 spec is using 130 SPEC management

Another way of getting NEAR 130BHP (and more reliably than the 130 engines,which had poor heads) is to get the 2.0 TB,2.0 cams (which are a VERY SIMILAR profile to 130 spec but not exactly the same) and chipping the ECU (unichip or collins Pchip)

Ill be getting a 2.0TB soon (i bought one from Ebay and its fitted but it looks IDENTICAL to the standard one so i think its a 1.8 one) and i may or may not get cams.

Every day i think so many different things about my car,and ATM here are my choices

Go balls out and turn it into a track capable road car(as below but also use it as main transport)
Mod a bit more (skirts,bib,tidy paint)
Run for years to spend money elsewhere (house etc)
Get rid and get the BM ASAP
Save for a BM,get the BM then garage the scort and slowly turn it into a full track toy (stripped,buckets,2.0 engine(maybe even ZT)full rally graphics job)

Oh,and CLJ,half smoked dont look good on white cars,standard look better than half smokes and lexus's on white cars but watch this space,the lexus's are getting customised,dazza will know what theyre gonna look like (white where urs where black,and chrome where theyre all chrome-inside bulb areas)

£120 later and he has a purry exhaust. Got the one from my old car adapted to fit and it cost me over 120 quid!!!!! Well pleased with the noise but cant believe a tiny bit of adaptation cost that much money.Done in a shade over 3 hrs. Sounds incredible,but TBH i think ill add a silencer in the middle to reduce the sound by a few Db just for comfort. It purrs like a kitten with booms coming down the revs and a tiny bit of rasp at full throttle.And i now CANT hear my induction noise at all lol.Engine feels smoother and throttle response seems better and kangarooing seems less

Pics later

lookin good mate keep it up. u gonna get the gti skirts 2 go wid the spats an the front bumper?

yea,gettin the skirts,and wanna get a cossie bib too, then clean all the paint up and rebadge the back end (ZETEC from the new fords instead of escort) and then re-con wheels. All in due course

wats a cossie bib an u wanna try e-bay 4 the skirts m8 i got mine ff there wid the spats for £55

Thats got a cossie bib on it mate,its the hockey sticks and splitter from the cossie,they make em to fit mk6 bumpers (si and lo spec)

looks good that m8 when u gonna get that

when i can spare the cash,hopefully b4 xmas