dont listen to the haters on here. I wonder if any of them have ever even had anything worth posting up on here themselves. Too bad no awd verisons were available over here. Cosworth escorts have always been one of my fav cars.
Not when I paint my own cars and my father in law is a shift manager for Keystone. Paint comes cheap for me too. The paint job is running $150. I ordered the clear,paint, primer, loads of sandpaper, a bucket, and a block. Water is free. Using a portable air compressor and my own gun. Got a few cars under my belt.
Never said I’m doing a crazy build. Performance springs for these things are only $100 and new struts $180 for all four. Ebay all the way when you have trusted vendors…
There is a guy on FEOA.net that made a AWD tracer out of a 323 GTX motor and drivetrain. Its very possible but not practical for higher power applications.
thats what people said about the awd civic drivetrain, until someone swaped it into a crx and proved them wrong.
Mazda tranys arent the strongest in the world. 250hp tops before you start shredding gears. There is a toyota conversion but that runs around $3k. I’ll shoot for around 220hp and be happy with that for an Escort. The AWD tranys are worse yet. It can be done but I’m not going to gain anything but a weak drivetrain…
i actually cant wait to see this build!!! all props to you for doin something different and ignoring the stupid remarks.
Thanks. I appreciate it and I wont disappoint…
fuck haters, im looking forward to the finishing of this.
this is going to be a cool build. post frequently, cant wait to see some progress! :tup:
Buy lots of turd polish :mamoru:
Word, dont let the haters get you down. If I find a clean 91 GT I would scoop it up asap and get busy on it. Like I said I loved that car, for those of you who never owned one you dont know what you are missing.
And second that on the Cosworth, fucking love them, just to much loot for one though.
so you’re shooting for 220hp…and bumping the shred and regan cruise calling out/claiming you’ll beat any honda…
:picard:
have fun with it anyway…cheap fun cars are the best because you don’t get too upset if/when they inevitably blow up…
paging jcuz.
I wanna build a shogun… hahaha
lol, I wanted to build one of these when i was like 17 just because it would make a good cheap little sleeper.
Lets try this again.
If you dont like the build, that’s great but no one is asking for your opinion.
If you don’t like the build but have something relevant to post / offer, please do.
220hp on a car that weighs nothing can get into the 12’s, doesnt mean he’ll beat everyone but thats pretty fast
he was calling out the hondas @ S&R… which are notoriously not fast as a whole.
Actually the only car I’m calling out is my buddie’s RSX type S. His car has 200hp and weighs almost 1000lbs more. Anything else is just another notch for the scort. If I loose oh well. I’m not a shit talker. Its main purpose isn’t cruise night, more of a summer car and to get back into the tuner gig. Maybe take it to watkins glen in place of he SVTF. A little over 200hp is plently to get in trouble with and beats most cars on the street. Just lookin to have fun, not create a beast. If I wanted to do that I’d buy a cheap fox body and thro the 302 stroker I have sitting around into it. Would 500hp NA be enough to crush a honda??:).
An interesting choice to say to least.