classic ford's

any body here own a classic ford? i just got myself a escort rs turbo for me to chill out on between my rugby sessions, yeah i know a typicall boi racer car but im having this as my first classic ford project and probally my only one. my mate is helping me out to modify it he knows his fords! at the end of it the car will have a whopping 210 bhp! (hopefully)

i built a fiesta RS turbo and that ended up with 197 BHP at the wheels!! It was too fast for the car to handle , good fun though

lol sounds cool you build it your self? and how the **** u get a fiesta to do that? what you do to it?

Yeah i built it myself i did it for a customer who came in with £2000 and asked me to make it go faster . So i ported and polished the head, fitted larger valves . i put a rally cam with fixed lifters to give the torque .With the bottom end i stroked the crank.Thats were you grind it offset so that it gives a longer stroke .i lightened and polished the con rods aswell as the crank and flywheel .With the pistons i polished the tops and shaved the shirks so that they were razor sharp.This is so that when the piston goes down the bore it cuts the oil out of the way rather than pushing it , hence it goes much much faster .The last thing i did was to chip it. It was a very mad car and if you wanted to it would wheel spin in 4th gear .

Russ is in his element here

yep although having said that i dont do it anymore as it takes up so much time

wow now thats what you call a car. ill probally only be doing half of those thing that you listed there cheres mate. my mate helping me out he knows his stuff like you. i have not got an iota about cars at the moment and i want to learn about them as classic fords are amazing. you know any good websites to learn from?

there was another pic i like to put in but it were to large

So is Kathleen Shall I post a picture of my classic Plymouth - built (and restored) from the ground up by my husband and me? It's been a labor of love and has taken years of weekends.

But it's not a Ford and perhaps doesn't belong in this thread LOL.

Kathleen

Yes please post a pic Kathleen

I dont know of any sites about doing up fords.Ive just learnt as ive gone along over the past 38 years I've always been round engines sine i was born really.