Atomic's wagon build thread

[atomicEGT]

Picked up my 95 Escort wagon today. 100k, no rust, power doors/locks, tilt steering, etc. Slowest car I have ever driven. Pictures later, it is early o'clock and I am tired.

edit: mod list as of 2/22/11 (because I am sick and can't sleep, lolz)

engine / transmission

• GTR engine / 5-speed swap
• Spec PP / Exedy disc
• PSC manifold
• Holset HY35W
• Full Race Tial 38mm EWG
• 2.5" IC piping / giant FMIC / Full Race Tial 50mm BOV
• 3" mandrel bent exhaust, Magnaflow muffler
• JRally passenger side mount
• RX7 460s
• Mike's dual feed fuel rail
• Walbro 255 HP fuel pump
• Hondata phenolic intake manifold gasket
• Denso plug wires
• Toda cam sprockets

footwork

• K-Sport coilovers
• Pierce Motorsports 4-pt front tie brace
• SRD rear tie bar
• Quickor 1" rear sway bar
• Corksport RSTB

interior / exterior

• GTR ECU
• modified EGT harness with partial wire tuck
• Bee*R rev limiter
• Pivot 60mm boost gauge
• Pivot shift light
• Innovate LC2 wideband / DB gauge
• Alpine deck / Sony speakers (yes they're cheap, no I don't care)
• 94 MX3 front seats
• Proper+ 50mm shift knob
• RMM grille
• Tracer tail lamps
• EGT front bumper

I'm sure I forgot things, also I'm sure there will be changes and there's stuff I haven't ordered yet

[Turpro]

Sub'n

[therieldeal]

not sure how much of that stuff you've collected already or still have from your old GT, but i still have this 93 sitting here with its brand new s/r suspension and 65K BP, smooth shifting tranny, etc... plus the clutch from my 95 and some other stuff.

between me, you, and brandon there are going to be some bad-ass BG's in eastern ct

[Crazypunkerguy]

Sweet, I love wagons, can't wait to see some pics!

[atomicEGT]

Checked / filled trans fluid, installed new wipers. Quick pictures (it needs to be washed, been sitting for a few months):

[atomicEGT]

Installed the Alpine head unit today. Driver's door speaker is buzzing, time to order new ones.

[Georonimo]

Nice. That's a US production model, correct?

[atomicEGT]

Far as I know, yeah.

[progt91]

the auto belts gave it away to me on the us built. everything i see that is us has those damn seatbelts.

[atomicEGT]

That and the lack of DRLs

[Blazin674]

nice this is the first time ive seen it, you should strap something obsurd on the roof rack and drive around. maybe a canoe with a large stuffed dinosaur in it
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Fourth-generation chevrolet camaro

[atomicEGT]

If I can find a dinosaur I will put it on the roof.

[atomicEGT]

Installed MX3 front seats (later-style, I hate the fixed headrest of the early ones), Protege mirrors, and half-assed fixed the passenger auto belt. MX3 belts do not fit the wagon, at least not without a LOT of modification/fabrication. Bummer. Still need to R&R the rear bumper, since the sides are not attached properly and it makes a lovely banging noise on the highway. Pics later.

[atomicEGT]

Today I actually managed to get stuff done. Replaced garbage paper speakers with somewhat better ones (Sony 4-ways- 5.25 front, 5x7 rear)- next will be a sub, because the lack of bass is killing me. Took off the rear bumper, RTV'd the vents in the quarters, and put it back on (attached properly this time so it doesn't make noise on the highway). Also put on new tires- Falken Ziex 512s, in 205/50-15. I have these on the Miata and like them for the price, but I'd still much rather have my old Yoko ES100s. Old tires were a complete bitch to take off, had some trouble with the tire machine (which added new scratches to the rims, joy). Next time I need tires I am buying new rims. These are looking pretty haggard after years and years of being on different cars, and I'm sick of ****ing with tires with sidewalls this stiff.

Quick picture of how it sits now (replaced the front struts and broken front springs a few weeks ago, so it has new stock stuff all around):

[Georonimo]

That and the lack of DRLs

No not that, most escorts were built in "MeHico". A few were made in the US. A ton of them in 95. Seems like every US production 95 wagon I've come across has been loaded to the gills and exhibited excessive rust (even for an old escort). Which made me wonder how you got an apparently fully loaded 95 wagon with no rust. Just a random question.

So where's the boost?