93 egt

[atomicEGT]

Picked up Escort #7 today (yesterday?)- a 93 Cayman Green GT with 155k for $375. I'll take some pics tomorrow, but here's the current plan:

ASAP:
-replace front brake line (no "oh ****" clip, the outer casing is cracked from rubbing the strut) and bleed brakes
-install some shifter bushings and Kartboy SS (there is a good 4" of play when the car is in gear)
-adjust handbrake so it actually works
-replace leaky coolant overflow bottle, get air bubbles out of coolant system
-replace driver's headlight
-replace wiper blades

Within the next month:
-add boost (VJ20, BP26 ECU, BP26 manifold modified for external WG, CS downpipe, Audi SMIC, etc)
-replace rear hard lines
-install MX3 seats
-realign passenger door, figure out why the windows are hanging up
-patch hole in floor

Sooner or later:
-Outback Sport hood scoop
-Hella Supertones and driving lights
-Quickor rear bar
-Pierce subframe brace
-Roodworks motor mount, fill the others with window weld
-fix power mirrors
-fix sagging/torn headliner
-repair rust on passenger side quarter
-disty o-ring, VC gasket
-stereo

[atomicEGT]

Already did a little work to it- the car needed rear brakes (driver's side was down to the backing plate) so I installed the EBC Reds I had sitting in my garage along with a set of parts store rotors. Swapped the directional fanblades onto the Miata and put the Rewinds on the Escort- it looks pretty good.

[Turpro]

Sub'n. And damn you for finding a cheap car. I need 1 so I can do my swap

[Crazypunkerguy]

Wow this is almost the exact same deal I picked up. My 93 Caymen Green EGT I picked up for $300. What is really odd is that it is Escort #7 for me as well and I have a whole in the floor. Hopefully yours gets done quicker then mine. I have already had mine a year. Good luck sub'n for pics and progress!

[bomdoutscort]

Take some pics, we want to see

[Mazda_Powered]

yea wtf no pics? fail lol

[Lex]

Nice score - have you had a protege/323? Or is it all Escort love?

[atomicEGT]

I'm taking pics before work, relax- they'll get posted tonight after work. Replaced the brake line, bled the brakes, but they're still a bit soft. I'll have to re-bleed the rears, but I don't have time today... Gotta put new pad retaining clips on, since they apparently disappeared last night on the way home.

Lex- only Escorts, for some reason I've never really liked the Protege/323.

[Ace]

lucky bastard finding a driveable EGT for $375..

[Pox]

lol at adding boost for lulz. You boost cars likes its an oil change. =\

[atomicEGT]

That's how I roll.

So I discovered that the little clips holding the pins for the brake pads on my driver's front caliper decided to disappear some time between when I left my parents' last night and when I got to the shop, as I posted earlier. The lower pin had backed out about half an inch by the time I saw it, and being at work until after all the parts stores closed (and not being able to fix it beforehand) meant I was going to have to either improvise or get a ride home (or chance it, but I don't have the best luck...) So I stole a couple of paper clips from the office and made my own. It would have gone quite a bit easier if the car had a jack, or if I had actually had tools with me... but it worked. I'll be taking the wagon to Advance tomorrow for a hardware kit.

A quick picture I took this afternoon (note my old turbo GT hiding in the background, lol):

[KaleoXtreme]

lol, Macguyvering brake pad retainers out of paper clips FTW!

[bomdoutscort]

Thats clean

[atomicEGT]

Trust me, it's not as clean as it looks. Apparently I took the best possible picture.

[Mazda_Powered]

show us a bad one then lol