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    Default Escort cosworth project/tidy up

    Hi,
    had my escort cosworth about a month now, so it was time to start pulling it apart. its a large turbo on a k plate with 40k on the clock.
    this is how it was when i got it last month;




    First job was to remove the front bumper so i could fit the standard head lights back in, fit some rs500 fog light grills and take the bumper mesh and brackets off for powder coating.
    the bumper is off at the moment as im ordering a c/c front bib and hockey sticks in matt carbon look.
    I have also removed the chrome sill covers and replaced them with some realy nice carbon fibre jobbies from Radman on pf.

    next job was to remove the interior, remove all the ice install/cables and fit the nice new centre console and gear gaitor that was provided with the car!, also had to remove a gear stick lock that was fitted to the car and came up through the console!


    it has a boot now!! full tool kit is present and the std towing eye still with the ford sticker on it.
    interior is back in, but need to go to ford and order some plastic sill cover screws and need a black allen headed bolt that holds the rear bench in place!.

    bumper hung in place to see what the grills look like! also may see the carbon bumper grill blanks also from Radman!
    ive also wax oiled all the metal on the car behind the bumper.
    thats it for now, next on the want list is a set of konis on a 30mm drop, and either some rondells or new shape mo's in anthresite, also would like an msd stage 3 set up at some point.
    i can see iam going to spend sh*t loads on this car

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    well if anything ever goes wrong with the car, dies, crashes and you decide to break

    can i get 1st refusal on the seats
    other than that

    i love it i have always loved cossies and this is a minter at that

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    Nice Dan, Nearly bought one myself a few years back... Imo a set of black mo 6's would set it off a treat. few idea pics below possibly??





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    nice dan , i love cossie's myself, whats it like compared to your nova then ?

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    Feels slow compared to the nova! its only on a stage 1 chip (280bhp) s/s system, air filter and group n head gasket, but they are heavy cars with the 4x4.
    it does feel very safe and stable though, and drives like a new car! stage 3 is about ?600 and give aprrox 340bhp:D

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    its not often you get to say your cossie is slower then your nova PMSL

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    I rather like the aftermarket headlights.

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    Looks minted mate

    You still got the Nova?

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    yup still got the nova!
    NJ i want the new style 6 spoke mo's as i dont like the way the old style curve, and the fact the spoke is not continued to the outer rim, would get they in the light grey/ anthresite colour i think!

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    like this but not in white!,


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