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For 5k I'd just put a Barra in there.

I’ve had many 2 litre cortinas one 2 litre escort (mk2) and quite a few 1100/1300/1600 escorts.
Joy of getting my license in nz near the crossover of jdm stuff taking over from British shitheaps.
The 2 litres go well, very well and used to be a cheap upgrade.
The 1600s aren’t really that much better than a 1300 IMO.
The 1100s are a hoot, they make about 10hp on a good day...

They say nothing is more fun than driving a slow car fast. How slow do you wanna go fast?

That is probably the best possible outcome I reckon.

FYI, it’s 15 years in qld for cars not to be recorded on the wovr.

Be very wary buying a ba cheap from up here haha, it’s probably come from the salvage auctions.

Early fg motors have the b series dipstick blank, later ones don’t.

Repco had a sale on... A pair of cheapskin seat covers, job done

First off, you want hub adapters, not spacers.
 
Adapters bolt on, spacers slip on.
 
Not a Ute but I ran 50mm spacers on the rear of my Au ghia with zero issues.
 
Another option, if you want to keep the tickford look is track down some e series offset au xr rims.
Will do the same thing.
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First off, you want hub adapters, not spacers.
 
Adapters bolt on, spacers slip on.
 
Not a Ute but I ran 50mm spacers on the rear of my Au ghia with zero issues.
 
Another option, if you want to keep the tickford look is track down some e series offset au xr rims.
Will do the same thing.
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That would be a no on both counts I would say.


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All e series 5.0s are high output.... means nothing really, they still slow.

Who knows... Don't think we'll even see a reply which will answer anyway.

I'd imagine Barra would be a head funk if you wanted it to be remotely legal.

Realistically a well built pinto and a decent auto is the easiest and probably cheapest way to go.
I've never known them to be remotely economical though, that big old weber loves a drink. Never driven one on gas.
I went from a mk5 sport to a xb Fairmont 302 back many years and my fuel costs barely changed haha.


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I'd imagine Barra would be a head funk if you wanted it to be remotely legal.

Realistically a well built pinto and a decent auto is the easiest and probably cheapest way to go.
I've never known them to be remotely economical though, that big old weber loves a drink. Never driven one on gas.
I went from a mk5 sport to a xb Fairmont 302 back many years and my fuel costs barely changed haha.


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I'd imagine Barra would be a head funk if you wanted it to be remotely legal.

Realistically a well built pinto and a decent auto is the easiest and probably cheapest way to go.
I've never known them to be remotely economical though, that big old weber loves a drink. Never driven one on gas.
I went from a mk5 sport to a xb Fairmont 302 back many years and my fuel costs barely changed haha.


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Is barra even legal in Oz? While I'm not opposed to that it wouldn't be goin in the van. I have a barra destined for the Fargo though.

Barra fits.

Barra and auto plus shortened (very) e series diff. All cheap as dirt parts.
Bf or fg Barra will run for ever and go good.



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Ohhhh, you have ftr’s! I’ve been chasing a mint set of those since I got my wagon haha.
I’m going out first thing in the morning to hopefully buy the wagons new shoes.

As far as I know yep. I was gonna grab them myself but I don’t think they would suit my wagon.

Today has been a mix of joy and frustration, which, naturally comes with old cars, especially English cars. 
 
Anyone who has been following this thread, knows the entire time ive owned the Escort, ive had a bad steering shudder or wobble at certain speeds. 
Well, today, after so so long of hunting for it, I have finally got rid of the wobble. It is gone, i can now drive the car at any speed without it teying to shake itself to bits. I can now sit on 100km/h comfortably, and i can push it out to 120+km/h and its smooth  
 
It was the wheels as i suspected after i lost some of the stick on wheel weights. I had all four wheels put on the balancer today, and only two of them were out, funnily enough the two of them that were ok were the ones where i had found the weights on the ground and restuck them back on. 
 
I had to take the wheels off anyway to check something on the front brakes. Turns out i had the anti rattle shims in upside down, which i had marked last time i had them out, which means they were always in the wrong way and i just put them back wrong. So flipped them around, and the brake rattle and squeal is gone. 
It was then that i noticed the LHR wheel cylinder has spat the dummy. Fix 2 things break something else right?  
 
This weekend coming, the RSOCV are doing the Alpine Tour. 3 days, 950-1000km round trip, on some of the best roads and landscapes victoria has to offer. 
Up the entrie Great Alpine Way, Omeo, Mt Hotham, Bright etc. so obviously I am trying to get the car ready to survive the trip. 
I decided to change the spark plugs because i dont think ive done them since fitting the weber carby, and its done a few kms since then. 
I went to Yesterford to get wheel cylinders and plugs, and they sell Autolite plugs. 
Got home, gapped and fitted the Autolite plugs, fitted the wheels after sorting the front brakes, started the car up and took it for a drive. It was idling like shit, but figured it maybe due to it being on coldstart. Took it for a drive, made good power, started easier, pulling nicely, BUT, the rough idle only got worse.  doing some reading online, apparently Autolite plugs arent great. A lot of people have issues with them, so ill be fitting my old NGKs back in for arguments sake to see if it is just the plugs, and if so, ill buy some new NGKs, for the weekend, amd take my old ones for spares. 
 
So again, pressure is on. Essentially only have a day and a half to get it sorted, or ill have to bail on the weekend, which will be shattering given the brakes and steering are smooth as now 
 

I had a mk2 Ghia that someone had dumped an 1100 into, I towed a box trailer a few times with it. Wasn’t fast. Ever. But it did it.



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As someone who’s owned a lot of escorts over the years I’ll just say you’re gonna drive yourself nuts chasing every little vibration or rattle. I learnt early on to ignore them unless they get worse.

You fix one and it just means you can hear or feel another one.

It’s looking mint now, those wheels are perfect imo


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As someone who’s owned a lot of escorts over the years I’ll just say you’re gonna drive yourself nuts chasing every little vibration or rattle. I learnt early on to ignore them unless they get worse.

You fix one and it just means you can hear or feel another one.

It’s looking mint now, those wheels are perfect imo


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Is this where toungue punch her fartbox comes from lads.

Yeah people go insane over them
." Ermagawd, there's a drone hovering 300m away from me, I think they're perving on me" 

If it's late xf ea/b/d seats will bolt in. Early xf nothing just bolts in.

We were watching a dude with a phantom 4 in the weekend, looks like so much fun. Those p4s are damned loud though. Way louder than a Mavic.