Originally Posted by concealer404
This car was bought for my girlfriend to replace her old Tore-Ass. It's a 1993 Escort GT purchased for the princely sum of $700, which turned out to NOT be a great deal. Turns out what i thought was a dropped shifter was in fact a grenaded transmission. The motor, while making good power, turned out to quite obviously not have the 58k miles the car was advertised to have. (Stupid me. DUH.) Try more like.... 258k miles. (lol carfax, thanks.) The valve seals were shot, bushings were toast, suspension was scary, and brakes sucked.
Replaced:
New transmission
New springs and struts
New front brakes
New intake tube
Full tuneup.
New clutch slave cylinder
And it drove ok, and was decently fun. We decided to make it into a fun street car, ending up with a mods list that looked like this:
Leaky exhaust
Tokico HP struts
Megan Racing springs
Pierce Motorsports front 4 point tie bar
Energy Suspension bushings
Energy Suspension mount inserts
Josh_LX delrin endlinks
Pacesetter adjustable STS
MX3 rear tie bar
MX3 front and rear strut tower bars
MX3 leather shift boot
MX3 shifter console
Protege lower console
Black MX3 carpet
Clear corners
MX3 black weatherstripping
MX3 black lower dash
****ty Kenwood head unit
Kicker 6.5" front speakers powered by an old school Punch160 amp
NOW:
Now it has over 280k miles on it, and it still has plenty of power, but it's starting to show it's age in many ways. The transmission is crunchy in 2nd and 5th. The front suspension hardware won't hold torque, and loosens on it's own. The smoking is getting worse. All four strut mounts are shot. The brake system needs an overhaul.
I bought a complete low mileage head in thought that i was going to rebuild the motor, bump the compression a bit, and that she would just enjoy that. Then i found out how cheap it would be to boost it. Then i found out that FE3 swaps aren't that hard. Then SHE HEARD A KLZE.
And that's what she wanted. What girlfriend wants, she gets. She also seems to be jealous of how much fun i have at Autox events, so she wants to do that, too. In her Escort.
I've already purchased a 94 MX3 GS (with 80k miles ) for a donor.
I'm going to be upfront here and say that she could have picked many easier, cheaper, and better platforms to compete in SMF class with, and that i'm not in love with this thing. (I'm a Toyota guy, don't hold it against me.) But, this could be fun.[/QUOTE]
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