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1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine

Woofwoof Posted a lot Posts: 1,207	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine Woofwoof @woofwoof
	Dec 3, 2019 22:53:48 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 21, 2019 18:29:10 GMT mrknifey said: Completed the intercooler install and pipework routing. Wasnt a hard task just time consuming. I will eventually change it to as much hard pipe work as I can, once I buy an ally welder and learn how to ally weld! LOL Watching with interest, it's looking like a very nice project. I'd expose the I.C. far more, expose all of it if you can and better again fit ducting on the front and rear if possible. Bookmarked.
	Still learning...still spending...still breaking things!

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mrknifey Part of things Posts: 43	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine mrknifey @mrknifey
	Dec 4, 2019 7:13:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Yea I know it could do with more air flow, but don't want to cut the front of the car about


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mrknifey Part of things Posts: 43	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine mrknifey @mrknifey
	Jan 22, 2020 7:34:44 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Been super busy, not the best pictures... but may I present.. the beige bomber


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jpsmit Posted a lot Posts: 1,274	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine jpsmit @jpsmit
	Jan 22, 2020 12:55:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	lovely


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Morris63 Posted a lot Posts: 1,037	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine Morris63 @morris63
	Jan 23, 2020 14:32:23 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Very nice - inspired low key colour choice that reminds me of my mate's mum's 1.1L (which we might have thrown around some Somerset lanes whilst at college!)


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mrknifey Part of things Posts: 43	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine mrknifey @mrknifey
	Feb 5, 2020 19:35:16 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nothing to report other than ive bought an E92 M3 and I'm having too much fun driving it


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luckygti Posted a lot I need to try harder! Posts: 4,912	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine luckygti @luckygti
	Feb 9, 2020 11:01:52 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Looks great. I have a Mk2 with a 2.1 pinto. It’s great but lumpy and impossible to drive under 2k. I keep looking at a Zetec to make it more user friendly, but the MX5 just keeps popping up. Are you using a mk1 or mk2 engine? Other than losing the brake servo and the lip on the heater bubble, does it need anything else chopping? And are you running a standard cross member or World Cup?
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mrknifey Part of things Posts: 43	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine mrknifey @mrknifey
	Feb 9, 2020 18:05:07 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hi buddy, I used a Mk1 1.8 but quickly found out they run a wierd CAS (Cam Angle Sensor) on the rear so would have had to cut the bubble out. MK2 1.8 engines have the cam sensor on the front so more room. You can make it run even on the standard MX5 ECU very easy! I also think you might just get the standard servo in there as well! I'm running a chassis mounted engine mounts and just cut the engine mounts off the standard cross member


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mrknifey Part of things Posts: 43	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine mrknifey @mrknifey
	May 14, 2020 20:19:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sorry for lack of updates, didnt do anything to it at all until COVID 19 put a stop to my work, so been working on this instead. Ive taken loads of other photos, but here is how it sits at the moment


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mrknifey Part of things Posts: 43	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine mrknifey @mrknifey
	May 14, 2020 20:21:19 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Picked up another 1600 Sport Reently. Got a photo of my them together.. The white one is around 12 foot higher than it needs to be :rolleyes:


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mrknifey Part of things Posts: 43	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine mrknifey @mrknifey
	May 25, 2020 6:18:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Started a VLOG series on my newer MK2 Escort Project


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mrknifey Part of things Posts: 43	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine mrknifey @mrknifey
	Jun 8, 2020 19:43:40 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Episode 3 of my VLOG


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kp_sixty Part of things Posts: 28	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine kp_sixty @rustykp60
	Jun 9, 2020 8:43:40 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	What gearbox mount did you use for the mx5 'box?the standard ppf one?


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mat88 Yorkshire and The Humber Posts: 1,542	1979 MK2 Ford Escort with MX5 Turbo Engine mat88 @mat88
	Nov 14, 2022 14:09:30 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Did this ever get "finished" Cheers


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