I found an Escort GT locally for $500. The owner tried to replace the head gasket, but when he did water was getting into the exhaust. I would guess the cylinder head is cracked.
What sucks, is it´s not reg. in California yet and it needs to be smogged. So I would have to fix it first, then get it reg and smogged before I even try a GTX/BPT swap.
So I´m thinking about just replacing the head and driving it around for awhile and not worry about it, but I kinda wanted to have a small project to work with and one that wouldn´t require more than a weekend of downtime.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Vent -
This really getting on my nerves!
I kinda scraped the "hot" CVH idea because for that $1,500 I´m finding I can swap a turbo 4G63T down into a Hyundai Elantra, Scoupe, Excel or Mirage/Colt with nothing more than the related drivetrain parts from a DSM.
I can also do a B6T swap into a Mazda 323 or early Mercury Tracer Hatchback with nothing more than the front clip from a Capri XR2.
All those swaps are California smog legal, the Escort is not with a JDM engine. If I can get around that somehow, I would do it. I dunno...
What sucks, is it´s not reg. in California yet and it needs to be smogged. So I would have to fix it first, then get it reg and smogged before I even try a GTX/BPT swap.
So I´m thinking about just replacing the head and driving it around for awhile and not worry about it, but I kinda wanted to have a small project to work with and one that wouldn´t require more than a weekend of downtime.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Vent -
This really getting on my nerves!
I kinda scraped the "hot" CVH idea because for that $1,500 I´m finding I can swap a turbo 4G63T down into a Hyundai Elantra, Scoupe, Excel or Mirage/Colt with nothing more than the related drivetrain parts from a DSM.
I can also do a B6T swap into a Mazda 323 or early Mercury Tracer Hatchback with nothing more than the front clip from a Capri XR2.
All those swaps are California smog legal, the Escort is not with a JDM engine. If I can get around that somehow, I would do it. I dunno...