ok years ago i swore i would never own one of these things but here i find myself driving around in a 2002 Escort SE with an AUTOMATIC trans! its the epitomy of weak. ok wait before you flame... a man must work with what he is given so to speak. i cant complain about the gas mileage much and the little thing seems to run good. i recently made the trip to Killeen, Tx and back in it and aside from hitting an F-150 and having to replace a lot of the front end myself from the JY its been pretty good. so far all ive done is put a set of gunmetal 6 spoke 17" rims with some cheapo nankang's on it, set up a custom short ram intake with a Apexi filter, and added an aftermarket tach since it didnt even have one stock.
since im stuck with it for now i think im gonna do the manual tranny swap and try out this 65mm throttle body swap ive been reading about. porting the intake plenum is a given. if anyone has advice on fabricating the piping for a turbo setup i'd appreciate it. im lookin into the t3/t4 hybrid setup. also gonna be ordering the buddy club body kit ive been seeing since it isnt to gaudy. i am a mechanic and have been for many years. i built my first big block at age 12 and im goin on 33 now. if anyone has technical questions ill do my best to answer ya. i dont just do V8's... before this car i was racing a 1990 240sx with a VG30DETT setup. too much boost on stock internals + Nitrous = a bad day. anyway.. im here for better or worse. someone show me the light and teach me that these things can actually make some power
since im stuck with it for now i think im gonna do the manual tranny swap and try out this 65mm throttle body swap ive been reading about. porting the intake plenum is a given. if anyone has advice on fabricating the piping for a turbo setup i'd appreciate it. im lookin into the t3/t4 hybrid setup. also gonna be ordering the buddy club body kit ive been seeing since it isnt to gaudy. i am a mechanic and have been for many years. i built my first big block at age 12 and im goin on 33 now. if anyone has technical questions ill do my best to answer ya. i dont just do V8's... before this car i was racing a 1990 240sx with a VG30DETT setup. too much boost on stock internals + Nitrous = a bad day. anyway.. im here for better or worse. someone show me the light and teach me that these things can actually make some power
