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mk4 Escort Bonus - now Zetec'd and running :)

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mk4 Escort Bonus - now Zetec'd and running :)

Postby rosco » Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:20 pm

Pics as promised, wanted to build another Bonus as love the look of the base models and they are usually better looked after than the XRs and RS shells, and driven by old folk lol. Some people might remember my old blue one:

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I put an 1800 zetec 105 spec in her and went well, then a 2.0 went in but still ran the 105 management so was never as quick as it should have been. Sold that one and been looking for another good shell for a few months, finally this one came up on Ebay in London of all places! Just turned a genuine 30k from new, 2 owners from new and importantly for me no sunroof, and a rare colour.

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its had 2 x very small welds in all its life, but apart from these the shell is mint, the best i've had by far and i've had a few now lol. Drove down on saturday with good mate Hairdo, seen here rocking out lol

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then back up yesterday with a quick visit to a fairly famous venue:

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So she is now home (drove the 450 miles faultlessly) and tucked away in the garage, after a good wash to get all the poop from the journey off. My favourite part was the price.....won on Ebay for £260 as had failed mot on daft things! Spent about the same again gettin her home but was a great weekend so all good.

Plans are to give the car a well needed t-cut to get all the wee marks off and will be lowered on S2 wheels and wee plates, turbo interior and 2.0 zetec with 130 spec everything, cossie brakes etc. I've already bought a donor mk4 which was built for the track with all the bits i need so just waiting for weather to get a bit better!

hope you like, cheeRS
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby rspaul1974 » Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:27 pm

well done m8 very clean car 8-) will be keeping an eye on this one
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby ally7th » Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:45 pm

that looks very clean 8-)

and a bargain at that price
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby Ade » Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:12 pm

Stunning, a great buy!

I'd be tempted to deck it over a set of white Comps..... keep that white wheeltrimmed Bonus look at it's core! :mrgreen:
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby marv » Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:34 pm

wow mate that is clean!

hope to see some good progress soon!

Then we can see if injection is better than carb lol :D
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby swordfish » Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:56 pm

its always good to see the outer sills the origianl colour good sign that they are the original sills :D

so many get painted with bichamin cos they burn the paint with the welder when putting in new sills :lol:

think id go with ade's idea of the white mo's sounds good

any pics of the donnor car ??
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby Miss Emma_RS » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:40 pm

A good clean find...looking forward to seeing the finished product too :)
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby Belly123 » Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:14 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
You and mark are a pair of dafties!!! Superperb!
Looks a wee minter neeber, al need to pop thru and see it.
P.S. Thought you wir done with auld fords ;)
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby darren_mcvicar » Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:54 pm

Very clean looking car there buddy good find
want a race homo boy c'mon then and suck eggs!
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby Big Ian » Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:06 pm

THATS A GREAT FIND MATE,WELL DONE,LOOKS MINT TOO, :D
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back in the saddle,yeeeee,haaaaaaaaaa
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby turbochargedjjmclure » Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:16 pm

minted fella :cool: good find, it's great to see these timewarp classics being found. did you have any tunes in the motor for the trip home? :lol: two knob job!
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby rosco » Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:34 pm

cheers for all comments 8-)

well i planned to take my cd player with me and chuck it in for the journey but forgot :oops: and the aerial was crap too, so i only got odd bit of reception in the 7 hours we were driving :lol: was a horrendous drive but all worth it ;)
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby Tam » Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:41 pm

Kwality! I had one like that a couple of years ago that del spotted in a garden and got for nothing, Had never been welded but needed a few plates and had some scabbing on the back arches.
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Turbo'd it using my red s2 as a donor, new everything, suspension, rack, arms, bushes, brakes all round, 2 wings all that was missing was a respray and i blew it up heading home one night :redface:


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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby DALSY » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:35 am

fookin time warp car,lookin good Rosco 8-) 8-)
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby Kevin_Mc » Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:11 pm

looks immaculate Ross, glad you got it home in one peice mate - really liked your last two Bonus/Pops, always thought Poverty spec sleepers were cool :D

good luck with it mate
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus

Postby rosco » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:01 pm

well after a busy weekend fuelled by MacD's, we now have a running Zetec Bonus :)

the donor car, Escort Eclipse with strong 2.0 zetec, 130 spec ECU, inlet, throttle body etc, RST box, full new XR3i exhaust, Recaro's etc:

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stripping the Bonus

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pleasantly surprised with this

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photo of how we have done wiring (ecu in cabin so water proof) and fuel filter set up

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and then in she goes

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Just drove it up the road and its awesome :) Massive thanks to Pete for doing all the wiring etc (transferred entire loom over so now have e/w, c/l etc) and all the knowledge, and also to Dad and Ben for helping as well.

Still rolling on original wheels and trims till i get my wheels on, thinking of running it for a bit like this :)
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus - now Zetec'd and running :)

Postby rspaul1974 » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:07 pm

engine looks right at home well done to all involved 8-)
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus - now Zetec'd and running :)

Postby DALSY » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:11 pm

good work mate, done well there
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus - now Zetec'd and running :)

Postby Miss Emma_RS » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:12 pm

Busy Busy indeed! Looking good :)
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Re: mk4 Escort Bonus - now Zetec'd and running :)

Postby turbochargedjjmclure » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:32 pm

good stuff lads well done, canny beat more poke 8-)
just a small observation tho,is that fuel filter not going to be a kant to change being where it is?
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