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 crazy mofo's? Oh yes
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:10 pm

I have aquired a new vehicle.

K plate.

White and grey.

1.8 16V.

saloon.

leccy windows wank me sunroof.

Steelies.

The beast is a...

















































Ford Orion! Oh yes this is now mummies car so I get the red 3 door project Y as my own.

How much I hear you bellow? Nothing, well I gave the old boy a bottle of whisky that we have had for ohh 5 years.

79k miles, 1993 registered.

Pics tomozz.
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:22 pm

forgot,

super fast 105bhp version, crazy horses!

Taxed until sunday night, mot'd till 21st November.

Fords are horrible, I forgot how bad the fwd gearboxes etc were.
Chet T16
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Joined: 12 Feb 2004
Posts: 5685

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:21 pm

Oh dear...

I think i'd have to say the fwd escort box is better than the cossie one. Sierras are alot better tho strangely
schakal
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:22 pm

will be lloking forward for the pics chris ,what are you going to do with it ?make it up and sell or what ?
Addie
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Joined: 05 Apr 2004
Posts: 1141

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 5:54 am

I thought the Ford 1.8 16v was a 130bhp odd, and that was non- zetech too.

Ford Onion. Hmmmm.
Chris H
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:20 am

no theres 2 tuypes, 105 and 130 PS efforts. As far as I can remember the only diff is the throttle body. the TB on this 105 version is tiny. Its a tad bigger than the 16V's 1st stage baby plate.

Its not that bad actually, pulls reasonably well, better than the 16V at lower rpms but thats obvious I suppose.

Its horrible though, the 16V out does it on everything pretty much.

the revs ion 5th are good, 90 in 5th in the ford is 3.5krpm which is the same as 70mph in 5th on the 19. Fords 4th is the same as the rens 5th.

Anyway its not bad under 80k still which is ok.

Its been standign for a while iunder trees, the guy I got it off broke his shoulder and is gettign a new kneee cap as well so the cars no use to him. Its a mates grandfather.

Already bought a new bulb for the back lights and hoovered out the interior which got rid of some of the old man smell.

Also the cossie box is way superior to it. But nowhere near as good as the old 4 speeder as found in the mk1/2 escorts.

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needs a bloody good wash and blast with the pressure washer and the horn doesn't work and theres a lot of noise from the back end on the motorway but I think the exhaust blowing its hard to tell.

Still for £0 its a baragain!
Chris H
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:21 am

Also this is now my mums car, so I get the red 3 door back and now the question is what shall i do with that?
Neal
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:22 am

very nice too!
Chris H
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:26 am

yeah its not bad, wee bit of rust round the rear arches, hardly surprising, missing the bump strip on the front passenger wing. Aside from that it needs a new heatshiled and a good service.

After a thorough clean it will be a lot better.
Neal
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:32 am

excellent, i want one now. Smile
Chris H
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:46 am

yeah pure minted like.

So do we think i should do a prog/members project report on the beast or what?
Chris H
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:46 pm

some specs from the handbook on the beast.

My 105PS version

cc 1796
output DIN 105 PS @ 5500rpm
max continuous engine speed 5950rpm
max intermittent engine speed 6175rpm
top speed 116mph

130PS version

cc 1796
output DIN 130PS @ 6250rpm
max continuous engine speed 6700rpm
max intermittent engine speed 6925
top speed 126mph

Hmm so the 130PS revs higher and has more power.

So it would seem more than the TB is different maybe the ECU?

Anyone ken any decent ford dorums? Used to know some but they no longer there.
JB
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Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 7405

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:41 am

maybe u can just get the larger TB off the 130ps model and stick it on..hey presto extra 25bhp....god i wish the 19 was that simple to mod.
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:56 am

yep thats the plan, need TB and probably the ECU.

Need to see if thats all I need thats why I need links to ford forums, I used to go on them when I had fords but all my links are dead now.
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