Im soon to be 21. My datto is my 3rd attempt at a race car. My first was a fiat 131 R which rusted faster than I could fix it. My 2nd was a lovely mk2 1600 sport escort which was witten off by a drunk driver in a '01 porche 911. now ive got my little old datto and its alll gooood. it will be ready in about 3 weeks.

cool.

where in the old stuff was this mentioned? i too would be interested in the posability of a twin cam head, especially for the a14.

i need some flares so if anyone knows of some or where to get them (pref. in nz) it would be much appreciated.

Quinn

my brother drives a bmw 325i M (E30) and is always going on about how great they are etc so its totally worth the look of horror when he thinks its all turned to ####.

as I said before it scared the hell out of me. I like the zip idea, my brothers car here I come!!

I started my car up in the weekend and there was a loud tapping noise. my heart sunk. i turned it off straight away and racked my brain as to what it could be and what could have changed since i last drove it. I got my mate and he started it while i listened and it happened again. we spent 1 1/2 hours thinking and testing. we gave up untill the next day and i was ready to give in and start saving up and then my mate said it might have something to do with the oil pressure or something so we started it again and he was fiddling THEN........
he pulled out the dip stick and the noise stopped!! I was about to take the engine out and strip it and try to find the problem when after all that the dip stick was bent and rubbing on the crank!! so the motto is check out the small things and CHECK THE DIP STICK on the a12!!
sorry for the long story but i hope it helps some one.

im not sure i would do this to my baby but we needed to flare the arches on my girlfriends mk 1 escort so we got a conventional jack and some wood and we placed the jack up under the arch ( we jacked up the car and took off the wheel first) against the outside of the engine bay/ inner guard and then placed the wood wrapped in cloth against the inside of the wheel arch and slowly jacked it out. the only thing you have to be careful of is not to dent the guard with the corners of the wood. and if you do it, do it SLOWLY dont pop the guard off.
good luck.

hey cfwase
im trying but the guy is real stresed and keeps telling me to call back. i dont want to push him but dont worry im on to it. ill send you a pm when i can get through to him.
sorry dont know of a bonnet 4 sale
still havent sorted out the studs
cheers.

basically they are the same as good mk1 & mk2 escorts except there are fewer of them.