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View Poll Results: FERRARI CONVERSION OR NOT ?
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Old 12-31-2005, 06:45 AM   #61
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thanks gtMIKE & nosliw2004

thanks for your opinions mike, i admit i was looking at it last night and the kit is a bit wide, in my opinon it looks really good at the front, nice and evil !! what would you do to make it look better ?

thanks nosliw2004 i was thinking of putting tho on which why there are the holes in the pics up there ^
there will be some updates soon, probly 2day
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Re: ford escort (extremly modded) in progress

LA do You know that the vw golf I with a 1.8t engine in your Avatar is from Poland? I like You from now on
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Re: ford escort (extremly modded) in progress

so it looks like no ferrari bumper? and i don't know if you have any plans for the engine but a suggestion would be to maybe put in two motors if it's possible. since you made the actul car wider by splitting it down the middle there might be enough room for two four cylinder engines maybe?
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Re: Re: ford escort (extremly modded) in progress

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LA do You know that the vw golf I with a 1.8t engine in your Avatar is from Poland? I like You from now on
yerrr i love it !!!! iv got a massive poster on my wall of it, it went to gti international last year i saw it from a mile off i was like OMG !!! its well nice dont ya think ? i love the wheels
do you get vw performance magazine or rabbit ?
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Old 01-01-2006, 05:49 AM   #66
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so it looks like no ferrari bumper? and i don't know if you have any plans for the engine but a suggestion would be to maybe put in two motors if it's possible. since you made the actul car wider by splitting it down the middle there might be enough room for two four cylinder engines maybe?
thats a really good idea, i think i might put the ferrari bumper on you know i dont lyk the way the origonal 1 is working out, an i need change the kit on it anyway, i was thinkin of putting too engines in it but then i was thinkin off putting workin stereo in it aswel or jus loads of subs, but if i put 2 engines in it i cud make a fire wall 'n' everyfin that could be good what do you recon ?
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were can i get some engines from ?
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Re: ford escort (extremly modded) in progress

looking good... i hope someday i can do those fiber casting.. like u did on that VW.

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you will be able to, i used to jus get old bootlids off cars weld a plate in them and fiberglass them too make them really smooth, i started off pretty crap but i got better you should try it, jus get a piece of sheet metal put a gully type thing in it like a dip, and try to fill it in so it looks like there was never a dip in the metal after a few times of doing it u wont even need to sand down the fiberglass much.
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Re: ford escort (extremly modded) in progress

wow this project is goin really fast!
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Re: ford escort (extremly modded) in progress

i would say you can just get engines off of other cars. but when you go out and buy other cars or get parts from scrap cars in you collection you should get engines that are actully blocks, unlike some of maisto's engines which they are plates. i currently can't think of any cheap small engines that you can get but by looking at my collection you could buy 2 of maisto's mercedes-benz ml55 because that particular maisto's engine isn't actully a plate.
if your interested in the specs it is:
cylinders V8
displacement 5439
horsepower 342
torque 387
and it's normally aspirated.

now looking back at the ferrari front end, you could've left the hood long and then put the bumper infront of it like you did in the test photos and you could've put the ferrari headlights in as well. then on the front fenders you could mold it around the side of the front bumper. just a suggestion.
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hey guys!!, thanks for the feed back, i like your new sig quick nickthanks for that nosliw2004 its a really good idea but i think im goin to make a new front bumper, a custom 1 if that doesnt work il do the ferrari front end, the only problem is theres no end on the bonnet anymore ! i was thinking of 2 turbo engines, dose anyone know anywere websites or anything were i could get some ? what happend to erlXbandito ?

here some updates by the way .......

marked out for cutting





seats in with template for firewall inserted

intercooler rested in place


more updates soon .........
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Re: ford escort (extremly modded) in progress

wow that is coming along very nicly, but how are you going to make n new windshild?
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Re: ford escort (extremly modded) in progress

LA: soon ill try it.. thanks......

whew.. cant wait to see this car done.

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Re: ford escort (extremly modded) in progress

i have some perspex its the same thickness as the windows thats came out of the car, il jus cut it to the sizes i need i might even tint it slightly
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