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[scottybo]

i dont know if any of you guys will remember me, i was the guy with the burgandy mk3.5, probs the only tuned up HCS engine in the world!

car used to look like this!


then a woman came out of a side road and drove into me at 60mph, car ended up looking like this





well anyway i survived and im back, although not in fiesta ownership anymore, i am the happy owner of my current project and lovechild, x reg escort



you can find the progress log for the escort on the link here
http://www.escortevolution.co.uk/forums ... pic=147720

im still pretty knowledgable on the old fiestas though (as long as were talking mk3) so if anyone has any questions fire away!

[Gus!!]

That crash looks pretty nasty mate, hope u didnt have any passengers?? Whats in the escort, a 1.8 16v?? Shame the side skirts got ruined on the fez too i would love a set!!

[scottybo]

joke is that the fez not only had a set of rs accesory skirts fitted....it had a set on the back seat as well, fcuking gutted mate! and it had only just tipped over 20k miles!

the escorts not bad, doesnt have the appeal of the mk3 though

[dontpannic]

Holy crapoly! Did she just launch out of the sideroad at 60mph?

[Gus!!]

Yeah i have to admit, i've never been a big fan of mk5 and 6 escorts!! U looking for another mk3 then?? Thats a good point also burman, what was she?? Fekkin blind??

[scottybo]

she just didnt stop at the junction and hit me in the side, i was pushed off the road and down into a huge ditch, was pretty nasty!

id like another mk3 but i would always compare it to my old one and id really struggle to find one i half as good condition, if i was going to get another it would have to be an si 16v. i not really got any interest in xr's or rs's anymore.

i spent over £2000 on the hcs engine and in the end i could still only just keep up with standard si's

[Gus!!]

At least it was an impressive crash!! could you not have kept the engine and stuff out of it?? £2000?? What did you do to it then?? And some1 pulled out in front of my mate when he had his first starlet gt turbo, that wrote both of the cars off!! I'm not too sure on proper si's. I think they look best in tourmallard green, also i like the front bumper with some kind of splitter on the bottom!!

[scottybo]

sent it off to a company called specialized engines in london.
- bored out to 1.4
- enlarged ports on endura head as theyre made of alluminium
- head skimmed to increase compression
- adjustable fuel pressure regulator
- remap ( yes believe it or not you can remap a hcs engine )
- uprated cam
- fully balanced and lightened
- custom air intake using vauxhall corsa parts
- 421 exhaust manifold for a ka
- decat to custom exhausr using glass pack resonators

all that and i only got to 80 odd horsepower. i tried tuning the hcs because i kept getting told it couldnt be done.....guess everyone else was right lol if id done all that to my escort id be knocking on 150hp lol

[Gus!!]

80?? Aint them 1300 hcs's about 60 odd to start with?? I spose it was worth a try though, thats like an extra third so not too bad!! Did you not want to keep the engine after you spent so much on it?? my 1.1 is very slow but i like the reliability factor, and the fact that there is no cambelt to piss about with!!

[scottybo]

they are very reliable engines if you treat them right, the car was taken to a police impound and no one was allowed to touch it. looking back i wish i had just swapped for a cvh engine, i would be at 90 right off the bat then. the hcs just does not respond to tuning at all lol

good laugh back in the day though i suppose

[Gus!!]

If i do an engine swap, thats what i will do i think!! Yeah i mean i have done an oil change and stuff on my engine and it seems ok!! I always have trouble with my exhaust blowing though, i think there should be another mount where the bend is tbh, but oh well!! So the old bill just scrapped yours in the end?? Thats a bit s**t!!

[b0yracer]

gutted m8 i liked your hcs build not many people would build a hcs engine very unique like your escort too

[scottybo]

thanks, yeh the escorts ok lol it doesnt get as much attention as the fez did though

[stevo™]

nasty crash mate hope you wernt to hurt, could you salvage much? the frst recaros look bent maybe you could have used them for parts?

2k on a hcs you could have done a rs turbo conversion for less

[scottybo]

yeh i got a lot of stick for it lol, if i was gna do any conversion i woulda gone zetec tbh mate, never been a big fan of cvh's. thrashy unreliable things they are lol

i now know from first hand experience....why no one tunes hcs engines lol

[Gus!!]

What was it you got hit by??