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[oif_2005]

hey all- new to this one member to fordexp.com born and raised in northwest missouri and followed my wife here. Picked up a job with Pepsi Cola as a fleet mechanic. Got an 86 Ford Escort EXP i call the baby mustang. Still has the stock 113 CID 1.9L EFI that puts out 125hp at the crank, 86 Monte Carlo wit a 45 over 400 small still building and had to leave in the shop back down home, and a 88 plymoth horizon for a backup for when the motor finds another weak spot for the 4th time. and like everyone else out there like me the wife gets to drive a 07 impala there is defedently something wrong with this picture.

[c_mart_28]

Ha welcome to the site.

And I dont see a problem with your situation..just a man taking care of his business!

[AutoMods]

welcome

[Deimos]

I know your situation all to well

[86svo9L]

Welcome! Vehicle situation always ends up like that with car guys, spend everything on nice car to let it sit and drive a beater, keep the wife happy and less b****y by letting her have a nice car to drive every day. I am interested to see that EXP, I have always been interested in them but have never once seen one on the road.

[85XR7Project]

I vote SHO V6 swap in that EXP. Welcome to the site man, stick around and share a while!

[DustinsDuster]

Pepsi here in Cedar Rapids? i just left there- i was a route driver. did Joel or Don leave?

[oif_2005]

neather i drive to waterloo everyday. little over 500 miles a week.

[oif_2005]

got my pics up some one needs to go around to all the Fox drivers and tell them what the diff between the exp and fox is.

[85XR7Project]

I dont see any.

[86svo9L]

He has them in his profile. Pretty nice little ride. What are your plans for it?

[Sleepy]

I like the EXP. My father had one in the early 90s. It does in fact look like a mini mustang.

[85XR7Project]

Looks like it has potential. A good clean up and scrub down would go a long way. I like them things.

[AutoMods]

reminds me of early middle school / high school

[oif_2005]

i was thinking an evo chassis and drive train. full work over of interier with fiberglass. i need to change suspention and spindles cuz no rims are out there for this thing and suspention parts i can only find aftermarket from UK. not looking for 400 in shipping. and to finish it all off a one off wide body. thats about what i wanna do to it but gonna be major $$$$ and time.

[85XR7Project]

Those are more of a Mazda 323 than a Ford iirc. I wonder if you could swap a 323 GTX engine

[oif_2005]

i don know but the sister car is a mk5 escort in the uk thats what i normally look for when i need parts.

[86svo9L]

How do those engines like boost?

[oif_2005]

if i change the ratio a little good there a tough motor. what threw me for a loop was how nasty the stock piston disign was.

[Drifte]

you have 3 shitty cars and the wife has one nice one, and its faster too. Your wife made the right choice.

[oif_2005]

no the monte will be the fastest as soon as i get the fuel injection for it.

[Deimos]

no the monte will be the fastest as soon as i get the fuel injection for it.

do tell

[oif_2005]

full custom 400sb chromemolly and foraged everything. superlate model designed roller heads, hooker headers and im not impressed with the numbers put down with the double pumper so im not hitting the track with out the fuel injection too afraid of oilpan failer due to starvation

[Deimos]

its a shame I had a victor jr for sale slow and steady has an injection setup for sale that would go good with a stealth ram

[oif_2005]

so you have it for sale or you did at one time

[Deimos]

my victor jr is for sale now 120 bucks and its yours

[oif_2005]

if it wasnt for just dumping 600 into the EXP i would be all over it

[Deimos]

lol I got time, if my buddy goes sbc it will be sold but if he goes bbc I keep it. He has been on the fence for like 2 months.

[oif_2005]

thats cool so all i have to do is pick up a few more side jobs and find a way to get it up here from missouri

[Deimos]

where at in missouri?

[oif_2005]

northwest corner by maryville

[86svo9L]

What kind of fuel injection setup you going with or are you still shopping?

[oif_2005]

im really liking the Edelbrock Pro Flo2 EFI System

[APPLES355]

What numbers did the 400 put down? just curious.

[86svo9L]

It is a good system. I know FAST released a pretty decent system the EZ efi. I have read alot of tests on it and it seems pretty straight forward and for what it costs really cannot be beat. I got turned away from it though because it has no support for boost applications. Starting from scratch you would most likely have to hit up the JY for sensors and such but it has GM type connectors.

[oif_2005]

What numbers did the 400 put down? just curious.
about 534hp @ 3700 and 542tq @ 3300 at the crank

[oif_2005]

i was looking at the EZ system also but the pro flow 2 could be mapped a little better and it was better at self learning if i remember right

[86svo9L]

With those numbers it may be at the max of what the EZ efi can support anyway.

[oif_2005]

i was thinking that too and i dont know if i want to stay NA or go stand alone suppercharger im just trying to build a sleeper from hell

[oif_2005]

http://iowaautoforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=376&d=1322937930

[oif_2005]

ha findly got the picture thing figured out