Hello,
I am Marvin from the philippines, I just got the book a week ago. Last night i saw an advertisement of a MK2 escort for about £150. Are escorts reliable? or should i go for japanese cars and will the build be easier if i go for the escort. I'm just 19 and havent got any experience building cars. thank you.

need advise asap, hard to find escorts here

I would get it mate. Itl give u the axle and hand brake at the least. Then u can either sell the rest of the bits or use the engine and box as a good basis.

If u have no experience of cars i would say build it with that engine etc and upgrade later on if u want to... They still go very well with the 1300 xflow in .

I finally got my donor escort its has a 1600 engine, how do i tell if its a crossflow or pinto engine, the chassis plate doesnt show the engine type

This is whats written on my chassis plate

94 7 s-w ESC S 5 X

CUATRJ59654

2921 96 6500GASS

The pinto engine has the Camshaft pulley at the front end of the cylinder head.
Have a look on
WWW.burtonpower.com
There is a lot of useful info in their technical sections.

thanks, the websites really helpful