SAAB TURBO POWERED MK2 ESCORT FINALLY RUNS + NEC CLASSIC CAR SHOW TRIP.
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My name's Matt Urch and I own and run Urchfab welding and fabrication.
I specialise in custom automotive fabrication from building roll cages to complete one off builds. I built the worlds most unique and oldest drift car known as 'The Drift Rod' which can be found on my channel.
So if you're into grinding, welding, fabricating, etc, you're in the right place!
Finally someone who wets heat wrap before install.
It makes it so much easier and the wrap shrinks when it dries.
I love how after watching both this video and Trev's take on the NEC show it's almost like the two of you were at two completely different shows! Some very cool stuff on display.
Loving the orange transit. Makes you feel old when you have owned lots of cars they have at classic car shows as daily drivers! 🚗🚘🚙🚚
Holy crap. That NEC show had better stuff than SEMA! It was like what SEMA used to be around 15 years ago. Now its all Supras, wheels and rocket bunny. Lol (its not but I'm sure you know what I'm saying.)
Thanks for sharing that footage! If you have any more I'd love to see it.
A project almost finished, that should feel good.
Thank you for the NEC tour.
Well done Mr Urch, another cracking video.
Off topic to this video; I subscribed to the channel a week or so ago. Sat with a newborn sleeping on my chest in the early hours, I’ve blitz through your Mongrel build and several other bits.
Needless to say, your talent, patience, dedication to both your craft and this channel is fantastically inspirational and makes for top notch viewing. I also really appreciate your honesty about where you’re trying to take this all and the rollercoaster of running and aiming to live off a TH-cam channel.
Having dipped in and out of car related hobbies. Along the way I went to an evening course for gas and mig welding, in an attempt patch up a couple of BMW E30’s. As a result I never got round to weld a car, but have developed a lot of enjoyment of metal fabrication.
I’ve learnt, to get good at welding the key really is racking up the hours with a welder in your hands. However, the content you have on this channel has saved me many an hour of trial and error.
This may seem a little self indulged, but it’s really to say well done chap, you’ve given a basic level (part time) metal work enthusiast a lot of joy and fulfilment watching your projects. People that comment on a slow down of content etc. don’t appear to appreciate how much work goes into running a show like this, especially at what looks to be a one-man-band, and that if they wish, they get all this for free.
There’s a lot of love on this channel, so keeping doing what you’re doing.
PS, I’ve ordered a tee and have made a contribution to keep that hungry Mongrel fed.
Greg
Sounds like it's ready to plough a field or two.
Haha that will go when she warms up.
Fantastic video Matt as always very very interesting indeed thanks
Hi Matt, she’s going to be a flyer! Will be good to see her out and about.
May I give you a little bit of advice, those rubber bobbins for the exhaust won’t last long, they are designed for compression (mounted to be pushed together) the way you have them mounted they are in extension (pulling them apart) they will split and fail quickly. I have seen this happen on many customers cars, a way round it is to make a bracket that mounts to the top of the bobbin from the exhaust, and the one from the body going to the bottom of the bobbin if you understand what I’m trying to say haha
Keep up the good work, can’t wait till the Mongrel is back. Cheers
Yep I see what your saying there. I will keep an eye on them and do that if they cause a problem. Cheers
great to see a Car video. like all the other stuff too but i di like when you show your car stuff
super enjoyed the car show. a chance to see whats cool from the other side of the pond. reminded me my friend bought a new Ford Cortina in '68 or'69 while stationed at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi.
Hey mate, Im in Australia and work with and Irish bloke who use to race mk1 Escorts. He was telling me that Australian Escorts are about 1/3 of the price and is even considering buying a couple to fill a container and ship them back.
Just another option, also being so hot over here there's not that much rust.
Send me one over will ya! prices are crazy over here.
Will try and sort something out, will be other side of new year as his missus had their first kid a couple days ago
Once again another fantastic video keep it up Matt 🤟🏻
dunkin doughnuts ... or saab/ford doughnuts ...
NEC trip looked good, 6R4 made me weak at the knees and seeing the 2 door range rover brought back memories of welding inner wings footwells and door sill repair panels 25yrs ago lol ...
Glad you have finally got ure car started after four yrs that's tough going. Shame u wnt do any fab wrk on my audi but hey I still watch ure show lol
Good to see the bonnet strut is level
Glad to see the axle to shell(anti tramp) bars with poly bushes.When I first saw the lowering blocks I thought the springs would wind up like an S shape and tramp worse than Steve Mcqueen's Mustang!Then I spotted the bars.
Watching this and the Mongrel build, I'm getting funny ideas about my Transit Connect and the front of a Mk I Escort! :-O
Excellent video Matt! :-)
Yes yes yes doughnuts till the rims are sparking lol 😂
" The exhaust pipe can go back on....whoooajahhhhhhh!!"
Great work as usual bud
great vid and succes on your builds.
Nice progress. Great pic from NEC. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Great to see it running. Was hoping to see your front suspension mods you do, maybe next video????
Will do.
Best on TH-cam Matt !!
Thanks mate
Banging episode wicked tunes
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Hell yeah! I like seeing an Escort that's actually fun to drive.
All we got in the U.S. were boring front wheel drives.
First FWD Escort we had in the UK (Europe) was the MK III if I am not mistaken? My cousin had a Mk II RS Mexico (1600 cc) and ALL the local farmer's son's had RS2000's....both Mk I's and Mk II's...good old days...
@@malcolmyoung7866 Our mk1 was loosely based on the euro mk3, but our mk2 and 3 shared a chassis with the Mazda 323.
So when Europe got the RS Cosworth our hot hatch was a rebodied 323 with a Mx5 lump 😞
hmmm pictures from that show gave me an idea you could try on the channel , build a custom motorcycle frame , think you got all the tooling for it , might need a welding table setup for the frame
could be sumting wild like a scooter with a big engine
Matt Your Fab Skillz are Second to none but damn bro I need Want Miss Lust for the ¨Mongrol¨ Please Bring her back to the channel soon I am dying here lol thanks From the otha side of the Pond Vermont Murica
Cool 👍🏾👍🏾 how much for the new body escort? Say they would be expensive 😑 would like to do up mark 2 escort one day just not many cheap car's here in New Zealand they want to much for them but may be I can find one one day I need to sort out my tools
Were the fuel rail outlet smaller than the inlet, it could cause an unwanted rise in fuel pressure. There's always less restriction in the return than the feed.
There is something blocking oil feed to lifters. It might go away, but it might not. The blockage can travel to turbo too.
When you want to catch it?
That engine hasn't run for years, it will clear once it warms up.
I noticed you did your 'level' best to stop the bonnet from hitting you on the head while working in the engine bay 🤯
Some nice stuff at nec.. may have to go next year. Cheer up tho matt lol
Woo hoo DONUTS! I subbed to this channel to see you do some donuts. Didn't think it would be this long or this car but I'll take it! Lol
Just kidding Matt! I love your channel and you've been doing awesome with it! Seriously, its one of my top 5 channels and youtube is all I watch so take whatcha will from that. Cheers mate!🍻
The Saab turbo engine is interesting choice, any particular reason? Or just wanted to be different?
I'd like to know that too. Seems an odd choice.
Matt seems to like these Saab engines, he has 1 in the drift rod that he built. Seem to be quite capable, but as to why he chose that particular lump only Matt can explain.
They are cheap, put out great power, and are built right from the factory for running turbos reliably!! Adapt easily to upgrading - Oh yeah - are simple as hell, and very easy to work on. Also, even though Saab is no longer, parts are plentiful and inexpensive!!!
They are dirt cheap and make good power. I ran a C20let engine in my last escort and would have liked to run the same but that would have cost me £2000 plus just to get going whereas the saab engines are about £200. If money wasn't an issue I would be running an Na C20xe on throttle bodies but those are crazy money for a decent one.
HI another good vid, I saw you at Alton towers in the summer and said hello, quick question, I asked ages ago but have lost your reply. Who does the Saab conversion wiring plugs etc, I have just got my hands on an engine for my karmann Ghia.
Brilliant I had a few mk2's and know what a good platform they are. The Saab engine is a stout unit what gearbox are you using?
probably a carlton or manta type
Its an Omega v6 r25-28 gear box.
Great video, like the car. What was the music over the NEC tour?
You need a trimix my friend with a little bit of helium in there and then you can weld stainless all day long without that coloring
I want to see the mk2 up pure Ford doing some skids mate if all goes well 👌
Me too.
That's some steering angle will you be drifting the escort
excellent ! loved the vid !!!!
Damn! Mk2 😎🤘🏼 i drive an Opel Ascona A here in Sweden whit volvo B230FK 360whp! Also knows as viperkiller 😉 Ascona-viper 1-0💪🏼
What was the grey car at the NEC, looked like a Datsun;- whatever ubercool, maybe magnum should start producing those as well!!. Good to hear the Saab motor up and running.
Think it was the Nissan GTR......the very first version 👍
matt, i may have missed it but what was involved in converting the saab engine to rear wheel drive? also... great cars at the nec!!
came here to ask that same question... here i am googling "rear wheel drive saab" like a dumbass
bellhousing to fit the gearbox to the engine (probably an adapter plate) and engine mounts to suit mounting points on the engine and the mounting points on the car. theres nothing really any different between FWD and RWD except the direction the engine is mounted, and getting a SAAB engine mated to (presumably) a Ford bellhousing in this case.
I will run through that in the next video. Cheers
@@Urchfab Yes, please. Curious what trans and how you've converted to rwd. Keep it up, Matt. Good stuff all around.
Vacuum - with double-U!
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Your transit would have been well at home in that show too
Needs a Aussie Barra 😎
drop a video about those steering angles on the mk2... first I thought you got disconnected arms lol
These engines are basicly a bullet proof c20 let (cav calibre turbo) due to the highest section rods as standard so I'd throw a little money at a turbo n management as the block is good for at least 400bhp
Pink tyre sidewalls with sprinkles???
What gearbox are you using? I'll run the Omega R30 paired to the 2.3t. 😀
Saab 2.3t that is.
Its an r25-28, I think the 30 is the stronger one.
@@Urchfab Yup! Got it from a 2.2DTH.
How did you solve the clutch cylinder? Did you have to space it out?
What turbo and manifold did you use
Question, which gearbox do u use? Is it the Omega B gearbox like ive seen before, which is supposed to be bolt-on? How much can they even take safely?
Its an omega v6 box r25-28. I havent broken one yet so im not sure on that but a lot depends on how you drive and change gear rather than the horsepower.
@@Urchfab Alright, i see. What clutch do u use? My purpose is grassroots drifting basically.
How do you go about showing a car at the NEC.
Couldn't swap the lines at the rear?
Yeh I just wasn't sure on running a smaller feed line to the rail but from what a few people have said I think I will do that.
G'day from West Australia, 😉🙂👍👍
Hmm rubber donuts stamped on bitumen tarmac would be fun for you after 4yrs trying to complete the build.
And of course have a family life and pay the never ending bills thrust upon the human race.
Wish I could be there to smell what brand of rubber you be burning 😉🙂👍👍
Is that a DIY dry sump ?
low pressure return, the change in diameter increases the volume / flow cross section and therefore drops the pressure in the line back to the tank.
I will swap the lines at the tank then. Cheers
No worries, thanks so much for the videos, never would have started on my own ones without your inspiration.
Saabs have 6mm i.d. nylon fuel lines. Same size feed and return. The nylon line fits straight to that banjo and return side has a section of rubber hose between the fuel rail and plastic line.
Any more info on those exhaust hanger things? Never seen them before
Just search rubber bobbin mounts and you should find something similar.
Those spark plugs were dry as a dead dingoes donga
You're obviously an aussie .. lol
🤔Can you make new tabs and flip the fuel rail round or will they face down
Possibly
Looks epic! We should I love car shows!
4 years, you are rushing jobs mate, be careful.
I know mate.
Don’t trade the shell for both testicles Matt, keep one !
Matt l think your problem's the bonnet stays too level😱😨😰😵😎
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The pressure line is usually smaller than the return.......just like oil into turbo😇😇😇😇
I will swap them over.
do you have an actual working car?
Its looking possible!
why the saab engine and not a Cosworth
to my ears it sounded like you have a compresion or timing issue as it was cranking...sounded uneven...
When are you going to go and take the Mongrel back from flake Matt??
push push push ;-)
What axle is that? Doesn't look like Ford English or Atlas.
johnnytenjobs pretty sure thats just an English that he’s beefed up and put a four link onto. Well and truly gone to town on it
English axle with mats reinforcement kit and drain plug..
@@garymallinson2292 Thanks
@@garymallinson2292 Ah. Yes makes sense. You can get some very good half shafts for these now. And various diffs. The Atlas is very heavy and too wide.
Its an English bud.
how much would that car be worth as it is i like to no the price of things i dont no why and i would love to have it good work keep the vids coming on this car
Im guessing 6 million.
Urchfab haha, worth a try Matt...
@@Urchfab i will have it sold
Jam Doughnuts???
How this show could be classic without group b rally cars?especially those 6r4s,lancia integrales,sierra cosworth and talbots...if only their engines sounded even a bit!that's why we're waiting your escort to start spinning some tyres!step by step it will!hope low temp will help that poor snail spin over quicker!
Damn you lol
That hood is dead plumb!!!
I meant "bonnet"!!!
Any word on the Mongrel?
I know its one of those "be patient and grateful" deals but it really is starting to be a seriously long time. 😕
4 years! bloody amateur try 6 here! with about 5 other projects in between!
Can you gat them back off the wife?
still rattles like they used to
That will clear up.
Your NEC seems a lot like our SEMA in the states
NEC is the National Exibition Centre, in Birmingham, UK. They hold many events covering literally anything you can think of, motoring, home and garden etc. etc. This classic car show included, which I attended, and it was pretty class. Think Sema has more high profile built cars from what I've seen.
Possibly, a bit smaller though I would guess.
"Why did you install a SAAB engine in a Ford Escort?" A Cosworth 4 cylinder engine would of been much betters. SAAB engine are temperamental and not very reliable. "HECK, a Mazda 3 cylinder rotary engine would be more reliable than a SAAB engine. Stick a 106m.m. GARRET turbo on the Mazda 3 cylinder rotary and get 600 h.p. after a dyno tune, but I guess you used what you had. I'll shut up now.
You need to get a mk1 escort with a small block v8
Ryan Wheeler so it will handle like a busted trolley....
Id rather a race pinto engine on some webbers to be honest.
@@Urchfab thats what my dads going to do with hes mk1 escort estate but hes saloon has a v8 in the front of it, thats hes drag machine if he ever its it running but i love your videos so keep up the great work!!
Weber has one b, please forgive me pointing this out , it's an obsession, you're a clever man Matt.
First! 😁
Headphone users beware about 14:00 in. 😆
The squeal at 14.35 sounds like turbo not lubricated on first start up, should be OK as soon as oil gets into system properly