Doug and his ''90 Escort

[Racescort]

Originally posted by stroubelan:
I thought I replied to your question but I guess it didn't go through. Anyhow, put a 5500ohm resister across the plug terminals that plug int the water temp senser and leave it unplugged from the sensor. It makes the computer think that the temp is around 150 F.and stays open loop. This makes the mix about 12.5 to 1. This is what is needed tfor fuel mix for racing.

Sorry I know this sounds dumb but can you guys tell me, where is the water temp. sensor located? And if its the sensor that works the temp. gauge, isnt that just one prong? How do can you jump it across the terminals with one prong?

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Doug
ITB Escort
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[itbescort]

No such thing as a dumb question. If you have the 1.9 you should find the temp sensor very close to the single prong sensor that you are talking about. Or if you look in the harness that comes off the engine by the pass strut tower, the wires are light green with a yellow strip and black with a white strip. If you follow the black wire it ends up in the diag. plug. Cutting this wire does not effect the stock temp gauge.
Good luck
Tim

Originally posted by Racescort:
Sorry I know this sounds dumb but can you guys tell me, where is the water temp. sensor located? And if its the sensor that works the temp. gauge, isnt that just one prong? How do can you jump it across the terminals with one prong?

[Racescort]

Originally posted by itbescort:
No such thing as a dumb question. If you have the 1.9 you should find the temp sensor very close to the single prong sensor that you are talking about. Or if you look in the harness that comes off the engine by the pass strut tower, the wires are light green with a yellow strip and black with a white strip. If you follow the black wire it ends up in the diag. plug. Cutting this wire does not effect the stock temp gauge.
Good luck
Tim

Thanks Tim I found it after I posted the message. I looked through my shop manual long enough and found a picture of where it was. Then found out on the wiring diagrams what the wire colors were. I have it wired up....hope it works well!
Did you get to try it at the track yet?


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Doug
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[itbescort]

Well it seemed to work well. Got some really nice back fires when going from 2nd to 3erd. It does seem to make starting a bit tricky. When my car was cold, maybe 65 out I had to go back to the stock setup to get it started. Once warmed up it was fine.
***Now Front wheel bearings
are another thing!! I wasted two right fronts this weekend at NHIS. The second was so good the half shaft is still blue.
On another note Diane finished both races and yes still drove it home 3 hours away.
Tim

Originally posted by Racescort:
Thanks Tim I found it after I posted the message. I looked through my shop manual long enough and found a picture of where it was. Then found out on the wiring diagrams what the wire colors were. I have it wired up....hope it works well!
Did you get to try it at the track yet?

[Racescort]

Originally posted by itbescort:
Well it seemed to work well. Got some really nice back fires when going from 2nd to 3erd. It does seem to make starting a bit tricky. When my car was cold, maybe 65 out I had to go back to the stock setup to get it started. Once warmed up it was fine.
***Now Front wheel bearings
are another thing!! I wasted two right fronts this weekend at NHIS. The second was so good the half shaft is still blue.
On another note Diane finished both races and yes still drove it home 3 hours away.
Tim

Wow sorry to here about the wheel bearings! That must have been a busy weekend in between races? Thats great about the water sensor hookup. Did it actually give you much more power? Tell Diane I said hello and congrates. I bet she was having some fun huh?

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Doug
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[joeg]

Go and buy some Knuckles/Hubs from the boneyard, put new bearings in them and carry them around as "spares".

If you have such spares, you won't have bearing problems on the track!!

Seriously, you might have too little camber which is promoting bearing overheating (or too hot a set of brakes?)

[itbescort]

Unfortunatly the bearing that burned up was my spare hub. The one I started with also went out, not quite as nice, no smoke and all. I always carry a complete hub calaper and rotor for each side. Got that from ralling. I believe my spare was just to old.
I do not think not enought camber is it we are running 3+ degree's for NHIS.
I have often had diffacultly with installing the half shaft into the hub. I have the tool that pulls it thought, but not all shafts are the same thread. Like the one in there now. I think sometimes I loosen the press when fighting to get the half shaft seated, if I even am getting it seated all the way.
I now have a press and a new shaft, I am hoping not to have any more problems.
Thanks for the input.


Not sure about the temp sensor resistor, the car's power felt good. And yes Diane seems to be having a ball!

Tim

[Diane]

Hi Doug,

Yes, I am having a blast! I can't understand why it took me so long to do this.

We just sent my front struts to be revalved a little stiffer; Tim tried it and it seemed to work well for him. My turn, I want to close the gap between us.


Diane

[Racescort]

I need some camber plates or I'll probably be having the same problems. Wouldn't hurt my lap times either.

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Doug
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[joeg]

Tim--You can occasioanlly stumble across the official Ford tool kit for that hub on ebay.

I got one about a month ago for under $20.00

It's a suitcase full of pushers, pullers and adaptors.

One of these sets is with the guy who uses my P-Car. However, he is a bit on the stubborn side and swaps in the half shafts with pneumatic tools and the hub nut. I think he is likely to have problems.

Looks like you need more spares!

[joeg]

Doug--Call Ground Control for plates--actually all you need is the "slider"; fabricate your own plates.

Cheers

[Diane]

Originally posted by joeg:
Tim--You can occasioanlly stumble across the official Ford tool kit for that hub on ebay.

I got one about a month ago for under $20.00

Ouch! I've been looking for one, guess the ebay "watch" feature isn't working. The last email that matched the basic number was for late model cars.

Diane