as i said i nead help my car is slow and takes forver to excelarate nead help bad[>:][sm=smiley8.gif]

need more infomation like motor and tranny i look up some parts for just on the info u gave me but im sure ill need more

http://www.nopionline.com/nopistore/dsp_catalogs.cfm?vcatyear=1984&vmodelid=090&vmakeid=125&vtitle=FORD%20Escort

look to the left and u will see the different catagories al thouse parts r for ur car

yesterday we had 30mile winds and my car would not go more than 45

i found out that it is a 1.6 carb moter and automatic tranny

if any one knows where the power went and how to get it back please tell me

its hard to say i know ur car was not slowed down by just the wind, its hard to say cuz all the info u gave us isnt enough, does it make wierd noises? or anything??

it makes a slight pinging sound when you are making it excelarate and when trying to go up hills on the highway, it is hard to keep the spead limit on the hills it will drop from 65 to about 50

yo roundman help this guy im brain dead right now

sounds like a really tired engine to me, 20 years old now and a 4 banger at that. you need to check the compression in the cylinders to see if the rings or valves are worn out before you do anything else and waste any money on parts. the readings should be at least 80 psi and all of them should be within 10% of each other.

i think you can get a compression tester at autozone for like $20

hey thanks for the advice i will try it

If you really want to go fast, save that escort for a daily driver and buy a 2nd generation GT model, OR a 98-04 ZX2 model with a 5 sp. Those were the two fastest Escort models, low 16s...from there turbo kits, exhaust, intake and cams are only a few calls and dollar bills away. I've seen 2nd Gen EGTs do 11.8s and ZX2s do low 12s at the strip..so they can go fast.

new problem get this the car goes for a mile and a half then it drops down to 20 like a rocket then it dies. I put in a new fule pump and that did nothing for it what is the proble i nead it to run for just a weak and a half then i dont care if it does this

what condition are your plugs in. my escy used to foul them up really quick if i put through a bad batch of fuel.

how bout you buy a real car