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	If you own a Ford Escort, ZX2, or any Mazda BG chassis car, check out the new FordEscorts.com forums. With a new theme, forums system, and a great management team we hope to improve and contribute to the Ford Escort community!
	Articles added: Ford Escort 2nd gen push button ignition, Finding information about your car for beginners, Jeep NV242 transfer case breakdown, Mazda BP engine advance, Zip tie plug wire looms. Articles updated: Alex's 97 Tracer build. Major updates coming soon, the promised Ford Escort specs and more factory manuals for various cars.
	Articles added: Exhaust flange fabrication with only a drill press, vise, die grinder, and angle grinder. Perfect how to for the DIY enthusiast who wishes to achieve better port matching than possible with most aftermarket headers, or for creating turbo manifolds. Relatively inexpensive and not extremely labor intensive, more updates coming later with pictures of the welded on headers.
	Articles added: VW Beetle Ghia & type 3 68 or earlier - lowering the rear, VW Bus & type 2 66-79 - narrowing the beam & welding adjusters for lowering front, VW Bus & type 2 67 or earlier - building dropped spindles. Three great articles about various customization performed to older air cooled VWs for lowering purposes, courtesy of Franz and kustomcoachwerks.com.
	Articles added: CVH SPI SRF engine project. One of the most interesting applications for a 2.0L Ford Escort CVH SPI engine by far. Includes excellent porting and flow data, and examples of how to utilize the engine being in the back of the vehicle. Articles updated: Exhaust back pressure myth.
	Articles added: Shortening struts, Welding & modifying struts. Answers to anyone who's ever contemplated about the possibility of customizing struts whether it's due to budget, custom requirements, or both. Info about welding, shortening the length (courtesy of Franz), and making custom coilover perches.
	Added Mazda MX-3 factory manuals courtesy of mx-3.com. Sure to be useful to any BG chassis car owner. The manual has been optimized with the highest png image compression for your viewing pleasure. Articles added: Welding & modifying struts, Ford 5.4 broken spark plug removal. Articles updated: Alex's 97 Tracer build, Ford Escort slave cylinder rebuild‎, Honda cam seal replacement‎, Honda Civic 96-00 timing belt replacement‎.
	Added 3 new Ford Escort builds: Lowetgt's 91 Escort GT, Skuce's turbo 95 Escort GT, & Zexcort's turbo 94 Escort GT from the Fordescorts.com forums. More updates on the Eager beaver Lamborghini crash coming up, once all MX-3 factory manuals have been added. New version of the oil filters article coming up, along with the promised Ford Escort specs.
	Updates to the power steering elimination article, along with Alex's 97 Tracer build. Coming up: modifying & welding struts, and all the specs and torque settings for Ford Escorts 91+. New articles: Ford Escort dashboard & steering column removal
	Exclusive Lamborghini crash report from Sarasota, Florida! What happens when 600 hp of AWD perfection is in the hands of a careless driver? Read the Eager beaver Lamborghini crash for the entire story. "I was driving the Audi SUV as the Lamborghini came flying into me at 45 mph, knocking down a lamp post just a split second before" said a worker who was nearly killed in the accident.
	New 18", 19", and 20" wheel weights, courtesy of wheelsto.com. Great photos of each wheel being weighed are available of the following wheels: ‎360 Forged CF5, ‎360 Forged Mesh 10, ‎Advan RS, ‎Advan RS-D, ‎Advan RZ, ‎Alloy Technic B9, ‎Alloy Technic Mesh, ‎AVS F7, ‎BBS CH-R, ‎BBS LM, ‎BBS LM-R, ‎COR Brava Monobloc, HRE C90, ‎HRE P40, ‎HRE P43, ‎VMR V710, ‎Volk CE28N, ‎Volk G2, ‎Volk Progressive ME, ‎Volk Racing TE37, ‎Volk Racing RE30, ‎Work Emotion Kai.
	DIY low compression pistons, muffler turbos, naturally aspirated intercoolers, Corvette trucks, wooden dashboards, are just a few of the fail creations in the worst mods gallery. Seen a potential contestant? Upload them and add them to the gallery! Articles added: Engine cleaning, Honda Civic 96-00 timing belt replacement, Honda cam seal replacement.
	While some are busy pondering the differences an intake will make, others like Kevin are re-engineering their subframes, mix and matching their frankenstein creations, and creating amazing builds on a budget. Be sure to check out his 91 AWD BG chassis turbocharged Tracer build. Sure to please any Mazda chassis and fabricator junkie.
	Articles added: Scrapping metal for money guide, written to give anyone a brief introduction to cashing in on all the excess metal left over from performing mechanical work. Good for the environment and your pocket, especially in today's economy.