hey chris welcome to the site hopefully youll find sumthing o help you
the escorts a good base car to work with. whats the enigne under it ?
somebody will be able to help you. think old git is using a 2ltr cozzy engine under his lotus elan rebuild
basic starters are standard duh
best start is under 1.6 induction kit ( which you have ) exhaust ( again you have ) fast road cam and power boost valve otherwise known as fuel pressure regulator