High Class Escort (Mk2 tarmac rally car thing)

[Baron von Teuchter]

Wheels.

I was pretty keen on minilites but a mate put me into these:

http://www.revolutionwheels.com/wheels/road/4-spok...

Pretty good value and available in 13x8 & 13x9.

[Baron von Teuchter]

Pedal box arrived, complete with master cylinders and a brake bias bar:

[Baron von Teuchter]

Engine mounts:

[Baron von Teuchter]

Mighty Atlas and dinky little type e box.

I’m more used subaru gearboxes, this thing is tiny...and light!

Edited by Baron von Teuchter on Wednesday 5th September 18:00

[Gary C]

Anyone else opened this thread and was dissapointed to find it was about cars

And then found it was about old ford escorts and was happy again

[Baron von Teuchter]

I dont know what you mean

[anonymous-user]

That's a really cool project.

[Baron von Teuchter]

bulldong said:

That's a really cool project.

Thanks very much. Not much happening yet, just collecting bits.

I need to prime the whole shell pronto and crack on with dry build before she goes for paint (and i need to make THE decision. Back to green today. Stay tuned) :

Engine mounts
Sort steering rack position and maybe replace cross member and rack mounts
Get all the various brackets in place
Make sure all holes are in the right place!

[Baron von Teuchter]

The stock duratec looks a bit, well, pants.




Hardly a high priority but some of these billet cam covers are lovely:

[Baron von Teuchter]

Another delivery today

Watts link front cover for the atlas:

[Baron von Teuchter]

And the Duratec to Rocket bellhousing:

[Baron von Teuchter]

I need to make a decision on suspension very soon.

As much as I'd love a set of Reigers my budget won't stretch to £6k for four coilovers.

Gaz do a set of adjustable front coilovers that already have stub axles attached.



They also do matching rears with 2.25" springs so i can fanny about with spring rates. I've never had any Gaz suspension components on any car I've owned, anyone know anything about them?

I'm hoping for something akin to an s2 Elise setup - softly spung with firm damping and awesome body control. Spring rate easy enough to adjust but i want something with a proper range of bump and rebound adjustment.

I could just go down the traditional road of front inserts with a coilover conversion and separate dampers & coil springs on the back. Bilstein do adjustable dampers for such an application.

http://grp4fabrications.com/product_info.php?produ...

Edited by Baron von Teuchter on Wednesday 12th September 14:59

[avenger286]

I wouldn't touch gaz if I was you. From personal experience there stuff is nowhere near as good as bilstein or avo. There customer service is brilliant but product is just better than Chinese stuff in my opinion.
Think it's a brilliant project that could ultimately be let down by the suspension if you went with gaz.

[rdodger]

I have used Gaz on a few car projects. For the money they are fine.

[SlimJim16v]

Baron von Teuchter said:

Wheels.

I was pretty keen on minilites but a mate put me into these:

http://www.revolutionwheels.com/wheels/road/4-spok...

Nope, it has to be Minilites.

[Baron von Teuchter]

avenger286 said:

I wouldn't touch gaz if I was you. From personal experience there stuff is nowhere near as good as bilstein or avo. There customer service is brilliant but product is just better than Chinese stuff in my opinion.
Think it's a brilliant project that could ultimately be let down by the suspension if you went with gaz.

Thanks. This is exactly what I’m worried about!

[Baron von Teuchter]

SlimJim16v said:

Baron von Teuchter said:

Wheels.

I was pretty keen on minilites but a mate put me into these:

http://www.revolutionwheels.com/wheels/road/4-spok...

Nope, it has to be Minilites.

I think you might be right

They look just right on a low and wide mk2.

[logie1980]

if i was building a mk2 again think i would go www.exe-tc.co.uk/classic-historic

[Baron von Teuchter]

logie1980 said:

if i was building a mk2 again think i would go www.exe-tc.co.uk/classic-historic

Hmmm good idea, i'll maybe give them a shout. Nitron too maybe.

"Building a mk2 again"? Rally car?

[logie1980]

Baron von Teuchter said:

Hmmm good idea, i'll maybe give them a shout. Nitron too maybe.

"Building a mk2 again"? Rally car?

yeah built 1 and rebuilt another from sprint car to tarmac rally car. Still have the rebuilt one, the other one was stolen never to be seen again!!!!!