erst estate going 4wd,now on the road

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by marky_g tell ya what there wont be many of these about lol im hoping that aswell mate lol

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[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Glenny Boy

Top work mate.Not long till its finished.

the plan is to get all the car together and finished except for the engine,then once ive found a job i can get on with getting the engine built that way i can just drop the engine in once its complete,im aiming to have it on the road and complete(ish) for central day next year,if its run in and setup i might even take it up the strip aswell and hope the gearbox doesnt crap itself lol

[JMS Erst]

Its definately looking good jonesy! just a couple things, i`m not 100% sure but think the focus st170 alloys are ET52 offset if that helps, don`t take my word on this tho, and for the gearbox.. any chance you could just drop a borg box in from a 2wd cos, i`m sure some1 once said it will take more before
looks like you have a nice bit of room for a massive intercooler in the front there now
keep up the good work.

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by JMS Erst

Its definately looking good jonesy! just a couple things, i`m not 100% sure but think the focus st170 alloys are ET52 offset if that helps, don`t take my word on this tho, and for the gearbox.. any chance you could just drop a borg box in from a 2wd cos, i`m sure some1 once said it will take more before
looks like you have a nice bit of room for a massive intercooler in the front there now
keep up the good work.

the wheels are fiesta st wheels and only need small spacers just to clear the front struts a bit more,yeh the 2wd boxes are slightly stronger but im going 4wd for now but might look into fitting a skyline gearbox,yeh got loads of room up front for the rad and intercooler just got to sort out what rad i can use,cheers for the comments

[rscombi.]

keep it up mate will be good to see it finished !

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by rscombi.

keep it up mate will be good to see it finished !

cheers mate i will be making a start on it again over the weekend,going to make up all the templates needed to fill in all the gaps,i will get all the plates made up from the templates then i will get them welded in the weekend after hopefully

[JMS Erst]

martyn hadland put a skyline box in his, saying that i don`t think it bolts up directly i`m sure he made up his own bellhousing to cater for this, it may be worth having a word with him to see where you stand.. who knows he might be able to sort out a couple parts for your build i wanted to turn my cvh turbo in the bay and use a T9 box in a similar fassion to a 1.8 saph for rwd at 1 point, it might still happen yet lol

[Mr.T]

Great work mate. But i don't really like the morrets.

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Mr.T

Great work mate. But i don't really like the morrets.

the headlights arent a definate to go on the car yet,i will see what they look like when i get my front bumper modified how i want it

[Mr.T]

Originally Posted by jonesymk2

the headlights arent a definate to go on the car yet,i will see what they look like when i get my front bumper modified how i want it

Ok well looks like a nice build. Like the rwd estate idea

[CozzyKing]

Loving this project, will be cool as when it's finished mate. Saw you at ford fair last year and I really liked the car then but this evolution looks like it's gona be awesome.

[jonesymk2]

as some people will have spotted a few of my posts im looking at converting to a skyline gearbox so im now selling my 4x4 gearbox,the reason is that if i want to up the power at a later date im going to have to be carefull with the gearbox as they are at the limit up to about 400bhp,i thought about going rwd after seeing the video of the oddkid creations s1,trouble is i was going 4wd as i love the way a 4wd cossie launches off the line

the solution was to go with a skyline gearbox,the early r32 upto r33 gearboxes run a pump for the centre diff so with the correct pieces they can be made to run switchable 2wd to 4wd without damaging the centre diff,it will take me a little longer due to job circumstances at the minute but will be worth it in the long run

the way ive been looking at it is that if i go with this option i will never really get to the power where the box will be on its limit,this way i will have a strong gearbox and once the modification is done its a money saver as if i ever had a cossie gearbox go i would obviously have to replace it so would already be on par with the cost of the skyline conversion

another reason im doing this conversion now rather than later when i up the power a bit is cause ive still got work and welding to do to the transmission tunnel,also as i need to get a rear prop made up it will save me having to spend more money on another prop,this way i can do all the work needed then paint it and do the other bits to fit to the tunnel rather than get everything finished then have to take it apart again and modify everything then finish it all over again,theres quite a bit of work involved but imo its a worthwile modification and will be another different aspect to the car

[Glenn.]

Good lad.Now get out in the garage and get this car finished.

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Glenny Boy

Good lad.Now get out in the garage and get this car finished.

ha ha ive got a few things to do tomorrow then once they are done i will be in the garage all day monday getting ready to finish the welding,once my cossie box has sold i will get the skyline gearbox as soon as i can so i can start on the tunnel mods

[Matt carter]

skyline gearbox

what sort or power are you looking to have. or is it just for reliability.

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Matt carter

skyline gearbox

what sort or power are you looking to have. or is it just for reliability.

hoping for about 350bhp to start with but will up the power at a later date so at least if ive already got a strong gearbox i wont have to worry about it breaking at higher power

[Matt carter]

Originally Posted by jonesymk2

hoping for about 350bhp to start with but will up the power at a later date so at least if ive already got a strong gearbox i wont have to worry about it breaking at higher power

Thinking ahead i like it.

[Dr Knockers]

hows u getting on with this jonesy? any updates??

[ricky226]

[CozzyKing]

Good man, I am looking into doing the same for my sapphire as I know that the 24 valve cosworth motors with big boost just chew standard mt75 boxes up in no time at all.

[graham c]

if its not a megga money think i will do the same

[sb_08exe]

hello,
i am sorry for may english, bin from romania,
i have a kadet digi dash and wont to mount it in my mk7 can you help me anyhow?
some diagrams? how did you do the spedometer ? i have a cabel not electric speedometer what must i buy to make it acurat, and what other parts do i need?
maby you remember the pins from the dashbord witch what indicates?

[jonesymk2]

no more progress yet as im just trying to sell the cossie box to fund the skyline box a bit,plus im working again now so can start buying bits again

[combi van man]

hows the project going mate?? done anymore??
i mite be getting my bro inlaws rwd escort estate as he lost interest just be the shell tho.the engine he built now lives in his sapp so he said he aint bothered about it,
i hope i get it as i miss my combi

[bonus_boy]

bigggg changes since i last read your thread..

awsome stuff

[RS1HEN]

any more updates?

[Billy_RS]

Update? What you been doing all this time? Come on!

[jonny s2]

great conversion dude,never saw it at fordfair

[jonesymk2]

progress has been almost non existent on this due to a few personal things and also got layed off from work at the start of the year,ive managed to get hold of a good welder now so when i get some money i can get some gas and wire and then get going on it again,i managed to get hold of some .5mm pistons and a 4x4 fuel rail and regulator which turned up this morning


i already had the rods which i bought last year so put the pistons on them,i also bought a t35 turbo the other week from a mate


im having to put the skyline gearbox idea on the back burner for a while as i just want to get the car up and running now so im keeping my rebuilt cossie box,then when money allows or if i break the cossie box i will start buying the parts for the skyline conversion

[Billy_RS]

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Billy_YUM

i want this done this year lol earlier the better,might need a hand from you and lewi at some point mate to get the running gear out from under the car once i get chance to get it on axle stands

[Billy_RS]

Originally Posted by jonesymk2

i want this done this year lol earlier the better,might need a hand from you and lewi at some point mate to get the running gear out from under the car once i get chance to get it on axle stands

No doubt. As long as your helping with YUM

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Billy_YUM

No doubt. As long as your helping with YUM

yeh i suppose i could lend a hand doing YUM mate u know where i am

[gazcope09]

Hi mate (new on here) just been reading your thread looking really well.Can i just ask where you got those headlights from,as im doing an estate up myself. cheers.

[Billy_RS]

Jonesy sell him the Morettes!

[jonesymk2]

little bit of an update as ive managed to get a bit done even though im not working and skint lol i will ask billy YUM to put a few pics up when he gets chance,ive now finished all the welding underneath and just got the bulkhead to finish welding to join up to the tunnel,ive also got a few patches to sort out at the back end of the sills and the bottom of the rear 1/4s aswell but thats just minor welding really,billy YUM has been helping me a fair bit so thanks to him for that,weve managed to clean all the areas underneath that needed welding then as billy was cleaning those up i started welding the metal in that we had cut from templates we made up,we then painted underneath with hammerite up to the point where theres still welding to be done,i also welded some plates to the front chassis legs in the engine bay to give the bay a smoother look,that has all been ground down and filler applied to places in the bay and its all rubbed down now and in spray primer,hopefully i will have the major welding finished next week so all that will be left will be the sills and 1/4s,ive currently got the block bolted in the bay with a head bolted on and wiring sat in place so i can mock up parts and drill mounting holes and figure out where parts are going to go so it makes it a bit easier when i come to put it all together properly,hopefully i will get billy to put some pics up tommorrow for me

[Billy_RS]

Even better..... I'll do it now.

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Ill take some more up to date photos tomorrow

[jonesymk2]

cheers mate much appreciated lol

[RAPID 3DR]

nice to see it agen mate
that gocart looks nippy with that lump in it.
wot cc is that then?

[jonesymk2]

yeh im finally getting quite a lot done on it now with a fair bit of help from my mate billy,got the front and rear suspension bolted on today as i think it doesnt have to come off again now,yeh gokart is quite nippy but have only had a little go on it as it twisted the chassis lol its a zx9r engine with an unrestricted aftermarket rear exhaust on it so between 140 and 150 bhp lol