Hey.. i am coverting my escos to 2wd.
is there anyone here that has done this before? experiences?bad writing i know

i am using the t5 gearbox , the 7,5 diff from sierra cos ,etc
i am building the engine for 500 bhp.
the car has been totaly restored..
this used to be the car on my profile photo

 

Getting popular now 2wd'ing the escos.

My project escos is going 2wd....

What do you want to know?

Cheers
Dan

 

hey. i know that the axel has to be shorter. but is it the front of the axel or the rear part you have to cut? and is 35mm the right length?

 

white plenum

 

rear prop requires shortening by 60mm

Head over to escortrscosworth.com this thread has been covered lots of times with all the answers in one place there.

Cheers
Dan

 

Dan@Rapidford has a 2wd escort, or atleast he used to

 

I still do and I've got it back out now

 

Got any pics or a link to a thread about the car?

Cheers
Dan

 

Is it 100 percent 60mm. I've heard verious different size's now.

I called abc motorsport yesterday, to see if they would do the prop for me,according to fast ford magazine they are big in the rwd escort cosworth scene.
But they said they got it done by another company and said i'd be better off finding someone else to do it.... I couldn't even get an answer out of him on how much to remove as he couldn't remember. Chusdy!

 

sure Dan at rapid ford could help if you ask him
I bought a few bits of him and very helpful and nice bloke,

 

That was the old owners of abc who built that rwd escoz so the new guys probably would not no ...

The answer to your questions is yes its 60 mm and its best to remove it from the front of the rear section if that makes sense..

If you get stuck send it to me ill shorten it for you ..

Hope this helps .

 

There is a thread in resto room but TBH its nothing special. Its got a few nice bits on it and it looks nice but thats about it not much to talk about really.

I'll update the post at some point with some arsing about pictures shortly.

Cheers
Dan

On another note if you make it 60mm shorter it makes it easier to get the prop on and off from the pinon on the diff.

Mine was made 55mm and is a bastard to get off

 

You could send the prop to Reco prop in Luton they have done a couple for me in the past but they are expensive.

 

cheers for the heads up

 

ive said it before.
if you find the output shaft from a granada automatic gearbox you do not need to touch your prop. it slips into the t5 and bolts onto the rubber donut

 

ive got a prop for mine i can give you the overall length tomm night compared to a norm 2wd one if you want

 

yes mate, that would great if you can. So I can check my figures. I'm going to a company in bexley heath, kent called J.w Engineering to get the work done and they want to know exact measurments. Measure twice and cut once and all that.
cheers Aaron

 

What shape granada?
I tryied using a scorpio granada prop I had sitting on the side and it was way too long.
Also can a 4wd prop be used?
Regards Aaron

 

ive done my conversion last month and taken 60mm out of the rear section and its Too f**king short and i'm now going to have a spacer made between the prop and diff.

to make the prop fit like it does on a standard to 2wd saph it would have to be shorten to 48mm on my escos but to give room i wish id shortened mine 52mm to be safe now mine simply is not in the gearbox far enough.

 

it is any automatic granada you need from 89 on. it is not the whole prop you use but only the output shaft from the auto box that is about six inches long and immediatly turns into a rubber donut triangle flange when it exits the gearbox.
obviously this then bolts onto the standard rubber donut on your standard escos prop.
i will take a pic of the spare one i have and also the one fitted to my escos when i get it back from the painters

 

Ah so you put this on an escort cos prop not on a 2wd one. Will try to sort this out.
Cheers bud

 

Can't you just take the front drive shafts out

 

No you can`t. Senter diff will not give all torque on rear wheels