some of you may have seen this on here for sale a while back all built ready for cosworth!!!
oh well after a lot more work then maybe lol,its had a shed load of money thrown at it well up to the engine bay anyway,after some head scratching knowing things were not right apart from the obvious brakelines and fuel pressure reg mounted on the hotside
and a visit from mel it seems that the tunnel is wrong,gear lever hole wrong, box mounted to far forward, lol and some repairs needed to front chassis legs,apart from that it should be a straight forward conversion.
had a few of these but none with a rear set up like this one will launch mint on the strip but dont know what it will be like on the roads,should be fun it has a full ladderbar set up
with in board strange coilovers and a 9" mustang axle with a locker diff,full cage etc
heres a few pics for now will set about cutting off the engine cradle tommorra as the captive nuts have sheared









the engine thats going in just stage 3 for now

 

Very nice and motor looks very nice mate

 

hi tony its carl marks mate
very nice mk1 i think ive seen that car before did you have any look with the front brakes for the saff

 

i love mk1 escort's and yours is one of them now but get rid of the crank pulley it lets the motor down big time but very nice

 

lol mate didnt realise got all new pulleys just havent got round to putting them on does look shit thou lol.

carl will sort them out for you bud was talking to mark said you were having change of plans

 

is this ment for me as iv been getting some parts of mark for my car

 

thats the fuckin tits

 

no mate

 

got a bit more done on the mk1 today fitted some aero catches on the bonnet
while i got my head around chopping some holes in the chassis to get to the captive nuts



then trial fitted the new wcxm to the engine,was expecting to have to trim it back to clear the sump as i want to keep the standard 2wd item and not go the rs2000 route
found ive got about 10mm gap so im hoping it will be alright ?





next pics show the repairs needed on the chassis leg where the wcxm mounts
cut a inch slit both ds and ps to get into the captive nuts



the problem lol


last lot show the problem with the box about 2 inch to far forward also the brake
lines and fuel line on the hot side





and finally all the stuts,t5,& old xmember stripped out and the new wcxm fitted
test fitting the engine tommorrow and will repostion the box etc

 

Yo mate, the wcxm looks a nice fit on there, AND YOU NEED TO LOSE THAT BRAKE PIPE SET UP!....... while you at it, you mite as well take that fuel pipe out the way as its going to be on the other side plus inside the car! Plus as well mate the wcxm bolts mount will be getting tube mounted to the chassis remmber......
Top work tony mate...]













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looks a realy good project, shame about all that extra work you got to sort out.

 

Tony love that extra work on his hands, he just can not help him self!:gr in:

 

hi mate have you just bought this car

 

i,ll just sort out the straight forward stuff leave all the complicated bits and fab to you lol



graham c, yes mate few weeks back,good start just needs a bit fettle here and there

 

I must say mate your doing realy well....
its going to be another Mk1 escort in the NORTHEAST to kick ass...

 

that looks VERY nice

 

done a bit more today stripped the rest of the bay brakelines/fuel etc modded
the lip on the bulk head.



then dropped the engine in for a test fit







happy with the position, height etc plenty of clearance front and back
so tommorra gonna get the box mounted and re do the gear lever appature
then can strip it all out ready for mel to seam weld and gusset the bay

 

ive sent you a pm

 

Spot on tony mate, you doing realy well!
nice job on the bulkhead seam lip...
Plus that motor realy sitting nice in the bay!
TOP JOB!

 

cheers bud,seemed plenty of room even with the manifolds on,will be fun tommorra
me trying to squeeze under the car with the box lol "new years res DIET"
moved the seat down and back as well seems a bit better still need greasing to get in thou lol

 

stop eating all the pies you fat f**cker lol ,looking good mate keep it up,and Mell its about time yours was finished

 

YEAH!... yes it be finish't when i stop working on other cars.....

 

realy nice car!
wich propshaft do u use?
do you know if the std rs2000 one fot into an T5 box?

 

think this is the same colour as mine come to think of it

 

yes it dose but think you need inch taling off it. it a bit since i did mine

 

the motor look nice in there mate

 

cheers mate can you pm me where to get some of them pulleys you put on your 3 door?

 

"ITS ME GLANDS" lol

 

looks a similer garage to graham

 

DUDE! dont lie!
you said to me the other day'' saying you taking shape to be in the new film 'HULK 3' ..............

 

Fook me aint you been busy lol, can guarantee it will get built and sold,if it gets that far lol

The hulk ?? He told me, he is the new face of weight watchers

 

lol just naturally big boned lol

 

not done much to cold lol been messing about with wheel sizes here a few pics with 9x15s on the rear with 225/50/15s what do you think could possibly fit 10s with slight modifications opinions????????

 

looking real good love the wheels

 

Come on Tony get ya finger out

Great project

 

wot brakes you using under them wheels, you can get 2wd front cossie ones to fit easy

 

its got cossie rear brakes mate,and i thought you wanted to be the new giant haystacks tony lol

 

wot brakes are on the front tho?

 

am after a set for the front mate not sure what way to go with them yet,what you running on yours ?

 

the one in my sig woz 2wd and ran saff cossie 2wd 4 pots cheap to get hold of and not bad to fit ?285 disc! the one am building now is 4x4 ? give me a shout if you go 2wd 4 pots will get pics up of bracket