Hi guys this is my project. Ive been following a few on here and really wanted to do one of my own.

I have been driving the car for about 6 months and was going to sell it but when i didnt make much money on e-gay i thought well why not have a go.

so here we go it wont be real quick progress but im hoping to have it finished within 12 months.

The plan is to convert it rwd with sierra running gear and then use a Ca18det from a nissan 200sx so we will see what happens.

Its going to look totally standard and im not even going to paint it.Standard even down to the original bonus seats. LOL.

Here are some pics of what i have done so far.
This is a pic of the car as i bought it

When i tried to sell it


The strip down


A little bit of rust on the rear of the floorpan but this will be strengthened anyway for the rear mounts

Little helper


Then i picked up this doner car for £140



So i started to srip this today



And here is what i am looking for


So this is where i am at so far and i will be updating as much as possible. Ill be making a spit for the escort soon so will update with that as well.
Hope you like so far.

 

Hello, Nice one I was going to fit a Ca18det/ sr20det into my rwd mk3 escort, but the cossy got the better of me .
Good engines tho and easy upgrades keep up the good work.

 

This will be a mint project.I will be keeping a eye on this.

 

good luck with it fella, should be a gud un when its done ,




shit i really should get on with my own lol


beef

 

Good one!!

Cheers, Chris

 

I recognise that Sierra, Did you have that picked up on a trailer from Penarth. Sure that was my mates brother car. I've got all the bits ready to do the same to an S2 RST.

Good luck with the project mate, will be keeping an eye on this one.

 

This sounds like a very interesting build... i'll be keeping an eye on it

 

will be interesting

 

Thanks for all the comments.
Im hoping that it will surprise a few people lol.

The sierra did come from penarth they were saying that one of their mates was building a rwd mk4 so that must be you.

Ive got to get over there next week and cut the front and rear strut towers out because im going to use these and keep the original sierra dampers and dimensions. Obviously i will upgrade the dampers and springs.

 

good luck mate, looks a great project

where in wales are you mate?

 

Yer thats me mate, not started it yet gonna be a few months yet, still doing my Mk2 Fiesta at the moment

 

Im in the brecon area mate.

Ive just managed to get myself a ca18ET so its only the 8 valve but its still a good engine and it was at a price that i could not miss so its not my original plan of the det but i will swap at a later date.

Am picking it up on wednesday so will get some pics up.

 

will watch this

 

thats looks better in the pics instead of sitting on my drive way

 

them axles are 20mm sorter than a cossie one,s so it will fit under better

 

Does anyone know how to get an lsd in there and what to use it from. Ive been told that an xr4i rear diff will fit. I would like to keep my driveshafts etc as dont want to be changing all that.

 

Got some more work yesterday and i also started to collect some bits.
I collected both engines and both gearboxes in the back of my mk3 escort. To say it was low would have been an understatement lol.

Here is the engine



I think it is running a standard t2 turbo but it has had the pop off valve blocked up.
Its all pretty clean too loads of parts have been powder coated

2 gearboxes


And a bucket of bits, Wiring ecu etc


I also finished cutting my sierra up for all the good bits lol





Ive had tunnel,rear turrets,front turrets

These are some of the other bits that i have salvaged


front suspension setup


Thats all for now

Sierra getting scrapped sunday and then i can start building my rollover jig.

DOES ANYONE KNOW THE HEIGHT OF THE ROLL JIG FOR A MK3/4 FROM THE GROUND TO THE CENTRE??

Hope you all like the progress not that there is much.

 

Got some more done in the last couple of days.

collected engines and gearboxes



Standard t2 i think so this will be changed at a later date

 

 

fantastic project mate, really looking forward to the updates

 

That isn't a CA18det.

Its an 8 valve lump from a zx turbo or sylvia (s12).

 

Good luck with it m8

 

garage19. i know its an et i put that in an above post. this came up cheap and i couldnt seem to find any det s in my budget that didnt need a rebuild.

Sorry for the double pics my comp said it wasnt loading so redid them and then i had 3posts lol

 

Did a bit more today

Started to build my roll over jig. So far its cost me £5 lol Ive got to do some more bracing on it but its done apart from that. Just got the front to do now.





I will get the other side done next week

 

More progress
I finished my roll over jig and got the engine out of the car so i could roll it over.
It cleared the roof by mm lol good measuring.

Ill post the pics that ive taken so far.









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I have taken all my measurement so i stripped the rear end. I have got a bit of work to do but i have ordered my steel and i shall be removing unwanted excess bits next week.