I know a few people on here have an x-thundersaloon race car and so I thought I would share this build. It is being stripped back to bare and rebuilt up with a new JG 700+BHP engine, along with a new bulk head, paint etc (the last guy to fab the bulkhead did shockingly sh#t job)

Car was taken off the track after its last race, enginer removed to be fitted into a race car/kit car and the shell was sold where it sat in a garge for 14/15years. The engine was purchased about 8/9 years ago and even turned over

Spec is 14.5 wide tyres, metro 6R4 back end which bolts to the cage, MASSIVE undrfloor reserve tank and m-sport bag tank, mag hubs all round, 909 rack and more.

The aim is to have this on the track at ford fair next year

First job was to wash off years of gargae crap lol...

 

Looking forward to the updates.

 

Im loving that.

 

I like the look of that
What colours it going to end up?
You got any colour schemes in mind?

 

Needs to go Black...will look like the Escos in the Collins Performance adverts!!

Looks mega mate

 

Looking forward to seeing this finished

 

that looks mad & i thought my arches were big .

 

Fuck me, what an awesome looking car

Can't wait to see this out running

 

cant wait to see more pics going to look one mean car when done good look with it

 

Glad to see there is a dedicated resto thread for this car. I'll look foward to updates

 

Brilliant thread looking forward to the updates!

 

Awesome looking bit of kit...

 

Cool car, is it going to get raced back in the Thundersaloons or is it just going to be a track weapon ?

Glad you did a resto thread of it.

 

really looking forward to this ,are you going 2 or 4wd mattman?

 

holy shit that looks awesome ! ill be watching this

 

Thanks for all the comments guys ,



Staying red to keep with the history

track

2WD , with a new sequental box

 

Cool, would be nice to get out with it at some point, would make for some good pictures !

 

What are the panels extensions made from ?
Fiberglass ? Steel? Ali?
Who did the conversion ?
Any history about the car?

 

That is fooking epic never seen an escort thunder saloon cant wait to see it finished

 

Google Escat

Its a GRP/Kevlar kit afaik, the car did run a Jag XJ220 engine, serious bit of kit although I don't think it actually done very well.

 

https://passionford.com/forum/pictur...-saloon-5.html

Is this the same car as on this thread?

 

Wow that looks evil ,love it

 

awesome no worries about grip with this lol

 

Sure is.

Ginge

 

All panels are Kevlar but I have all the moulds and thinking of going carbon. Depends on costs tho.

Will get a little more history on the car soon.

 

That looks mad

 

Awesome! Love that car, always wondered what happened to it.

Where's it been hiding/why has it been hiding?!

 

Came 4th once!

Ginge

 

The just looks soo mean, can't wait for updates!

 

Look at these tyres size!!

 

absolutly mental! this should be a good project!

 

ooooooooooooo looks blooming mental already

 

some work done today

Fuel tank removed and the the tank tank housing re-sealed.
The alloy tank is the second tank mounted to the underside, and the notch is for the prop shaft. lol

 

Slightly worrying how the fuel tank setup had been done.

I bet that diff has hard a hard life with those tyres and the old engine !

Keep the updates coming, really interesting car.

 

Dave Motterham was Tyndalls mechanic, he co drives rally's still, im sure he was with Nigel Drew in an Impreza earlier this year. I'm sure he would be interested in knowing that this was being put back together..

Ginge

 

Really looking forward to seeing this one progress.

 

Cool project.Looking forward to the updates.

 

Like the look of that.

 

now that's a hardcore aggressive escort!!

 

Love it, what size are the tyres on it?