HELLO ALL,I'VE RECENTLY BOUGHT A 1977 MK2 ESCORT MEXICO WITH A X PACK FITTED.MY INTENTIONS ARE TO PUT A COSWORTH ENGINE AND GEARBOX IN IT AND USE IT ON THE TRACK,I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FIT ALL THE REAR SUSPENSION AND DIFF OFF A 2WD SAPPHIRE COSWORTH ,JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS DONE THIS SUSPENSION CONVERSION OR KNOW OF ANYONE THAT HAS.ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED.THANKS

 

there was someone on turbosport who had their mk2 with cossie rear axle set up etc, a while back cant remember the site but if you do a search on turbosport maybe youll find it,

Good luck

Ste

 

thanks ste,i'll have a look

 

you will have to sign up but this is worth a read
http://forums.turbosport.co.uk/bbs/s....php?p=1069076

 

i've got a sierra rear beam on my mk1, but it's been modded to run double wishbones rather than the std semi trailing arms.

the mounts fit quite nicely to boxes on the chassis rails

 

how do you mean double wish bones,have they been taken off another car or have they been made?
any photos would be gratefully appreciated.

 

i made it all myself. the car is at home in england though, and i don't have any photo's. i lost them all when my pc crashed and i had to reformat the hard drive.

if you don't know what double wishbone suspension looks like, just look at any proper race car, they all use them.

this is a double wishbone setup on the front of a kit car. imagine that on the back of an escort with the diff in the centre and modified sierra hubs with driveshafts

[img]www.sylva.co.uk/ pix/mojo2fntsusp.jpg[/img]

 

I'm sure I saw one being built on DJmotorsports' website with lods of pics.

 

andyescos, i'll be moving back to england in october. i'll be in your neck of the woods, working in basingstoke. i'd love to come and see the mk2 that you're building up. maybe one day i'll be able to bring my mk1 to a meet to show you what i've donem but at the moment it's up in norfolk with no front brakes.

 

My m8s not to far from andy and his mk2 is going 4x4 cossie using all the running gear hope to be getting it out the garage soon to get it finished and get a lot more pics

 

gis a shout when ya over chap, there's a few Basingstoke guys on here aswell.

 

will do. thanks.

 

hi guys am putting cossie lump in mk 1 and dont no wot axle to fit .the mexico ones no good thats in, i no that so its 4 sale help any one

 

The best axle to get for a cossie turbo'ed escort is an Atlas, as it a lot stronger and can handle the torque..

Lee