Johnny Knoxville

I read on Adrenaline forum that the RST has a weak floor pan

Is there a way of making it stiffer without fitting a roll cage?

KSA-Cossie

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By now most have rotten floor pans.

RAT8OY

A weak Floor pan?

In what way weak?

Yes if rusted to fuck!

Johnny Knoxville

Not sure just said it was weak?

RAT8OY

I would ask them for little more info.

I ran 350 odd Ibft through a good rust free shell and have had no issues, so I am a little confused by this.

Perhaps they mean in a crash.

Johnny Knoxville

I think it means that it twists a lot when on a track?

Christian and Beccy

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Of course, it is just a normal Escort shell. No different to a Cossie though IMO.

If you jack an Evo up on one corner, by the time you have the wheel a inch or two off the ground you'll have 3 wheels off the ground!!

However, if you jack a Cossie or an RST up on one corner, you'll be lucky if you can still open the door!!

Neither were designed with structural rigidity in mind.

You could brace the chassis in various ways, but a cage really would be the easiest in the long run.

diesel

Escorts are like paper iv had about 4 of them and im currently driving a s2 and it is solid but when you jack it up the doors dont open and shut properly The same goes for all the escort iv owned and iv crashed 2 of them, and thay got to be one of the worst in a crash they just fold ( dont put your kids in one) i would agree with what you have heard THERE WEAK AS FCUK

Billy_RS

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I cant shut the passenger side door on my mk3, cos i jacked it up and had the front end on axle stands for a week.

Bowed the whole car

Rick

I cut out the inner sills on both sides, and had them seam welded in with new ones, and that seems to have helped a lot! Doors open and close when jacked, and as soon as u startto lift one side, the whole side lifts.

The frame connectors that Danny B does would work wonders imo.

petermintrst

at the minute i drive an xr3i mk4 with gaz coilovers and a 6 point roll cage, I will be getting an rs turbo next yr and putting the suspension on that, however I wont be fitting the cage.

Im assuming from whats being said above, that the handling wont be anywhere near as good as the car with a cage?!

Oranoco

I noticed a massive improvement in the cars rigidity when the cage went in. Really surprised me how soggy a non caged shell feels.

LEE-RS

There around the same as any other car built around that time

Johnny Knoxville

Do you have some on your car?

Got any pics

akito-man

im getting some wheels for my mig! fcuk it