markk

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as per our disussion Tony, hold that unit till ive spoken to xtrac about ratios !!

cheers

mark

Micky The Finn

mark,why are you trying to reinvent the wheel?

just buy a proper car thats not a bitsa and will only go up in value.

James-W

I know the 8.5 squeezes in, would .5" make a difference if you were to try with a 9"?
James

Micky The Finn

the 8.5" front is almost half as thin as a 9" rear,so no,a 9" would not fit.
but why try to fit a 9" rear when an 8.5" front is all you need?and this is going on a restricted rally car!!

James-W

It was mark who had suggested it, i was just wandering wether it fitted thats all mate.

and 1.20 a portion? thats cheap! theyre 1.50 at our local
James

markk

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what im trying to avoid in the front diff to sump problems that did give grief when the bolts came loose !! and fooked the diff and the sump and the engine in turn !

not only that but the cost would be less ( iff it works out that way) from buying an 8.5" passive and mag sump, plus easier servicing of the car !

James-W

you got any pics of the new car mark?

Thanks, James

Micky The Finn

if you mean on my car thats because the sump was broken and had been repaired very badly,i should never have refitted that sump before getting it repaired correctly and had the modification from the original casting done,and this was a 7.5" diff remember and does not bolt up anywhere near as well as an 8.5" but eitherway if you lock wire the bolts correctly they can never come lose ever.

the modified sump i got off bara for Ł850 was perfect once fitted.

markk

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hmmm descisions descisions !

im just looking at options yet, im thinking of letting you find me a complete group a car yet and buying the lot to strip

markk

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no mate not really its up at Andrew gallachers waiting to be fettled

RWD_cossie_wil

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http://www.rallyusedparts.co.uk/getimage.cfm?adno=1876

Came across this earlier Looks like a good spec... Ought to just have bought a car like that than spending ŁŁŁŁ modding a road car

James-W

RWD_cossie_wil

That looks like a right bargain!

Micky The Finn

if it was the car as described,but its not,its a very old early 4x4 sapphire built into an escort shell,addvertised as having a 9" diff but it hasnt!!

Damocos

7" diff on a 4x4 sump.........

markk

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lol - ive found that out already - but then again i should have known that you would have already known !!

markk

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that wont last very long mate , cwp's dont like running backwards it just eats the pinions

looks very cool though -

RWD_cossie_wil

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I was considering buying it just for the 9" rear diff and flogging the car on again .... Thought it was way too cheap for the spec shame...

RWD_cossie_wil

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just on the offchance, no one has a 4x4 cossie group A front x-member and the front bladed ARB's for sale do they by chance? ( *cough* tim Cough)

Martin-Hadland

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Looks all well and good on an engine stand but why bother when a bolt in 7" R&D would do the same job?

Micky The Finn

perhaps he has tried r+d,

RWD_cossie_wil

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Ruined & Destroyed?

markk

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perhaps he has one on order, Roger said it would be two weeks (R+D time) and decided he would be able to make one himself faster ???

Martin-Hadland

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R&D front diffs are not bad at all but it all depends on usage, people slag the 6 speed R&D but I used one for 18 months and still sold it for almost the cost price when I offloaded. R&D customer service is wank but old Rog does sell some decent stuff

Martin-Hadland

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Not

Damocos

Nowt to do with me Just seen it on another website Not sure how he'd get round the reverse on the crownwheel & pinion but as a cheap option and the fact that you could then run 3.14 diffs is quite interesting

GARETH T

the diff's upside down

RWD_cossie_wil

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Just remember talking to Sean at Zoo when he had his grey Escos, the air was quite blue when he was talking about R&D

Martin-Hadland

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Both Sean and I ran the same box, his lasted 2 weeks mine did 18 months and loads of abuse and 0-60 in 2.88 secs.....

RWD_cossie_wil

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I'm not knocking R&D at all, never used any of thier kit so can't comment, I seem to remember Sean was more unhappy about the lack of customer service than anything else. Sorry just thought Ruined & Destroyed sounded funny

James-W

how much would a genuine group a car set me back, with the above spec, but in a real escos with 9" diff etc?
Thanks James

Micky The Finn

but the car addvertised is nothing like a genuine group A car so no comparison.

a proper group A escort just sold in austria for 60,000 euros.

ian sibbert

Proper car with the right bits would and should be about the 35K, and that car would not resemble the car in the ad at all pal.....

ian sibbert

doh .......beat me too it Tim.....

Tony Ryan

i have the correct front cross member , it incorporates the ARB mounts .

James-W

sorry ian/tim i know nothing about rallycars , was just interested.
Thanks for the info though!
James

ian sibbert

That'll be LHD is it Tony?

Tony Ryan

hi Ian ,
Its from a lhd Escort Gpa that i have here , it looks like right or left hand drive use is possible with plenty of room , i would be interested to hear if thats not possible tho ??

ian sibbert

Its usually the scallop out of the rack that determines LH or RHD, AFAIK they were only ever produced (by Vincent) any way in LHD, we've had to modify our to get the RHD rack to fit....

Is that x-member off a race, rallycross or rally car?

markk

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seeing as this thread has diversified for the better ive renamed it !!

GARETH T

out of intrest ian, whos vincent?