Ive had a mk4 escort wrapped up in my workshop for sometime, its stripped, caged, and needing finishing off soon now i have some time to play

i own it with a good freind of mine as a track toy

so, i have a spare 7.2:1 yb bottom end, long studded block, head, (wonder where that came from lol ,RIP shonkey)

and im having miller 3`s old shell for the floor

how about 450-500bhp RWD?

rude not to imo

i will start a resto thread on her soon, and plan to get the ball rolling soon,

all work to be done in house again

might fab some wide arches and make a funky beam up aswell

 

Oooooooooohhhhhhh sounds the bollocks to me

 

Look forward to the build thread

 

going to get the engine sat right back in the bulkhead aswell ,to keep the weight back towards the center

 

copy cat pmsl


yeah sounds like a plan fella will have to be a cossie powerd thrash went there all done .

funky beam x 2 lol

beef

 

i`ll have to have a look at yours for ideas beefy lol

 

midengined

 

sounds like a good project

 

would be cool, but transmission would be a nightmare and very costly i reckon

 

What was that a reply to?

If it was to the comment about mid engined, then you are mistaken IMHO, it will bolt up to a mondeo V6 gearbox and they are pretty strong

 

hmm, i would deffo consider it,

just to be different

 

this is why i started this thread tbh, for ideas on what to do with it,

i have most of the engine, and the shell

 

could u not use a renault 25 box ??

sure they have been used in something else poss lotus?

Paul

 

i want lots of power though, 500ish is the aim

although the car will be very light,

but i want it to be bullet proof, not blowing boxes every time i use it

 

I've always like the idea of a E30 M3 evo with a coosie lump

Handles well looks fantastic

Paul

 

9 second e30 with m5 turbo lump do anything for ya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN8pk8L9_ac

 

nice

A guy i know had a E30 with a E36 lump which was a nice car also had 850 wheels on it too

Sorry for the hijack James

Paul

 

So much for staying away from cossies then

 

knew it wouldnt last long most people come back

 

this was always the plan,

i new id always have some form of cossie in my life, but just not as a daily runner

 

no bother fella,

you need any measurements ect drop me a line ,


mine should start moving along a little now ive got a genarator ect ,

got a mate whos going to start work on a modded rear beam soon hopefully , and well the motors off for balancing ect when i get the funds , till then ill be prepping the shell to speed things up when it gets into jackos

good luck fella , ill be keeping an eye out


beef

 

danger, it starts all over again lol

 

Well done mate.Its nice to have a little toy.

 

I got a floor if any of you need it

 

Sounds spot on this James...

 

Get some pics up you old cnut

 

soon pal

 

i knew you wouldn't stay away from cossie power

 

Sounds good

 

aint it been done to death lol !

 

not by me, i fancy making a track car to use...and have most of the required parts

why does it matter if someone else has done it? im not after brownie points

 

brownie points nah you want to do one then fair play but imo to go to that trouible to build a track car id use a little bit more imagination than a mk4 escort lol