My Escort - Updated 19-Nov-2013 - more videos added
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LOL. Looking forward to Bedford to give it a good testing 
02-01-2011, 09:38 AM
#652
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car looks sweet, in two minds if i like the alloys or not, how much clearance do you have between the tyre and the arch? could they come out more with a spacer/different offset?
im sending you a like to my thread on MLR done a few changes to the car.
im sending you a like to my thread on MLR done a few changes to the car.
03-01-2011, 12:43 PM
#654
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Looks the buisness! It'll be a weapon at the ring.
03-05-2011, 11:55 AM
#657
Starts off slow (as I hadn't been on the new track lay-out) and gradually gets faster) 
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Still getting used to the gearbox, as a couple of times I let the revs drop too low and couldn't get it in second - it seems it needs above 2500rpm to go from 3rd to 2nd.
Unfortunately I didn't have the camera on during the first session, or I would have videoed Harvey spinning off in front of me
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Vids are in HD, so look good on the TV
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4W6puwUSX8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQKrEUeiXk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlpTllo3XgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFbcJ_D2Ob0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4onGXhF_oU
.Still getting used to the gearbox, as a couple of times I let the revs drop too low and couldn't get it in second - it seems it needs above 2500rpm to go from 3rd to 2nd
.Unfortunately I didn't have the camera on during the first session, or I would have videoed Harvey spinning off in front of me
.Vids are in HD, so look good on the TV
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4W6puwUSX8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQKrEUeiXk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlpTllo3XgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFbcJ_D2Ob0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4onGXhF_oU
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- which one was in the car in the above videos, pls?
05-05-2011, 08:33 PM
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Hi Mike
I noticed In the vids the a couple of times in the same slow corner It seems to hit neutral or and cut the engine out??? is that the gear box trying to change down ...
last session looks great scrabbling out the corners
I want!
I noticed In the vids the a couple of times in the same slow corner It seems to hit neutral or and cut the engine out??? is that the gear box trying to change down ...
last session looks great scrabbling out the corners
I want!
06-05-2011, 11:38 AM
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), I just couldn't get it in gear due to letting the revs drop to 2000 or under.It's the same when stationary, sometimes you have to let the clutch out a bit to get it into first or reverse.
06-05-2011, 05:21 PM
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07-05-2011, 12:20 PM
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This is the problem with a dog box that I have experienced, if you let the revs drop too low, it can be reluctant to go in gear. It didn't cut out (as you can see by the rev counter in the picture ), I just couldn't get it in gear due to letting the revs drop to 2000 or under.
It's the same when stationary, sometimes you have to let the clutch out a bit to get it into first or reverse.
), I just couldn't get it in gear due to letting the revs drop to 2000 or under.It's the same when stationary, sometimes you have to let the clutch out a bit to get it into first or reverse.
07-05-2011, 01:28 PM
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There is always a small probability that the dogs don't engage if they have flat tops and you are unlucky (perhaps 1 gearchange out of many). The Quaife MkII transverse seq gearbox (an early version, which I competed with, of what is now the straight cut QBE34G aka MkIII if I'm not mistaken) had the bad habit to stick in "neutral" between gears about 4 or 5% of the time - so it was useless. They had only 3 huge flat dogs and if they came head to head they'd not engage. 5-dogs and pent-roof designs mitigate or virtually eliminate this, and the oil used can also have some effect. I'd try something like the Millers "LS" 75w90 or some other "high slip" formulation which are made for dog boxes and plated diffs only (unsuitable for synchro gearboxes as they slip so much the synchros would not work).
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07-05-2011, 09:31 PM
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There is always a small probability that the dogs don't engage if they have flat tops and you are unlucky (perhaps 1 gearchange out of many). The Quaife MkII transverse seq gearbox (an early version, which I competed with, of what is now the straight cut QBE34G aka MkIII if I'm not mistaken) had the bad habit to stick in "neutral" between gears about 4 or 5% of the time - so it was useless. They had only 3 huge flat dogs and if they came head to head they'd not engage. 5-dogs and pent-roof designs mitigate or virtually eliminate this, and the oil used can also have some effect. I'd try something like the Millers "LS" 75w90 or some other "high slip" formulation which are made for dog boxes and plated diffs only (unsuitable for synchro gearboxes as they slip so much the synchros would not work).
And that is the oil that I do run in it
. The more I am getting used to the box, the less I have the issues, as I am
obviously still learning it's idiosyncracies.
. Did you still want one of the IECS monitors?
02-06-2011, 11:57 AM
#674
The car is currently at Pro-alloy having a few detail mods to improve the cooling and add a catch tank for the WRC breather (where it previously just had a hose under the car LOL).
The intercooler and oil cooler has had alloy plates fitted to ensure that all airflow is directed through to the intercooler and the radiator has been sealed onto the back of the intercooler for the same reason. There are also brake cooling ducts being made (but these aren't done yet). I'll let the photos do the talking:
The intercooler and oil cooler has had alloy plates fitted to ensure that all airflow is directed through to the intercooler and the radiator has been sealed onto the back of the intercooler for the same reason. There are also brake cooling ducts being made (but these aren't done yet). I'll let the photos do the talking:
