Looking at your own fab work mate it wouldnt take much for you to make one.

 

that version that Andy has is the sierra one, the later escort one was built using a carbon cover type, I can still get the escort ones (the cover bit) but the sierra ones, well, there wasnt that many to begin with, and there are many variations of the design that differant builders did to suit the application, so there may be others but when they turn up who knows !

 

correct ian i did

i thaught it might of been for that reason about fumes & fire ,i got it because it looks neater than the standard motor.

i got mine off muddysport on ebay

thanks dan glad you like.

i didnt know that,thanks markk, a carbon one would look nice

 

im looking into going down the chassis mounted engine route as well ,markk have you any pics of the x member that takes the rack & tca,s to give me an idea of what to make.

 

Dont really have any good pics this shows just one side


found some more old pics

 

thanks yet again markk you have been a great help ,do you know why some set ups have two tca location holes (1 above the other )& which is the original one top or bottom

 

this has the two, and its purely for the set up, you need to keeo the steering arm angle close to the tca angle, and when you change the cars geo from gravel to tar the tca angle can change dramatically, there was at some point gravel and tar xmembers !

 

thanks markk

 

how you getting on andy, is the carbon arches taking form yet

 

hi graham not touched it for nearly two weeks cant be bothered lately not touched the arches since i got them in primer ,although there is loads to do i can not do much until the cage is in, them i can see about getting the interior & engine bay in primer then i can get the underneath stone guarded primed then top coat the engine bay & underneath, then its buy new pedal box & mount to roll cage make new steering column which is mounted off cage also.
just remembered i also got to buy & weld in some chassis mounted engine mounts before paint .then i got to get some dimensions of the box section so i can make my own group a style x member to take the tca,s & steering rack .

 

Best get moving then Andy :P

 

yes dan tell me about it the clock is ticking as they say

 

not much to do then, can you not make a peddal box. car,nt be hard andy

 

Well yes, but I can hardly talk really, got a load to do to get it done for the summer and here I am telling other people to get on with their's Is there anything you can trim off the build list Andy? This is some thing I have been thinking over, for example using the existing x-member and doing the new one next winter? Get the body and all that done then sort out the upgrades kinda thing.

I was thinking this too.

 

its not worth the effort graham the new one is only Ł149 not including cylinders
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/images/PEDALB.jpg

i will get all welding done this time round so i have not got to do any painting later on .but i am contemplating on modifying the old x member to miss the welded engine mounts & do the x member later on

 

You must be on the finishing straight now Andy

 

no dave far from it

1.make & fit roll cage
2.make brackets & fit new pedal box
3.make new steering column
4.weld in new chassis mounted engine mounts
5.weld in front tow eyes
6.weld in new panel with flared holes in interior
7.fabricate & weld in raised gear lever section
8.seal underside ,engine bay &interior
9.prime & top coat underside engine bay &boot area in venetian red
10.paint interior in a metallic grey base coat & lacquer
11.fit engine & box
12. make new gear box x member
13.make new twin side exit exhaust
14.fit front & rear suspension
15.fit front & rear brakes & plum in
16.modify old engine x member to fit
17.make new dash from scratch
18.make new centre console
19.get dash & console powder coated
20.fit interior
21. sort out worms nest called wiring
22.make new rear diffuser with number plate lighting housing & powder coat
23.paint outer part of shell
24.finish off front wings
25.make mould for front wings
26.make mould for rear wings
27.make new front spoiler
28.make mould for new front spoiler
29.make new carbon fibre rear wings
30.make new carbon fibre front wings
31.make new carbon fibre front spoiler
32.make new running boards
33.paint new body kit
34.plum in new fuel system
35.get all geometry set up & corner weighted
36.fit doors ,boot,bonnet
37.fit all glass
38.get m.o.t.
39.sleep for a week
40. i must of missed some thing but thats most of it .
41.not much then dave
42. ill get there in the end.

 

OMFG

i only do short lists for short period
this is scary

 

Shit a brick mate that why i will not be making a list on my FOCOS as that would do my head in

 

once i get my arse in gear it should not take me that long to do all the shell work & get it in paint & rolling .

true it do look a bit daunting but i done most of the hard work i think .

 

So what you gonna do after breakfast then Andy ?

 

So, have you finished the roll cage yet?

 

i am on holiday kev so not touched it yetshould be able to get on with it next week hopefully.

 

put your feet up mate

 

Not sure I have to tell you to keep your foot into this project as you always do. Have really enjoyed following this so far.

Cheers.

 

i think i done enough of that mate lately.

glad you like it so far lincoln & your right i got to get on with it ,its so easy to do it later .

 

andy when you modded your rear shocks to the twin bolt bottom setup , where did you get the kit mate , the weld on brackets and the lil offset shims ect ,


beef

 

i got them laser cut by a local firm to my design from 3mm steel the washers were done with 4 different off sets in 1mm increments starting from central

 

Blaaahhh... it takes so god damned much tiiiiiimmmmeee to build a car...
Hang in there mate, take your time , and you'll be happy in the end

Cheers
Joel

 

thanks for the encouragement joel if mine turns out half as good as yours i will be happy going to start fitting the roll cage this week .

 

Been a while since i looked in on this...
Like that you at least mentioned me when stealing idea's mate Lol

I was on the norwegian forum and i saw this thread http://www.fordclubnorway.no/forum/t...racing-forder/ it reminded me of your car so had to come take a look and see where you was at with it.

 

hope you like it so far that norwegian site got some nice cars on with good info too.what you doing looking at foreign sites ?

 

i finally got around to do a bit on the car i got richies hole flares so i could finish the last few plates up inside the roof area at the rear got it all welded in & some primer on
i will put pics up later.

 

Sorry mate, forgot to say
Yea really like it, you have put some serious work in

I go on a few sites from different countries and all different marques dude, get different idea's and see what styles people are into etc.

 

I went to a Hostoric Touring Car day at Ruapuna in Christchurch a couple of weeks ago and there was a genuine Zakspeed there. Never had my caemra though.

Here is is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwick...7625271247270/

And in 2009:

 

cheers gav what do you put into your search engine to find them ,think i might have a try

 

ha ha the bloke who owns the car is called gary wilkinson he lives in christchurch the top one is my screen saver very high res pic & she is very fit

 

Yes that's right Gary Wilkinson, he works at a local workshop with a friend of mine. Blew his bellhousing to pieces in qualifying unfortunately.

 

does gary live near bye to you

 

here is the pics of last nights efforts



i need to clean the welds up later.
here is what i done tonight


i finally got around to flaring my holes