Oooh you sure do love that grinder , you got enough room under the bonnet to lift every thing up?

 

i will think about that when i break the old one ,& when i do it will not be a ford diff there to bloody dear

 

Lol your nuts and that beautiful new gearbox tunnel. Oh well needs must

 

your meant to be going forwards not back wards andy

 

if i relocate the air injectors from the front of cam cover to inner flitch then yes i will also have to redo my inter cooler pipes again as well

 

it will still look good ,do not worry your self

im still going forwards ,well sort of lol. progress is always forward isnt it

 

i cut the top of the tunnel out to raise it








also bought a passenger foot brace.

 

good work as always Andy,

Foot rest looks nice quality, where is that from and how wide is it? im after one for the fiesta but due to the large tunnel and roll cage it cant be too wide or sloped back as im putting the power steering pump behind it

Thanks
Marc

 

Good work as usual mate


Aluminium foot rests are so last season , carbon ftw

 

i got them from hereŁ38.50 delivered i got it because its good quality & the right size to.
email i got from seller

Hi, the inside width is 300mm (12") overall length
is 500mm (20"). We can make other sizes if you
require.

 

thats not what you said when i was up your garage

 

Anyway we have something new for you to use the grinder on

 

Oh please don't (real tears)

 

What ? ? ?

Andy brought 3 lengths of 2" steel box section round

 

now your talking

 

sorry paul needs must & all that .

 

See above

Although Paul is clearly worried

 

oh thats what you meant

 

That's a relief

I think you were thinking the same as me

 

i remember what we were talking about this afternoon

do not be to relieved yet

 

 

 

Looking Good Andy

Will it affect the handling much raising the engine do you think?

 

in theory(well in my head any way ) im not raising the engine but im lowering the body over the engine .so i can get better drive shaft angles ,i will also be making a new x member wrc style so i can have two mounting holes for the tca,s one being standard height the other higher so i can also get better tca angles & i might also raise the steering rack .but i will look at this later on once the car is on the road ,here is a few pics of what i will be making later on

 

I do love the look of those bladed roll bar's

it does look like the wheel will be very close to it when on full lock though ?

 

I recognise one of them pics !! you need to bare in mind this when your doing your crossmember pal

 

are you on about the gear box x member or the engine x member

 

engine cross member pal, need to be able to incorporate a large diff and still have room for the steering !

 

i rolled the car over again so i could weld the other side of the tunnel ,i finished the front half i still got to finish off the rear section of the new raised section .

all welded inside & out then all smoothed off

 

some nice trick bits mate hope it all works ok once on the road,doing a cracking job

 

thanks mate im glad you like it ,im hoping it all works out to.

 

small update been up richies & made a jig to hold my engine in the correct position so i can then make another frame off the engine so i can then fit chassis mount engine mounts .

 

Good thinking that man

 

I love the way your mind works and how to go around making stuff

 

I knew that old escort would come in useful for something

 

cracking work as always fella ,

should class your self as an inspration you all them young kids out there wanting to grow up and be able to use a grinder !!



pmsl


quality fella !

 

there is always more than one way to get the job done ,but i usually do it different from every body else
always thinking out side the box ian

 

might as well use it for some thing as its going to be there for a while

thanks beefy
i hope i do inspire other to have a go them selves ,as the more they do the better they become

 

i hope i do inspire other to have a go them selves ,as the more they do the better they become

Andy you definatly inspired me to have a go at the work on my car myself

never knew half the stuff i could now

 

im glad i helped mate you seem to be a pretty good fabricator any way ,you done some top fab work on your focos so far