Thanks Marc
Thanks mate i hope so
Thanks mate i try & do things different im glad you like it .
im hoping for August but we will see

 

Seeing Builds like yours makes me kick my self for selling my mk2 escort Thunder Saloon Xpack

It went to a guy in the IOW i think it was he had it collected and i just had to do my best wrapping the pannels :0
He was going to email me photos of his build sadly never got any

Look faward to seeing more updates to your build

 

looking good mate

 

thanks Alan i would not dream of selling my escort i have had it way to long .
Thanks mate when's your mk3 back on track ?

 

Hi Andy,

I really do find some random stuff when im browsing round the net lol

Some more stuff you may not of seen before







Link to page: http://www.cg-cars.com/showthread.ph...-MKII-RS/page3

Cheers James

 

cant wait to see this finished, is gonna be awesome keep up the good work

 

Come on Andy let's see some progress as you were flying at one stage

 

 

Hello

I am not sure if you have seen some of these links images & info...

but here it is:


http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthre...2-Escort-pics-!

http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/show...108803&page=21

& if you have time for Facebook:


http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zakspe...41120859276168


keep the good work up

Christian

 

Thanks for the thought James the bottom pic used to be my screen saver a couple of years ago.
im trying to crack on with it but its hard at times to be bothered ,but i have been doing small bits & peace's
as above Col im still doing work on it but it is slow

Thanks for the thought Christian but i belong to all them sites already but keep looking you can never get to much of a good thing .

 

Hope your updating today? seeing this at the top got me excited lol

 

Yes Kev there is a small update




stripped all the rear end out to get powder coated & also got together every thing i needed zinc plating which should be going off this week hopefully .

some of the bits for powder coating



prepped the gear box & got some etch primer on


also prepped the front diff



i also bought another tubular exhaust manifold which is miles better than the other one i bought .

 

Exciting bit is sending it all off and waiting for it to come back sparkling.

Surprised you've not made your own manifold mate with your skills.

 

I have been thinking about cutting up the latest one to convert it to twin scroll ,if i do though it will be after the car is back on the road .

 

Andy, a random and completly off topic question for you. In your first pic on page one where is the football ground and which team play at ground in the back ground.

 

it was at the cornwall RS show down at Bodmin town football club

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Bod...d+Kingdom&z=20

 

Love getting the freshly refurbed bits back

What front diff do you run Andy? as you were pretty big power weren't you?

 

Great update mate.

 

Cheers Andy, am a big football fan love the little non league grounds.Went to Lyme Regis FC a few years back ,what a view you have looking out over the bay way up on the hill side.

 

I think it should be in the mid 550-560 hp mark .
for now its all standard escort cosworth running gear ,but next year i should be going all skyline on the box & front & rear diffs
Thanks Ben

 

An unreal amount of work gone into this build Look forward to more updates

 

Woohoo started on the mechanicals

Nice one Andy

 

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I've just found this forum & build. I got a photo of this at the R.S show at Bodmin a while ago. It's probably to late now (but i don't want to go to the end of the build) but how about going green and yellow in the same style as above. This will then keep your signiture paint going? Just a thought.

 

NOW! I have got to the end of this amazing build, with all the twists and turns along the way, I am full of admoration for your skills and I can't wait to see the finished car.

 

Thanks mate glad you like it
Thanks Paul im getting there slowly
I've just found this forum & build. I got a photo of this at the R.S show at Bodmin a while ago. It's probably to late now (but i don't want to go to the end of the build) but how about going green and yellow in the same style as above. This will then keep your signiture paint going? Just a thought.[/QUOTE]

thats a good idea but i got my heart set on the full on mampe colour scheme
Ha ha i bet that took a while to read ,thanks for the encouragement & kind words

 

time for an update
The rear aerofoil was very rough so i gave it a quick bit of filler to smooth it off




the horses heads of the spoiler was in a poor condition ,it was held together with expandafoam news paper & filler



so i dug out the foam & put a load of filler in to give me a good base to get the true shape of the top of the 1/4 panel




then i covered the 1/4 panel with cling film



put a huge dollop of filler on the end of the spoiler & held it in place until the filler was hard



sanded back the filler and voila fits like a glove





unfortunately this spoiler will only ever be used for the moulds as there is no strength going through it ,but the new spoilers will have a full laser cut back bone & base with cnc,d mounting points so the spoiler is adjustable .

 

Very good m8! Sum good ideas

 

Great work on the spoiler Andy i was thinking before the end of your post How the hell is he gonna mount it .lol
I should of known better that it was going to be some king of exotic material made from a mould
You going to any show's this year? ford fair? piss up again?

 

great work

 

cheers mate.
Thanks Dave i will be getting one of my boss,s designers to do all the cad drawings for the profiles & cnc,d bits .
i should be able to go to ford fair ,im not doing many shows this year as the moulds are costing me a fortune
thanks

 

another update

i bought some Eibach helper springs off ebay ,but i cocked up & bought 2.5"springs instead of 2.1/4 " so i bought some nylon 66 off ebay which is a good machining grade with good sliding properties & got a friend to machine me up a set of adaptors for the adjusting platform to take the larger spring & a set of adaptors to go from 2.5 " spring on bottom to 2.1/4 " main spring on top .









i also got him to make me eight m10 miss alignment washers in alloy





i am also upgrading the m12x1.25mm rose joints on my rear link arms to m14x2mm rose joints so i also got my mate to machine up some reducing miss alignment washers to go from m14 down to m12 .

 

sweet andy am allso looking at helper springs,wot else have you done,got any bits on that car yet

 

looking very good mate it will be nice to see your car go back togever

 

MAMA MIA!!!! A grinder Here we go again...

 

Thanks Graham

No i have not got any thing on the car yet but i have bare metalled the engine to paint in its new colour which will be kawasaki green ,which is in keeping with the zakspeed escorts



and i have 1 litre left over from the rear end of my old colour scheme

i did get a good result a couple of weeks ago i managed to get hold of a 45 gallon drum of resin FREE which should of cost Ł600 & two 25kg drums of blue gel coat FREE but i have had to buy all the matt so far
so all in all im very happy im also got an independent fibre glasser to do the prep work on the new kit & i have just talked him into doing moulds for part of the kit if not all of the kit at a good price so it will be right first time as i can not afford to cock this kit up .

 

yes it would be good to get the car back together but im holding off on getting all my bits powder coated until these moulds are finished as its going to cost a fair bit by the time its all done.
the grinder in the back ground was just to cut the rear horses heads down the middle as they were to wide for the 1/4 panels so not to bad (no cutting of the shell ) YET .

 

ooooh i like green gona be a stunner when its done andy you'll be scared to drive it hard

 

Always love dropping back in on this thread. Great work Andy. It's getting there

 

it do not matter how good it looks the main intention was for it to handle as i always wanted to do a few track days but it was always a bit vague over 100mph ,but with the new body kit ,floor & rear suspension im hoping its going to be like a go cart .
Thanks Frayz im getting there.

 

done a bit more on the engine i have finished stripping the block back to bare metal ready for painting in its new colour & i have also drilled & tapped the engine mounts out to take m10 instead of m8 which is what they done on the group a rally cars .
i need to get some etch primer so i can start to paint the block .