not much today

got the rear beam out all stripped ready for blasting and powdercoating



my contraption for beam bushes lol





diff need to sell now as no longer need but dunno what there worth or just a big paperweight lol

 

my heat tape turned up today so started getting it on the car, still more to do but im waiting on my hydraulic cylinder so i can get that fitted first, also tested the abs unit to make sure pipes still straight lol

going to get some heat sleeve to go over the wiring for abs as well, definetly dont want my loom melting

 

picked up some clips from ford and my fire proof sleeving for wiring loom all fitted











also managed to get a dash locally, rear abs sensors and a rear roll bar for 120 quid

so test fitted the dash and centre console against the skyline tunnel and lines up as it should

quick bracket to lift console level and job done

 

couple pics

fuel tank is in





rear brake t piece is in, if anyone has the two brake pipes off it let me know if not ill make some. ignore cobwebs lol



clutch pedal modded



abs block built and fitted, just need the passenger front brake line now







billet rear diff cover fitted





strut brace test fitted



hydraulic cylinder fitted, if anyone has the foam and cover for heater pipes let me know



then i set about the diff, oh what a game i had, the diff had to have the casing shaved off to fit the beam but its in







front brackets fitted



and all bolted up



then poly bushes re fitted, alloy beam mounts, and roll bar fitted and hubs









so just rear diff mount and drive shafts and beam can be fitted

then ill be on the hunt for brakes and coil overs and brake pipes and hand brake cable to finish the rear end off, i have my eye on a strutbrace as well

 

Nice.
Guy on eBay sells those brake pipes,made from green ford pipe all bent to shape.
I bought near a whole kit for my saph and they fit great.

 

yeah but £100 for the 4 i need is a joke tbh

 

Good progress Richy,glad your keeping at it

 

Your still working on it? I thought you were selling it at one point? Has the Evo gone? Look forward to seeing the updates

 

i swapped them over, evo is now on the drive lol

it was up for sale and got an offer of almost what i was asking for it the day after i took it off for sale, but working it out be more beneficial for me to build and sell complete now which is the lan then ill finish the evo

 

Top work matey. Keep the escos and sell the Evo.

 

more benefical other way lol, evo willbemore reliable and practical and more power lol

 

Keep both lol but from a increase in value keep the Escos

 

Can't believe you still haven't finished that skip yet

 

Nice progress Rich

 

i wasa thinking of having it painted yellow

 

well update time at last lol

im unsure if anyone has ever fitted a supra diff to a escos yet but man ineed about 4 pairs of hands, alls i can say what a bitch it was, had to buy sockets to grind down to fit the driveshaft adaptors, then mod the diff to fit the beam

so yesterday and today ive been fitting the beam, simple process usually but no

first was the mounting plates and with alloy beam mounts there wasnt any give so had to fit everything backwards but got it all fitted so the beam can be held in place

then this was the fun part, i had to drop the tank again and fit the diff mount first and use domed bolts at the front as std bolts hit the top plate, but it was a case of lining it up, so loosesly fitted it bolted fiff up and tightened the back bolts first, then had to grind down an allen key once diff was dropped again to do the front two bolts up, pull diff up and alighn the holes through the top of the tank while its dropped hanging lol, as well as fit the spacer plate between the mount and diff, alls i can say is never ever again am i doing this

but some pics



the gap and allen key i had to grind down to fit









driveshafts and roll bar fitted









so next is coilovers brakes and lines and handbrake cable

i also need to find a 10x18 et0 wheel to try as well so i can test fitment of the arches

 

selling that spare car wiring loom?

 

its not complete and some plugs have been cut off it like lights and abs bottle

 

Surprised you haven't gone for a mk beam as well

 

ok, giving it away then? lol

i have a loom which is a bit burnt due to the battery shorting on a bonnet hinge, and i need a loom to repair mine or replace.....

 

id have to dig it out and see whats missing

it will be main loom and possibly door loom, but no dash loom

its also had some mods as it ran a different ecu and loom

 

So the drive shafts fit then after all your flapping ?

 

yeah but still look confiused as to why they never when it was on the floor

 

because of the plunge on the shafts

 

Bloody hell - this is still ongoing. I bought a few bits off you years ago including the toothed 36-1 trigger wheel. My car has been on the road, killed the engine and then back off the road in the meantime

 

that was my other escos i broke you got the bits off lol

unsure if this was here then it could of been in storage but yeah still on going, should be lending a wheel a soon to test rear arches so i know what i need to get, coil overs and stuff be ordered soon as well so the rear end an be completed

and gonna ell my bike to get an engine and some ancillaires so i can really start to move forward on it

 

tested a 10x18 et 0 wheel today with a 265 tyre, it fits like a glove

full extended to the point the drive shaft is resting on the chassis and it still turned with no rubbing or a little bit on the edge of the bumper but only when its right up in the arch

so now i know what size wheels i need for the car now thanks to cutch for sending me down a wheel