muz

Bored at work so thought I'd get a new thread going. With Jon not having much interest in his shell and me not wanting a very tidy shell seen scrapped I've desided to take it on. Should be arriving Wednesday 18TH.

Heres what it looked like when Kieth had it.



And now.



Cant wait to get stuck in!

Sorting out all my old kit tomorrow up the barn as I think I have 90% of the gear to MFI turbo it (for now )

Got a Series 1 MFI engine, kent cvh34 cam, ported head.
Metering head
40mm springs
standard intercooler
standard ecu etc etc

so plan for now is to build it back up as a tidy standard turbo power runaround so I can sell the Scooby then when the Series 2 is back on the raod look into RWD

ADT168

looks a good project,
keep the pictures coming please

dingla rs

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shit da bed he was gna scrap itlooks like it could be a nice car ,good luck with the build

Twins

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Good luck with the build ,good to see it saved

jonny s2

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it looked far too good to be scrapped,sadly i had no space to take it on, glad you got it mate knowing you will save it

muz

Cheers guys. Well I've made a space in the Barn, layed the carpet on the floor and ready for it to arrive. Looking at the MFI stuff today made me realise how trouble some it could be as a daily driver so thinking 2.0 Zetec for now.

*beddows*

love xr3's got a yellow one myself. are you going to leave it looking standard on the outside?

marky_g

be a shame to waste a genuine clean shell on rwd mate, nice lookin mota def needa a turbo lol

jonny s2

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yeah dont chop it if its clean floor and chassis,not many left that are solid in that year
but hey its your machine

Daveysaff

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Looks a cracker
I've got a full interior sat here from a 1982 xr3 if its of any interest to you?

jdcrst

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Yeah was never really going to scrap it I just needed it gone. So many people put their name to it and let me down I had to make a drastic statement about its future to get someone to react. Thankfully it was Muz who put his name to it and I know he'll do it justice. He's put carpet down in the barn, what more can I say. Do it right pal

muz

Whos wants to bet that it will be running a ZVH and cossie management by the end of the week. Sorry Series 2

cris

chop that bitch up!
my 81 xr3 has to go under the knife this year.....

muz

The plan for this car was always to convert it to RWD or 4WD at some point so I've been looking into it. Out with the tape meausre and heres what I've found so far;

Mark 3 Escort Dimentions


Sapphire Cosworth Dimentions


But heres where it gets interesting

Subaru Impreza Classic dimentions


and even more interesting is we have a 1995 Subaru Impreza STI in the barn doing nothing. Rather tempting.

Heres some more figures I've noticed;

Wheel Base
MK3 Escort__________Sapphire Cosworth___________Subaru Impreza
_2400mm _______________2608mm___________________2520mm
_______________________+208mm__________________ +120mm

Front Track
MK3 Escort __________Sapphire Cosworth__________Subaru Impreza
_1422mm _______________1452mm___________________1460mm
________________________+30mm ___________________+38mm

Rear Track
MK3 Escort___________Sapphire Cosworth__________Subaru Impreza
_1440mm________________1468mm__________________145 0mm
________________________+28mm___________________+1 0mm

The Subaru stuff actually looks a better size to start with. Its a pretty straight forward looking floor pan also. I've yet to measure the strut hight etc to make sure I won't have the front stuts coming through the bonnet level but so far it's looking promising.
I also havent measured the dimentions of the engine as its quite a big old brute but id it fits in the boot of a MK1 Fiesta it should be fine.

danny_boy699

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can't scobby it mate, it's too clean

andy escos

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you cant fit a scooby motor they look crap there so messy to look at just fit a yb much better to the eye & keeps it all ford

muz

Your right they do look bloody awful. However you can't deny they are a very good engine if tuned properly. All alloy, fully forged and blueprinted as standard. Plus I have an STI here to use. Will work out a fair bit cheaper to build without the Cosworth tax also

andy130

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your of your rocker lol

jonny s2

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there was a bloke who built a mk1 golf and had fit all the sti running gear in it including dash and seats,good idea but dont do it in the mk3 man,why not lob the zvh in the mk3,has this taken over the red bean tin now

CARTEL

Scooby it , and RWD it , you can rwd them easy enough .......

theburns1

do it, be different! dont do the normal zvh turb's man! or the i got a yb in it ay i! i love the sound of the flat 4, just hate the look of the impreza. good luck mate

boothy

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Yep love the sound of scoob get it done

cossiejay

chop shop did a mk2 golf with scooby running gear can't see any reason why it can not be done to a mk3 as long as you have a welder anything is possible

Ebonycossie4x4

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yeah i saw the chopshop one, Actually would have bought it lol. Looked good fun.

muz

Never! The Series 2 is still my main love. Just it's close to completion now and I'll need something else to keep me busy. Just looking into the cost of parts etc the Subaru does make good sense. Especially if it will fit as well as it looks it could. Plus the engine I have here in the "spare" wagon looks to be a very high spec enigne. We know its an early import STI lump, so its all forged, but it's also got a 5th injector, so it's putting out enough power to warrent one and obviously been looked after.

Glenn_

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Its your project so you do what you wanna do.Im not an impreza lover myself.

jonny s2

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yeah pal you do what you like just would be such a shame to cut an early xr3 shell,not many around like that any how,could be interested in those inner wings for another late project if there clean pm me how much when your ready if your not using them of corse

muz

Well I've taken some more rough meausrements. Good news is the Subaru engine bay will pysically fit in the Escorts

Escort 1300mm wideinner wing to inner wing 770mm long bulkhead the front panel

Subaru 1340mm wide inner wing to inner wing 880 mm long bulkhead to front panel.

The Subaru however does have quite a large gap between the block/ cambelt cover to the ratiator so I can close this up to gain some of the 110mm length the Escort doesn't give me.









I also hate the look of the flat four, but my brothers don't look too bad



I'll take soem better measures Wednesday when I'm not still half pissed.

jonny s2

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very interesting but whats wrong with the waggon

muz

Nothing wrong with it Jon. Brother bought it cheap of a customer of his who was 21 who needed money quick as he was being made redundant and paying £2500 a year to insure it!

muz

Not the best of days to start with. Went up to the yard to find my mint, 4 owner from new, 40k mile Fiesta shell which I have just sold looking like this.





Well the day has come and the the shell is here. Whats can I say......WOW!



Floor pans are very very good. Just a little surface rust. Only been welded once on the rear of the nearside pan.




Chassis rails have never been welded




Front chassis rails are mint.


Back of the front panel just surface rust


Origional inner wings


Battery tray has surfce rust on top but underneith looks ok really. Will be replaced though.

Sunroof is mint


Boot floors never been welded either


Boot hinges

And fuel filler cap

Dash isn't the worst I've seen either

Shes a good 'un 8)

jonny s2

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shit about the fez muz good stuff you have the mk3 now, are you sure now you have the shell back you really want to cut it up

danny_boy699

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fucking shit news about the mk3 fiesta. what did it sell for in the end.

mk3 escort looks very clean

muz

It is a shame to cut the floor out but start with a good shell in the first place and you wont have problems later on elsewhere Just loving looking at it now. Wish I could get it in my living room

marky_g

mate id def buy something else that shels to clean for cutting up

dingla rs

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that thing was ok till that lepoo (carnt spell )got his hands on it what a bag it ended up

dingla rs

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that shell is mint ,look way beefy cut his up there as mk5 escort on hear scooby powerd 2 cut along floor up side bulkhead an down inner wings same scooby shorten if needed weld back up job dune will be a very nice toy if you do get the grinder out

jonny s2

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im sure you know what you are doing so let the chopping begin

Glenn_

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Thats a really clean shell you must be mad to cut it up LOL.I thinkt the impreza engines just look horrible.M y friend has one and i always say your engine looks like a sack of shit has just been shot in the engine bay.

muz

I will use the engine bay and tunnel of the scooby but want to keep the Bulkhead, firewall and floor pan of the Ecort if possible. I want it looking standard as possible for now. The track width should just be contained by the Series 1 arches hopefully. I would think the first stage of the car will be rough build. Will have just a drivers seat, no carpets, engine and componants not painted up nice just transfered, thenin time if I keep it make it nice. But who knows.



They are bloody awful looking things arent they? However noone can deny how well they perform, massive tuning scope and lets not forget how well scoobys get off the line . I know it would be nicer to go down the Cosworth route, but, it's been done to death and also a ropey doner Sapphire which hasn't got a fucked engine will be the best part of £4k before we start, whereas this Scooby has not a spot of rust, 300BHP with the proper mods done and I can have it for £700. No brainer really.