I wondered mate i seen ally driving your jeep with the car on it , congrats mate im not sure if i will get to any show's i get married in 8 weeks too lol

 

Looked great at Kames! Stunning car!

 

Dont sell it Cutch you will regret it.

congrats on getting married.

 

very nice machine you built cutch.... love it

 

thanks mate. Its getting some new stuff this month. looking forward to taking it for a spin with the new running gear.

6 degree rear beam. Newly built 3.9 ratio Supra diff and fitting kit from MK motorsport. Short ratio box from Bara thats been converted to hyd clutch so it should be a much more comfortable drive.

 

Sounds good matey. Will the car be at many shows this year.

 

yeah mate,

Retro ford @ driftland in fife
Im coming down to Central with Wenny and Ginge.
Classic Ford @ santa pod.
Maybe Croft
The series one 30th anniversary @ Grayson motor museum.
Ford Fair

 

My new 6 degree rear beam made by MK motorsport with supra fitting kit.




Hopefully be going on in two weeks time @ Ali's. A new supra diff with the right ration for my new Bara box. Diff has been sent to Bara for total overhaul, new seals bearings etc....

 

Took the series 1 down to MJ racing so we can fit this lot;







Forgot to take some pics of my reyland hyd clutch kit, supra diff and fitting kit from MK Motorsport

Should transform the driving of the car. Can't wait.

 

The series 1 got some changes today







Soon to look a lot different



Std box out and bara short ratio in!!



Prep my new beam



Old beam out



Prep supra diff with kit, had to make some modifications to the diff though



Rebuild the new beam with the diff

 

Supra diff and new beam in with a bit of work!



My new short ratio box in.



The cars totally different to drive! Can't believe the difference, the hydraulic clutch is still a hit stuff though but it has helped. Now to get ready for its new turbo that is being made and it's new ecu!

 

Love this car,totally stunning

 

Very cool matey. So is the rear beam that good.

 

This looks fantastic mate, what's the short ratio box like to drive with? i.e. Cruising speed, acceleration?

 

Getting better

 

One of the nicest cars on the scene, fair play

 

cheers mate

looks excellent, havent had it out and used in anger yet.

it sounds fantastic! got into trouble at santa pod for playing on the service road!! haha. accelration has been drastically improved. Cant wait to get it mapped and kick the shit out of it!

thanks

thanks, means alot. you the performance ford guy?

 

Lovely motor.Ford should have made them like that

 

My new turbo has arrived @ Will Pedleys







Should be fun!

 

Well decided to get off my arse and get something done to this since there a few boxes in the garage for it!

Sorry it's dark but broke my light which made this really easy!





And after a lot of messing around in the dark....



All this hassle so I can fit this in..



It's away to Meercat exhausts (same guy that made the custom system) to get some modifications and so the 2wd manifold will fit.

 

Mocked up the new manifold today, as we thought the actuator fouls the bonnet. One of the problems fitting a cossie into a mk3 escort.



All good though, sending it back so the boys can get the actuator a little bit lower.



Also thinking about getting the manifold zircotec coated??

 

wow ! clean very nice keep it up

 

Mocked up my turbo again, AET moved the actuator so it wouldn't foul on the bonnet.







And the proof, bonnet closes!!



Also put my new plates on...



Get the manifold ceramic coated now.

 

great work

 

Looking great, cool plate

 

Love the spec, what box is that...fixit gear kit or oppliger? Also do you mean close ratio when you say short or is it different?

 

The box is a bara close ratio, sounds great! Need to get a video uploaded of it in action. The spec is getting changed a bit in January I am getting a link ECU fitted and mapped donut should drive a bit better too. Looking forward to that.

 

Cool update. Im glad you still own this car. Its got to be one of the nicest mk3 cossied escorts out there. Nice number plate too.

 

I imagine Bara has put an oppliger gear kit in there as he doesnt produce his own boxes as far as I am aware? He is the guru of building and testing boxes and not a manufacturer of the hardware (I may be wrong)

The reason I ask is that I am speaking to bara now about a close ratio box for my 4x4 Cossie Pug 205 and we have been talking fixit v quaife v Oppliger and Oppliger seems to be the most cost effective route and also seems to be Mark sheads choice.

 

Big respect awesome motor

 

Honestly couldnt tell you about the internals mate, i knew at the time but ive forgotted, if you ask him he knows me mate he will know. Baras a cracking guy does good work and i have used him for a couple of things.



Thanks for the comments guys but Glen I'm sad to tell you mate that i will probably be selling early next year mate. I want to get it mapped with the new turbo and Link ecu on it and get a couple of runs in it but its time for me to sell up i think. Its a waste in my garage to be honest. Because i have had it for so long and beacuse its so clean i dont take it out which is a shame. So i think i am going to sell and buy a superchargered ariel atom. that way i can get some use out of it. I am still building my WRC escos the now too so i have plenty to do. Its a big ornament for me mate. A really nice one mind you!

 

It does seem odd to spend all that money on the gearbox, diff and rear beam to then sell the car as it is unlikely that you will get ALL the money back. I assume the car will not get broken but if it does please let me know about the gearbox as I am about to buy one. Did the old box have a problem?

 

Bahhhhhhh. Its a shame your selling. I just hope it goes to a good home.

 

If i do sell it i would prefer the car was "perfect" dont want to sell something i'm not completely happy with. I was advised to change the box and diff because we were going for a little more power, I was running under 380bhp and with the new set up we would be around 450 and thats where box's turn to chocolate. I never had any probs with my box, was actually going to keep it for a spare, turns out i sold it and the new owner has had a problem with it but i think he was running over 400bhp. Ive sent Bara an email to ask what kit is in mine for you.

 

Thanks Cutch. It was quite funny in an odd way, When I drove away from MAD, Mark Shead said "I would only use low boost and get an oppliger on order as you are going to need it"....I did less than 100 miles and it started to clank in 3rd. It had not missed a beat with 330bhp on the other turbo.

If you do decide to sell please let me know as I know someone with a big car collection and he does like these.

 

Manifold is back from zircotec, will get it back on tomorrow.

 

Love this car ��

 

Had a little incident when I took my turbo to the hardware place to get the correct bolts to fit my trouser section into my turbo. In my exuberance on the slidey roads my turbo went for a wee roll in the boot! And I did this...



Thought I had maybe burst the thread inside the housing but it's ok and it had broken this luckily.



But we got the nuts and bolts so I got my minions onto the job. Teaching the wee man a little to keep him away from the playstation!



Neat job too



The other piece of the manifolds on but I have bought some heat reflective sheets that I want to put on. That's going to be a pain with all the stuff in place but I'm going to give it a try. Forgot to take a pic!

 

Lol at the kids they look well keen. Shame you snapped the tube part.

 

ach it's ok, AET turbos fired one on the post free of charge once I told them what a dafty I was!

I was planning on putting a set of Rota Grids on so that nobody else had them, I have 5 stud hubs from a granada 4x4 that I was going to use but I noticed you can get rotas in normal ford fitment. So ideas on a postcard boys , what wheels should I get that are in 5 x112 pcd? Want something original, I'm currently looking at the 3sdm styles.......