Lee_edwards

hi all.... been on here a while but never really had much to do with the forum. a mate of mine dan (wonger) has told me to put a few pictures up of what im doing in my spare time.

i recenlty bought myself a rwd mk3 escort for road rally's. now it has come to the end of the season iv started to pull things apart and tidy it up. heres a breif spec and description as to whats going on...

Titan Big tunnel shell
2L Pinto - big valve head, ported polished, piper cam
Tranx 5 Speed SCCR gearbox
Atlas axle - ZF Diff
World cup X-member
Fully turreted - Bilstein and gaz coilovers

I bought it a few months back and have done a couple of events but not had much luck... im yet to get a finish in it!







Now a bit of a strip down and general tidy up. Engine and gearbox have gone away to be rebuilt, looking into the suspension setup (spring rates ect) weld a few little bits up and replate the strut tops, fit steel bonnet and boot on hinges, tidy up inside











Il keep updating with the progress.
lee.

WongRS

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Nice one bo!
Be better if some tit didn't advise you to buy the wrong aeroquip fittings................

r.s.2000 ginger

Looks great mk3 rwd nite rally car well done.

whizzisat114

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Nice base to work from

WongRS

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Without tonguing his arse too much, because he loves it when i do that
He knows how to drive it too.

Turbosimpsons

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Yea but driving one of them and driving a 500 bhp cossie is a whole different ball game. Nice car though.

WongRS

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Ha, two different types of driving though, if i entered an event against Lee in my cossie, i would put money on me loosing!

turbo m

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Iam guessing its pinto powered?? Is it a gartrac shell or a home job using the kit that was once available???Looks like a fun car....

turbo m

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Forget that just read it DOH!!!!!!!!

SMILER258

nice, love road rallying, are you going to make a gartrac g6 look a like. Didnt realise you navigated dan. Watching this closely. Good luck

COLEYST200

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Keep at it mate

WongRS

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He can't go G6, because of the arches.....

SMILER258

shame, cant wait to see this on an event though

Lee_edwards

Ha cheers wong... Although I'm not sure about the h2h you've got more balls that me.. You've shown me that a few times

Cheers for the intrest... Il keep you updated as we go. Looking at other projects on here.. Theres some talented people on here. my work won't be a scratch on there.

Hoping to do a couple of events in February... Fingers crossed iv got it back together by then

NEEDFORSPEED

can i ask where you bought it from? i recognise it! is it brabham built?

Lee_edwards

was bought from worcester way. that bloke has had it for about 7 years doing night events and single venues.

Turbosimpsons

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It looks like a genesis kit sold by ears, you could either buy the kit for Ł1500 or you could buy the shell converted by them for Ł3500 iirc. Was made to replace all the mk 11's that were getting rare.

NEEDFORSPEED

aye thats it near gloucester the chap knows my brother im sure youl of seen all the rest of his toys!!

Glenn_

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I like it matey.

WongRS

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It was built from new, and has done nothing but rallied, since built!
Kind of why it needs some tidying up!

CosKev3

Had a look round this few weeks ago when I came to yours with Nath to look at that Corsa of your cousins

Fair machine

One question,whats the legal view on cars like this running round on Mk1 Escort log books?(Yeah I did notice your road tax is free stating classic!lol)

WongRS

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It was a brand new shell when converted, kev, and it used all the bits off a mk1 mexico that had been crashed or rotted away, i can't remember which.
Basically, the original owner rallied a mk1 mex, it was fooked, wanted to reshell it, and decided a brand new shell from ford was the best option, because all the bits off the mex went onto this, it got the mex ID too.
Thats as far as i understand it anyway, sure Lee will clear it up if i just made all that up.

LIMITLESS

Very nice mate,m keep the up dates coming

Lee_edwards

cheers mate... yea good question. tbh i dont really know the legal side of it. i dare say because it was a brand new shell and the mk1 was detroyed thats how its been passed. there are a few others around. it was the tax exempt that twisted my arm nothing worse than paying 12months tax on a toy that you use for no more than 1000 miles a year yea dans got it spot on.

CosKev3

Ah right.

Got a feeling its a underworld rally car thing

WongRS

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Me and Lee have had a busy, not very constructive day.
Somehow Lee has decided i am a bodywork master, this i am not.
i'm sure he's got some pics, but he's slow!

The back end was tatty, full of filler and looking very rough, so a quick tidy up needed, remember its a competition car, not a show car! It's only going to get bent again very soon!

So i got the angle grinder with some kind of paint removing thingy on it



then got to work with the filler.........!



Quick coat of stone chip



Was happyish with that, until i came back 5 mins later to found it had reacted like hell with something?!

so started again.

Lee was welding a plate onto a tatty repair that had been done before



I took the back down to metal, was alot of filler in it, im not too sure why, its not that bent!




By this point i was bored of painting, so let the novice have a go



Back end all in stone chip

Lee_edwards

save me uploading pic wong done a good job i think mate..

Lee_edwards

not a huge amount getting done atm. we have had to give in to the arch as it keeps reacting... so possibly having the whole thing resprayed, which was the original plan but time and money isnt on our side at the moment. we have an entry in on the powys lanes in about 4 weeks.

tonight i started to make and fit corsa electric steering... pretty much got the top half done tonight...

WongRS

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Rum lad, i pretty much fucked the wheel arch

CosKev3

Looking good

Put some woodscrews through it????? :cry

Stick to changing tyres and fooking about with gay ICE if I was you pal!!!!

WongRS

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Haha. Nah, I think it's painted in Hammerite. Seriously. It reacts with everything, even etch. Random.
ICE is a thing of the past now, Kev. Given that game up.

Lee_edwards

few more hours in the garage tonight...

finished off the power steering:




also the mrs got on the paint brush and started putting the second coat on inside:

bly

Do you have firewall in back? how do you get that to work with hatchback, got any pic's inide with tailgate shut .and how are you adjusting power stearing sencitivity ?
with one of those ebay little magic boxs,looks good sofar

whizzisat114

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Looking good

Do you just wire the power steering upto an ign live?
i saw a nissan version once and it had its own ecu and speed sensors . yours looks alot simpler

Lee_edwards

Yea mate it has a firewall. Basically a lot of aluminium shaped an screwed together. I haven't got any pics like that yet sorry.

Yea iv got one of those controllers coming from eBay... Which you earth an wire a live to a switch

Cheers

WongRS

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good work Lee, Beth's done a good job with the paint!
I'd of been round tonight, but mine was beckoning.

CosKev3

Looking good.

Pretty sure they need wiring in direct to battery with a relay to switch over,look at the gauge of the wire going to motor

Draw alot of current don't they these?

Bigger output alt is required on some cars.

SMILER258

this is looking good, what did you paint the boot with, hammerite?

Lee_edwards

The paint is just basic gloss white metal paint. Wanted to stay away from hammerite, because with this stuff you can laquer it.

Lee_edwards

slowly getting there with the painting... off to the shed tomorrow for a bit more painting and stripping. Then its going off to be sprayed at the weekend. will get some pictures tomorrow