Is his a 3.6? the standard one is a 3.9....would be good to know his is 3.6.

My car will be much lighter and will not get anywhere near the abuse of regular pod launches. I doubt my 2.2 will produce any more torque as I will not run much over 600bhp.

 

Not sure mate I asked him he told me front and rear quaffe mate oppligger 6 speed seq mark will now he's tuned it

 

Jons was the first efr cossie I been in was running 500bhp+. That's what got be believing how good they could drive setup right.

 

It might have the stronger 3.9 and if he has 3.9 rear diff then no need for drop gears...I do not know how much stronger the 3.9 is over 3.6...I think Jay referred to the 3.6 as "chocolate"

 

Good to know they do it in a 3.9 I won't need drop gears then r+d aswell?

 

Not if the gearbox doesnt have drop gears already i.e. is 1:1 and the rear is 3.9 to match the front.

 

Did you go in it with a 9180 on it? I really need go in one with the big turbo. The same engine spec is going in mine bar a few differences

 

Was with a 7064

 

I think it is a 3.6 but waiting to hear back from him.

Mark

 

Do R&D make a 3.9 for the front? I thought it was only 3.6 hence the reason for using drop gears with a 3.9 rear?

 

I spoke to Bara recently and he seemed to think I needed drop gears but maybe not, I am sure you know much more than me...I thought they were all3.9...if not I have just let a cheap one go.

Never mind, if I break the cwp, the atb should be fine to sell on and I will buy a big diff.

 

I've gone for a 2.2 20v turbo 5 cylinder from an audi. Paid for the modified sump, pickup, mounts and bell housing for it.

I did consider the newer 07k engine but too much hassle with so many modified parts needed.

 

Ahmed tried to switch me on to that engine instead of the cossie said it makes lots of torque very easily

 

That’s a lovely Engine, loved by many people and makes the right noises.

 

Im sure only 3.6 for RnD, like you said drop gears needed to go 3.9

 

Bum, I let an rnd go as thought my box would need to come apart

 

Nice set of billet pulleys arrived, I will post up the other ones Mark sent me (Thank You)

 

T45 WRC cradle to MK spec. Nice to see it in the car. I cannot wait to drive it.

 

Looking good Toby

What cradle are you having? the last couple of pictures have been of 2 completely different cradles

 

I am having the T45 one that I posted up, I think this one is used for the Mock Up as the location points are all the same...will check with Mark though.

 

The one in the last pic was just the mock up Marc. How’s your car doing? Not seen you on here for a while.

 

 

I have thrown a slight spanner in the works as my gearbox is longer than an MT75 being the long box so need to make sure it will fit.

Should be another update soon though

 

1" Longer, will still go in no probs (did on my escos sequential), front prop will need lengthening

 

My props have already been done but with a brand new tunnel and new gearbox mount we need to make sure then1 inch extra is catered for...also my shell is already non standard so 22 cm shorter.

 

Boot floor is largely staying, will have a hump to allow exhaust to pass over cradle, Mark has chopped out the little coil over boxes and repaired the arch ready to chop out for the massive WRC turrets. You can see the pick up points where the cage will meet cradle mounts.

 

 

T45 cradle taking shape, Mark has made a lot of Gucci mods to allow the diff to come out easily. Supra diff plug n play





I love the little lugs here to hold the diff

 

Looking very good. Have you decided on what colour it's all going including the car.

 

I think car will stay red, I will strip anything left underneath and have that body colour and then powder coat things like the cradle in (most likely) black.

 

Nice mate

 

I have had stuff powder coated in the past but I'm not sure i'd do it again, on another forum I'm on people was finding stones etc would damage the powder coat and let water get underneath and rust. I need to start looking into getting an alternative coat of something again when I start doing the 944.

 

I think you do need to be certain the powder is good. I spoke to my painter and he said powder was harder wearing than paint. Interested if there are other options.

I don’t mind re-doing every so often I suppose.

 

2 pack epoxy primer over powder coating underside compents.

 

Have it galvanised then powder coated , or they can hot galv spray now and powder coat on top.

Cheers paul

 

Cradles look good either way, especially with the bolt in removable bar sections

The fiesta is good, took it for its MOT last saterday, first time it’s been driven since I took it to my wedding last August !

May end up putting it up for sale as I never use it and see what happens but it will be big money so who knows

 

I think you will regret selling it, just wait for life to settle down. I regret a few sales, I sold through lack of use but would use a lot more now. Use it more and you will love it, change anything that annoys.

 

cradle looks the job toby

 

A bit of the cage has gone in to tie up the cradle mounts, the square bars are just bracing whilst the floor is out.