Wow that is mint!

 

Does that not belong to Andy Forrest

 

Looks good...

Martin has managed to retain the inner wings unlike the car above...well, self fabricated inner wings, and didnt want to go down the Top mount route so has managed to get a FMIC to fit!! The only way it would fit is on top of the Rad. He bought a FMIC and a mate cut of the end tanks and re-welded them on the front for the shortest route possible....With the reverse inlet and rotated turbo, he has a achieved what he wanted.....a very short pipe run.

Ive just been round there, at present he is test fitting the Subaru wiring loom.

Here are a few pics, including the rear axle, rad/intercooler install and firewall.

The thing to take into consideration with this project is, its being built where you see it....outside on the drive!



Fire wall



Modified front valance for the rad which sits quite low to accommodate the FMIC















The axle is an atlas 2.8 s with Zf lsd fitted 4.6 cwp, its been shortened to 48.5 and uses 18 spline quaife semi floating half shafts and Cosworth rear disc's+ calipers





Heavy duty link boxes welded in.

 

Ive just noticed the white Mk1 is built on a Subaru chassis, not quite the same as Martin has done with this project...

 

Very interesting and impressive project!

Can't wait to see the finished outcome on this.

 

Any updates?
Love a good driveway project and it doesn't get much more driveway than this!

 

Great build! Subscribed for updates.

 

im liking this idea, thats my mk1 escort in the pics at mallory (ppc show) i now have a new project, a mk2 escort :-) im going the same way as this project, dropping the engine and running gear on whats already there, ill be keeping a close eye on this, any updates???

 

Yours is a nice car fella and good luck with your new project..

I popped round last Saturday, progress has been rather slow due to him getting a property of his ready for rental....but it has moved on slightly.

The loom is almost complete and the alloy tank has been fitted in the boot complete with an integrated swirl pot. When i arrived he was bolting on the second head to the engine he has just rebuilt using...ACL race bearings, Manley rods, stock STI8 pistons in a Semi closed deck block with V4 Type R heads and his own fabricated baffled sump. The goal is a reliable 400bhp.

There is still a hell of a lot if work left in this project...

 

Subscribed! Epic work!

 

This is really something unique!!

 

thanks very much, and thanks for the update, its nice to know i can look at somone elses work for ideas, unlike the mk1 where no one had done it before, i wont be starting mine till the winter so ill be checking in to see how things are going with this one, hopefully it will be close to completion

 

I popped round earlier and took a quick photo. The engine and box are in at present complete with the modified headers and his own rotated setup whilst things are worked around them. Obviously all will be removed again for paint.

He did mention about maybe having it mapped with the VF28 instead of the SC46 when its up and running to which I called him a *****!

 

that looks pretty damn good, next time if you can get a pic straight above the engine so i can see how much room there is around the engine, my issue with the mk1 was not enough room at the front for a rad ill be copying this to a T on the mk2 if he doesnt mind lol, looks very good at the mo though, keep em coming

 

Impressive fabrication work, subscribed

 

Wow 2 of my all time best cars too date , Subaru and ford . Hand in hand I say .

 

Here is a couple of photos of the clearance on both sides, about an inch. One thing to take into consideration is that the inner wings are not original. He made his own along with front chassis leg mods to get the engine to fit, the Escort engine bay isn't wide enough in stock form to take the Subaru engine.

 

i see what you mean on the earlier pics about the inner wings and front chassis, it seams a shame to do it to my mk2 shell, as it solid, but it has to be done so i must grit my teeth, thanks very much for the pics, and keep em comin.

 

any updates on this one?

 

I really shouldn't be looking at this thread it may give me silly ideas ........
I'm a big Mk1 Escort fan, heres me sitting on the boot of my Superspeed V6 Mexico just a few years ago .....like 33 years ago And you thought Phil Lynott was gone ..................

http://s622.photobucket.com/user/joh...d8d04.jpg.html

 

This project has lept forward and not died of death,just need Jay for an update.....

 

Hey Mike...

Yes it has come on, I was round Martins last Saturday but didn't have my phone to take photos.

It has come on yes, Martin has painted it himself for the time being to stop it rusting... Still a bit to do but not far off running, wiring to sort and a prop needs making.....Will be an interesting car for sure, if you consider a MK1 RS200 is roughly 900kgs and the fact this car is stripped and has firbeglass bonnet, doors, front wings, boot and polycarb windows all round it should be lively with the SC46 nailed to it.......!!

It will be a handful trying to keep in a straight line

 

Not entirely finished but running and MOT'd. Its had some paint flicked on it to stop it rusting. It will be all stripped back out for a proper paint job some time later in the year.

 

Wow!

 

Awesome

Please mister can I 'ave a go

 

Love this project. Great to see it MOT'd.