Steve Lawson

Thought I might share this little beauty with you all,current plans are to put a 2 litre pinto lump in there and do some trackdays.I hope to collect the donor car(2.0s Capri next saturday)which I have been given free of charge,thanks Nelly .



Amazingly its still got the original arches and has not had any welding done at all to it,just some idiot has messed with the bodywork .

I have the RS2000 sump and hope to collect the RS2K bellhousing on monday so with a bit of luck it might be running by Sunday next week.Will try to keep you all updated if theres enough interest.

Steve

IanW

A true classic there Steve

Major fun as well! I remeber my Capri 2.0S I had for a few weeks while 'inbetween cars'

sammyh

iTrader: (1)

just don't spray it orange

Olly

Got some 4 spoke RS2000 alloys with good tyres lying around in the garage if you fancy 'em?

Dream Weaver

Spray it Sonic P1 Blue for a laugh

scooby-new

stick a 1.3l badge on it, no spoiler and scare the VTR/S boys at the lights!

5cby

dude if u put in a pinto lump u will need the rs engine mounts also
and modify the transmission tunnel IIRC

BOB.T

<jeaslous>

I fancy another Escort, had a 1600 Sport

Tell me you're gonna put round headlamps on it, please! I fancy doing the full job, tarmac arches, 5 link, etc etc and most importantly, 4 big **** off spot lamps I just don't have the funds or anywhere to do it

Steve Lawson

Dont worry Bob the headlights are coming out,just need to find some and the appropriate grill and then they are gone.
I was looking at doing the works on it,Cossie turbo,four link and the arches etc but after talking to one well known Mark 2 Escort owner who posts on here and finding out how much he has spent on his made me think twice.I used to own a Droopsnoot RS2000 many years ago which I restored and then sold(kicking myself now)and I just cant get them out of my system call it reliving my youth LOL.This will be my fourth Mark 2 now but the first that will really be a toy
Yeah I know the score on the mounts and the trans tunnel,just waiting for my 5 speed box to turn up and the gearbox lowering blocks then off we go but I think its now going to be a couple of weekends away now .

Still I will keep you all posted

Cheers

Steve

BOB.T

My grill had a small coming together with my foot I seem to remember getting a pattern one to replace it from my local factors, I think Hadrian panels make them

Bob

BOB.T

See what you cake make of this

Steve Lawson

Nice one Bob I will be calling them in the morning .

Ta

Steve

BOB.T

and this

Blackscooby

Just watch out for a rather bizzarre handling trait



Mate of mine at Harewood Hillclimb trying to minimize on tyre wear !

Steve Lawson

Sweet did he manage to keep it on the track?Certainly giving it some death isnt he LOL.
Any idea on the spec of the thing?

Hmm hillclimbing never thought about that before got any decent links Blackscooby ?

Cheers

Steve

Huxley

My toy


I have spent nearly £2k on the old bone and it's still not finished

But when it's finshed to the new spec it will be good
Huxley

XT

OI! Huxley! Come to the SN chat room

Steve Lawson

Come on Huxley whats the spec mate

Steve

Huxley

Where should i start?

2.1 burton engine with all the normal rally bits, rev limiter,luminition pack, twin 45's twin throtle cables, oil cooler etc etc
Vented cross drilled front disks
World cup cross member
Big ***k off sump guard
TranX Straight cut gear box
English 5 linked axle wit 4.44 quailf lsd,disk brakes Hydraulic handbrake with fly off lever
Group 4 single piece propshalft
4 linked body with panard rod tower
Billies
Anti dive kit
Rear Slipper springs
Ally boot mounted Shaped tank for spare wheel
Twin red top pumps and filter king regulator
Full rollcage
all the normal Rally safty bits seats belts etc etc

A lot of these bit are in boxes ready to fit when I get the garage finished as the spec when the picture was taken was pants but it still went well?

Huxley

[Edited by Huxley - 3/13/2003 12:39:10 AM]

smanning

Hi Steve..

These are seriously good fun for Hillclimbing and non pro rallying... you can have a lot of fun with these

Got a friend who has a 260bhp mark 2 escort he uses for rallying. Had to put a dog box on it as gearboxes blown to buggery with that sort of power but provided it can get grip it will blow any scooby away.

... and seeing is believing

you got a lot of work to do before it gets to that stage though but they can be worth serious money.

Huxley

Steve these might be of help for you bits

We have got shed loads from Motorsport news as well

Rally Trader
Jason Leapley
Competition Cars
Rally Spares
Competition Spares
Findit.co.uk race cars
Motorsport Parts
Rallysport spares
Yorkshire Rally spares


Hope these can help you

Huxley

Steve Lawson

Thanks for the links Huxley,not done anything to the motor this week after all except buy bits for it .
Managed to get a load of secondhand bits on wednesday,so I now have all the bits required to fit the engine but no gearbox yet.
Picked up a black interior,round headlights and grill,RS engine mounts and a set of RS2K clocks for 110 quid.Should have the twin webers and manifold by the end of the week as well .

I have decided to remove the engine completely and get the engine bay refurbed first then get it mobile so all being well I will pull the lump on saturday now instead.Just need to find another panel beater/painter as I have been let down by the one I was going to use [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Never mind its all part of the fun isnt it

Steve

[Edited by Steve Lawson - 3/17/2003 12:26:23 AM]

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

Steve

I know someone local to you that should be able to help with the bodywork, I'll call you later

Justin

V5-APS

iTrader: (1)

How's this going Steve.....I've done 3 of these conversions myself a few years ago!! IIRC the fuel lines and alternator wiring have to be moved over to the opposite side of the engine bay and the rad top plate needs chopping out. On two of them i retained the std four speed gearbox, but did fit a five speed Sierra 'box to my own one.
Still have a 2.2 Pinto o-ringed block, which was an RS500 type. Also got a few other bits still lying around, like a custom made exhaust manifold for the Cosworth 16-valve head!!
Mail me at bitob@hotmail.com if interested m8.
Cheers


[Edited by V5-APS - 4/13/2003 4:31:56 AM]

Steve Lawson

Hi Bito,

Long time no speak .Its all hit a bit of a standstill at the moment [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] as I cant get someone to commit to painting the car,in fact I can t get someone to commit to coming round and looking at it to quote me to paint it.
It really is beginning to pee me off now.
I will be dropping you a mail very shortly about the bits you have for definite

Current state of play is that the whole front end is stripped from the screen forward and I am still stripping Ziebart off.When I close my eyes to sleep all I see is Ziebart hehe its doing my noodle in.
Going to order some bits from Gartrac this week even for the engine bay(GP4 top plates,bulkhead gussets and their crossmember bolt/tube kit) then I just have to fit them then I will really be at a standstill .

Other than that I have not had much time tbh as I have started doing work on Scoobs again on the weekends.

Have you still got your car?I seem to recall seeing it for sale on here did it sell?

Steve

Deep Singh

Hi Steve.

Steve Lawson

Hehe what are you lot like,its going to stay the original colour and just have a Mexico front spoiler and the black RS boot spoiler fitted to it nothing else....well apart from the rollcage.
Have none of you got any taste

Olly YHM

Cheers

Steve

[Edited by Steve Lawson - 3/10/2003 7:04:52 PM]