zep Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 Note: Split into Project + Discussion from original thread Absolutley beautiful. You've got some amazing stuff in the vuild there, I'd be keen to take it out on the roads too Quote
Snoozin Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 Oh god oh god oh gaaawwwwwd damn thats fine! You sure don't fuck about when it comes to modifying cars good and proper mate!!! I would be VERY keen to check those out some time if I'm ever up in your neck of the woods.... Auckland is it??? Good luck with the build and be sure to keep us up to date on what looks to be an amazing wee car! Quote
si Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 and the cost of the build so far is ................. si Quote
Guest WESTCORT Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 mate did you win lotto powerball a few weeks back when it was at like 17mil? Quote
Jerm Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 haha fuck if i won lotto those are probably the two cars i would get first Quote
Hemi Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 omg dude your a friggin legend!!!!....to bad u had to let go of those damn fine pieces of ford pride maaan i wish i had the money and knowledge to spend on my mk2 like that lol ..on the subject ..you know alot about this stuff...my escort has got the worst bodyroll ever and im tryna get rid of it ....i can have three ppl on one side of the car and the car drops about 4" roughly ....its slack as i was just wondering if there any immediate things i can do to help stop this ....new harder shocks and springs prehaps???? ..any help appreciated thanks Quote
Guest WESTCORT Posted July 12, 2004 Posted July 12, 2004 ok so it was you who won lotto, always wondered who it was.. you have so many absoulutly f*cking fantastic escort pictures there, i just cant believe one person can posses so many magical cars! you have to come to a cruise sometime and show off... i bet that mk2 pulls the fat skids aye hahahaha Quote
Jerm Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 damn...... what is the engine in the tango? is it a carby cosworth turbo? i'm guessings its a turbo because of the crazy manifold?..... mean v8 mk1!!! how was that? is it a 302 windsor? did it handle ok? and who did your paint and shit? did you do it allyourself? it looks fucking good... Cheers JEremy Quote
Mr.Mk1 Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 My old man has a 3.5 Rover V8 for sale, comes with gearbox - about $800 i think he wanted. PM me if u want more info. Quote
BigDave Posted July 14, 2004 Posted July 14, 2004 Not for me sorry mate, too much bulkhrad chopping required for Escort fit. They go well in AC type kit cars though, he would do well to advertise in them kinds of circles?? Quote
Jerm Posted July 14, 2004 Posted July 14, 2004 oh really .. yeha i heard the rover alloy V8's are very light and good..... those extractors on the tango are interesting... whats the advantage of having them "up and over"? is it just so you can fit the large diameter pipe?..... why did you choose to go NA? to avoid ECU etc? how did it go compared to a turbs cossie? yeah i really want to try and rebuild an engine as soon as i have some time and money.... going to start easy though on a 1300 or 1600 x-flow .... did you just refer to a manual or what? was it your first rebuild? Quote
Guest miss_ae111 Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 wow bigdave ur mk2 is absolutely perfect! its mint. talk about attention to detail!!!!! Quote
BigDave Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 Cheers matey, no details on the car as yet, more has gone into the Mk1, but cheers for the comments. Jerm, I never actaully built the engine mate. I bought the car as a bit of a project and the motor was built by a NA specialist called Wayne Riggar, he drag races a 250 brake NA Anglia by the way. What I did was just strip the car down and rebuilt it all right. The woring was a mess, it had no breather, a poor extractor and exhaust set up, lts really, it just needed putting right. NA cossie motors are used purly for their reving ability and power right from the off, it was 230 brake that one by the way. Tango also did a 0-60mph drag sprint in 5.01 seconds with wheels spinning in all gears!! The manifolds I fitted were purly for better extraction, it makes it easier to use larger bores and also get each length equal to keep the engine running at optimum levels. Oh yeah, they also look mint!! CheeRS Quote
Jerm Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 fuck thats fast.... can we get those engines over here?..... what do they come in? or are they sierras cossies with the turbs just removed? Cheers Quote
trunk-rattlin Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 wtf is up with people not editting their last posts?? Quote
BigDave Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 What needs editing like?? More than just removing the Turbo Jerm mate, the head needs to be fully reworked as a normal YB head is deigned for forced induction with Injection and ECU etc... It costs about 4000 pounds to make a reasonable one up also!! Quote
Jerm Posted July 16, 2004 Posted July 16, 2004 interesting.... yeah i knew it would take alot of work to convert a turbo engine to NA ... but i was kinda meaning can you get the NA cossie standard in any cars? ... i guess not Quote
BigDave Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Nope, unless of course you mean BDA, BDG etc... These were made with help from Cosworth so could come into your question?? Quote
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