My MK6 Escort RWD Rally Car

[BDA_IT]

This is a few pics of myself and my old man as the co driver on a few events last year.

Mk 6 Escort converted to RWD using a Quaife 6 speed type9 box to a cosworth 7 1/2 inch rear diff in a wrc type cradle powered by a 1600 all stell BDA on throttle bodies.

Last year came 3rd in class in the AEMC rally championship in our first year in this car, we had plenty of teathing problems but hopefully getting there now.

Had alot of fun at the winter rallycross on saturday where i managed to get on the back row on the A Final and got 6th overall in a heavy underpowered rally car compared to the big power lightweight rallycross cars!

[andypipe]

A few names i recognise on your car like AMPanels and Dynatech. Did you use to rally a black mk3 escort

[BDA_IT]

Yeah thats us You know my dad better than me the name on the bonnet also gives it away! You used to work for AM Panels didnt ya? Saw you at Santa pod you had a stall next to us.

[andypipe]

That was ray who originally built the car for me. So tudor is your dad

[dodgydoughnut]

and ive got your old mk4 sat in my yard at the moment.

[GavinR]

I remember Tudor as well in the Mk4, mainly from the Kune Tune rallies

And I think I saw you at Millbrook last year

Very nice car

[mk2stu]

nice car mate
i was their on sat for the a final you put up a good fight considering what you was up against?
will you be racing next month aswell?

[cozyvan]

was the mark four pink and black.i used to go past it in the mornings to work bt telephone exchange

[BDA_IT]

To answer the questions yeah my old man is Tudor who now navigates for me but we double drive at autocrosses and sprints, yeah the mk4 was black and pink which i learnt to drive when i was 10 years old!

Yeah was at Milbrook my first rally and got 11th O/A and 2nd in class.

Think i will have to let Dad drive at the next rallycross as he enjoys them too but aint as quick as me LOL.

Yeah i must have been Ray at Santa Pod.

[Tazman]

I remember Tudor as well in the Mk4, mainly from the Kune Tune rallies

And I think I saw you at Millbrook last year

Very nice car

Ditto that

Kune Tune rallies those were the days

Whats it called now essex charity stages or something

[Retromotorsport]

And we will have to see you and your Dad up the Talbot Pub one 1st Tuesday of the month ..

[Graham]

A few names i recognise on your car like AMPanels and Dynatech. Did you use to rally a black mk3 escort

i can go back further still and remember when it was a red x/flow powered mk2

[PERKY]

Nice looking car
Good condition for a 1969 model

[BDA_IT]

What this Mk2??

Start em Young! I must be around 7 or 8 years old!

Note the matching minilites on the trailer

I remember driving the car around the paddock sitting on Dads lap!

[Retromotorsport]

Have you two stopped eating at the Indian.. just noticed you've not got them as a sponsor anymore

[katluke]

Yeah thats us You know my dad better than me the name on the bonnet also gives it away! You used to work for AM Panels didnt ya? Saw you at Santa pod you had a stall next to us.

Nice car,just curious.What suspension/brake set up have you used on the front ?i wouldnt mind a rwd mk6.

[BDA_IT]

On the front it is Sierra Cosworth 909 Struts and hubs with Hi Spec 300mm discs and bells, i wanst very happy with them at 1st they had a dead line because i was out at Twyford and needed them back and when i did they were all wrong one side fitted and the other didnt! So after a few high speed journeys to and from Dartford got it sorted and came 2nd in class, but was alot of unessary stress and ball ache. They do work well tho!

When i get a chance ill post some pics, it has a sierra x member and rack.

[katluke]

On the front it is Sierra Cosworth 909 Struts and hubs with Hi Spec 300mm discs and bells, i wanst very happy with them at 1st they had a dead line because i was out at Twyford and needed them back and when i did they were all wrong one side fitted and the other didnt! So after a few high speed journeys to and from Dartford got it sorted and came 2nd in class, but was alot of unessary stress and ball ache. They do work well tho!

When i get a chance ill post some pics, it has a sierra x member and rack.

Thanks for your reply,some more pics woud be nice.Did you just use a front wheel drive shell to start with or a 4x4 shell ?

[BDA_IT]

No it was just a bog standard escort bonus. Peter Maylum did all the whole conversion about 10 years ago and my dad had slowly been building at Peters workshop over that time, when i got involved the car was finished in 4 months and did our 1st full season last year and had a scream! This year will hopefully be better without as many teething problems i hope!

[thepintoman]

i remember lining up against the black and pink mk4 it had a xflow in it at north weald must of been 2000/01

[BDA_IT]

Corr that was a few years ago, can you remember who was the driver?? That car ran low 16s if i remember correctly! Your talking abot RWYB or a sprint??

We did and do just about everything i the cars!! What were you in?? Did you blow us away??

[BDA_IT]

Ive been trying to find some pics of the Black and Pink car but that was around before we had digital cameras, ill have a look at home for any!

[dodgydoughnut]

pic of your old mk4 now

[thepintoman]

Corr that was a few years ago, can you remember who was the driver?? That car ran low 16s if i remember correctly! Your talking abot RWYB or a sprint??

We did and do just about everything i the cars!! What were you in?? Did you blow us away??

it was you not your dad driving bud and you ran 15/16 something i was in a black turbo tecs 2.9 twin turbo xr4x4
runinng low 14s hi 13s

[BDA_IT]

Oh yeah i remember that blimely that was a long time ago!

The old escort looks sorry there! Its a shame you cant finish her off! Peter Maylum was hasseling hme into buying it again to make a lightweight rallycross car!!

[Retromotorsport]

Peter Maylum was hasseling hme into buying it again to make a lightweight rallycross car!!

No... your next car is a Focus with the new Duratec and and live axle ..

[thepintoman]

The old escort looks sorry there! Its a shame you cant finish her off!

funny you say that mate
im off to see it tomo afternoon gona meet chris and martin and have a look over it
i feel another cossie project coming on

[paprst]

Nice car !!!!

Please post some pics from the rear beam and the engine bay

[turbo m]

Nice car ditto more pics for engine bay and inside it gives me an idea..

[BDA_IT]

All started well on Saturday, lovely clear sunny day!

The only thing the scrutineer had to say about the car was that the front number plate was to small! I keep a full size UK one in the van so fitted it to keep him happy! What would have been the problem its on a airfield no road mileage!

Stage 1 we are running car 16 so i knew we would have the front runners coming up behind me on the merge so we kept an eye in the mirrors so i didnt hold anyone up! About of the 3rd of the way round a Nissan 240RS was looming up behind managed to move out of his way on a runway section and i didnt loose any time which was good. We were going really well the stage was nice and flowing and i was really enjoying it! The next car to catch us was Peter Rayner in his 250bhp well sorted mk2 escort so got out his way and waved as he went past and Richard Bonner gave me the thumbs up as they got in front, i managed to stick with hm on the twisty bits as we went round a square 90 left onto the runnway he ran wide beacue i was so close i did the same and we both ended up going the wrong side of some cones and bushes!! He then spilt left for the finish and we repeated the rest of the stage wit no one else caching us! As we approached the flying finish on the road book it showed it as an easy left into an easy right over finish it was blind cause we were in the bushes between the runways, i saw the yellow time boards so kept it on then as we got closer it tightened right up to a square 90 not an easy and i was going well to quick so went off into the trees and missed the finish completely! We hit a couple of trees and drove over a few so did some damage to the body work and suspension!

Nursed the car to the time control and back to service where the i inspected the car where i could see the compression strut and TCA were bent, So i got on with changing them. All back on quick drive in the service area and the car drove straight, so helmets on and headed for SS2 time control but as we got there the closing course car came over the finish so we were OTL and out of the rally!

We were not the only crew to crash were we did about 15 crews went off and damaged their cars, all the cars with a time of 9.53 did what we did. SS1 was canceled!

We were allowed to carry on from stage 5. I then set 7th quickest time on stage 5 then 10th on SS6 7th again on SS7 and 10th SS8. Im sure if i had not crashed on SS1 and drove with out a spin or an off i would have won my class and got a good top ten finish! But thats rallying!

We still had an excellent day even after the crash!

Here is the only pic i have at the mo but will post more when i get them!

Thanks to Gary and Cossie Matt for the work on the power steering would not have been able to go as quick as i did on the twisty stuff with out it!

Here is the entry list and results.
http://www.mcac.co.uk/events/middlew...9entrylist.pdf

http://www.middlewickstages.co.uk/

[cossie matt]

Well done Ashley, that's some impressive times you set there after the little excursion, I see what you mean about it taking the shine off the new bumper I think Shaun has some paint left if you need him

Glad you liked the steering, that was seriously heavy before.

Be great to see some more pics when you get them.

[Retromotorsport]

Well done Ashley and Tudor, blinding results considering the off in stage 1, and looking at the picture, what we were discussing on the rear could do with being done to correct the camber

[quantumjohn]

What a small world.

Here is me navigating for Nick Kelly on the Swansea Bay Rally 2006 in the black Escort. That was a great car which we used for a few years winning the 1600 class on several different events beating some much more powerful cars (it had a 1600 x-flow)




Good to hear about your outings Ashley. Keep us up to date with your results.

Pete certainly builds a strong car. He is building my one at the moment.

John

[Hoogi]

A fantastic read...........well done Gents, great result considering the trip into the wilderness

[SS069]

cracking thread, only one problem - I want a go, giz a go, gonna have to get one.........now considering RWD'ing my Mk6/7 GTi Escort........anyone fancy a paid project............keep us up to speed

[BDA_IT]

Yeah Nick Kelly bought the Mk4 off us after i rolled it at a autocross still get an award from that event lol.

We repaired her and pulled out the BDA and put in our old X Flow which served us really well before the BD. That car was an excellent car we did everything in her rallies, sprints, autocross and rallycross! I think it is now going back together as a slow project as a rallycross car!

What car is yours at Peters as im always down there!

[BDA_IT]

Couple of pics

[4drmatt]

good write up i especially like this pic

[quantumjohn]

Ashley,
My car is the blue x-pack Mk2 at Peters. I've put a few pictures up in the 'restorations and projects' area.
I should be at Peters at the weekend sometime to deliver my engine.

Nick and I managed a top 4 time on one stage on the Wyedean rally a couple of years ago when it snowed heavily with the Black Mk4.

When ever it used to get steamed up inside we could see the marks where the rallycross stars stickers used to be stuck to the rear side windows!

Them are some great pictures of your recent outing.

John

[FlashRS]

Couple of pics

Well, we had a good day in my old 3 door as well!!
Pushed on from the start, had a few scary moments, killed quite a few cones!! But came home in one piece!
1st overall. Not bad for an old shed!