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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    now that does sound very dangerous paul ....mmm carbon mk2 shell
    ps do you still have the mcrae fronts paul and if you get chance can you send me a pic or post one of the 15" arch from the side ,cheers
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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Hi Rob,

    I sent the McRae's back to Ralloy mate, and you definitely dont want any - the fronts look wrong, really wrong......

    ....having said that, I really like the Ralloy "15 inch" front arches that I've ended up with instead of the McRae's

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    I got all excited then Paul, i thought we were having a picture updqte! :-D

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    OK Paul - no great ones I'm afraid - we've been too busy swearing at the bloody thing to worry about many pics.....

    The latest TCA's available from Ireland - the pictures dont do them justice, they are works or art and all rose-joints/bolts etc much stronger than normal ones:





    More pedal porn because I just cant resist them



    More carbon - custom made false floor, with slots so that pedals can be adjusted on Gary's new mounts. Who put those bloody fingerprints on it already!?!



    New black anodised lamp brackets:



    One end of the new steering setup - which now has twin rose-joint setup so that the wheel sits square-on, and lower/nearer to my seat. Its also 100% easier to fit You can also see the new centre console and replacement main dash panel in background....



    Once big bufty Matt has come around and given it a full valet, we'll go around it all and get pics of all the small details changes that we've made....

    Cheers,

    Paul.

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Wow. Looking super sexy.

    Paul, have you fitted the new TCA's yet? If not, could I trouble you to measure them for me, centre to centre. As you are probably aware, competition bits are just non-existent for the Rover, I managed to get hold of a set of adjustable (but not in situ) TCA's but I am on the lookout for a better alternative. If these are somewhere close dimensionally, I will be able to utilise them I am sure. I take it they are from Group 4 Fabs? Thanks in advance, Lee.
    I fear understeer...

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Hello Lee - yes, they are from Grp4 Fabrications over in Ireland. I've bought a fair few bits from Torsten and co during the past couple of years, and can't speak highly enough of the products or service received

    I'm hoping to do the tracking at the weekend, so will measure the TCA lengths then.

    Cheers,

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Thanks Paul,
    Spoke to Lee on this already,so the pressure is off you,
    1 less job for you again.

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Thanks Tortsen

    Big weekend for the car this weekend - its either tracked, brakes bled, tested up the road and full steam ahead for Epynt.....

    .....or there'll be something else go wrong and the fecking thing can be mothballed until Donegal!

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Good to see some pics at last Paul was starting to think either your camera had broke , or you had sold the car kept it quiet

    The new bits are looking very nice was looking at those TCA 's myself the other day as was after some TCA's with rose joints at both ends , to allow me to alter the angle of them , but the only ones I could find where for use with compression struts only .

    Hope it all goes well at the weekend and your soon giving it a blast up the road

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Another level again Paul.................going to be a totally different car.

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Looking good Paul. Where did you get your carbon console from? Looks like the same that was in Will Nichols white escort - WWMF?

    How did you get on this weekend then?

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Where did you get that centre console from Paul ?

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    H Paul,just wanted to ask where did you get those poly carb drivers and co drivers slidering windows from ,thanks
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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    could anybody tell me where paul got his poly carb window kit form please
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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Plastics 4 performance mate, they are their top window kit made from Lexan Marguard it's a scratch proof poly that is superb, the rallycross boys use it for windscreens!! Wipers, mud and all!!

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    have you got a contact number or a website address please
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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    found the website,which kit did paul fit in to his car
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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Well there is only 2 kits and as I described above its the Lexan Margard kit, their top kit. £300 + vat plus Paul's has the Gucci pro window slider kit +£240 not 100% sure if he went thermoformed or not.
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    cheers for the Matt,they do look a top quality kit from the website.
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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Matt is right, they're the top spec bits from P4P - and then we went and modified them just a little to be different

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Well, I'm beginning to think I should have stuck with modern stuff

    I've had it at two events, and bought it home dead twice now

    This time the engine has let go - no warning, no bad temperatures and pressures look fine. There's no way I'm putting more hours into it just to bring it back out at the same spec, so looks like its time to either pick up some Honda bits up while I'm in America, or look around at silly options.....

    Stupid car!!!!

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    sorry to hear this paul not very often you hear of a honda letting go! were u just out on test?

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Shit Paul sorry to hear that mate - thats bad news. we're in the same boat now - a sinking one!

    What event were you on?

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Was just at the track day at Brands Hatch to shakedown the new parts. We did two or three short runs to just sort a fee silly things out, then it went pear-shaped....

    The car got lots of positive comments, with many saying it looks like a touring car with the new pedal box setup (which is lovely to drive on), but it's no good stuck in the garage. There's no way it's staying off the road for another long period (I've committed to do an event in Ireland) so it needs decisions and parts soon....

    Seriously tempted by a decent Duratec - more power and 30-40kgs less weight - but also want to see what the Honda can do.

    Cheers,

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    what mods did u do to the perspex paul
    Drive on

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    See this yesterday. Sexy, sexy car

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Sorry to hear the bad news about the engine Paul , hope it does not cost a small fourtune and can be done in a reasonable time

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

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    Quote Originally Posted by 105Ian View Post
    Sorry to hear the bad news about the engine Paul , hope it does not cost a small fourtune and can be done in a reasonable time
    Thanks Ian - it can certainly be put right without it breaking the bank (I can get another salvage unit) but the thought of going to that effort for no more power kind of annoys me

    Whatever I decide, it has to be running again quickly - otherwise its easy to let one month slip into another, then even more. Want it properly sorted and tested well before next season statrts.

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    I don't know whst you mean mate
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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Paul, did you sort out your front struts / TCA's in the end then?

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Car looked amazing Paul, interior especially looks great. Even sat in the garage that pedal box and sequential felt perfect, definately up to touring car standards. Can you get a std engine for now to get the car out again and maybe have something more serious being built up in the mean time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by david_white View Post
    Car looked amazing Paul, interior especially looks great. Even sat in the garage that pedal box and sequential felt perfect, definately up to touring car standards. Can you get a std engine for now to get the car out again and maybe have something more serious being built up in the mean time?
    his last one was std ,that was the idea of cheap engine rebuids ,not all lost as the old unit is quite heavy and should weigh in nicely at the scrapyard,thought you might of had a spare under the bench at that price ,the wurry is that was a very low mile unit and still let go ide want to know the cause before i was keen to bolt another one in mate ..good luck

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    Quote Originally Posted by david_white View Post
    Car looked amazing Paul, interior especially looks great. Even sat in the garage that pedal box and sequential felt perfect, definately up to touring car standards. Can you get a std engine for now to get the car out again and maybe have something more serious being built up in the mean time?
    Cheers Dave - next time it's there you can take it out. We'll have the old one out in two weeks time and back ready to run within a week or two after that (the beauty of it being standard).

    The only problem is that now I've started looking at other options, a couple of them look very tempting

    Cheers,

    Paul

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    Quote Originally Posted by monte2 View Post
    his last one was std ,that was the idea of cheap engine rebuids ,not all lost as the old unit is quite heavy and should weigh in nicely at the scrapyard,thought you might of had a spare under the bench at that price ,the wurry is that was a very low mile unit and still let go ide want to know the cause before i was keen to bolt another one in mate ..good luck
    I agreed Rob, we definitely need to know why It went in the first place - luckily that's exactly what Lee does for his day job, so we should have a very good idea in a couple of weeks.....

    Cheers,

    Paul

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    heres my thoughts ... any other engine is going to cost, not only in itself but in instaling ...

    Personally, what i would do is buy two rebuild kits.. buy another engine, rebuild both, and fit one.. use an abuse, that spare engine gets built with loads of assymbly lube, and plugged up.

    The engine thats blown... its had a 'colourful' life, how many times has it been in and out? at any point it could have got a grain of sand in an open hole... its been around for a few years.. done an event, had a holiday, then did the trackday..

    Paul, you've got a brillient track record, but I know you want to push the Escort, and pushing means an off may be in the future. At that point, the money saved by not going Duratec/ Anyotherengine, along with the 'return bigger and better' fund, builds 'PEPPERMINT No2'

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    Re: Paul Alex's Honda-powered tarmac rally Escort

    Hi Paul
    Sorry to hear your bad news :-(
    What has let go?
    If the cylinders need boring you will struggle to find anyone wiling to do it because of the FRM cylinders.
    I have just about every part you could think of for the Honda S2000 engine (2 complete engines in bits and a 3rd head)
    I have done lots and lots of research on these regarding tuning and the most sensible route to go would be 2.3ltr, dont touch any of the american stuff (2.6-2.7 stroker kits) these are only good for drag racing and a 10-15 second run!!!
    Speak with Ian at clockwise motion he really knows his stuff.
    What oil pressure switch are you running in the block? 7psi honda one or 21psi after market?
    Let me know if you need any help, I have learnt the hard way with these engines!!

    Cheers
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    Last edited by Cyco; 28-08-2012 at 08:46.

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    Sorry to hear the bad news about the engine Paul, your not having much luck but I'm sure that will change.

    Gary's comment above makes sense!

    Btw it's about time this thread had some updated pictures on it!! ;-)

    Keep the Chin up and don't loose heart with her, you've come this far!

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