yep i'm personally sticking with 13" rims on my own car gooooooo on stick a pick or 10 up ;P
yep i'm personally sticking with 13" rims on my own car gooooooo on stick a pick or 10 up ;P
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pics from all over the last few years lol
Nice motor mate
When I grow up I will have a MK1 Escort
I must be all growed up now then and paying for it!
There's normally a lot more smoke than that
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1968 MK1 Escort 1300GT
1969 'Big Wing' MK1 Escort
1972 MK3 Cortina 1600XL
1984 Sierra XR4i
And other junk I don't like to talk about!
the front calipers are from a porsche boxster and the disc are forrest spec escort the rears are cosworth 4wd calipers on puma discs and the top mounts are from a rice rocket
Can i ask wheel rim width and tyre size and make... as all these mods mean nothing if you f**k up the wheels tyres
Made them myself as not to hard. Just square bar
As for wheels and tyres if its aimed at me there 7j with 185 x 60 x 13s
Bringing this back to the top, where's the best place to buy springs from??
I guess by 'best' I probably mean 'cheapest'!!
And what length springs do people use?
There seems to be so many to choose from but how do you decide, is it the stance of your car that decides it or down to clearance??
Many thanks
Cheers
Dazzle
I got some -1 170lbs from rally design for around £40.
8" x 325lb on mine
For a pinto mk2 road/track day car I would say 220-260lb springs at 8or10 inch rally design are cheap but most places are about the sam to be fair...
Standard ARB 275-300lb and 8 inch with a pinto on the road is nice little camber and castor (use standard but modified arb mounts is enough)
8 inch is more so in the future you can push a wheel and tyre nearer the strut FYI a stand 2.8i capri spring is 9 inch mounted and the coilover spring sits about 1 inch up.
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Okay guys, bringing this back up from hibernation!
It was me that started this thread and it's now me that needs some more answers
Kermit is alive and well and being used for track days at the moment. I think I'm surprising some bigger faster cars
But I'd like to revisit the front end discussion as I know I'm diving in coming into the corners under hard braking and also on the sharper corners, the back end is spinning up easily as I'm unloading the rear tires.
I checked my springs and it seems I had bought some Rally Design 10.5 x 225lbs (Can't for the life of me remember if I bought Bilstein or GAZ fronts but they were 300/70's)
I've got a double width kit and I believe a Twink ARB?
It has Gartrac top mounts.
I'm thinking about a Tension strut system as I don't want to make body modifications at this point!
But which kit should I go for? Are they all much the same and just go for the cheapest to ship to Canada?
Any other thoughts on this? Maybe 300lb springs?
Many thanks,
Cheers
Dazzle
if you up the front springs to 300, it would dive as much and will definatly help with rear traction out the corners.
are you going to fit an accusump or similar? the RS sump isnt great if you starter cornering hard on track
Cheers
Dazzle
Great to see this Mk1 in action!
Cheapest is not always the best solution especially when it comes to suspension components. Poor quality material, rose joints etc. could put you in the crash barrier when on the track if they fail.
Have you tried ringing Torsten at GRP4 Fabrications for the tension strut kit? I know he ships all over the world and may well have a distributor closer to Canada?
I'd echo Graham's suggestion bu upping the spring poundage to 300lbs up front. I run 300lbs in my mk2 track car and find she handles very well.
I agree!
That is very true and hence my reason for asking that question
I haven't but I have seen his kit and it does look nice. Maybe I'll reach out to him to see if he has a closer distributor but I wouldn't have thought so as there's not the need out here!
I think this will be my next move
Cheers
Dazzle
So gents, even though this was a question thread, I thought I would give you a bit of feedback
I have now purchased some 300lb springs to fit to my front end.
I did a lot of Internet searching and I feel there was quite a lot of positive experiences and reviews from people going to Tension Struts so that's what I've done
I went with GRP4 kit and hopefully I'll be fitting it next week sometime.
The thing is now, what settings do I start with for Camber/Castor and Toe?
I've read a quite a few posts and got some ideas but seeing as this will all be new, advice would be appreciated
I'm running bilstein short coilovers on the front with adjustable top mounts as well as adjustable TCA's. So, with the Tension Strut kit as well, I have a lot of adjustability at my disposal.
I'm interested in peoples views on which adjustment to use for the castor to then see how that affects the others?
Cheers
Dazzle
In order 1.5.....3.0 .....0
its easier to do on TCA, just be careful on the amount you extend the track in relation to the thread left on rack arms.
Yeh, that was one of my concerns.
I think when I get it set up I'll just check everything for range of movement and try to use the top mounts to make sure everything else isn't on the limits.
I have a feeling I'm already close to those settings apart from castor. I'll leave the TCA's as they are probably and play about with everything else
Cheers
Dazzle
Hey BIG-G where did you get these flanges & mounting bells?
Kermit is absolutely stunning
Cheers
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