Kevmk2 - Mk2 Escort - YB Cosworth Turbo

[Kevmk2]

Well heres my Mk2. Ive owned it since Feb '96. It was a bog standard road car when i brought it in Walthamstow,used it for 6 months then the oil pump siezed and that was the end of that engine. After that the car was looking a bit sorry for itself,rear arches were starting to rust away and it needed a general tidy up.
I got it into my mate Jasons garage and it all went a bit silly from there,after seeing his mk2 sitting there all caged and 5 linked up,i couldnt resist doing the same to mine.
This is when i went and brought an everyday car to use and decided the mk2 was no longer going to be a four seater,it was going to become a stripped out two seater with 6 point harnesses and bucket seats.
The resto took just over 2 years,because of funds etc it took a while to finish. It came out with a 170bhp pinto,that was soon changed for a 190bhp pinto. Then got bored of that and ended up with a good second hand 2.2 HT Racing pinto that come up for grabs with twin 50's 215bhp
That was in there for about 2 years.
Then the bug really hit me and i finally gave into moving on and going Cossie turbo power. Im a carb man through and through,but you just cant beat the rush you get from the power of a turbo'd car,they just dont ever loose their sheer grin and fun factor.

My car's not a race car as such,more of an all around type car so to speak. Been heavily into drag racing over the years and only recently got into doing track days. The old school track day at brunters last year was my first ever track day. Which i really enjoyed.
My second track day was brands hatch in september this year. Another top event. Im slowly building my confidence up around the track.
What i really need to do is try and save up for another set of wheels and some treaded slicks,then i can go for it more around the bends and have some sort of grip
Anyway enough of me waffling on,heres some pics for you.

[Blower]

nice car , nice bit of history ,

seen it at the pod a few times , mental power

but as you say , trackdays are the fun factor

even if like me , youve only got 100 horses


at least i can watch you go by me a few times popcorn:

[andypipe]

Who in walthamstow did you buy it from?

[Kevmk2]

Edited as per request

[Kevmk2]

Heres some pics of when i brought it

Then during and after the restoration


Then when it was 2.2 pinto powered Mmmm 50's

[PIG]

stunning motor kev

[Kevmk2]

Cheers mate

[Kevmk2]

And heres a spec sheet i made earlier

Body:

Stock RS2000 Shell,Fibreglass bonnet and bootlid.
Doors drilled for lightness with starret Cutter.
Grp4 Style Large Gearbox Tunnel.
Single Wiper from Fiat Uno.
Colour Radiant Red

Engine:

Bottom end:
Cosworth YB.
Ford Motorsport 200 Block
Coopers Rings
Cosworth Forged Pistons 8:6:1 compression ratio
Knife Edged Crank
RS500 Rods
Oil spray jets
H.T Racing Big winged baffled Sump
Long Studded head bolts.
Bailey Oil Seperator.
Dynoed @ 405bhp and 450 Ft Lbs Torque (Field Motorsport Dyno)

Top End:

WRC Head Ported and Polished
Double Valve Springs BDG Spec
Lowered Platforms in head
BD14 Inlet Cam
BD8 Exhaust Cam
Phase sensor on rear of rocker cover for dizzyless ignition

Turbo:
T34 Hybrid With Restrictor pipe fitted but unrestricted (waisted inside)
Forge -34 Actuator .63 Exhaust Housing.

Injectors/Fueling:

8x Dark Blue injectors
WRC Inlet Manifold
O-Ringed to head
Mountune Fuel Regulator (5.0 Bar)
3 Bar Map Sensor
-6 Braided Fuel hoses throughout the car,run inside.
Bosch 044 Fuel pump
Holley 110 Gallon per hour lift pump
Alloy Swirl pot.

Cooling:

The Rad and intercooler are made for cosworths,my mate jason made them fit an escort.
Pace 50mm Rad.
Radtec RS500 intercooler.
2wd Cossie Fans.
Silicone Hoses throughout.
Bailey Swirl Pot.
Pace one off Header tank. (thanks dan)


Electrics:

P8 ECU with Anti lag and pectel piggy back board.
Zetec Coil pack.
Ford Motorsport Plug leads.
Motorsport wiring loom.
Twin Ignition modules.

Exhaust:

Mongoose 2wd Sierra downpipe cut and shut to fit.
Hayward and scott stainless centre section.
Mongoose 2wd Sierra Rear box modded to fit.

Transmission:

2WD Flywheel and AP 4 Paddle Clutch
T5 Borg Warner Gearbox
Pro 5.0 Mustang Shifter
One Piece Prop (bespoke)
Hydraulic clutch.


Axle:

Atlas Axle Shortened By H.T Racing
Quaife Grp1 Two Piece Halfshafts With ZF splines
Zf Motorsport LSD with twin clutch plates. 70% lock.
3:7:5 Diff Ratio

Suspension:

Front: Gartrac Bilstein 300/70 rated short legs with 2 1/4"350lbs springs.
Rose Jointed top mounts (eccentric).
Alloy Hubs.
Rose jointed adjustable Track control arms.
Rose jointed compression struts.
No anti roll bar.
2.0 Degrees Neg camber.

Rear:

Leda 24 point Adjustable 2 1/4 Coilovers with 14" 150lbs springs.
5 Linked with rose joints.

Brakes:

Bias Pedal Box made by H.T Racing
All Brake lines Braided and run inside the car.
Hydraulic Line Lock.

Front:

310mm two piece Vented Discs with AP Racing 4 Calipers.
Ferodo DS3000 Pads.

Rear:

XR3i Front discs and calipers mounted on axle.
Ferodo Standard Pads.
Alloy Fly off handbrake.

Wheels And Tyres:

Compomotive ML 7x15 Grp4 Style
195/45 Toyo Proxes TS1 Tyres.

Interior:

Sparco Evo Seats.
Willans 6 Point Harnesses (FIA SPEC)
Stack ST700SR Tacho/speedo with boost display and fuel pressure.
Racetech Oil pressure gauge
Racetech Water Temperature Capillary gauge.
Smiths Fuel gauge.
All mounted in carbon fibre.
12 point Safety Devices Roll Cage. Welded in.
Ralloy Alloy centre console with relays and switches.
Rs 4 Spoke Steering Wheel,on quick release hub.
Dash top flocked by Central Blast Cleaning.
Standard Rs2000 Door cards.
Alloy firewall.
Large diff tunnel.
No heater.
Underside of car painted red body colour.

[scort1]

Didnt realise it was that high comp .

[Kevmk2]

I may have it lowered next time engine is out,but it makes it nice and responsive as it is
Some of the WRC engines are as high as 10:1
My old pinto was 12:5:1

[PIG]

your gonna have to take me out in that for a buzz 1 day kev if you would m8pray: .you up ace on the 23rd?

[Kevmk2]

Yes i am mate,but i thought we have to behave in our cars up there
Theres always the A406 to go for a blast to hanger lane and back

[irishmex2]

Kev looks to me if you spend any more money you will
be livin in that caravan perminintly

[Kevmk2]

LOL,its got to the point now where i just drive it. Cant afford to do anymore to it.
All i want for it now is a spare set of wheels and treaded slicks for track days But thats loads of money. Been a bit silly over the years with credit cards and loans etc,and am now paying for it big time. All my own fault though.

[irishmex2]

Doesn't it always, all these escorts are is spunges, they just keep soakin
up your money

[PIG]

Yes i am mate,but i thought we have to behave in our cars up there
Theres always the A406 to go for a blast to hanger lane and back

i reckon everyone's gonna behave im going up in the v8tt he never behave's,deffo when he leaves anyhow m8

[cozzyspud]

That 2000 is the absolute bollocks,the engine bay is georgouse,I love old escorts.

[Kevmk2]

Cheers mate

[Clint]

Excellent Post kev

Amazing to see the cars history, one of everyones fravorites m8

[Kevmk2]

Cheers Clint,there will be a post on lagoon soon i hope

[cossymax]

Go on Kev...Lovely car..Nice spec ..And your not a bad pilot either
I definatley saw your car,when the person had it before you..
And i liked it then!!Very nice mk2 one of my favorites

[PIG]

if mine comes out anywhere near as nice i will be well chuffed,is a stonker m8

[Red1]

real nice mate seen it a few times now, looks good

who did you use to 5 link it? or did you do it yourself?

[PIG]

pm gary retromotorsports m8

[wes]

It is a nice motor, i've seen it a few times, very clean and well implemented, i reckon it needs a bigger turbo though

Been a bit silly over the years with credit cards and loans etc,and am now paying for it big time. All my own fault though.

SNAP! Is the reason i'm driving around in a £300 Pegeout 405 diesel at the moment, does 50mpg though, so it's not all bad (well thats a lie, it is bad )

[mk1 gaz]

kevin what was your old 2.2 pinto engine like on the street , did it have any bottom end power below 3500 rpm etc . did you notice any difference between 190 bhp and 215 bhp , cheers gary .

[Kevmk2]

Go on Kev...Lovely car..Nice spec ..And your not a bad pilot either
I definatley saw your car,when the person had it before you..
And i liked it then!!Very nice mk2 one of my favorites

Cheers mate,the guy who owned it before lived in north london,then the guy before that was in southend i think. So you may have seen it back then.

[Kevmk2]

if mine comes out anywhere near as nice i will be well chuffed,is a stonker m8

Cheers mate,yours is starting to look like a serious motor now its coming together nicely

[Kevmk2]

real nice mate seen it a few times now, looks good

who did you use to 5 link it? or did you do it yourself?

Thanks mate,my mate Jason done my 5 link for me. I held bits in place for him and he welded it,so sort of a joint effort i guess He also done my cage for me too,that took ages getting all the right angles cut etc.

[Kevmk2]

[quote=wes]It is a nice motor, i've seen it a few times, very clean and well implemented, i reckon it needs a bigger turbo though [quote]




Thanks Wes,id love to put a GT30 on it but with internal wastegate on it still. Saves loads of money on a proper manifold being made up,my mates inconel manifold was £2k Thats with an indy car wastegate,does look the nuts though.
I may do some mods if the engine comes out for a freshen up this winter,it would of had 3 years of abuse by then including two track days that ive done so far and lots of drag racing
I may lower the compression ratio,change the cams and put a bigger turbo on,all depends on funds
Thing is,it spins up in 3rd and 4th as it is on the road,so more power would make it even more silly on the road,would have to use treaded slicks all the time for the road.

[Kevmk2]

kevin what was your old 2.2 pinto engine like on the street , did it have any bottom end power below 3500 rpm etc . did you notice any difference between 190 bhp and 215 bhp , cheers gary .

Hi Gary,i found there was loads of differance from my 190bhp 2.1 compared to the HT 2.2 it had so much more grunt than the 2.1 and hardly had any problems below 3500rpm. It just seemed to pull and pull all the way to 8-8500rpm easily. And you can get a 2.2 bottom end done for about £1800 with forged pistons etc. Then just a pair of 50's and a HT1 cam

[Red1]

Thanks mate,my mate Jason done my 5 link for me. I held bits in place for him and he welded it,so sort of a joint effort i guess He also done my cage for me too,that took ages getting all the right angles cut etc.

good job I was goin to do it myself but Ive wussed out hopefully going to get retro to do it.

[PIG]

the gt 30's they had at the autosport show where mental.think thats what im gonna go for when i get it running

[Kevmk2]

Ive been quoted about £900 for one with an internal wastegate,so maybe if i can save some money,which will be a first then i will get one,i will have to sell my T34 first though. Should get good money for that as its as good as new still.

[wes]

Thanks Wes,id love to put a GT30 on it but with internal wastegate on it still. Saves loads of money on a proper manifold being made up,my mates inconel manifold was £2k Thats with an indy car wastegate,does look the nuts though.
I may do some mods if the engine comes out for a freshen up this winter,it would of had 3 years of abuse by then including two track days that ive done so far and lots of drag racing
I may lower the compression ratio,change the cams and put a bigger turbo on,all depends on funds
Thing is,it spins up in 3rd and 4th as it is on the road,so more power would make it even more silly on the road,would have to use treaded slicks all the time for the road.

What you might find is that the larger turbo will make it spin up abit less beleive it or not, as the T34 is quite "aggressive" with it's delivery, (2 gearboxes, a rear diff and a front driveshaft know what i mean ), starts spooling quite early but runs out of puff higher up the rev range, with the T4 on mine, power came in abit later i.e. when you are going abit faster on the road, so it wasnt so brutal and broke traction less, but it came on alot harder at the the top, and laughs in the face of 7.5k rpm Internally gated GT30 would be a good option, on a 2wd exhaust manifold.

You could always X-pack it and fit 12" slicks

[Kevmk2]

Well i would like to X pack it and fit wide split rims and all that. But the money tree has finally died and i can only just afford to keep it on the road now. So any future plans i had for it have gone out the window,unless my lotto ticket comes up,which i doubt very much
But if i can save a little here and there and wait until the end of the year i may be able to do a few bits to it.
And to fit a 2wd mainfold in mine i would have to move my engine over towards the n/s a bit cos my engine sits towards the o/s a bit more,so putting a 2wd manifold on at the moment would make it foul the inner wing
Unless i can fit a GT30 on with the 4wd manifold spaced out maybe

[wes]

The 4x4 manifold has a tendancy to crack in the collector, everyone i've seen that wasn't brand new has cracked there

I don't like the spaced 4x4 manifold idea. The studs / nuts used to bolt the std manifold to the head are special items, designed to withstand the heat and vibration (to a degree), fitting spacers means these studs aren't long enough anymore, so longer studs would be used (or even bolts), but unless they have been designed for the job, i doubt they would withstand the heat and vibration, last thing you want is to have these snap in the head.

Could you not "relieve" the inner wing abit to fit the 2wd manifold? Have you tried to fit the 2wd manifold to this engine before? You never know, it might fit as it is now, they are at a different angle to the 4x4 manifold so although it is bigger, it might fit quite nicely

Although, another option, instead of the engine / turbo change (it's not exactely slow now is it!) could be to fit a close ratio bernie box (CTS)

http://www.gearboxman.co.uk/infot5.html

1st to 3rd gears are abit taller too on the close ratio kit, so might help your breaking traction problem

Just a few ideas for ya

I know what you mean about money, i have zero cash to spend on the car until May at least, it's very frustraiting paying for stuff a over a year after you've had it (and broken it in some cases ), but the credit cards are now in little pieces, never to be used again

[Kevmk2]

Thanks for the tips and idea's Wes. Will have to have a chat with you at a pod meet or something this year. I saw your car at pod last year but didnt know you to speak to. I want to beat my 11.6 quarter this year. Other than that just drive it
I like the gearbox idea,but like everything else the dreaded money comes into it lol.

[wes]

No worries, yeah we'll have a chat at the pod in the summer

[mk1 gaz]

kev , could you please post up some more old pictures of your car when it had the pinto in it and 13 inch superlites / rs 4 spokes , i had not seen your car before the days of the cossie and 15 inch wheels , cheers mate .