From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

[escortinadriver]

Re: From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

How did I miss this thread. Just read the entire thing.

Awesome build.

Shaun

[alladdin]

Re: From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

[Fun /// Racing]

From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

A little update.





Some ducting fore the cooling













I will make a mould of this hood when it's done an make it in a lighter material.

Some wheels got some attention. These are the front rims.










Tried these on one side of the car


Rear wheels, not ready yet


Some pictures of the new bearing holder in the GRP A upright







That's it fore now, hope you like it.


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[Fun /// Racing]

From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

Also mounted some LED.







These will be the driving light on track.


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[alladdin]

From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

Loving it 👍


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[Matt75]

Re: From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

Love it mate. Amazing work

Matt

[madragon199]

Re: From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

Fantastic build...great insperation...gives me hope i might finish mine...cheers mark

[Fun /// Racing]

From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

Glad you liked it, thanks folks 👍🏻

Did continue on the hood today. It's a bit wider than the turbo Zakspeed, but it fits my cooling package.









Also been working on the rear wing. Was lucky to borrow some moulds from Germany. So I could make my own.
They are just for aerodynamic and lock. There will be a honeycomb plate inside to fit the rear spoiler blade to in the end.







Some adjustment was needed to get them to fit flush to the rear arches. In the rigth angle compared to old fotos.

Also started on a new smaller rear axel so I can fit wider rear tyres.



This one is 10cm smaller than the one on the car now, so I hope my calculations are correct 😳



Will find out during this week.


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[Matt75]

Re: From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

I love it. I'm building a Zakspeed Grp 2 Replica and want the same spoiler as you have just made. Drooool

Keep up the good work

Matt

[Fun /// Racing]

From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

Thanks 👍🏻
Love the Grp 2 cars, would like to build one my self one day. There are one here I Norway in historic racing, a grey one. Looks amazing, what color will yours be?


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[Matt75]

Re: From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

Im building a replica of the castrol cars like this -



But a long way to go from here...

[Fun /// Racing]

From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

Not much going on here. Been helping out on some other cars.

Did fit the new smaller rear axel. So now it's place fore the 13,5" rear s. But not much place fore the coil over. Only 1 cm clearance. Will fix that soon. Also made bether breathing fore the axel at the same time.





The black axel is 10cm wider than the grey. The black is 10" wheels



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Made a new dash, near 3 kg lighter than the empty original. Will floke it to prevent glans.



And got 3D printed the rest of the dash





The new rear spoiler is finished, saved a lot on this one. This is only 2,5 kg



Also made mounts and plate fore the pedal box





That's it fore now.
By the way the engine did kill it self on in the dyno, so it's delayed. Because of a dry sump pump failure. Quite frustrating.


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[Fun /// Racing]

From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

At the moment it is full focus on the front suspension. Have figured out most of the angles, bump stear, scrubradius and Ackerman so son all the mock up parts can get a rest and the real parts be finished. Locking forward to that 👍🏻

This part control both Ackerman and also play a role in scrubradius



Mock up







Have also made some plugs fore the mould to the side skirts. Just some sanding and paint on them and the rear fenders before the mould is made.







Getting closer and closer 👍🏻



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[madragon199]

Re: From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

Wow i love your build...so many ideas...looks excellent......keep the car coming cheers mark

[madragon199]

Re: From Rallycross car to GT4 Racing Escort RWD "G3"

[QUOTE=Fun /// Racing;3290345]At the moment it is full focus on the front suspension. Have figured out most of the angles, bump stear, scrubradius and Ackerman so son all the mock up parts can get a rest and the real parts be finished. Locking forward to that ����

This part control both Ackerman and also play a role in scrubradius



Mock up

Totaly understand the time it takes to calculate and design a solution...that keeps scrub/bump and rollcentre....it is not easy to get everything dead on...but it is possible,...big thumbs up...always love your build thread...cheers mark