David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

[david_white]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

Dave, Have you thought anymore about spaceframing the front end?

Like this you mean;


It would be nice, and not that difficult either (for Gary ) but I've gotta be careful of the regs in the championship. If they ban spaceframes then I'm screwed so by keeping the inner wings it is still essentially a monocoque escort shell.

[Graham]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

wise move david, once you go space frame you very much cut down on where you can race it,

as far as dtrc goes forced induction may be illegal for spaceframed cars for 2007

[david_white]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

wise move david, once you go space frame you very much cut down on where you can race it,

as far as dtrc goes forced induction may be illegal for spaceframed cars for 2007

Without getting too political or naming particular cars, why are the N/A spaceframes legal, but not with turbos or sc's. Not a moan btw, just wondered

[ludsonline]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

Yeah thats what I meant, But rules are rules. You could always restart the Thundersaloon championship

[Graham]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

Without getting too political or naming particular cars, why are the N/A spaceframes legal, but not with turbos or sc's. Not a moan btw, just wondered

ok heres the synario,

take one 400kg spaceframed hot rod add 500bhp+ yb power you've got a car that would render every other car uncompetitive

[Retromotorsport]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

We will go semi*-spaceframed when Dave stuffs the front end into the tyres

Note.. semi- spaceframed, original chassis rails will remain. And the rear suspension pickups will not be directly mounted to the cage/frame

I like rules

[Graham]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

basically we are making a pre-emptive strike to stop something like that being built, its getting harder all the time to rewrite the regs around cars already competing, and in any case its a saloon car championship we dont want it full of jelly moulds, other wise understandably the normal tin top drivers will start complaining.

..............start complaining????!!!!!...........

[david_white]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

basically we are making a pre-emptive strike to stop something like that being built, its getting harder all the time to rewrite the regs around cars already competing, and in any case its a saloon car championship we dont want it full of jelly moulds, other wise understandably the normal tin top drivers will start complaining.

..............start complaining????!!!!!...........

Makes sense Graham TBH I'm suprised that 'jelly mould' spaceframes are allowed full stop, they never started as a saloon car merely a bathtub and some scaffolding
All cars should have to prove they once had 4 seats
Mind you theres the trigger's broom arguement and they can just say they the changed the chassis... and then the changed the bodywork, but there was a std car there at the beginning.... once

[Graham]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

Mind you theres the trigger's broom arguement and they can just say they the changed the chassis... and then the changed the bodywork, but there was a std car there at the beginning.... once

you've been spending too much time around gaz

[david_white]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

you've been spending too much time around gaz

Please remove that post, i have never even been to Gazakstan

[wombat]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

Keep the Crazy Frog! It suits the car! Zip tie it in one of the rear guards vents!

[david_white]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

Got a nice bag of goodies for the car the other day including this beautiful intercooler and loads of samcos off of a mate whos breaking a twin turbo sierra xr4x4;



We cut out the origional radiator surround to get the intercooler sat in and after a bit of a play with the pipes its all plumbed in bar the second dump valve t-piece and an adapter to do on the throttle body

[david_white]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

We cut out the air intake that was used on the zetec install and I tidied up the front panel. Just need to make some ally blanking plates to go either side of the cooler





Oh and finally couldn't resist making a few extra holes just to give as much airflow to the cooler as possible



All in all not a bad days work methinks Cheers to the Andy and Alex for their assistance

[RChambers]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

Looking great Dave, can't be long now

[andypipe]

Re: David White's - Mk2 Escort - Cosworth V6 Turbo

Got a nice bag of goodies for the car the other day including this beautiful intercooler and loads of samcos off of a mate whos breaking a twin turbo sierra xr4x4;



We cut out the origional radiator surround to get the intercooler sat in and after a bit of a play with the pipes its all plumbed in bar the second dump valve t-piece and an adapter to do on the throttle body

Can i just make it perfectly clear, that he was playing with the samco pipes and not me and Alex