andypipe's - MK1 Escort - xflow

[PaulAlex]

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Cant be arsed at the moment, so will get my arse in gear after the Xmas holiday

I know that feeling Andy!

[david_white]

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It sitting in the garage with an unpainted engine bay, stripped front suspension and brakes, with the engine waiting to be shipped to HT. Cant be arsed at the moment, so will get my arse in gear after the Xmas holiday

Well you know Aaron will have the engine ready in time, us and Ray will get the engine bay repainted and better than ever and hopefully a couple of weekends work will see the brakes and suspension sorted.

Simples

[andypipe]

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It sitting in the garage with an unpainted engine bay, stripped front suspension and brakes, with the engine waiting to be shipped to HT. Cant be arsed at the moment, so will get my arse in gear after the Xmas holiday

[cossymax]

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Any update Andy??? what is happening with the car fella?

[david_white]

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Ray was even talking about changing the colour scheme the other weekend. He soon changed his mind as he was getting off the floor holding his nose

Maybe he wanted to paint it black, like you asked him to.. 20 years ago

[andypipe]

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so whens the pinto going in???????????

Never i am afraid. It would ruin the character of the car. Ray was even talking about changing the colour scheme the other weekend. He soon changed his mind as he was getting off the floor holding his nose

[david_white]

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looking good

so how's the sierra coming?

Good, its all done apart from needing a donor YB for the winter engine build, the rest of the car is in good shape so hopefully we will have both cars running for the start of next season.

[markb]

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looking good

so how's the sierra coming?

[david_white]

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so whens the pinto going in???????????

Only for the meetings when i'm using the car, might be a bit quick for Andy

Seriously I'd love to have a little escort to shove the pinto in but at the prices they are now I think I'd have to spend 5 figures to get a shell anywhere near as good as Andys or my sierra. Maybe Dave could lend me his mk1 capri?

[Graham]

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so whens the pinto going in???????????

[david_white]

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Final update for now is that the front suspension and steering was refitted in order to make it a rolling shell ready for when it goes for a bit of paint just around the front of the car. Hopefully with the brakes refitted, some paintwork and an engine freshen Andy will be ready to test the car early in the new year

[david_white]

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The next problem to address while the car was getting a bit of tidying was the engine bay. Due to a paint problem earlier in the year we were left with paint that remained tacky and crazed, basically it looked horrible compared to the rest of the car.
So with the engine out and awaiting a visit to HTs for a freshen up (a bit over due and its a little down on top end power) we thought it was time to attack the engine bay. Steve (Andys brother) has done an amazing job of bare metalling the whole bay and is also half way through stripping the front panel

How many people would kill for inner wings like these;





Bulkhead and front panels also devoid of rust

[david_white]

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Right its about time for an update on the lil' yellow escort. After our brake problems at combe we then made various revisions to the brakes only to have the same problems at the brands DMN meeting. Through out the day we tried different set ups but could get very little front brakes so after an unsuccessful day of racing Andy decided that while we sorted the brake system in more depth it may as well be time to strip the car down so we can get it fully competitive for next season.

As I say the front brakes were the main concern so Andy has now fully stripped and rebuilt the calipers with new seals and a bit of a clean up of the pistons as one or two showed signs of binding. His dad also fully stripped the pedal box and got it powdercoated.

With all of the parts now in good shape and with new master cylinders it seamed like a good idea to test the system out of the car because as most of you know trying to sort out the pedal box in situ in an escort can be a real ball ache.
With that in mind a test rig was set up where front and rear systems could be checked and the bias assembly and pushrods could all be set without the need for contorting under the dash of the escort.





This all proved very successful in a number of ways, both in proving all of the parts we have are working and in setting everything up with plenty of bias adjustment and most importantly a nice big bias towards the front brakes. The pedal also had a good 'feel' which had been absent for some time. A couple of hours work but so much better than guessing if everything works and having to take it all out again.

[Retromotorsport]

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as you know, the car suffered prop vibrations on the rollers, so the high end runs where aborted.. a new prop was sourced and Andy took the car to T'n'R again to map the high end, the engines in fine form, bearing in mind its done a fair few hours now (could do with a freshen up really ) I havnt seen teh graphs but the power was still there, but the difference in the way it delivers is night and day different, the pull from low down is so clean now, not stuttering as the carbs try to catch up.. it now pulls and pulls ..

At Combe Andy went out for a few laps.. came back and said the pedal was long.. so we gave em a quick bleed.. out again and a few more laps.. again long pedal.. a bleed again and out.. this time Andy was really loosing the brakes, back to the paddock and pull the pedal box out, rebuild it all up on the bench, bleed.. and nope, poxy AP cylinders have gone over the lay up.

So pack up and wave goodbye,

It wasn't all frustrating as Andy was happy with the way it felt, and the new oil plumbing all worked as it should, so in all it was a day worth doing as it would have been more frustrating at a race meet.

And Mark is right, the next outing is at Brands ..

[markb]

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same here.

Looking like Brands on the 15th according to Facebook.