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Not competition cars but used regularly on trackdays around the country.
The first one is my Mk1 Escort 1300 XL
Watch this sapce as the car's being rebuilt as we speak - this is the spec / pics up until it was last out at Elvington at the Retro Cars track day in Oct 2003
Body:
Glass fibre front wings with bubbles, glass fibre rear bubbles, enlarged & strengthened box section tunnel and gearbox housing, cut back and braced bulkhead, box section inner wings (heavy guage steel), fabricated slam panel, alloy firewall, all lines through the car, Capri tank, solid extra guage steel chassis and floor pans, all underside is seam welded, solid and rust free. Battery in boot -
Engine:
Fitted with 3.5 Rover V8 Engine - 9.35:1 which was 155 bhp when standard The exact spec is unknown but power is estimated at 200 - 220 bhp. Holley 390 CFM four barrel, Model 4160 - Street carb on Offenhouser inlet manifold, John Eales Development baffled and trapdoor'd sump, Carter fuel pump (fitted in boot), Marine fire retardent fuel hose throughout, Lumenition ignition system, twin 4 to 1 tubular manifolds to straight pipes with Cherrybombs - sounds fantastic - being rebuilt with Piper Fast Road cam kit new internals etc. so should be sound when done
Transmission:
Rover 5 speed manual box, 1 piece prop,
Atlas axle with LSD. Braided hoses.
Suspension:
Front: Bilstein 2.8 Capri shocks. anti-dive kit.
Rear: Turreted coilover shocks, 5 linked
Brakes:
Front: Caprisport GTR 260 Kit
Rear: 9" Capri drums
Braided hoses all round
Wheels and Tyres:
8x13 5 spoke Compomotive MS Racing alloys with 205's on the front and 225's on the rear
8x13 Lotus Steels with Michelin Pilot SX 20/54-13 slicks
Interior:
Stripped out, Corbeau racing seat, centre console, firewalled, Recaros, 2" Luke harness's, rear roll cage.
Pictures
And this is the main reason it was taken off the road - turned out to be a compressed rear spring (although it could just have been cause Big Dave was the passenger
)
The second car is my "temporary" track car
Sierra XR4x4 - Tigger
It's a car I now share with Ken (RSEscorts) while I get the V8 put back together. Rick B previously owned half of it for the same reason. The inspiration for it came from Dave's (RS2000Custom) "The Gimp"
A cracking car which owes us very little and has done numerous track days, frequently quicker than much more exotic stuff (although not down the straights) - see the vid clips from the last Durham & Derby RS Owners day from Croft - http://www.northernbloke.com/t-drsoc2005.html
Body:
Standard with the addition of a subtle Tiger Stripe kit and blacked out windows
Engine:
2.9 litre V6 bored out to 3.1 with lumpy cam etc. Details unknown but it was, alledgedly, built by a rally team mechanic so goes pretty well.
Transmission:
Standard.
Suspension:
Uprated Koni's all round.
Brakes:
Standard.
Wheels and Tyres:
Front: Oz with Michelin Pilot's.
Rear: Oz with Michelin Pilot's.
Interior:
Was Sierra Cosworth but is now stripped.
Steering:
Standard.
Pics show the car at Brunters, Croft, Langbaurgh and Donington.
Loads of pics and vids of mine, and the other lads cars, past and present, on my web site - click the sig.
The first one is my Mk1 Escort 1300 XL
Watch this sapce as the car's being rebuilt as we speak - this is the spec / pics up until it was last out at Elvington at the Retro Cars track day in Oct 2003
Body:
Glass fibre front wings with bubbles, glass fibre rear bubbles, enlarged & strengthened box section tunnel and gearbox housing, cut back and braced bulkhead, box section inner wings (heavy guage steel), fabricated slam panel, alloy firewall, all lines through the car, Capri tank, solid extra guage steel chassis and floor pans, all underside is seam welded, solid and rust free. Battery in boot -
Engine:
Fitted with 3.5 Rover V8 Engine - 9.35:1 which was 155 bhp when standard The exact spec is unknown but power is estimated at 200 - 220 bhp. Holley 390 CFM four barrel, Model 4160 - Street carb on Offenhouser inlet manifold, John Eales Development baffled and trapdoor'd sump, Carter fuel pump (fitted in boot), Marine fire retardent fuel hose throughout, Lumenition ignition system, twin 4 to 1 tubular manifolds to straight pipes with Cherrybombs - sounds fantastic - being rebuilt with Piper Fast Road cam kit new internals etc. so should be sound when done
Transmission:
Rover 5 speed manual box, 1 piece prop,
Atlas axle with LSD. Braided hoses.
Suspension:
Front: Bilstein 2.8 Capri shocks. anti-dive kit.
Rear: Turreted coilover shocks, 5 linked
Brakes:
Front: Caprisport GTR 260 Kit
Rear: 9" Capri drums
Braided hoses all round
Wheels and Tyres:
8x13 5 spoke Compomotive MS Racing alloys with 205's on the front and 225's on the rear
8x13 Lotus Steels with Michelin Pilot SX 20/54-13 slicks
Interior:
Stripped out, Corbeau racing seat, centre console, firewalled, Recaros, 2" Luke harness's, rear roll cage.
Pictures
And this is the main reason it was taken off the road - turned out to be a compressed rear spring (although it could just have been cause Big Dave was the passenger
)The second car is my "temporary" track car
Sierra XR4x4 - Tigger
It's a car I now share with Ken (RSEscorts) while I get the V8 put back together. Rick B previously owned half of it for the same reason. The inspiration for it came from Dave's (RS2000Custom) "The Gimp"
A cracking car which owes us very little and has done numerous track days, frequently quicker than much more exotic stuff (although not down the straights) - see the vid clips from the last Durham & Derby RS Owners day from Croft - http://www.northernbloke.com/t-drsoc2005.html
Body:
Standard with the addition of a subtle Tiger Stripe kit and blacked out windows
Engine:
2.9 litre V6 bored out to 3.1 with lumpy cam etc. Details unknown but it was, alledgedly, built by a rally team mechanic so goes pretty well.
Transmission:
Standard.
Suspension:
Uprated Koni's all round.
Brakes:
Standard.
Wheels and Tyres:
Front: Oz with Michelin Pilot's.
Rear: Oz with Michelin Pilot's.
Interior:
Was Sierra Cosworth but is now stripped.
Steering:
Standard.
Pics show the car at Brunters, Croft, Langbaurgh and Donington.
Loads of pics and vids of mine, and the other lads cars, past and present, on my web site - click the sig.
Which 1 out of the 2 is yr fave? Myself I prefer the Sierra.
wanna swap for a lotus 7 rep?
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