Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

[Toymex]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

What cc are you going for Nick ?,will be good ,its going to sound lovely Ally block ?

[Pushrod King]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Hopefully an alloy blocked 2.0 but may start off by using my current block,crank and rods so will still be 1800cc.

[Toymex]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Hopefully an alloy blocked 2.0 but may start off by using my current block,crank and rods so will still be 1800cc.

Going to be good ,you might be able to keep up then

[Pushrod King]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Well after nearly 7 months away from racing I decided to dust off the ole girl and enter QMN at the masters historic festival which was last weekend,I raced the car as it came off of the track in November, same engine and tyres etc.Qualifying was at 9am so we were the first out on the still wet circuit so I took it easy for the first few laps getting used to driving the car again and driving one handed I managed to qualify 10th of 37 cars and 1st in class just ahead of the very quick no97 Megane and more importantly first of the 4 mk1 Escorts that were racing on the day, this put me on the outside of the grid which isn't ideal when there are much faster/more powerful cars ahead on the grid.

Quaife Motorsport News Saloon Car Championship with Cannons Tin Tops
QUALIFYING - CLASSIFICATION
POS NO CL PIC NAME ENTRY TIME ON LAPS GAP DIFF MPH
1 44 A 1 Rod BIRLEY Ford Escort WRC Cosworth 52.206 9 10 83.29
2 20 A 2 Malcolm WISE Ford Escort Cosworth 53.213 13 13 1.007 1.007 81.72
3 83 A 3 Dale GENT Subaru Impreza 53.270 13 15 1.064 0.057 81.63
4 33 B 1 Ian BUTLER Ford Focus RS 54.867 13 13 2.661 1.597 79.25
5 29 D 1 Steve ROTHERY Renault Clio 55.076 13 13 2.870 0.209 78.95
6 42 C 1 Ricky DAVIES BMW M3 E46 55.149 13 14 2.943 0.073 78.85
7 1 C 2 Gavin THOMSON Peugeot 205 55.204 8 10 2.998 0.055 78.77
8 76 C 3 Guy BLUMER Ford Sierra Cosworth 55.346 9 13 3.140 0.142 78.57
9 36 A 4 Paul EVE Ford Sapphire Cosworth 55.486 11 14 3.280 0.140 78.37
10 47 E 1 Nick PROUDLOCK Ford Escort 55.612 14 14 3.406 0.126 78.19
11 97 E 2 Andy WOODS-DEAN Renault Megane Coupe 55.908 13 14 3.702 0.296 77.78
12 17 D 2 Tony SKELTON Renault Clio 56.265 13 14 4.059 0.357 77.28
13 70 D 3 Robert HOSIER BMW Mini Cooper 56.849 13 14 4.643 0.584 76.49
14 62 B 2 Alan PHILLIPS Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 56.918 14 14 4.712 0.069 76.40
15 38 E 3 Andy PIPE Ford Escort Mk1 56.991 12 12 4.785 0.073 76.30
16 87 T1 1 Graham RICHARDSON Vauxhall Nova 57.040 14 14 4.834 0.049 76.23
17 10 B 3 Peter WILKINSON Peugeot 306 57.458 13 14 5.252 0.418 75.68
18 7 T3 1 Glen ROSSITER Renault Clio 57.658 12 15 5.452 0.200 75.42
19 49 A 5 Danny INNES Seat Leon 57.776 12 14 5.570 0.118 75.26
20 85 E 4 Stewart HUTCHINSON Honda Integra 58.092 10 15 5.886 0.316 74.85
21 82 C 4 Peter TAYLOR Ford Sierra Cosworth 58.102 12 14 5.896 0.010 74.84
22 57 D 4 Tony PAXMAN Ford Escort Mk1 58.647 9 10 6.441 0.545 74.14
23 26 D 5 Bill RICHARDS Rover Mini Clubman 58.759 13 13 6.553 0.112 74.00
24 61 T3 2 Cliff PELLIN Ford Fiesta ST 150 59.594 10 14 7.388 0.835 72.97
25 4 E 5 Mark WALLIS Renault Clio 172 59.867 13 13 7.661 0.273 72.63
26 73 T3 3 Terry SEARLES MG ZR 190 59.886 10 13 7.680 0.019 72.61
27 77 TP 1 Peter OSBORNE Renault Clio 1:00.769 12 14 8.563 0.883 71.55
28 66 B 4 Stephen BOOTH Ford Sierra Cosworth 1:01.346 13 13 9.140 0.577 70.88
29 27 T4 1 Dominic RYAN Ford Fiesta 1:01.414 9 14 9.208 0.068 70.80
30 51 T4 2 Jon WILD Rover Metro 1:01.530 14 14 9.324 0.116 70.67
31 93 T3 4 Gary COLE Citroen BX 16V 1:02.155 7 9 9.949 0.625 69.96
32 59 T3 5 Ross CRAIG Ford Fiesta ST 1:02.516 6 8 10.310 0.361 69.55
33 88 T4 3 Dave CHARLTON Volkswagen 1302 1:03.285 9 10 11.079 0.769 68.71
34 92 E 6 Andrew GIBBONS Ford Fiesta 1:04.334 13 13 12.128 1.049 67.59
35 71 T3 6 Mark FREEMANTLE Ford Escort Mk1 1:07.361 2 2 15.155 3.027 64.55
36 72 T1 2 Tom BRIDGER Rover 220 Turbo 1:16.276 3 4 24.070 8.915 57.01
37 55 T3 7 Chris WHITEMAN Honda Civic Type R 1

Race 1 and 2 to follow

[Group4_Mark2]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Great qualifying position position for the first race among some big cars. why the one handed driving?

[Pushrod King]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Thanks, broke my thumb 2 weeks previously.

[Toymex]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Well done Nick ,another very good days racing and twice in the 54,s

[Pushrod King]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Well done Nick ,another very good days racing and twice in the 54,s

Thanks for the help Jezz, bet your legs ached after pushing my car when the battery shat itself

[Toymex]

Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

I am not used to pushing such a heavy weight :-)

[Pushrod King]

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[Nelly]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Looks great Nick. That could have been taken in the 70s.

[kyleduratec]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

what a pure machine would love to hear this tear up the track

[Fletcherer]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Just read through this thread, awesome car man!
Loving the fact you're sticking with pushrod power!

Built a race/road crossflow for my mk1 fiesta, 147bhp, so it goes alright.
What's the spec of this beast?

[Pushrod King]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Just read through this thread, awesome car man!
Loving the fact you're sticking with pushrod power!

Built a race/road crossflow for my mk1 fiesta, 147bhp, so it goes alright.
What's the spec of this beast?

http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=187148

[Pushrod King]

Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

Well, having sold my newly built car transporter I now have the budget to do a full season this year, first meeting is at Brands Hatch 12th/13th April, hopefully the semi restoration of the shell and new engine build will be finished by then