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  • Pushrod King
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    • Feb 2006
    • 5028

    Pushrod kings MK1 Escort race car

    Here is my ex production rally cross 1300gt,now fitted with a 1700 crossflow which is built to a simple but effective Spec:711m block,standard crank,lightened flywheel,highly modified,lightened,stress relieved and polished rods,arp bolts,high pressure oil pump,Kent 264 cam,duplex vernier timing gears and chain,accralite pistons (modified to give 12:1 compression ratio),copper head gasket,old spedeworth 1600 hotrod spec flat head with mexico sized rimflow valves,steel rocker posts and gear,mass exhaust manifold with twin box 2.25" system, twin 45 webers and aldon vacless dizzy with ignitor.Radtec alloy rad.WCXM.
    Tran-x straight-cut gearbox,5 linked english axle fitted with a plate type lsd.
    Bias pedal box,fiesta mk1 rear discs and calipers,ap 4 pot front calipers clamping on 257mm discs.
    Rosejointed,adjustable front tcas,anti-dive kit,concentric top mounts.Quick rack.
    2.25 coil overs with Koni inserts all round.
    6X13 Revolution rims with Avon slicks.

    When I bought the shell 5 years ago it was described by the seller (N&P at gatwick) as being very sound but a little dented,that was NOT so!! I ended up doing lots of welding and also 5 linked it while I was at it in fact I did all of the work on the car including building the engine, making the front struts and letting in the mexico arches to the front wings myself but I got a friend of mine to spray the outer shell.(I did the prep and painted the underside,engine bay and cockpit).
    At Goodwood I have caught an Ac Cobra 289 and TVR speed six and given some others a fright including an Audi Quattro Turbo (not allowed to overtake though).If there's anything I've missed please ask
    I'm now hoping to take part in the DTRC so I'll probably see some of you about
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  • andypipe
    Racer
    Decade Plus User
    • Jan 2003
    • 3104

    #2
    Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

    Nice car. About time you got some piccies up


    Rallying is a cure for Insommnia

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    • Pushrod King
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      • Feb 2006
      • 5028

      #3
      Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

      Originally posted by andypipe
      Nice car. About time you got some piccies up
      Thanks,how does it look in action Andy? There are a couple of other pics that a mate of yours took and put on mrjimbos' competition car thread

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      • tim
        Racer
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        • Apr 2004
        • 3187

        #4
        Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

        ar strange u see some1 post up but never know who they are until you see there car.
        i was up at silverstone with jimbo in the rain earlier this year


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        • Retromotorsport
          Part of the furniture
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          • Mar 2004
          • 14285

          #5
          Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

          be good to see another Mk1 out in the DTRC ... that will be 3 of the lil buggers frightning some of the modern cars
          Gary

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          • andypipe
            Racer
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            • Jan 2003
            • 3104

            #6
            Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

            4 if you count Russ's Mk1 RS2000


            Rallying is a cure for Insommnia

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            • david_white
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              • Nov 2004
              • 4831

              #7
              Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

              Nice to see the piccies at last, I was gonna post the ones I have from when you were at Lydden next to Jimbos Mk1 RS2, but thought you were keeping the car secret from all the TRC ranks

              Very nice car, cant wait to see it out-gunning a load of the modern motors in DTRC

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              • Tezza2
                Mechanic
                • Sep 2005
                • 595

                #8
                Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

                Very tidy looking car, nice & simple.
                http://cartoonautos.weebly.com/

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                • tom burgess
                  Racer
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                  • Feb 2006
                  • 3590

                  #9
                  Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

                  bloody quick around goodwood aswell
                  sigpictommy 2000

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                  • Pushrod King
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                    • Feb 2006
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                    #10
                    Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

                    Originally posted by tom burgess
                    bloody quick around goodwood aswell
                    Thanks,yeah 98.89 is my quickest lap from a standing start .For those who don't know Goodwood is 2.4 miles long and is a bloody quick circuit,I pull 7000rpm in 5th down Lavant straight that's about 135mph before braking into an 80mph right hander,followed by the chicane.

                    Tom,is your dad Roger?
                    Last edited by Pushrod King; 01-03-2007, 15:19.

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                    • tom burgess
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                      • Feb 2006
                      • 3590

                      #11
                      Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

                      i was wondering how long before sombody realised. yeah he sure is.
                      sigpictommy 2000

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                      • Pushrod King
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                        • Feb 2006
                        • 5028

                        #12
                        Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

                        I was 2nd in class to him at Lydden last summer,twas only my second time there so I wasn't too upset Have you done Goodwood then? If so what in?

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                        • tom burgess
                          Racer
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                          • Feb 2006
                          • 3590

                          #13
                          Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

                          nah ive never done goodwood.looks a bit scary.would love to have a go.i sprint dads car wiv him but i werent out much last year(only done 2 events).hopefully will be doing more this year wot times did you do round lydden?
                          sigpictommy 2000

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                          • Pushrod King
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                            • Feb 2006
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                            #14
                            Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

                            88.69 secs 1.75 laps,with totally the wrong gearing,I couldn't go higher than 3rd gear and was really untidy into the devils elbow cos I was trying to carry too much speed .Mind you it was better than my 1st time there,i had a misfire and only had a 500revs powerband

                            When have you seen me at Goodwood?
                            Last edited by Pushrod King; 01-03-2007, 17:40.

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                            • tom burgess
                              Racer
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                              • Feb 2006
                              • 3590

                              #15
                              Re: Pushrod kings MK1 Escort hillclimb/sprint car

                              i was there once when my dad was doing it and once again when alex ribbens done it in his dark blue escort. youre car was flying and i remember i could hear the crossflow screaming.nice one are you planning on doing any sprints this year or trying to go racing?
                              sigpictommy 2000

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