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here's some info on my car as requested by gary@retro
the car was bought back in 1998 for £50 as an mot failure it was a horrible beige colour but had only done 53000miles with two owners it only needed a headlight ,brake line and very small patch on outersill to pass it,s mot .
i had at that point been helping roger burgess sort out his newly aquired sprint car and decided i would turn my escort it a sprint/race car
lots and lots of money later the car got finished ,i sprinted for acouple of seasons then decided to race and was told the trc series was the one to do and so i began first year found myself in class a due to the rules not allow 5linked cars first 3 overall
last year completed in every round normally just managing to hold mr pipe in his clean yellow escort ,was do very well with the class (now d) title going down to the last race were i unfortunally got involed in an accident ,so i fininshed 2nd overall
the car as now
engine 2.0 litre pinto ,big vavle head kent ht1 cam ,forged piston unkown make ,steel rods all lighten and balanced along with the crank and light weight flywheel 4blade paddle clutch running with moddified dizzy and twin 48 webers producing 187.3 bhp
gearbox quaife pro 5speed
english axle 4.4 diff tranx lsd
gaz adjustable front struts
adjustible tca,s ,eccentric top mounts
2.2 quick rack and rs 2000 arb
wilwood 285 disc kit at front
sierra rear disc at rear
avo rear shocks
5linked rear end
running on 15"revolution rfx avon slicks and yoko ao32r for wet
body shell lighten were poss with fibre glass bonnet ,boot and doors an zakspeed grp 2 wheel archs and spoiler
weighing 780kgs at snetterton
the car was bought back in 1998 for £50 as an mot failure it was a horrible beige colour but had only done 53000miles with two owners it only needed a headlight ,brake line and very small patch on outersill to pass it,s mot .
i had at that point been helping roger burgess sort out his newly aquired sprint car and decided i would turn my escort it a sprint/race car
lots and lots of money later the car got finished ,i sprinted for acouple of seasons then decided to race and was told the trc series was the one to do and so i began first year found myself in class a due to the rules not allow 5linked cars first 3 overall
last year completed in every round normally just managing to hold mr pipe in his clean yellow escort ,was do very well with the class (now d) title going down to the last race were i unfortunally got involed in an accident ,so i fininshed 2nd overall
the car as now
engine 2.0 litre pinto ,big vavle head kent ht1 cam ,forged piston unkown make ,steel rods all lighten and balanced along with the crank and light weight flywheel 4blade paddle clutch running with moddified dizzy and twin 48 webers producing 187.3 bhp
gearbox quaife pro 5speed
english axle 4.4 diff tranx lsd
gaz adjustable front struts
adjustible tca,s ,eccentric top mounts
2.2 quick rack and rs 2000 arb
wilwood 285 disc kit at front
sierra rear disc at rear
avo rear shocks
5linked rear end
running on 15"revolution rfx avon slicks and yoko ao32r for wet
body shell lighten were poss with fibre glass bonnet ,boot and doors an zakspeed grp 2 wheel archs and spoiler
weighing 780kgs at snetterton
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its driven properly aswell most of the time
so should be plenty of escys putting the wind up the modern stuff .jpg)
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