Escort Sigma 1600 Race Car

[Roadsport]

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Superb looking car.

What's the spec of the suspension you're running?

Thanks for the comments guys!

Its coil overs all around in siru adjustable tca's in the fromt with modifiied RS stabilazer and compression struts.Billstein shock's

Rear is a modified mustang axle with adjustable AVO's four link and a panhard rod.

[Roadsport]

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Car and engines look great...what size wheels and tyres are you using?

Russ.

These are yokohama A048 225/50/15

15 x 8 compomotive three piece wheels they costed like hell but are 10 kilos lighter than cast compos were.

[Roadsport]

Re: Escort

Really great looking car. Does it have a historic race history?

The shell has been raced very long but no actual history.

It's an replica of an finnish Gulf team RS

[Roadsport]

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thats nice mate... that SE engine build looks pukka
i bet it should make good power

This really is the firs engine I've made no compromises. Will have a heavily modified head and custom made cams. I REALLY hope it will be worth it.

[Roadsport]

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love it

that B/W photo looks so right ,could of been from the 70s

My favourite too.

The only car from the 80's is the D kadet.

[Retromotorsport]

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Glad to see you've posted in here, keep us all updated as teh build goes on

[Roadsport]

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Yes. Thanks . I will. Have to remember to keep the propper camera with me.

But for the moment its waiting for the parts again. I have a set of STD big end bearings but I'd really put the engine together wit the super 1600 bearings. Long wait tough.

[david_white]

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Great looking car, and interesting engine choice, keep the updates coming

[Roadsport]

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Great looking car, and interesting engine choice, keep the updates coming

The rules allow me to take 80kg's off the car when using when going fron 2,0 Pinto to 1,6 16valve engine. And ofcourse Ford engine is the only choice for me. Now all I need to do is to get the "small black" to match the power of the Pinto Thats 220 bhp from an 1.6. Seems like I have my work cut out for me.
But if 200bhp is achieven the power to weight ratio is the same as pintos but with 80kg's less weight.

And yes I'll keep posting as the project moves along.

[david_white]

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I think you will get the power you need from the zetec se, they are excellent in the racing pumas

[Moggy]

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Top car Markus...great to see it coming along mate! keep us all posted.

[Roadsport]

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Today was a great day. Finally got a call from Mountune that my bearings have arrived. And I got to know that my super duper cams are ready and suiting valves have been found and I need to order some larger buckets. Been waiting for the cams for 6 months now.
Buckets should arrive tomorrow.
They're the only bits by the way for this engine I've orderd from Finland. Everything else I've ordered from the UK.

So this all means my engine took a GIANT leap today and should be ready for the trial assembly to measure the true compression soon !!

Ordered spome vernier pulleys too


Once the engine timing is done I'll remove the super duper cams and get them drilled for locking pin for the pulleys.

Oh and bought an spare crank today...

What a good day.

[Roadsport]

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Got the ordered parts today.
Only not so pleased with the products received. The upgraded bearings arwrong they do not fit even close. And the pulleys showed some signs of them being already bolted on to a set of cams .
Well the pulleys are 100% functional and the service at Burtons was super so these pulleys will do. Was a glad surprise that the locking pins were included .




Bearing above is the original and the lower os the Long waited super duper bearing gone wrong.

[Roadsport]

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P.S

It seems like I can drill the hole for the cam pulley locking pin without removing the cams.

I've also decided to make the mein bearings on the ladder side captive.

[Roadsport]

Motorsport alternator Evolution one

Small update today.

I built the alternator. One light weight alternator with V groove pulley. Took two multi groove pulleys from work to see if they fit the small alternator.
They did after one hour of grinding and fitting different nuts. The other pulley was too long to get aligned and the other one was too thick for the shor alternator axle. No nut could reach the threads. After an half an hour spent sawing (I'm sawing a pulley again) 5mm of the back f the pulley it fits. Alingned the pulley with right size O- ring.

Mocked the alternator to the road engine I have as a side project. Spent a few hours to get the pulley's alignement right. Built a dowel,treid different bolts and washers and nuts but now its close enough to try with the belt later. Glad their not chain driven

And there you go 3kg 45amp "Motorsport" alternator instead of 5 kg 120 amp alternator.

The Idea Is still to build EVO II and fit 1:1 ratio pulley to the alternator. But fitting that pulley has to wait for few weeks for the pulley to arrive.
Seems to be a tight fit when the water pump pulley gets swapped for a larger one. That has to be custom built cant use existing car parts.