Escort Sigma 1600 Race Car

[Turboman]

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Just sat and read this whole thread, some good work has been done but with all the problems I think I would have gave up, nice to see you have continued thou

[Roadsport]

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Thanks mate ! I may well sit the next season out. I have had alot going on in my life during the last 10 months and I may not have it in me to do this season. Nevertheless there's very little that needs to be done with the car and I will get it up and running if I decide to paticipate this year.

Tending to a minor exhaust manifold tweak today.

[scott105e]

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hello im putting a sigma se in my anglia do you still have your old ex manifold if so do you want to sell it thank you

[Roadsport]

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Nice. Anglia should go wery well with a Sigma in it. Yes I still have it. In fact I have the evo 1 and 2 manifolds. The evo 1 manifold does not have a collector, but if thats not an issue I can sell it to you. If its the evo two, the shorter 4-1 manifold, I'd have to think about it for a while.

[scott105e]

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hello how far away from head at longest point thanks

[max0815]

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Maybe I need some information from you as many things change in racing over here in Germany I´m thinking about a 1,4 Zetec Se built.

[Roadsport]

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Sure thing mate you can PM me or drop me an email roadsport206@gmail.com Those 1400's can be a true firecracker, but I do think you'll be looking at custom rod and piston set to get most aout of the engine. Theres one works 1400 trophy Puma pushing our 190bhp.

[Roadsport]

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hello how far away from head at longest point thanks

I'll do some measuring for you as soon as I get to the car, mate.

[scott105e]

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ok thanks

[Roadsport]

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the evo 1 streches 22cm our and 50cm down. Evo II 27cm out and 34 down The collector is located beside the engine block so it ts the actual exhaust pipe that needs to bend under the car.

[ugg10]

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hello im putting a sigma se in my anglia do you still have your old ex manifold if so do you want to sell it thank you

Yay, another one.

I am also putting a Zetec SE in an Anglia but for the road, however it does have an Escort WC front end, five link rear, coilovers all round, type 9 box and still working on the brakes.

I am using the Puma 1.7 and planning on keeping it standard except for bike throttle bodies, ecu (emerald, omex, canems?) and tubular exhaust.

Whereabouts are you and do you have pics/blog/website? EDIT Sidcup in sig, look before posting!

I have deatils of my build on here ifyou are interested - anglia1968.weebly.com

Finally what are you doing about the rear coolant manifold, using the one on this thread from BJP(are they still about?), anyone know the origin of this one?

[Shaunster]

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Does anybody know what happened to this thread and its owner?

Was really enjoying the read!!!

[Roadsport]

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Hi Shaunster

Had one rough year on track and off track. Pretty much lost my interest on this car. All tough I know it's not an unreliable car and the DNF's were due to epic, epic, bad luck. I've had my share of engine outs and ins. As it stands the engine is out and only needs a new set of big end bearings. The dry sump pump is overhauled by Titan so hopefully no pump/lubrication related issues anymore. Still need to see why the right hand rear wheel bearing broke on the dyno. Thinking of measuring the bearing housing roundness. It may have warped while welding the caliper brackets in.
Anyway all of this has been on hold for a year and a half now due to no motivation.

I decided I need to bring back the fun in motoring and decided to do something completely different. Started a -89 Mustang v8 project which keeps me busy for a long while. Now I know this kinda thing is not you're cup of tea. But I wanted something simple to work on and reliable. Tired of squeezing every last bit of horsepower from a tiny engine. 331 CID V8 provides more than enough power with moderate CR and reasonable rpm's. Aiming for long service life and some fun on track and hopefully off track too. A friend of mine said :" If you have large enough bucket you don't need to fill it to the top."
Keeping two cars may prove too tough so the Escort will be for sale sooner or later.

-Markus

[Graham]

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Started a -89 Mustang v8 project which keeps me busy for a long while. Now I know this kinda thing is not you're cup of tea. But I wanted something simple to work on and reliable. Tired of squeezing every last bit of horsepower from a tiny engine. 331 CID V8 provides more than enough power with moderate CR and reasonable rpm's. Aiming for long service life and some fun on track and hopefully off track too. A friend of mine said :" If you have large enough bucket you don't need to fill it to the top.

i totally understand where your coming from

and a mustang is absolutely my cup of tea so get posting

[Roadsport]

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Thanks Graham. Let's see about the build thread. As of now I only have a pile of cardboard boxes, a bent shell and a plan.