Darrin S MK1 Escort

[Darrin S]

Hi,
I have been harassed by Gary to write down some specifications about my Escort.
I've had it for over twenty years it's changed a bit over the years but for the last 13 years or so it has been supercharged. I feel it's nothing special but it does surprise a few people that I compete against.

Engine
Pinto overbore 0.030" 205 block
Pure Performance forged pistons and 5.060" long K1 con rods
Std Crankshaft
Std oil pump with an Peterson external adjustable relief valve
Custom alloy crankshaft pulley
Light weight billet flywheel with 7.25" tilton twin plate clutch
Sump has extra capacity with baffles, crankshaft scraper and wind age reducing vents
Cylinder head was ported with oversize valves
Camtec billet camshaft duration @ 0.050" in 219 ex 235 with adjustable camshaft pulley
Factory efi manifold modified for air intake at rear
Autronic SM4 ecu
MSD SCI digital control box with blaster coil
MSD adjustable ignition control unit
MSD ignition leads (very low resistance)
Extractors are 1 7/8 primaries going to a 3" exhaust system
Supercharger is a Sprintex S5-210 with 70mm Commodore throttle body
PWR water to air intercooler
Cooling mist programmable water injection (allows timing to be kept up and really makes the car jump out of the corners with no pinging).

Gearbox T9
Alloy bell housing
Custom shifter
6 cylinder ratios
Modified breather
One piece tail shaft

Differential
Hilux
4.5 ratio with Lokka
Baffled

Brakes
Front is H-type Alcon 4 spot radial caliper with 267mm alcon rotors with alloy hats
Rear is Skyline R31 rear disc set up 265mm slotted rotors
PFC front pads, rear Winmax pads
Non boosted single master cylinder mounted under dash
Adjust brake bias

Suspension

Front
Fabricated lower control arm with hollow sway bar mounted behind spoiler
Adjustable spring mount with adjustable strut top
Springs 300lb to 350lb
Quick rack 2.4 turns lock to lock
Koni race series double adjustable struts
Around 5.5 degrees negative camber and around 5 degrees positive caster

REAR
King springs lowered with rate changed (not sure what it is)
McDonald Brothers custom made traction rods
Adjustable watts link with rod ends and roller bearings for bell crank (Made by me)
Turreted MCA shocks
1 degree negative camber
Hoosier R6 tyres

Incar
Velo seat
6 point ERG harness
1/2 Roll cage
GPS lap timer with splits and track mapping
Shift-i shift light
Polycarbonate windows except front screen

The focus lately has been on weight saving and nearly everything has holes drilled in them now or changed to a lighter material. I run a lot at the Morgan Pk Super sprints great event recommend it to everyone. Every now and then I do Mt Cotton best was a 46.32 but haven't been there in a while. Noosa (First and only time was a 62.68 still learning where all the corners are. That's about all I can think of at the moment I'm sure I've forgotten things. I'm sure a lot of people will do thing differently to me which is great I just go down my path and it seems to be working for me. It's nice to be competitive, although forced induction with the pinto engine. Hope you liked my written rubbish. Hope the photos work.
Darrin Siddins

[Gary P.]

See! That wasn't to hard was it!!! He forgot the bit about using it to pick the kids up from school

[MK1_Oz]

What brand shift light is that????????

[Darrin S]

You will find the shift light here http://www.ecliptech.com.au/

[MK1_Oz]

Just read their website Darrin. Are you happy with the unit??? Looks like what I want on paper.

[Darrin S]

Yes I'm very happy with it been in car for a number of years with no problems.