Escort Mk2 track car

by **Clayton** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:40 pm

The body has been seam welded and fitted with an adjustable watts linkage (from inside the boot). Along with new gearbox mounts, sill stand mounts, muffler mounts etc.

by **Clayton** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:43 pm

Some more.....

by **Clayton** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:24 pm

Painted the engine bay, interior and boot in 2 pac white, but now it has turned a cream colour. That serves me right using free paint.........
The blue is a protec 2 pac and seems to good and easy to use.

by **Clayton** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:33 pm

Shell now completely painted.

by **kizza** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:08 pm

looks great clayton, any reason why you didn't put gussets from your chassis rails to the firewall? just out of curiousity.

by **Danny M** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:43 pm

Becasue he's not alowed to under the rules

Danny

by **kizza** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:05 pm

Fair enough, makes perfect sense now. Cheers

by **Clayton** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:29 pm

Thanks Kizza
Yeah as Danny said, we cant have any bar work outside of the cabin area (apart for a strut brace between two points) Late model Improved Production (post 86) can.
The next best thing was to brace the firewall to the cage.

Upgraded the English diff to a early model Hilux. Using Mk1 Escort front calipers with the piston bores sleeved down to 1 1/2" (Volvo pistons).
The disc is from a Volvo, but cant remember the model.

Clayton

by **Clayton** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:41 pm

The original engine went back in, with only the headers and mounts changed.
Upgraded the gearbox from the type 9 to a W57 Supra.

Clayton

by **Roger Miller** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:25 pm

Clayton,

Loving the pictures.

Keep them coming.

thanks

RM

by **Gary P.** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:07 pm

by **gen mk 1rs2000** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:33 pm

by **Clayton** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:18 pm

by **Clayton** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:42 pm

Trying to get fuel capacity without having the tank too low, had to have some of the tank in the boot, but our rules only allow a max hole of 300mm dia, hence the shape.
With fuel foam fitted it holds 37 litres. Just in case we want to run E85 or longer races in the future.

Clayton