mk2 Escort - SR20DET

[kenneth]

well new here and new to the whole japs to be honest.
i'll stick up a thread on my drifter project. mainly for retrostock days and Kartworld days.

i have a mk2 escort which have been building for drifting.
i will copy and past the project from the Escort Club just to bring you guys up to speed with where it is now.
hopefully some on here might find it interesting


its a 4dr mk2 escort which i plan to fit a SR20DET to and make it some what road legal

i'll just add some pics and of whats gone on and i'll update from there as i progress.



















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[kenneth]

was gonna fit this but then the plan changed












then came the new engine choice....

[kenneth]

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[kenneth]

Now thats all up to date.

so during the week a lad in the escort club made me a custom alloy fuel tank to my own spec and it holds approx 8 gallons.





and he also flocked a dashtop for me which turned out excellent.

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[kenneth]

well spent all day at the 4dr today

firstly finished the diff. surely welded enough now





and spent the day fitting all the running gear.
fitted diff, halfshafts and axle
fitted all front suspension except a steering rack as the one i have was fucked.

so anyone got a free steering rack going??













plan to get more done tomorrow

[kenneth]

and some more random pics i forgot to stick up.







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[kenneth]

well the turbo was fooked in the SR20 so i got a new one and fitted it today.
my god what a pain in the hole that job was

old one fucked




new one




and a video of it working again. click the pic.

[kenneth]

got the bulkhead gussets in and then ran out of gas....
also fitted the rollcage but must make up some base plates for the legs.

[kenneth]

well i have been collecting wheels this week.
so far i have got 10 15" wheels, and thanks to benny hogan for his efforts to find which cheap wheels fit a unarched mk2 and it turned out to be pug 406 or citroen.

the pic shows the wheel on and they are gonna be perfect but it has a 195/65/15 on it so i will get 195/50/15's for them as they will have a lower profile








now to the final colour choice........





i have decided to go with NATO green for the body.
i tried bright green for the wheels but i now will go with matt black.
this is only thrown on rough to see the colour. bonnet is finished but it is wet in this pic













vincent is calling over on saturday to weld in the cage. :up:
and i realised i forgot to weld in the tramp bar brackets to the body.
i might go with an A-frame setup like benny did on his.

also on the look out for stiff rear springs if any one was thinking of going back to road springs or 6 linking please let me know.

[kenneth]

well today Vincent (whitedog) called over to weld in the rollcage as i want the welding to be good on the cage for safety

so he welded in 3mm plate on the arches and front foot plates and the some 8mm under the centre bars.
the welding is shit hot and miles ahead of anything i could ever achieve. :up:

also have a brake set up decided but i'll explain that later in the week when i try put it together.