C.A.R. Posted November 24, 2011 Author Posted November 24, 2011 Top stuff as always Pete Yes this is getting a set of 38mm CV motorcycle carbs on it, with a custom manifold. The shell came back from the blasters last week too - thankfully not too many surprises: We are due to start on it next week Quote
luvemfast Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 Didn't realise it was getting the full treatment. Noice work Quote
RB30X Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 Some Escort goodness for inspiration: http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/11/25/magazine-blog-classic-ford-gt-gt-four-door-drift-escort.aspx http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/11/23/builds-gt-gt-350z-powered-mki-escort.aspx Quote
peter mc Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 some pics of the motor and the gold paint Quote
MaygZ Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 Pete, I'm confused Why do you paint our Datsun motors 'Ford Blue' and a little Ford beastie 'Nissan Gold' ?? Quote
C.A.R. Posted June 9, 2012 Author Posted June 9, 2012 Progress has been steady with the Escort with Alex buying lots of new replacement/upgraded parts: Custom Ordered 13x7 Minilites. The Engine has gone back to Peter Mc for further modifications - more head porting & an increase in compression. The Bike carbs really didn't work - only making a bit over 120hp, so some 45mm Weber's have been ordered from 'Weber Performance' in Mordialloc. I've been moving along with the body repairs, which at times had been a challenge... More to come... Quote
Riceburner Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Oh no bike carbs, whats he doing with them? Body is coming along nicely, will be better than new when Finished. How did you go with flooding down your way? It looks cold in your shed. It was a balmy 6.3 degrees in our shed today, I'm bet Lurches is the same or maybe colder. Quote
C.A.R. Posted June 10, 2012 Author Posted June 10, 2012 Nice work. It looks cold in your shed. It is! Oh no bike carbs, whats he doing with them? Body is coming along nicely, will be better than new when Finished. How did you go with flooding down your way? It was a balmy 6.3 degrees in our shed today, I'm bet Lurches is the same or maybe colder. He's looking for a buyer for the bike carbs - they just done flow enough air. Yes it's damn cold here too. No flooding here, but my back yard heavley saturated... Quote
Rat1314 Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 Looking good, can't wait to see some more. Although I'm in Queensland, one of the best things I done to my garage was to insulate and line the whole thing. Makes a HUGE difference to the temperature and also cuts down the outside noise. Quote
RLY240 Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 finnished pics FWIW the oil pressure T piece in this pic is a weak point due to the vibrations of a Kent motor. Best bet is to move the T piece off the block and onto the inner guard with some braided line. Roger Quote
Riceburner Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 What size are the carbs Lurchos, did they fiddle with the jetting and the slide vacuum holes? I second the oil 't' piece, my brother had his crack on a road going 1600 Quote
peter mc Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 Yes we got the carbs perfect , very easy to tune but at 125 hp there past there best so we went to 45mm Weber's the 600 carbs were very smooth but rejected lots of fuel at 5000+ rpm , the length of the manifold was to short for the job , and as we are after 150+hp we needed more air and Les deemed the head and carbs needed more work so i have ported the head again and had the head stud do the guides and seats , and i fitted new springs so we could rev it to 8k and Alax has got new 45 carbs and manifold Quote
Riceburner Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 Ah, thought he was doing DIY with the carbs. Oh well, I'm sure it'll be roaring again soon Quote
Riceburner Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Huge effort Lurch, last time I saw it more than half the fire wall was swiss cheese! Quote
chris240 Posted July 31, 2012 Posted July 31, 2012 Arrrrgh, I wish I still had my Esky :'( Where's it upto boys, its been 6 weeks, we need some pics. Quote
C.A.R. Posted August 1, 2012 Author Posted August 1, 2012 Since you asked so nicely Chris Diff is in & we are looking at finalizing the panhard rod mounting soon. Wheels on. We now need to tip & roll the arches back, as well as get the porta-power out to move the arches out some 30mm, so the tyres will clear. Type 9 5-speed: Tunnel cap removed to make room for the larger T9 box. I've since cut the tunnel further back & re-plated the tunnel brace. We've since found the works style headers fowl the engine crossmember. Upon asking Burton in the UK, they informed us we need to use a 'World Cup' crossmember - but nothing was mentioned about then when the headers were ordered! Getting there slowly though. Quote
MaygZ Posted August 2, 2012 Posted August 2, 2012 Looking good buddy. How's the access to the other side of your shed? Quote
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