subaru powered mid engined mrk 6 black escort project

12 March 2007, 22:26

My project has finally started,ive now got most of the parts i need.
The car is based on mrk 6 escort and is going to be mid engined with rear wheel drive,so far ive stripped the car down to pritty much a bare shell and layed the complete subframe down to se how it looks.

heres some pics. James

12 March 2007, 23:28

Top man, this looks like its going to be fun

13 March 2007, 00:35

this looks like a good 1

it will be intresting to see how it handles and steers with hardly no weight at the front

good luck

13 March 2007, 07:55

FANTASTIC!
At last a real 'hot rod' of a project.
Most interesting.
Should be a snip bar the gear linkage which will be a tease.
Could bring a new meaning to 4 wheel steering.
(the Honda Preludes had 2 racks)

Pleanty of pics please.
Graham

13 March 2007, 08:33

i havnt got a clue how it is going to handle but hopefully i will be able to mod the front suspension to make it better, the engine is going to be right behind the two front seats so i think there will be quite a bit of weight on the front to especially under breaking.

Graham, for my gear linkage im using cables like the one in this pic..

james

13 March 2007, 19:51

Blimey that's a big project you've bitten off there - good luck nailing that together. Will certainly confuse a few Ford fans when you open the hood

911- how could you flog your lovely 'A' for a Porker?? The rodding scene has never been healthier, time to get back to your real passion??

13 March 2007, 20:57

DO NOT SAY THAT!

When I sold it (where is it now?) it was 1987, I was 35 and to be honest the Hot Rod world seemed to be tatty-heads pratting about, and I felt too old to be doing such things.

20 years later it seems to have come full circle! All the Old Skool stuff and a pleasure to see real hotrods in Custom Car mag etc (which i still buy).

I could go on but this isn't my thread, but very nice to be in touch with Hot Rodders on here.

I really do miss them to be honest.
This one kills me:

Back to this car!

How about running the shifter rods below the engine, past the sump to the box? That cable shift does look good, just wonder how 'wooly' it might feel?

With the right springs the front end will behave fine, and i guess you have a good chance of getting about 50/50 distribution as the fuel tank will need to go in the front as in a 911. Battery can stay in the front.

I'm a bit surprised you say the engine is right behind the seats.

Good stuff, and sorry for the tread drift.

Graham

14 March 2007, 12:56

Graham
Good to see you stil read CC... Lots of grey hairs in rodding so you wouldn't feel out of place!
That's a beautiful hand crafted rod, rightly winning prizes all over. Here's my own efforts, 1932 model B sedan:

Simon

14 March 2007, 19:33

Some volkswagens used cable shift, I cant see it being a problem, nor feeling wooley

14 March 2007, 21:15

Ahh, I remember that one from a year or 2 ago!
You need 2'' out of it. Chopped my Y type in '73!
Which VW's David?
Cable drives to the box are popular on modern cars, good when adjusted/maintained well.

Any chassis progress rentonone?

14 March 2007, 21:16

How about using an mr2 gearlever as a basis, as they are cable shift aswell, and obviously rear engined.

14 March 2007, 21:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrxginge

How about using an mr2 gearlever as a basis, as they are cable shift aswell, and obviously rear engined.

i was thinking that too mate, heres a pic of one, i think this will be easier to rig up than a solid mechanism.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...tickshift2.jpg

14 March 2007, 22:16

As you can see by this pic, the subframe is to short to bollt on to the escort chassis so im going to extend and modify it so the subfame will bolt on properly.

I am going to cut out the chassis rail that runs across the top of the subframe in the pic as soon as ive fitted a temporary strengthening bar just in case it all decides to twist.

heres a pic of the scooby wheels attached

ive fitted it together with the standard front scooby shocks without the springs and with the escort top mouns, the shocks are a bit close to the body but coilovers would be perfect so i need to get hold a pair.
the centres of the shock towers on the escort are about 30mm wider than the centres of the subaru front shock towers but im thinking i might be able to make up the difference with camber bolts, if not i will have to modify the towers.

14 March 2007, 23:01

could someone uplode the pics for me so they are not just a link, im not sure how to do it.

14 March 2007, 23:12

When you reply to this thread, click the button that looks like a pic just above the first line of text, 3rd from the right, and paste the link into the box. Or just type [IMG] paste link here [/IMG]

Example

great project btw.

14 March 2007, 23:26

That looks an easy installation from here. A tube loop to pickup the wishbone bush will work.
Does the bush hang a bit low behind the wheel? I know you can't change the height.