jacko
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some of you know i have been mulling this over for a while....well im getting started!!! yay!!!
(this is gonna be soooo expensive!)
i am planning to use escort rs2000 4x4 running gear. not easy as only 600 were made to start with and bad maintenance usually means the transfer boxes are knackered
how it works;
transverse gearbox but diff sticks out behind the engine and you slot a transfer box over it (the shaft to drivers wheel goes thru the centre of all of this and works as usual)
the extended diff casing drives a viscous unit (looks same as the unit inside a frp / rst lsd??!)
this has a cog around it which drives a gear behind it, that gear has a 45degree bevel gear on it which runs against another 45 on the propshaft....turning transverse power thru 90 degrees and onto a propshaft to rear wheels
its very similar if slightly less beefy than a mitsi evo
to keep the 0.8 litres (??!) of oil cool inside this box i have been told to plumb in a cooler and pump...should stop any issues
im wondering if i can send off a 4x4 diff and get quaife to machine or swap the entended casing onto an atb diff
problems mounting the transfer box; subframe will need chopping / remaking, gear linkage needs to be upgraded to cable as no room for rods, custom exhaust
transfer box mounts to mtx gearbox...bigger than ib5....thats a whole seperate issue including upgrading it to hydraulic clutch and fitting a shorter , more powerful engine... ;-)
prop shaft....'should' be room....if i remove 1/2 of one box section between seats and plate it to the next one over...keeping strength...and crucially; not messing with interior carpet!! IT MUST LOOK LIKE FORD PUT THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER ;-)
this is the bit im working on right now; fuel tank. just bought one with channel for prop shaft....have a spare puma at work im chopping back to floor pan / engine bay....seeing if it will fit or whether im having a custom one made & just nicking the fuel sender / scavenge pump (tank has 2 sides and 2 pumps!!)
after that im starting to acquire parts for rear suspension; want the frp to have independant rear sus this year with everything in place to mount rear dif. its an ali cradle which bolts straight to boot floor....bit of plating / re-inforcement and should be really easy....dont know if diff is offset to one side or whether escort is wider than an frp but will have custom ali / titanium links with rose joints eventually....
want ali hub carriers; any ideas? iv known people make their own from tubing etc
bought so far;
gearbox with knackered diff. will use empty case for dummy build / designing chassis mount and diff to play with / send off to get fixed or as template for a quaife atb.
tank, pumps, straps....to test against spare puma floorpan / use as a templete to have a custom one made for frp
trailing arms...to build up against swing arm when i get all the other bits & send off
to have lightweigh, adjustable, rose jointed copies made.
to buy; lots!!!
want to use frp type rear brakes / discs however im very tempted by the ali vw calipers on golfs etc...look very similar but a lot lighter.
(this is gonna be soooo expensive!)
i am planning to use escort rs2000 4x4 running gear. not easy as only 600 were made to start with and bad maintenance usually means the transfer boxes are knackered
how it works;
transverse gearbox but diff sticks out behind the engine and you slot a transfer box over it (the shaft to drivers wheel goes thru the centre of all of this and works as usual)
the extended diff casing drives a viscous unit (looks same as the unit inside a frp / rst lsd??!)
this has a cog around it which drives a gear behind it, that gear has a 45degree bevel gear on it which runs against another 45 on the propshaft....turning transverse power thru 90 degrees and onto a propshaft to rear wheels
its very similar if slightly less beefy than a mitsi evo
to keep the 0.8 litres (??!) of oil cool inside this box i have been told to plumb in a cooler and pump...should stop any issues
im wondering if i can send off a 4x4 diff and get quaife to machine or swap the entended casing onto an atb diff
problems mounting the transfer box; subframe will need chopping / remaking, gear linkage needs to be upgraded to cable as no room for rods, custom exhaust
transfer box mounts to mtx gearbox...bigger than ib5....thats a whole seperate issue including upgrading it to hydraulic clutch and fitting a shorter , more powerful engine... ;-)
prop shaft....'should' be room....if i remove 1/2 of one box section between seats and plate it to the next one over...keeping strength...and crucially; not messing with interior carpet!! IT MUST LOOK LIKE FORD PUT THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER ;-)
this is the bit im working on right now; fuel tank. just bought one with channel for prop shaft....have a spare puma at work im chopping back to floor pan / engine bay....seeing if it will fit or whether im having a custom one made & just nicking the fuel sender / scavenge pump (tank has 2 sides and 2 pumps!!)
after that im starting to acquire parts for rear suspension; want the frp to have independant rear sus this year with everything in place to mount rear dif. its an ali cradle which bolts straight to boot floor....bit of plating / re-inforcement and should be really easy....dont know if diff is offset to one side or whether escort is wider than an frp but will have custom ali / titanium links with rose joints eventually....
want ali hub carriers; any ideas? iv known people make their own from tubing etc
bought so far;
gearbox with knackered diff. will use empty case for dummy build / designing chassis mount and diff to play with / send off to get fixed or as template for a quaife atb.
tank, pumps, straps....to test against spare puma floorpan / use as a templete to have a custom one made for frp
trailing arms...to build up against swing arm when i get all the other bits & send off
to have lightweigh, adjustable, rose jointed copies made.
to buy; lots!!!
want to use frp type rear brakes / discs however im very tempted by the ali vw calipers on golfs etc...look very similar but a lot lighter.
