tricky
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 posted on 12/3/02 at 10:35 AM |
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escort or sierra
Can anyone advise on the best way forward with a new build.
Is it better to opt for sierra based donor as these are more readily available?
If so what mods are required to chasis,etc in original book.
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ewanspence
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| posted on 12/3/02 at 11:58 AM |
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Sierra - 'cos its easier to get and cheap.
Chassis mods can be none other than IRS fittings (chassis and rear wishbones and mounts - about 6% of the build). The chassis width can be left the
same but the rear track will be approx 5in wider. If you use the standard sieera rack with out mod the front wishbones also need lengthening approx 5
inches. I struggled to find a detailed set of drawing for the IRS and wishbones when I was making that last year so I just build it round the main
components. Fitted the diff, made the hub carriers measured up for the wishbones and made them similar to the front. (top ones are identicle).
Simple....not sure how good the geometry is but once the car is running I will have the luxury to modify it.
Apart from that its exactly (well nearly) the same.... 
Ewan.
Visit the MegaGrip site :-
http://www.geocities.com/ewanspence/
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Jasper
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| posted on 12/3/02 at 03:54 PM |
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I've been struggling wih this dilemma as well. Glad to know there are no other major chassis mods.
Can you use a steering rack/uprights out of another car (ie Cortina) for the front to stick with the 'book' and have a narrower front end?
Jasper
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ewanspence
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 posted on 12/3/02 at 04:43 PM |
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Perfrectly acceptable, or your could use the front bits from a London Taxi and have a great turning circle!!!
Ewan.
Visit the MegaGrip site :-
http://www.geocities.com/ewanspence/
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Hellfire
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 07:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tricky
Can anyone advise on the best way forward with a new build.
Is it better to opt for sierra based donor as these are more readily available?
If so what mods are required to chasis,etc in original book.
If you're thinking of buying a kit, check with the manufacturer. Most do kits based on Sierra donor parts these days. 
Phil
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Liam
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 07:37 PM |
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I really dont understand the mechanism whereby people unwhittingly resurrect these zombie posts in forums!
Could somebody explain how it happens? Surely you didn't browse back to page x-hundred of this section?
??
Liam
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Peteff
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 07:46 PM |
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It's called necroposting
resurrecting dead threads, it's the latest craze on forums.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Liam
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 08:14 PM |
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Yeah I've heard that, and know it's common - but it always looks like an honest mistake - as if the necro-poster was making a well meaning
reply, and just didn't realise how old the thread was. Hence the question - how did they come to be reading such an old post anyway??
Or am I just showing my age (all of 29) and out-of-touch-ed-ness? Is it always diliberate, and making it look like an honest mistake all part of the
fun of the necroposting craze?
Perhaps I'll have a go and see if I like it...
???
Liam
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Hellfire
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 12:36 PM |
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TBH I was just browsing through some of the old members on this forum and wondering why they'd registered, posted only once and then never came
back. It seemed like an amusing idea to resurrect the thread and see if anyone else replied without noticing how old the thread was. (You'd be
surprised how many do!)
I don't frequent many other forums (cos I spend enough time on this one and also have a life!) and didn't realise it was the latest craze.
Phil
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 01:12 PM |
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If anyone wants drawings for an IRS modification, i have some that i downloaded in PDF.
Just email me your email address and ill send it
[Edited on 5/11/08 by MakeEverything]
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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