Scotts Toys

Nice, almost the perfect collection.

Improved production cars are looking more "improved" and less production every time I see them. [:p]

My road hack.... and hill climb car

The current resto....

nice little collection

what colour is the capri going to be??

cheeRS

Wayne

hi scott
your mk1 is my fav race car of all time!
ive been giving shawn a hand with his capri so i will see you out at the track
are you planing to race the capri or will that be a roadie?
jason.

Hi Jason,

How's things? how's the resto going?

As for my Capri it will be a mild street/show/weekend toy...

I've had it for a long time...

But it's taking shape now...

Shauns Capri?... Shaun who??

What category will it be used for??

cars look bloody great mate!

Great collection of cars. Race car looks like a great weapon.

Can't wait to see another RS2000 restored.

hey nice collection going on there you work at mt barker high right ? i go to cornerstone and i see your green mk2 going past my bus stop every now and then looks like a nice daily.

I've seen you few times over the past week on my way to and from TAFE.
Wishihadars1800 answered the question I was going to ask you, and now I know who it is if a ever get a wave from a GT-P.


Your mk1 is very nice, so is that Green mk2. It is going to be good to see another RS on the road.

Scott, do you remember going to KFC on Glen Osmond Rd one day and some guy asked you if you wanted to sell your car?.. That was me
I had seen your car at MtBHS one day when I went to check out my new school, so I knew you were a hills guy. Thanks for the comps on the cars.

Wishihadars1800, sounds like you have a great plan there. I restored my first escort when I was at school too Thankyoufor your comps too.

Look out for the green mk II and the GT-P guys[88]

Stay tuned guys...The new YB motor build has started... New Argo H-Beam rods and Wossner forged pistons have been ordered... Pics soon....

This also means that the motor that comes out of the race car is one step closer to going in the old flat front MKII...

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Hi Santa,

Thanks for the comps on the cars..

The boot spoiler makes some differnce at higher speeds(200-220kph)at spots like the kink at Mallala... at lower speeds it does nothing... If you look at the picture of the MK I Cortina posted by blackrs2k you will see it has one of the same size.. this is the largest wing that we can run under the rules for Improved Production... some cars dont run the wing... but there isn't too many Improved Production cars that can do 1 minute 16's around Mallala...

Hi Santa,

Another cool MK I on the way, any pics[:p]

As for IP rules, 4 links are a no go. The car must use what it cam with... You can add things (eg a 2 link) but you cant remove the original system... No turrets, no 4 link with coil overs...

The rims I use are 15"x8"'s with 205x50x15 o48 Yokohama's. I can also run a 225x50x15. But apart from the masive price jump between the two sizes the later didn't look right on the rims... Some guys run them... Some guys run 195's

Standard Escort offest... if you measure from the back of the rim to the mounting flange it measures 110mm....

Are you going to run a YB in yours??

Regards

Scott

I'm going have a guess that in fith gear the car would do a 100kph with the motor doing 2500rpm...

I have a excel spred sheet that I developed to calculate speeds in gears... I did a quick cut and paste below but the formula etc is not included... but it goes something like this.. Anything in red is an entry... anything in black was a claculated number... Normally there is a graph too, but it didn't display when I did my cut and paste...

Gear Information
Differential Ratio:4.1
Tyre Brand / Type / Size: Yokohama 048R 205/50/15
Tyre Diameter (in mm): 584
Tyre Circumference (in mm): 1835
Red Line RPM: 7000

Gearbox Type: T5 (EB XR8)

Gears Diff Ratio Overall
1st 3.35 x 4.1 = 13.735
2nd 1.99 x 4.1 = 8.159
3rd 1.33 x 4.1 = 5.453
4th 1.00 x 4.1 = 4.1
5th 0.73 x 4.1 = 2.993

RPM
1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000
Gears
1st 8 16 24 32 40 48 56
2nd 13 27 40 54 67 81 94
3rd 20 40 61 81 101 121 141
4th 27 54 81 107 134 161 188
5th 37 74 110 147 184 221 258

I normally change gears around 5800... I've now got the limiter set at 6800... The restrictor is a pain in the butt... but it does keep it even between our tiny car with 350hp and the big 600hp V8's which is good... It's a rule that we must run a 36mm restrictor in inlet tract of the turbo no futher than 50mm away from the compressor wheel... I drive by watching the boost gauge... With the restrictor the boost will drop off as the rpm increases... if it drops to 15psi I bang it into the next cog... It will go straight back up to 24psi and when it drops to 15psi....etc etc till no moe gears

hi scott how did the escort pull up??
your dad may have to find another race car for himself!

Hi Scott,

You have mail[;^)]

You have mail Phil

Hi Juiceman, I need to up loadsome new pictures... The Capri is taking shape nicely now... It is being painted in Mercury Silver... It will look like a 69 GTV6 from the out side with orange stripes... I just getting the seats re trimed in the original style the only quirky thing is no wood grain in the dash fascia or the console... instead it has a stainless steel look... Just a nice street thing, nothing wild, just looks good, goes well... I intend to sit the car on 15" 8 spoke superlites...

Can't wait...

Cheers

Scott

Sweeeeeeet .....Wish i had seen this sooner.
Really nice work there mate. Good to see some quality parts too.
What brand are your rods?
EDIT: just read back throught the thread and saw they are argo.... nice.

Is that a Borgy 75series i see under the rear [?]

Any chance of some pics of the way you have set it up?

Hmmmmmmm would you happen to know what class i would beable to race in at malalla? .......Is there a class for me?

Im running a turbo 4age and 6 link rear.

nice cars
that capri is lookin good

I love the V6 bonnet on Capri's, and I hate it when people cut a hole in the V6 bonnet to have an air cleaner hanging out. Thank you for not ruining your bonnet

On another note, it's starting to look really nice now, it will look beautiful in Mercury Silver. I wish I had a shed like yours!

That is just horn Scott, very jealous!

Capri is lovely mate.

Thank you for the compliments guys!!

very jealous.

well done - alot of hard work there!

Hi Scott, long time no speak [:x)]

Don't 'spose you would be interested in selling the 1973 MKI 2DR Escort, 1300, 4spd (in need of resto)would ya??

i need another project

Scott, I officially hate you!

lolz, just kidding mate. What an awesome collection.

V8 manual capri = Lots of fun. Well done.

That silver delivers! Is it a custom colour?

HI Scott - did the usual suspects perform the paint and panel?

Hi Scott - slip over too http://classic-ford.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9134&whichpage=10

Approaching the point where I need to finish the rust work and then decide on a panel shop

beautiful collection, absolutely awesome!

cheers
chris

Yes the stripes must go on. It made a big difference to whooligans capri. (which is silver also). Too it gives it that aussie look.

why not just tape the stripes on to have a look then decide. excellent cars by the way very nice.

Ok Guys...

The race car motor is currently at dyno, so I will have some figures and details for you soon. But for now please enjoy some pictures..

The Capri, the RS, the Cortina have all come to a bit of a stand still for the last few months due to work...

But I'm now on long service leave, I'm heading overseas and when I get back the Capri is my main priority, so please stay tuned :)

The Corty

More new plates... :)

oh yeah, that should go alright ay [:x)]

Just a few quick up dates...

Started work on the Capri again this week... Screen in, working on fuel system

Mk11 Rallye Pack street car got a bunch of stuff added to it that was leftovers from the race car last week... YB Turbo getting preped for it now... No restrictor, around 520hp...

Race car back on track this year, now punting 420hp with 36mm restrictor...

More info and pics soon on the Cortina and the RS restos....

what size wheels/tyres are on the MKII. Putting arches on mine and if I could get the stance to look like that I would be a very happy chappy. Those fronts are sitting just inside the arches how was that achieved?

Enough questions. All ya cars look awesome! Very VERY envious!

The figures are good but not that good.. lol... They are taken at the flywheel Ratta tat tat, still healthy though. I get all of my motors tuned and run in on engine bed dynos. So I always talk flywheel power.. [:I]

JordyCharlieBoz, I used the same size wheels and tyres on both my racecar and the MkII. 15x8 Superlites with a 110mm back space with 225/50R15 048 Yokohama's I use the GTR Superlites on the racecar and just the normally Superlites on the MkII. The racecar runs spacers of varing sizes depending on what I want from the cars handeling. The MkII does not currently run spacers and thats why they sit in just a little, When it gets the Cossie in it I'm thinking of puting 15x10's on the rear....

More pics soon Mud