RS2000 owner ,Brisbane QLD

Welcome Tony,
 
Get up some pics quick smart so we can admire your beast!
 
Cheers,
 
Matt

I have sourced control arms, bushes and 2.9 rack amoungst other parts from forum advertiser SMCKA and have been very happy with price, quality and service.
 
Try forum member Peter M for concours quality reproduction of the usually irreplaceable persished rubber parts - firewall grommets, bonnet stops, rear spoiler, etc
 
Cheers
 
James

Welcome Tony. A couple Brisbane locals are about on here.
This forum is a great place to find the bits you need. Goodluck.
Mark

Yes, retrofit kits available - however the AUS RS2k used the rear sway bar as tramp bar/radius rod/track rod. 
 
MANY here will say tramp bars lock up the suspension and are the devils work and that the genuine rear sway bar is poison and should be removed.
 
In my experience with street driven MK2's I have found that at 14mm the bar has minimal impact on controlling body roll, but is effective in performing a tramp bar/raduis rod function. The key to making the genuine swaybar work effectively is the correct set up of length from diff mount to chassis mount - numbers by the genuine ford manual have been the most effective, the do provide a level of preload on the rubber bushes. If using poly bushes I like to add 5-10mm to allow for less compression and maintain orgiginal levels of preload tension.
 
Of note in the FIA 5566 homogolation papers the AUS rear sway bar is identified as "sway bar/radius rod" so the intent of the Ford engineering is quite clear.....

Rear bar settings if you decide to keep it;

 
Excerpt from 5566 introducing Australian assembled car homogolising flat front RS2000 and introducing rear anitroll bar/radius arm - of note this is the 2 litre Rally Pack and was a factory option and not a stand alone model
 

Tramp bars just limit the magnitude of the oscellation cycle - do not actually eliminate tramp.
Danny M and co on this site (and over at www.rsmotorsport.com.au) variously recommend a reverse eye with rebould leaf spring pack coupled with Bilstiens for elimination of axle tramp and maintaining full suspension functionallity in fast road/track day/motorsport use.
 
Personally I am still running an old school setup I first devised back in 1992 - one extra full length leaf in a std spring pack (under main leaf, extends just past centre of eye at both ends), polybushed stock rear sway bar,  Gemini wagon Monroe GT gas shocks with lower crush bush reamed to suit and various 205/60R13 street tyres on 7" rims over the last 20 years (Bridgestone Steel Belted 60s/Bridgestone Eager SF340s/Yokohama Y352s/Road Hugger GT Radials/Mastercraft Avenger GT/etc). Have not had any axle wind up under accel or decel with this set up for street/track day use, but then I am not overly heavy on the pedal these days as she tend to shred the stock diff centres at an alarming rate when pushed.
 
Cheers
 
James
PS - running modified pinto - would be lucky to break the 140hp barrier in current tune

Ya whooligan ,   no worries ,   it's up on the spare hoist in my workshop waiting for parts so when i get it down will take some pics and send em on ,
Tony

Hey Rob , do they sell all escort parts etc ? website ?
 
Tony

Thanks Jason , found his number last week , like you say he likes a chat , haha ,
 
Tony