mk1 track day car

Looks good. What sort of brake setup are you running?

Rhys

brakes are mk2 disks with ebc pads front and mk2 drums rear with competition shoes and an adjustable pedal box
all suspension is mk2 except rear leafs are reset mk1
and fronts are adjustable coils
car was on eBay in ballarat last sept it was a 1300 xl
I drove it home from ballarat to newcastle at 80 kph and it never missed a beat it had 12" wheels and no radio and took 2 days
the worst part of the trip was liverpool to hornsby the rest was great cruising along the highway
it has changed a bit since then

Looks like a beast! Must go pretty hard![:0]

good looking car, as avon said, good to see another kent motor out there

is the cage a kit? or was it a custom made one? looks pretty good

the door cards are the original front and rear (white) I believe it was an old ladies car
the cage was made by myself and a mate who is a cams aproved roll bar maker and scutineer etc it is fully welded in
there where many hours of cutting welding and bending and swearing and putting bars in and out of the car
it is padded with air con insulation stuck on with contact
hope I never need to use it
the centre console has since been trimmed in black vinyl

how does the 1600 go with the twin 45's?

looks bloody tidy mate, i love it!!

it goes well but I haven't really pushed it yet reved to about 6000 I have only driven it about 150k's will get it dynoed soon
biggest problem is on a trip to maitland and back I got about 12mpg
(22ltr pr 100k) of premium 98 + octane boost + valve saver
I think I will build a trailer to go to EC and OP
head is well ported and hand made extracters work well

nice mk1 what pistons r in it CR?love the 1600

I have finally started to come to grips with driving an escort quickly I used a 3.77 locked diff last weekend at oran park gp and got down to 129.67 I am going to try a 3.89 next time just to see the difference

the 13 x 7 will fit with the right offset
I have 205 / 60 / 13 advans on. the rear guards are rolled the fronts have twin cam flares.there is about a 10mm gap tyre to strut .the offset is critcal with trying to put 7" rims on a mk1 I have no idea what the offset is on these rims

pj
pistons are 1300cc I am not sure of the brand but they werent to expensive I think about $ 250 for the set I will find the box and let you know

juiceman
it seems to run well with the 45,s the head is well ported and I am only running standard vavles
I had it dynoed at 102 bhp @ 6250rpm
the bloke who built the motor has built hundreds of kent and other
motors and knows his stuff he is very old school

356mal great car. Are you still using the standard gearbox? Listening to your vid first gear seems too low and then to second it bogs. A lot of the time your using the engine at low rpm. My point is if you get a close ratio box like was fitted to gt,xl capri, twincam you will be able to hold it in the power band all the way up the hill. It will go heaps faster yet. All the best with it.[^]

Mal yeh im not familiar with your hillclimb tracks so dont know what final drive you should have. I am guessing tho that with a 4.44 diff then first gear would be way too low. With the close ratio box you will be able to fully use first, second and third all the way up the hill with the engine only changing about500rpm between gears. That should be exciting.[^]

Hey I was just wondering how you where running your booster if at all you are? Or are you running a remote one? I was just wondering as I plan to build a fair pokey 1600 with twins soon, so I just need a few tips on the stopping side of things. Mainly street use, but some track aswell, so the brakes dont have to be overkill.

Still love ya car, too bad I didn't get any hotwires, but I got some 4-spokes instead, and they'll look the goods.

Cheers, Mitch

mgcc newcastle I run in the csca supersprints they are well run and good value
250 lb front coil overs
standard rear springs lowered

the 3.9 is in it now and was a good ratio for eastern creek
I was about 1.5 sec quicker but the gearing felt right and it pulled much better in 3rd
I am going to wakefield in june and will try the 3.9 there last time I had a 3.77
I am not sure what the other box is but the gearstick is in the same place. I think the splines are different not sure ? it is down the shed I will look at it one day soon
I bought it off someone on this forum I cant remember who
it has a 2.92 first gear? I think it is from an old cortina or capri maybe??
mal

You like gettin that wheel up don't you![88][88]

Great photo's mate!