Hi guys, is there anyone on here that helped build this car (see attached photos) , its the RS Owners car that was built & finished in 2004, I took the this pic back then on the trailer (now I own it, its a small world thing!!!!)....anyway.
I need to know a little more about it, Im new to the modified Escorts thing (I have only ever had standard stuff). I need to know what the front struts are, the shocks are stuffed and need to be replace. The write up says Cortina Mk2 GT struts, but they must be modified......dont look standard to me.
 
Cheers guys

Im one of the guys that built that car.
We obtained it as a rolling shell.
We were told they were Mk2 Cortina.
I will check with some of the other guys involved & see if anyone can confirm
Glad to see its still alive & kicking...we had a great time building that thing

Cant you get measurements? That will help. Especially if you can measure the insert by itself with a picture to go along side..
As far as brands Bilstein, Koni and Gaz seem to be the main ones used. Spax are another option also.
 

Good to see there is at least one person on here that built this car, I have only had it on the track once so far....more to come of course. I will do a measure and get a pic on here.
I appreciate your input.
Cheers

Where are you located??
 

Had a chat to the guys last night that were involved with this car....we were told the front struts were Mk2 GT Cortina.
Hope that helps.
Can you post some more pics.Would love to see how it looks.

Ford_Escort, I am in Geelong, I dont know of anywhere down here that could help. If you know of anyone that would be a great help.
 
esqrt, it hasnt changed that much really, I will have to de-scale the pics before I post them, they are over the 250kb that ia allowed. I will try to get them done soon.
 
Thanks guys
 

Find out what you need and we can go from there. I will ask my guys if they have contacts down there.
Can you pull the originals out and get the part numbers??

Hey guys, I have loaded a couple of new pics of the struts, the one where you can see the strut tower and the shocker coming out of it is the issue, it doesn't have a strut insert, I've never seen anything like it.
The strut tower opening is approx 48mm in diameter, I doent know if that standard or not.
 
I might have a solution though, I have found some inserts I had forgotten about, in my Mk1 van, I pulled them out tonight and they do fit. It could be a patch till I can afford to put some fully adjustable stuff, when I have some extra funds.
 If you do have a contact that would be great.
 
Thanks again.

I'll put my money on them being Mk1 Cortina...Mk2's had 3 bolts holding the steering arm to the bottom of the strut.