Sold my escorts maybe ill start over again in a few years

came across a few parts i thought would be very handy

sr20 xmember



nice 2.4 quickrack

well after a month or 2 of nothing i came across this and couldnt help myself...

and then this became the new project but i got to drive it at the same time which made it all worth while




after blowing the diff center for the 3rd time i decided to get it done right, tranx lsd fully rebuilt diff center, shotpeened axles which ended up costing me alot more then i ever planned for... car was off the road for 3 months while waited for parts and the money to pay for them ....

very fun car to drive revving out to 6500rpm and still wanting to go on its way to 7 but im not that cruel

 
again things sort of slowed down after a while. since i bought this car i put the quick rack in, put a kit throught the wilwood front callipers, alumminium radiator, ceramic coated big bore extractors, 2.5" stainless steel mandrel bent exhaust with small hotdog and varex( very good sound out of it),2 new alternators... havign some very bad electrical problems, 8000k HID headlights,diff... coil over front struts, gaz inserts, new seat belts and whole heap of other things i forgotten about

once i saw this beauty come up for sale i couldnt help myself and ended up with my 3rd 2dr....

 
one of my favorate photos...

 
so now i finally have a shell in excellent condition... scanned the car all over found only one 50c peice size bit of rust in the whole car!!!  was extremely happy
 






that same week i found my powerhouse for the car too... fully built s15 sr20 was putting out 250rwkw according to the dyno sheet that came with it

test fitting it in the old car as i already had the xmember in the car...


most of this happened in the last month and a half and havent really done much since then but start stockpiling more parts that i need and trying to get into contact with my local engineer
 

looks good mate, gotta love a big shed you hoard with

Looking good mate! SR and a 2DR is a killer combo
Good luck with the conversion.
 
Btw I can only see 3 of you pics!?

What did you do with the cross member did you use sr20 mounts or the vl mounts, and also g/box mounts

Xmember is a modified world cup Xmember so there rubbers are stand bushes but the mounts are made out of plate steel and some tubing I'll find some pictures, as for gearbox, until I can get my hands on a z32 Gbox and adapter I can't design my Xmember until then having a great deal of trouble tracking one down

ok what about using a sr20 crossmeber and shorten it and weld the escort mounting brackets onto it.

79FordEsky

ok what about using a sr20 crossmeber and shorten it and weld the escort mounting brackets onto it.

There is no point in doing that.Tto fit the Sr box escort xmember mounting points need to be removed from the trans tunnel to allow for the extra width of the bigger gearbox.
I suggest modded sr xmember or a full custom one.