Looks like fun Mish.
 
Towing is the way to go, can push harder on track that way 
 
Rhys

yeah towing made the weekend a bit easier, as the car developed a nasty fuel leak from around the tank filler area. i was pooped from a full days driving so on the trailer she went. better time spent at the pub rather than fixing it on the side of the road.

more pictures from last saturdays drift skills day,
 

 

 

 

 
ok this was when i span, rude not to clutch 3rd and have a little bake
 

 

 

 

 

as u can see from the before and after pictures from the 2 days ive done i think i have mostly sorted the issue with the car picking up the front inside wheel, car also felt alot more predictable to drive and felt less aggressive during the switch in direction and stuff

Looks like lots of fun. What are your next plans for the car? Or happy just to enjoy it now it's sorted?

Who are your days through at decca? Cost? Pm me if you want. Will be looking at getting out and having a play once I sort my car out.

Car always looks well presented,

Shaun

thanks shaun it was a good day out,
the day 'drift skills' is run by the 'Victorian Drift Club' http://www.vicdrift.com/site/ as a beginners day aimed at learning about how to drift your own car. from memory it was about $220 for the day which included a bbq lunch. + a $50 AASA licence that can be bought on the day and is valid for 12 months.
 
i found decca to be a really good place to start. as for the skills day they run 3 different surfaces. a very large smooth concrete pad, a very course medium sized area that is more street surface like and a small(very small) burnout pit which is heavily rubber coated and even has gutters to hit.
also being in a controlled environment and being classed as a low speed event no helmets or cages are needed so you dont have to worry about the restrictions a helmet give with vision and head movement ( surprisingly limited in an escort with a helmet on ive found )
 
As for the car, i stayed true to my word ( if the gearbox survived the drift day i would change the set up to a more legal/street friendly setup ) and have fitted the car with the 15" superlites and 195 tyres.
ive swapped all my steering set up with std items so that i can 'simply' drop the rack ends and swap when i want to run the 13" setup.
 
but as always i ran into problems getting the 15's to fit back on the car.with the current sway bar maxxed out to minimal castor the wheels still sat too far forward on lock. With not wanting to have to change too much stuff between the two setups i made the car fit the wheels.
 

 

 
So i did what i do best, got the grinder out and went to town.
and now they fit again :)
 

 
as you can see the cut is about an inch or so at its greatest but isn't highly obvious to the untrained eye.
 

 
still managed to get the wheels as wide out as possible with the limits of the std steering rack arm lengths. so that made me a little more happy to run the setup.
 

 
so next in the never ending list of things to fix/do is to get the geometry sorted with the car and its new wheels, then i want to put in the rest of the cage and go racing.
 
 

Hey Mish,
 
Sorry I've I've missed it but without going through every page, what LCA setup do you run? Adjustable I'm guessing but have you re-drilled cross member to gain extra camber?
 
Also what length tie rod extenders do you run?
 
Cheers,
Rhys

the LCA's are the insitu adjustable ones from burton power, mounted using the std holes in the xmember.
when running the 13's i run the +40mm burtons rack extenders which are way too wide so i had to cut down the rack ends down to get them back to a decent length.
 
heres a picture of the set up from when i did it, (please dont judge me hahaha) it works
 

 
when running the 15's i run the std escort rack and tie rod ends on max extension. and wind the camber in till im at the toe reading i wish.
 
hope this has been helpful Rhys

nice looking ghia
i found out on my mk 1 that the twin cam sway bar mounts are different to standard ones in the holes are about 3/4 inch further back and out, because the twincam swaybar has shorter arms to make them stiffer as most aftermarket bars are modelled on them you might need to modify mounts to stop the wheels being pulled forward when fitting to a mk2 also,
that way the castor should,nt be affected 

Thanks Mish, I can't find my rack extenders but remember when I tried them on my blue Escort that they gave too much toe out and I've noticed you can now buy two different lengths.
 
I'm using same LCAs and standard xmember holes. Good to know it should all come together ok.
 
Thanks,
Rhys