Not the best photo but shows the clearence to the radiator. Sorry about hijacking your thread Shea.

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Originally posted by 510pom

is that the standed escort mounts ??? and how much of a angle is the motor on 1 due to your drive line angles and 2 when you go up steep hills its angle will be a fair amount.

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Yep. I've added I a bit of extra support to the cup. Drive line angles are pretty good. Hard to show with a picture. But 3 years of circuit racing and hillclimbs and all good.

nice you got any pics of the whole car ???

And here a day later. Not so good. I need a new cross member now! The chasis was push over but all pulled back out now.

http://www.rsmotorsport.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2002&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

HEY PROEY

have you got any internal pic of the car i am using andy's modified x-member and i think if the motor sits backs anymore the gear shift lever would be a prick to get to.???
so you are using standard eski x-member and modified the mounts on the motor i assume??
Man i would love the rs front end just for a bit more room to fit the radiator and intercooler!!!

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Originally posted by 510pom

is that the standed escort mounts ??? and how much of a angle is the motor on 1 due to your drive line angles and 2 when you go up steep hills its angle will be a fair amount.

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Yep. I've added I a bit of extra support to the cup. Drive line angles are pretty good. Hard to show with a picture. But 3 years of circuit racing and hillclimbs and all good.

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Sorry I should have been a bit clearer. The mounts I was talking about were the black bits of rubber. the cross member has been cut at the required angle and 6mm plate welded to it. What I did was put the motor in the bay roughly where I wanted it with the escort rubber mounts bolted to the nissan brackets and then marked the angle on the escort cross member. I then measured the plates required. Once the cross member was cut I welded the plates to it. Sounds simple but lots of double checking and I got it wrong as I need a 6mm spacer on one side and a 10mm on the other.

As for the shifter location its about 20-30mm back further than a sierra 5 speed. I modded the nissan shifter as the original is bent from memory.

Is that "YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK" stickers on the front windscreen???

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And here a day later. Not so good. I need a new cross member now! The chasis was push over but all pulled back out now.

http://www.rsmotorsport.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2002&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

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Hey Shea hows the project going??

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Is that "YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK" stickers on the front windscreen???

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Yeah it is mate. I'm a member of the ETU. Have to pay my fees for this year yet!!! I'll get around to it soon.

Pictures of the crossmember.