appealing or repulsive?

That looks fantastic, I'm still amazed at how much money 30 to 40 year old Fords fetch, suppose that one's a slightly different beast with the Cossie engine, nice!
 
Lopéz said:
Agree with T_D_S, an Atlas would be preferable.
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Except they weigh as much as the Forth Bridge...

The 'Hercules' axle that Rally Design have been pimping recently looks very interesting though, allegedly very strong but much lighter than the Atlas.
 
Dogbreath said:
Except they weigh as much as the Forth Bridge...

The 'Hercules' axle that Rally Design have been pimping recently looks very interesting though, allegedly very strong but much lighter than the Atlas.
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I know, I think I still have the grooves in my shoulder to prove it. :(
 
You do realise it'll be rusty and crap and drive like a sack of spuds and not be able to stop and you'll get killed in it and you're a liability on the road and you should be banned from driving it. Stay away from the back of my car mate or else. In fact I don't know why you'd want to buy one at all :D

Looks great that one.

The_Dark_Side said:
mainly because the "English" axle was made by Rowntree Mackintosh?
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I might disagree with that :D I have an English in my Anglia and that took loads of grief. The 3.54 is pretty tough but the more gearing you put in eg 4.1 it tends to load up the planetary gears. I smashed about 3 sets on my 4.4 though :D

The_Dark_Side said:
no experience of a watts linkage.
my mk2 custom was 5 linked and i could crucify absolutely everything on twisty sections but i'm lead to believe a watts linkage makes things even better.
i honestly cannot imagine how this could be so.
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The Watts linkage stops the axle moving side to side no matter what height or angle it is at on the suspension. Twist the axle over on a 5 link and it moves across slightly. Not noticeable on a road car but for competition it probably gives it that edge.

broona said:
That looks fantastic, I'm still amazed at how much money 30 to 40 year old Fords fetch, suppose that one's a slightly different beast with the Cossie engine, nice!
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Yeah Escorts unfortunately got a heavy dose of scene tax a few years ago. Anyone who sold their rusty Mk1's for £500 must be kicking themselves now.
 
nice...but that engine in a shuv, ta. much nicer ;)

its a real shame that the combination of scene tax and guinness slurpers has made old fords so pricey...

I quite like the sound of the herc axle...reckon they do them in non-ford pcds?

*n
 
Jonny69 said:
I might disagree with that :D I have an English in my Anglia and that took loads of grief. The 3.54 is pretty tough but the more gearing you put in eg 4.1 it tends to load up the planetary gears. I smashed about 3 sets on my 4.4 though :D
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My MK1 had an English axle and a guesstimated 170BHP (2lt Pinto, Burton Cam, HC Pistons, twin 48's etc) and would regularly destroy halfshafts at the splined end, it eventually broke the steel end plate on the LSD. I seem to remember that around 150BHP was considered the max safe reliable figure for this axle!

As to the OP's link, I think his valuation of £7500 is well over the top for a half completed project ~ to make use of the claimed power it is going to require an Atlas axle and four linking to make it both reliable and usable...

Great looking car though, MK1's always looked better with bubble arches! :D
 
penski said:
its torque that kills drivetrain components...not power.

*n
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Take it up with Ford not me....the figure I quoted was taken from the Escort Rally Prep book published by Ford who quote GP1 engine spec, medium power or around 150BHP. :)
 
CaPtBlaCk said:
My MK1 had an English axle and a guesstimated 170BHP (2lt Pinto, Burton Cam, HC Pistons, twin 48's etc) and would regularly destroy halfshafts at the splined end, it eventually broke the steel end plate on the LSD. I seem to remember that around 150BHP was considered the max safe reliable figure for this axle!

As to the OP's link, I think his valuation of £7500 is well over the top for a half completed project ~ to make use of the claimed power it is going to require an Atlas axle and four linking to make it both reliable and usable...

Great looking car though, MK1's always looked better with bubble arches! :D
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GOOD WORK THAT MAN!!!

Yep I've only been putting 150hp through mine and it's a crossflow which has a bit less inertia than a Pinto. Also depends a lot on how much grip you've got but you just reminded me of the halfshafts in my 100E (105E English axle) which looked like twisted candy licorice sticks :D
 
Jonny69 said:
GOOD WORK THAT MAN!!!

Yep I've only been putting 150hp through mine and it's a crossflow which has a bit less inertia than a Pinto. Also depends a lot on how much grip you've got but you just reminded me of the halfshafts in my 100E (105E English axle) which looked like twisted candy licorice sticks :D
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LOL!!

I got sick of it in the end, the halfshafts I could take breaking, but the LSD was the final straw.....it blew up in the entrance/exit at the Stafford County Showground (kit car show) ~ would not roll backwards or forwards! A kind AA man dragged it onto the verge were the diff was removed so it could be towed home. The unsupported halfshafts then milled through the oil baffles in the axle tubes during the journey! :D

I had no spare cash for a replacment LSD, so the complete car was sold through a small ad in the Motoring News, got around £1200 for it in 1991ish....
 
Jonny69 said:
I might disagree with that :D I have an English in my Anglia and that took loads of grief. The 3.54 is pretty tough but the more gearing you put in eg 4.1 it tends to load up the planetary gears. I smashed about 3 sets on my 4.4 though :D
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trust me mate, throw Cosworth power at an english axle and they only piece big enough to recognise will be the one with the "Cadbury's" stamp on it.
 
The_Dark_Side said:
the "baby" atlas doesn't and it's this one that tends to be used in the mk1/2 escorts.
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It's the same axle AFAIK, just the axle tubes are a bit shorter so it's not going to weight much less. And the baby Atlas is usualy only used for non-arched cars IIRC.
 
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