REYLAND Escort - Version 2 Rebuild Pics

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 11:01

It's been a while since I posted on here due to a couple of reasons and the last post has disappeared so i'll start this post again and try and make sure it doesn't get lost!!!

Ther original reyland escort cosworth was destroyed in a huge accident during the 2004 gumball rally :eek:

Martin made the decision to build a better, faster, & higher spec compnay car!

And so the new project began:-

take 1 brand new escort cosworth motorsport shell and add a proper weld in roll cage , seam welding , RHD bulkhead , remove the fuel cap & spare wheel well and add a few more tweaks

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 11:02

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 11:02

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 11:04

some of the doubters claimed it was just the old car repaired but this proves that wasn't the case

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 11:05

the shell was modded to allow the special gearbox to be fitted

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 11:22

and talking of gearboxes this is what the escort will be using...a nissan skyline OS GIKEN 6 SPEED SEQUENTIAL GEARBOX...cost is 6.5k+vat for just the basic box

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 11:23

underneath of car is all prepped up as is the engine bay. rear arches have been slightly widened to allow wider rubber

finally the custom Reyland made skyline/cosworth gearbox bellhousing is ready as well

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 11:26

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 11:36

i'll post loads more pics/update later inc the engine pics/figures as the forum is well slow for me at the moment

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 13:46

shell prepped for spraying

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 13:49

FINALLY the inside/outside/underneath is sprayed with the base coat silver and the wrc wings are done

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 13:49

some pics of the 9" rear diff & beam!

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 13:51

Rear beam on
Dash fitted
Lights fitted
Bias pedal box fitted

REAR brakes fitted - 8 Pot Brembo Calipers with 330mm discs

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 13:51

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 13:52

PLENTY MORE PICS TO COME LATER ON TODAY!

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 15:14

i'll get to all the questions as soon as I manage to get all the pics up

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 15:15

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 15:16

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 15:17

some of the reyland graphics added

Ish · 12 Jan 2006 at 15:22

martin-reyland said:

it's been a long time coming but my new engine is finished and on tuesday a couple of mates and myself bolted it onto harvey's dyno .

because this engine is not the same as your average cosworth yb (read unique or first yb of this spec anywhere!) and has had some some previously untried radical mods i decided to treat it's first dyno session as a running in and fault finding excercise but things went that well (no engine probs) that mapping was started and it at half ten last night we called it a day and because it was getting late and a mod needs doing to my ecu and also because i have a couple of other small mods i would like to do to the engine also the dyno has a couple of urgent engines that need to be mapped. so the engine will return to the dyno in a week or so to finish the mapping i will then rev the engine a further 1000rpm (or so!) as the power was still climbing at 7500rpm

it's hard to put it into words but this engine is something else, it sounds unbelievably crisp and smooth... with just a sniff more boost or ignition added here or there and it just makes big clumps of power its hard to know when to stop!

no dyno graphs yet but i will give you the max power reading at 7500rpm... in just a mo D: don't forget this engine will easily rev past 8500rpm and is going to make more power as the revs rise

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734hp and 500ftlb uncorrected

702hp and 490ish torque corrected

oh and it makes full boost by 4000rpm..

HAVE THAT! D:

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martin-reyland said:

ok... for those interested.

from the off i decided i wanted an engine that would rev but still be quite responsive so rather than destroke the engine to get the rod length to stroke ratio right i decided to increase the stroke. now, when you stroke a yb you normally end up with a less than ideal ratio. what you need is a MUCH taller block enabling a longer stroke but also more importantly longer rods...... much longer rods! the millington engine had a 8mm taller block but even that is not ideal for what i wanted so i had to make my block taller. in simple terms i have added a spacer on top of a 200 block and then linered through both parts...ping, tall block! now all that seems simple but believe me it's not, there's a lot to consider!

for the moment here's what i want to reveal about the new donkey....

* it's more than 2200cc
* the rods are just under an inch longer than standard
* the crank has a longer stroke
* the bores are larger than standard and are nicosil coated
* the head has big ports, big valves, solid lifters and spunky cams
* the inlet manifold is made up from an m.i.s. mag plenum, jenvey individual throttle bodies and a jenvey manifold which had to be chopped and welded to get it under the bonnet!
* turbo spec is secret for now as 2 were tried and one was chosen
* the engine misses the bonnet by 5mm
* it has loads more potential for extra power
* the dyno figures are 100% accurate, some might claim more but reyland horses have always been strong!

p.s. can be arsed to spell check this so sorry for any mistakes, pictures will be uploaded tonight too!

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