REYLAND Escort - Version 2 Rebuild Pics

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on it's way back to Reyland to be finished off!

 

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wow absolutely fantastic, only thing on there that doesnt look brand new is the battery, cant wait to see some vids of this thing moving, how long till its on the road now ish?

battery is just for test fitting!

I think there is only 1 more job that the car will have to go 'away' for and that will be for the custom exhaust. Apaprt from that I think it should just be putting it all together now. As for how long it will take I have no idea but I would say it should be in action for some of the main events this year like TOTB etc

 

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My connection with Reyland is that Martin who owns/runs Reyland is my mate.

 

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well as i haven't seen anyone say this before, i'll step up to the plate.....
so...
are you the man to see about some Reyland discount then?

what you interested in buying?

How about a nice family car...ford mondeo 4wd cossie?! Standard yb power to 700+ bhp engine specs available?!

Or there is a brand new caged up motorsport shell sitting there just waiting to be built to 'the dark side' spec

Just out of interest as I know you are a big fan of cossies like me if you could spec your own dream cossie what would the spec be?

 

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

how much will it weigh? (have i asked that before? lol) i'm guessing around 1200kg?

even though a lot of effort has been put into weight things like the cage,brakes and especially the transmission have added weight back on. I'll find out what kind of weight Martin is hoping for though.

 

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FUEL SYSTEM PICS

 

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it was sold on ebay for just over 3k a couple of weeks ago and i think the buyer was from your part of the uk

 

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the car was on display at ford fair. All it needs to finish it is front shafts , a few pipes, an exhaust and some fuel!!

 

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Im led to believe the engine alone is £90k worth

LOL the engine cost a LOT less than that!

i heard martin was having front shafts custom made as part of the process of increasing the cars track.
is this correct?

yes, the track has been widened by 1" each side so custom front shafts are required.

 

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Mmmm a switch/button labelled "4x4".

I take it you can switch the drive from 2wd to 4wd. For dawy when you want to grip and days when you want to let rip!

Prodrive make a similar Diff for the new Impreza don't they?

This is one of the unique features on this escort

You can adjust the 4WD from the variable controller from 100% RWD to 50/50 4WD and anything in between.

As an example you could launch it in 4WD and then switch it back to RWD so you don't have the transmission loss of a 4WD so it should equal better times.

 

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RS200 circa 1984 mate

been there, done it

I did say unique to an ESCORT

Quote from some rs200 book
"All the road cars, including the example in the Ford Heritage Vehicle Collection, have permanent four-wheel-drive. Rally versions could switch from two-wheel-drive to four-wheel-drive at the throw of a lever on the transmission tunnel"

The Reyland car has variable in car adjustable 4wd split from a rotary knob which is much better than the antiquated RS200 system BUT if Martin's calculations work out he will use his pectel ecu to control the 4wd so he will beable to 'map' the 4wd!!!

 

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Drool Tastic, i cant wait for some vids and some dyno readings!

the engine has already been dynod. IIRC it made 743 bhp uncorrected and a bit less than that corrected

how much does it weigh?

not sure until it goes on the scales as even though a lot of weight has been removed the rooll cage, transmission & brakes etc have added weight back to it

 

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Any Videos of this Beast In Action ?

soon

I have a funny feeling that this awesome beast has a nissan Skyline gearbox in it. A conversion that i think Martin came up with himself.

Am i correct Ish?

correct. it uses an OSGiken 6 speed sequential gearbox with incar variable 4wd split

 

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Unless he's magically disconnecting or bypassing the centre diff, it will still have 4wd transmission losses.

It'd basically just be a proportional centre diff with clutch packs allowing variance front to back. ECU integration isn't *that* difficult (on the scale of things) as you just use wheel speed sensors to identify wheel spin and then a driver to proportion front/rear torque bias.

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i didn't say their wouldn't be transmission losses but it won't have 4wd losses when running in rwd

you make it sound like it's something simple from your second paragraph when you have NO idea of the amount of work involved

 

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loads of pics of the underside + pics of the new exhaust

 

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