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| blog:escort_restore_2 [2021/03/06 10:14] – [Gearbox & Transmission Tunnel] john | blog:escort_restore_2 [2021/03/06 12:44] (current) – [Final Specification] john | ||
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| A larger transmission tunnel had to be fabricated to fit the bigger 5 speed gearbox: | A larger transmission tunnel had to be fabricated to fit the bigger 5 speed gearbox: | ||
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| ===== Rear Axle ===== | ===== Rear Axle ===== | ||
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| ===== Front Brakes ===== | ===== Front Brakes ===== | ||
| + | Refurbishing a set of Austin Princess 4-piston calipers: | ||
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| + | Calipers fitted to the Capri 2.8 struts and vented front discs: | ||
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| ===== Wing / Wheelarch Extensions ===== | ===== Wing / Wheelarch Extensions ===== | ||
| + | Probably the biggest job of all... in hindsight (and with enough money, which I didn't have at the time!) these should really have been done in steel, not GRP. But, when you're a recent graduate on the bottom rung of the ladder, you do what you can: | ||
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| ===== Interior ===== | ===== Interior ===== | ||
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| + | Interior we kept pretty simple - stripped the original paint off, painted it white and fitted a rev counter (the 1300XL didn't have one in its original gauge cluster) as well as a basic centre console with battery cut-off and an Omex rev limiter, since the engine would have no other form of safety from over-rev. | ||
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| ===== Final Specification ===== | ===== Final Specification ===== | ||
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| * Ford Sierra Type-9 5 speed gearbox | * Ford Sierra Type-9 5 speed gearbox | ||
| * Twin Dellorto DHLA 45 sidedraught carbs | * Twin Dellorto DHLA 45 sidedraught carbs | ||
| + | * Facet solid state fuel pump | ||
| + | * Adjustable fuel regulator | ||
| * Capri 2.8 Atlas rear axle with 4.1:1 final drive | * Capri 2.8 Atlas rear axle with 4.1:1 final drive | ||
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| * Capri 2.8 rear drums | * Capri 2.8 rear drums | ||
| * Single piece heavy duty propshaft | * Single piece heavy duty propshaft | ||
| * Heavy duty single leaf springs | * Heavy duty single leaf springs | ||
| + | * Gaz adjustable rear dampers | ||
| * Capri 2.8 Bilstein front struts | * Capri 2.8 Bilstein front struts | ||
| * Austin Princess 4-piston calipers with vented discs | * Austin Princess 4-piston calipers with vented discs | ||
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| * Twin-cam / heavy duty front anti-rollbar | * Twin-cam / heavy duty front anti-rollbar | ||
| * Compomotive MO 8x15 wheels, alloy extensions on front hubs | * Compomotive MO 8x15 wheels, alloy extensions on front hubs | ||
| + | * 205/50x15 tyres | ||
| ===== Completed Images ===== | ===== Completed Images ===== | ||
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