Hi John

There are good points to the 20liter with mt 75 box. The gear box is stronger, the brakes are better as they have vented discs and larger drums I think the diff is mostly 3.62 . It ends there with the engine as the zetec makes for a much better option.

i managed to buy a pre aug 95 mondeo ( no cat needed etc ) with a recently rebuilt engine for approx £170 approx took the engine out sold the wheels cheap to a friend in need for £10 and sold the shell to a scrappy for approx £110 simples.........
do a search for my previous posts
..............
oh and then the locost theme went tits up
i ,ve since bought a megajolt to run the the sparks
and a bogg bros quad carb set up and alloy manifold to supply the the go faster juice
but then i,m easily led its that bloody lad of of mine he likes shiny things and leads me on
cheers les g

in my honest opinion
a good old 2.0l pinto is still a good power unit the old crossflow is getting long in the tooth but the 1.6 with lots of money thrown at it is useful
andif you really want to use a cortina/escort or capri with a live back axle you would be better off building a locost or a Mc sorley as they are designed for a live axle the roadster is really pitched at using a sierra set up to provide an independant rear suspension (IRS ) set up
try and formulate a game plan of where you want to end up.
to re-engine later can have lots of hidden costs
cheers les g

Thanks again Les.
Going to lie down in a dark room and mull over the options.
Think I was trying to run before I could walk. After scanning Ebay, Trade it and Autotrader there does seem to be plenty of donors so I'll hold fire for a bit. I've also been talking to someone locally who's building a locost but he's changed the rear end to accomodate IRS.
Cheers
John

2.0l DOHC & MT75 BOX
 

Hi John
I have gone down the root of 2.0l DOHC & MT75 box it was nightmare, but i got it sorted and everything is fitted well now. How it will run on the day still remains to be seen , but then this is the whole poit of this project. If I can be of any help just shout out!!!

Thanks Axle.
Good luck with the rest of your build.
Regards
John

My donor was a 2.0 DOHC. it has a 3.9 non lsd 7.5 inch differential. Which is pretty useless for what we want.

Hi,

I click on that link and get no permission.
what is happening?

thanks
Amadeu

Missing link
 

Hi Amadeu

Welcome to the forum :)

A short while ago the forum was subjected to a malicious attack, many posts were deleted & are now lost.

It is most likely that the link you are trying to follow relates to one of the missing topics :(

Let us know if there is anything in particular you need to know, I am sure someone will come up with an answer for you ;)

Hi,

thank you for welcoming me.

what I need to know was the modifications to make on the tunnel for the use of a 2.0L Ford Sierra engine with a MT75 gearbox.

many thanks
Amadeu