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Old 23rd June 2009, 11:54 AM
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So... if I bought a Mondeo how much of it could I use for a donor? Enough for an age related plate? What about the emissions, there a lot tougher aren't they?
Another curve ball....could you use an old cortina instead of an escort?
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Old 23rd June 2009, 10:04 PM
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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.
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Old 23rd June 2009, 11:21 PM
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So... if I bought a Mondeo how much of it could I use for a donor? Enough for an age related plate? What about the emissions, there a lot tougher aren't they?
Another curve ball....could you use an old cortina instead of an escort?
Awesome replies guys.
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
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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
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Old 23rd June 2009, 11:29 PM
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So... if I bought a Mondeo how much of it could I use for a donor? Enough for an age related plate? What about the emissions, there a lot tougher aren't they?
Another curve ball....could you use an old cortina instead of an escort?
Awesome replies guys.
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
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Old 24th June 2009, 12:23 PM
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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.
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Old 24th June 2009, 03:14 PM
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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!!!
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Old 25th June 2009, 09:21 AM
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Thanks Axle.
Good luck with the rest of your build.
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Old 25th June 2009, 10:05 AM
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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.
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