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Ashtal
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 Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:17 pm Post subject: Mk1 Rwd, are there any? |
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| Has this conversion been done by someone on here? Got some ideas to be working on but also best to learn from other peoples mistakes!! |
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DeadEye
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Mk1 Rwd, are there any? |
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| Ashtal wrote: | | Has this conversion been done by someone on here? Got some ideas to be working on but also best to learn from other peoples mistakes!! |
A few 4x4s but never seen a mk1 RWD.
I've seen a mk3 project thread for RWD. Pretty much used the whole floor from a cally turbo. Big tunnel etc.
Didn't see anything on how they fitted a longitudinal engine though, or what it was.
IIRC they used the diff from a lotus carlton.
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Ashtal
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Have seen a few Rwd of other vauxhall models but none are quite as nice as a mint Mk 1.
I did have a 1.1 in yellow, which I stored in Cambridge. Might have sold it to someone on here! Think it sold for £310!?
Will post up a video of a mk2 escort which gave us the inspiration to build a mk1 Rwd. |
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Ashtal
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DeadEye
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| Ashtal wrote: | | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRcD7btL7VY&feature=youtube_gdata_player |
That was brutal 
I did a 10.151 on a GSXR1000.
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Ashtal
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WheelyBigCheese
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Wasn't there 1 in Ash's vid, rwd spinning?
| DeadEye wrote: | | Ashtal wrote: | | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRcD7btL7VY&feature=youtube_gdata_player |
That was brutal
I did a 10.151 on a GSXR1000. |
Riding in a standard bike in a straight line isn't really anything to brag about 
Did the bulkhead have sound deadening on ? I'd be suspect... |
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Ashtal
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DeadEye
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| WheelyBigCheese wrote: | Wasn't there 1 in Ash's vid, rwd spinning?
| DeadEye wrote: | | Ashtal wrote: | | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRcD7btL7VY&feature=youtube_gdata_player |
That was brutal
I did a 10.151 on a GSXR1000. |
Riding in a standard bike in a straight line isn't really anything to brag about |
Really?
So why did I beat all but a 1400cc busa with extended swing arm, soft rear tyre and strapped front forks ( and only by 2 10ths) one February morning?
Bearing in mind we rode there, they drove in their transit van workshops???
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Ashtal
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| WheelyBigCheese wrote: |
Did the bulkhead have sound deadening on ? I'd be suspect... |
Second video is quite clear! It's a 9 second ford with a vauxhall lump, might go to ford fair just to see the reactions! |
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Eck
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Search for rwd boy on here.
Probably never finished.
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Ashtal
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Tricky
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HERE
I've seen three or four RWD MK1's over the years, at least two rally ones.
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DeadEye
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| Tricky wrote: | HERE
I've seen three or four RWD MK1's over the years, at least two rally ones. |
That's awesome.
Sorts out the issue of a knackered bulkhead.
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