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New member New project
Posted:
Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:07 pm
by Chrisis
Hey guys,
Not an Elan owner here, but an Mk1 escort owner getting ready to fit a fast genuine webber twincam head using a 711M block.
I already found very useful advises searching in this forum.
thanks
Re: New member New project
Posted:
Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:22 am
by rgh0
Welcome to the forum. Building a Lotus twincam is one of the best and most enjoyable things you can do standing up
cheers
Rohan
Re: New member New project
Posted:
Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:44 am
by Elanconvert
welcome to the forum.....like your user name..!
rohan....what else is there? I've forgotten......
fred
Re: New member New project
Posted:
Thu Nov 17, 2016 10:29 am
by Mazzini
TwinCam Escort! More fun than a barrel of monkeys
Re: New member New project
Posted:
Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:36 pm
by Chrisis
Mazzini wrote:TwinCam Escort! More fun than a barrel of monkeys
not much yet as the car is sitting in the garage. Hopefully next year when i have the engine in everything will change
Re: New member New project
Posted:
Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:42 pm
by Chrisis
rgh0 wrote:Welcome to the forum. Building a Lotus twincam is one of the best and most enjoyable things you can do standing up
cheers
Rohan
i agree, but that engine it comes with a big cost
Re: New member New project
Posted:
Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:57 am
by rgh0
Chrisis wrote:rgh0 wrote:Welcome to the forum. Building a Lotus twincam is one of the best and most enjoyable things you can do standing up
cheers
Rohan
i agree, but that engine it comes with a big cost
Almost everything worthwhile has a cost attached, but if you do as much of the work yourself as possible the cost is not to bad
cheers
Rohan
Re: New member New project
Posted:
Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:32 pm
by jono
Nice sounding project.
I bought a complete low mileage dry sumped Lotus tall block engine and gearbox from a crashed late 70's Caterham a few years ago with the intention of putting it into an Escort and making a TC 'replicar'
Still looking for a suitable donor but Escort prices appear to have gone crazy!
Re: New member New project
Posted:
Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:14 pm
by englishmaninwales
jono wrote:
Still looking for a suitable donor but Escort prices appear to have gone crazy!
Try Dave Paveley at Groupbmotorsport in Deeside. I visited yesterday, and although deeply involved in Honda, Toyota and Subaru rally cars, he seems to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the worldwide location of Escort shells.
www.groupbmotorsport.comMalcolm
Re: New member New project
Posted:
Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:22 pm
by jono
Thanks Malcolm - will look this up.
Just noticed Chrisis' location so he's lucky and has a head start!
Jon