Supercharged Mk1 Escort

[Mk2Jo]

 

 

Supercharged Ford Escort 351w V8

 

BODY :

Ford Escort Sport 1973.

Fitted Rally wheel arches and repositioned bulkhead.

Avante front seats / Central locking / Electric windows / Fairmont rev counter / MK 2 fuel tank.

STEERING :

Ford Escort MK1 with MK2 steering column

SUSPENSION :

Rear – Jaguar 3.8s IRS with 3.07 LS Diff.

Front – Ford Saphire RS uprights, brakes and springs.

Anti-roll bar – special oversize to suite spring/damper rates

BRAKES :

Disc front and rear with separate circuits each with BMW 3 series servo’s

Sierra master cylinder.

WHEELS :

Titanium 7.5’’ x 15.

TYRES :

Front – Toyo 600F 195/50R15 82H

Rear – Toyo proxies T1 Plus 225/50R15 91V

ENGINE :

Ford 351W block with HD conrods and ARP (180000lb) bolts

TRW forged HD pistons. Cloys Tru Roller timing gear set.

Melling Hi volume oil pump with heavy-duty oil pump shaft

Crower Blower cam and racing anti-pump up lifters

Cleveland 2 valve cylinder heads. Gas-flowed and port matched.

K line thin bronze valve guides.

Inlet valves 2.25’’ swirl polished stainless severe duty

Exhaust valves 1.78” swirl polished stainless severe duty

Crower double valve springs rated to 7500RPM

Titanium 7 degree valve retainers and cotters

Custom made push rods with heavy duty rockers and studs.

B&A Street Boss 351 inlet manifold port matched to heads.

Hooker headers

All assembled using Felpro blower and other gaskets.

COOLING :

Custom radiator with Ford 7 blade feathering fan.

SUPERCHARGER :

Paxton SN93 boosted to 7lbs

Bosch dump-valve.

CARBURETTOR :

Holley 600cfm highly modified for blower application including pressure resistant floats.

IGNITION :

Ford Breaker less electronic. Taylor plug leads. Driver adjustable MSD Booster timing master.

FUEL PUMP :

Holley high volume with auto pressure increase on boost.

GEARBOX :

Ford modified AOD with shift kit and one piece input shaft

Clutch packs increased.

PERFORMANCE :

POWER : 560k.w.

ACCELERATION : 0 – 100KPH = 3 Seconds flat

STANDING ¼ MILE : 11.5SEC on street tyres

TOP SPEED UNKNOWN. (320kph theoretically) Been to 280KPH, pulls extremely strong all the way to 260KPH.

[steve dray]

Wot, no gas?? That MUST be cheatin???!!!

 

Is that your new strip weapon Jo??

[Mk2Jo]

Fookin right mate

[bmxdave]

God that engine bay is tight!

[jay]

niiiice..

[Chris!]

[surfingturnip]

............................. I want it but I'd have to take off the bib spoiler

[sambo]

Well, you gotta admire the work!

 

pretty cool i think. Not my cup of tea but an awesome car nonetheless.

 

What 560 KW in reality?

[MightySprocket]

awesome

[oldbus]

Well, you gotta admire the work!

 

pretty cool i think. Not my cup of tea but an awesome car nonetheless.

 

What 560 KW in reality?

 

560 Kilowatt = 560x1.36= rear tyres that will never get old!!

 

760BHP