cheap drifter?

[Skoty]

iv got a mk2 escort in my garage that i was gonna sell as iv sold my mk2 escort that i used as a daily as iv lost interest in post 60s cars, but now my mates bought a BMW 325 and welded the diff its alot of fun and its all cost him about £500. i want a cheap drift car to have a muck about in, i used to drift my old 1600 mk2 abit but just didnt really have enough go.

 

anyways im thinking of slapping a 2l pinto in the mk2 and welding the diff up just want some advise on what i need to do the conversion really as iv always been a Kent engine man so the pinto's abit alien to me haha, also what sorta front brakes are the cheapest/easiest to fit? will sierra hubs or struts fit straight on? i may have sourced a 2.0 and box.

 

cheers in advance

[GJUK]

Probably cheaper, easier and quicker to buy a 525. After you've got an engine, all the rs bits to make it fit, you'll be at about 250, then you've got to fit it.

Depends how much you value time/money.

J

[Skoty]

well i bought the escort for £50 and its pretty much mint and its just been sitting in my garage for ages, i was hoping to do the conversion for under £600 do you reckon that would be possible? also will a 2.0 pinto have enough power to lose traction? i was gonna just have it standard on some 40s/45s?

i did think about just buying a BMW or a s13 but i dont think i could stick driving one about haha, sounds weird but i despise anything modern! modern cars really offend me, hence why my daily is a mk2 zephyr haha i cant stand 'gadgets' to me a gadget is a starter motor.

[Nick]

Sell it to me and buy yourself an E30 or something very tail happy and easy to drift

[Skoty]

haha

[5tox]

a cheap drifter could be something like a 200sx which are very tail happy and can be picked up REALLY cheap (the old one with the pop up headlights)

 

i was tempted to get one just to mess about and get a feel for it so i dont stack the escort when its done

 

had a cossie before but was too scared to give it any sideways action incase i fooked it up

 

I guess really N/A is better than turbo for that kind of thing

[Skoty]

yeah i did look at s13's but i really cant stand technology i even looked at a few AE86's as i love these cars but there fully loaded too! power everything, so jap cars are out the window (i owned a EG5 for a while and hated every minute of it even though it went like stink!) thats the main reason i love old fords simple and full of character. im not too worried about hitting the escort as im a panel beater and i dont wanna do it professionally haha just a few DWYB days a year.