jr
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[quote="martin-reyland"]Thought it was about time I started a resto thread on my Cosworth powered Mondeo.... Cosmo! As some might remember the car got rolled at Bedford Autodrome in 2002, so five years on the rebuild starts..
[quote="martin-reyland"]further progress:
[Edited on 25-11-2007 by jr]
[Edited on 02-12-2007 by jr]
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Adam-D
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get in 
bout time, seen this in performance ford mag other day
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stan_the_man
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That is some top work there.
But it raises the question in my head - Would it not have been easier just to re-shell it?
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tom_simes
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quote:
Originally posted by stan_the_man
That is some top work there.
But it raises the question in my head - Would it not have been easier just to re-shell it?
Nope - car had been converted to 4wd IIRC?
Brilliant that they are doing it though, can't wait to see the finished article!
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Adam-D
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i cant remeber is it was converted to 4wd or, it was one of the rare 4wd mondeo's that were made
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Daimo B
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Rare 4wd? Are they rare? Know someone who had one, was a pile of poop 
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jr
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they are rare, but they had a normal transverse engine, this is 4WD YB powered
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Adam-D
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thanks jr, so the orig was setup like the cally and cav 4wd, and reyland have utiliesd the rear diff setup and banged in a yb upfront
[Edited on 22-11-2007 by Adam-D]
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
they are rare, but they had a normal transverse engine, this is 4WD YB powered
Yeah, it had a 2.0 16v.
Ran like a bag of nails.
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jr
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It proberly more tottally based on a saph 4x4 set up, with nothing bought over, as iirc it was a FWD shell
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Tom
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
they are rare, but they had a normal transverse engine, this is 4WD YB powered
Same as most mid 90's 4x4 'sports' saloons
Poop.
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Iain M
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Thats awesome, keep us updated JR
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simon179
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lookin good m8 keep it up! i shall follow the thread 
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jr
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to answer peoples questions
[quote="martin-reyland"][quote="MD Cos"]good work :top: i've noticed however, that there are no pictures of the engine bay... at all! :cry: what front and rear suspension did you use? and was it easy enough to do?
:top:
I will post some pics of the bay when I get a moment. It uses Escort Cosworth front and rear suspension and it's not an easy job, only one Mondeo mechanical part was used and that was the water header tank! Non of the Escort parts bolted on...I might as well have done a different make car as there were no similarities at all.
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jr
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[quote="martin-reyland"][quote="Maki"][quote="jhw"]
When you did it the first time, did you use the 4wd shell just swap the running gear, or convert a standard one with saph/escos floorpan?
Can't wait to see it back in action!
Thanks, James
good question with no answer :wall:  D:
It's a std Mondeo shell, I'm sure the 4x4 version is not that much different anyway. Everything is fabricated, no Sierra fllorpan here D: D:
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richc
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Why do they crash all of their cars??? Seems a waste to me
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antscorsa
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i dont get all that work and they stick a new sunroofed roof on?
or am i missing something here
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
Why do they crash all of their cars??? Seems a waste to me
I'm sure he didn't roll it on purpose, or put the Escort in the desert on it's roof intentionally
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by antscorsa
i dont get all that work and they stick a new sunroofed roof on?
or am i missing something here
It's a road car.
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big eck
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
quote:
Originally posted by antscorsa
i dont get all that work and they stick a new sunroofed roof on?
or am i missing something here
It's a road car.
mine is a road car and it doesnt have a sunroof lol
I would have thought one without would have suited as the car will probably be used alot on track
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Robin
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Nah, what I meant was that it was built as a road car, not a track car, that's why there's no cage.
It's supposed to look like a normal Mondeo.
He's got the Escort for trackdays anyway.
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ash87
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They dont do things by halves do they 
what did it look like?
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Robin
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Wrighty
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i like these reyland threads
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M2RTY
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see they used the spare paint i had...
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