I have no Fiesta stories.
But I have parts of Fiesta's stories...
When I built my single seater parkinglot racer, I mated a Mk1 Fiesta gearbox to a 1000CC Abarth engine.
I wanted the gearshift lever to be in the usual spot ( preferably on the right), and with a normal shift pattern.
I had turned the gearbox ( which moved the diff up, and straightened the driveshafts) so that wasn't easy to do.
But I got it done, with more Heim (Rose)Joints than there were in the front suspension.
It all worked perfectly, although I did break the shift lever once ( a Lola Sports 2000 piece)
Thinking I needed it, I bought a close ratio race box with a viscous LSD to replace it.
But that made the car much worse.
It had a very short wheelbase and a healthy rear weight bias, so that turned it into a naturally understeering car (until the rear stepped out...)
Loosing it, already off the track & in the gravel, but still on the throttle...
And at some point I bought a US spec Mk1 to part out.
I felt bad about cutting it up, it was completely rust free...
I have all the driveline parts here, but I wonder how hard it would be to bolt a 2litre Pinto to that gearbox ( to put it in the back of a street driven car )
Probably some machining to the flywheel?
Would it take the torque?
( US spec Mk1 Fiesta's were 1600, but low HP smog versions
But then again, a US spec smog 2litre Pinto probably wasnt a lot better...)
But I have parts of Fiesta's stories...
When I built my single seater parkinglot racer, I mated a Mk1 Fiesta gearbox to a 1000CC Abarth engine.
I wanted the gearshift lever to be in the usual spot ( preferably on the right), and with a normal shift pattern.
I had turned the gearbox ( which moved the diff up, and straightened the driveshafts) so that wasn't easy to do.
But I got it done, with more Heim (Rose)Joints than there were in the front suspension.
It all worked perfectly, although I did break the shift lever once ( a Lola Sports 2000 piece)
Thinking I needed it, I bought a close ratio race box with a viscous LSD to replace it.
But that made the car much worse.
It had a very short wheelbase and a healthy rear weight bias, so that turned it into a naturally understeering car (until the rear stepped out...)
Loosing it, already off the track & in the gravel, but still on the throttle...
And at some point I bought a US spec Mk1 to part out.
I felt bad about cutting it up, it was completely rust free...
I have all the driveline parts here, but I wonder how hard it would be to bolt a 2litre Pinto to that gearbox ( to put it in the back of a street driven car )
Probably some machining to the flywheel?
Would it take the torque?
( US spec Mk1 Fiesta's were 1600, but low HP smog versions
But then again, a US spec smog 2litre Pinto probably wasnt a lot better...)