Ford Cortina Mk2 Fantasy Build...

[HoTWire]

Okay folks, lets do this old school style,.. your budget is 4 grand. You've been given a Mk2 Cortina to play with (2 door or 4 door, your choice) ... What would you do*?

Good source photo for Photoshopping here.





* Rules : No picking an already made car and saying "this". "Drop + wheels" is acceptable, but only if you spend the entire 4k on it

[Deleted]

Showing my age here.... did they do an estate? and are we aloud to pick that?

If so i pick estate! Mondeo STTDCI engine, Drop it and go drag racing ;D

[HoTWire]

Jul 14, 2009 16:48:09 GMT @weblefeck said:

Showing my age here.... did they do an estate? and are we aloud to pick that?

Yes

[cobblers]

My effort:


The wheels are £1200, and the rest has gone into fitting most of the drivetrain out of a RWD lexus v8. (Hence the 5x114.3 wheels)

It's a shame I'm no good at photoshop really.

[Robinxr4i]

Constructed using MSpaint!



£500 - Fancy suspension

£1000 - Mugen CF48's

£250 - Bolt on arches

£2250 - Hot 2.0 Pinto - twin 45's, weber alpha managment, BVH, high lift cam, all the good stuff!

Think that makes £4000 of 5 door goodness ;D

[akku]

I always fancied recreating that 500" Cadillac powered red Mk2 which was in Street Machine or Rod & Custom UK about 1984.

However... My own build would be...

straight black paint, debadge, partial detrim, partial colour code - £150
wrecked V8 Fox mustang ('87 or later model with the 5.0HO etc) - £850
Gaz or similar struts and so forth - £250
*** significant part of my life cutting, welding, cursing, calling Lee and others for help *** - £free
BBK throttle body, Ford Racing upper & lower intake, Comp Mutha Thumpr cam, roller rockers, etc £1000
Custom stainless headers £750
rest of exhaust, Flowmasters, fuel pipe, cables, etc. £250
ali rad, prop, leccy fans, etc. - £500
slot mags, BFG tyres, wheel nuts - £250
Kicking Cortina V8 ass - £priceless

[v8ian]

Ive been thinking about building another Mk2, For me, 2 things that make a car work, the right wheels, and stance
Got tho be a 2 door, I was thinking 16/17" Halibrand split rim copies, easy to get in 4 stud, 7s & 9s dropped on the floor, possibly re radiused and raised arches, to "frame" the wheels,
stock body and colour other than the arch mod, possibly a Mk1 golf gti bib spoiler but shortened down to about 2"
Engine302 SBF with a 5 speed, or a Cosworth BOA/B, the lexus if far too wide without losing the inner wings, Ive tried,
Heres one I built earlier.

[kee]

great thread ;D

mine;
Image split rims in 15x7 flavour wrapped in 195/45 toyos - £1264
Slammed on coilies (coilover conversion kit) - £150
lowering blocks on rear (assumed leaf springs) - £50

monies left - £4000 - £1264 - £200 = £2536
145bhp spec Vulcan crossflow - £1832

leaves me with £704
Wilwood brakes - £411
corbeau vintage range seats - £190

then the rest on petrol

[Fiat Daft]

mine early 1994

3.0 essex

4 spoke revolutions

[escortmad79]

Standard bodywork, debumpered, slammed, Lotus steels with no caps, cage & a hot Crossflow/Pinto.

[scaryoldcortina]

I'd buy this one, drive from durham to bornemouth and back to get it, finish the bodywork, respray the original goodwood green, fit rostyles, lower on capri springs, fit a 3.75 mk1 capri axle and anti-tramp, a type 3 2000E gearbox, 1 3/4" ashley pipe capri GT seats and a zetec.

[sammm]

White 4 door
302 Windsor on throttle bodies
Coilovers + 4 link
17 inch Torque Thrusts
Standard bodywork bar the sheetmetal rear wing

[stealthstylz]

Starting with an estate

Weld the rear doors up - FREE
Fit 2 door front doors/lengthen stock doors - FREE
One piece rear side windows - £60 for new glass
Ladder bar rear suspension - £100 for materials
Custom struts on the front - £250
Smooth Literally everything - FREE
Respray in the stock light blue - £1500
17" Steels, 7j on rear, 5.5j on front with narrow tyres - £200
Moondisks - £120

Fit Mazda V6 - £500

Think thats about everything.

Matt

[Seth]

Beaten to it! I was just thinking I'd spend a bunch of the 4k paying some else to properly two door an estate.

Maybe spend the rest on a Shorrock blower for the crossflow, lower it enough and adapt the hubs to fit 5 spoke VW BRMs

[spiny]

4k of filler

[Robinxr4i]

^^^^ Pillarless, feeling that B)

[HoTWire]

Jul 15, 2009 9:48:24 GMT spiny said:

4k of filler

haha beat me too it

I was going for a pillarless 2 door... now I'll need to re-think

[popuptoaster]

i'd have a 2 door car on banded chromed rostyles, spend a grand on a 24v cossie lump, manual box and capri back axle, a grand on brakes, suspension and interior bits to make it nice and the other 2 grand on petrol.

My 24v mk5 stood me in about £3000 worth of parts including the two cars and only really needed painting to finish it, so its easily possible.

[keithyboy]

Bit of a drop. Pale yellow paint. I'm keeping the rostyles because i like them and and am curse word at photoshopping wheels. A zetec under the bonnet and a spot of trim and handle removal.

[SparksECM]

right, starting out with a series 1 estate (coincidentally I own one in real life anyway). Nissan SR20 DET conversion coming in at around £1500. LSD equipped rear axel from a nissan 200sx for around £500. Wheels around the £500 mark. Brakes and suspension upgraded for around £1000. Tints and a little bit of audio for £500