hobbsy
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 11:22 AM |
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What donor is this upright from (UPDATED WITH NEW PIC)?
Its a Fisher Fury, AFAIK they are all Mk2 Escort - this is not my car, I nabbed the pic from their build site. But mine do look the same, complete
with the "geometry alteration" modification on the top part 
Need to know so I can order the right brackets on this Wilwood group buy.
And yes I would have a better idea if I'd built the car myself but I didn't - I cheated and let someone else pay for Fisher to build it then
bought it off them
[Edited on 11/3/08 by hobbsy]
 
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Pdlewis
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 11:24 AM |
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looks like a sierra to me
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 11:28 AM |
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yip
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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hobbsy
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 11:29 AM |
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Hmm maybe its not the same as mine then...
I should really get off my arse tonight and post a photo of my actual cars upright as that what its going on!
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tim windmill
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 11:37 AM |
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another vote for sierra
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indykid
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 12:27 PM |
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i STILL say sierra
don't mk2 escorts have a seperate stub axle to the hub? sort of like a cortina but not?
that has a blanking cap for the bearing recess because the hub nut is accessed from the back on sierra uprights.
tom
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hobbsy
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 12:52 PM |
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On Rob Collingridge's Fury build site he says:
# Ford Escort mk II front uprights (modified by Fisher Sportscars)
(found here: http://www.robcollingridge.com/kitcar/index.html)
But thats not to say the ones in the photo aren't Sierra ones.
I'll get a photo of mine tonight and post it as it what uprights are on MY car that matters.
I tried to ring Fishers new owners but they are out today...
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hobbsy
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 12:59 PM |
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From the Fisher build manual...
"NOTE: Some customers now fit FORD SIERRA front uprights and steering columns complete with the much more modern stalk/switchgear"
Best break out the dig cam then
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indykid
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 01:06 PM |
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make sure you get a picture of your existing caliper too.
tom
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2b_pablo
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 01:56 PM |
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sierra mate, same as mine
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if it aint broke... pull it off and upgrade it!
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hobbsy
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 05:01 PM |
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Right here we go here's my upright...
Suspiciously similar to the one from the Fury build site
Still Sierra?
Aren't these quite a bit heavier than MK2 Escort then. So more benefit of going to ally uprights? Although the geometry would be off as these
have been modified by Fisher?
So it looks like its the Sierra mounting brackets I need for my Wilwood brake kit?
Good job I checked as I'd convinced myself they were MK2 Escort (eek!)
 
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hobbsy
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 05:03 PM |
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IndyKid,
My existing calipers:
 
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indykid
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 06:14 PM |
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definitely sierra
tom
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 06:23 PM |
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The top mushroom looks a bit of a bodge , possibly to get over having to make shorter top bones or rocker arm?
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locoR1
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 06:26 PM |
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another vote for definitely sierra
 
Description
Check out my CB500T Cafe Racer build diary
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hobbsy
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 06:27 PM |
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rustynuts - AFAIK they are all modified at the factory by Fisher that way
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hobbsy
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 06:33 PM |
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OK OK I'm convinced they are Sierra!
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itiejim
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 09:53 PM |
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Errr - so what are mine - I always assumed they were Sierra too....
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hobbsy
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| posted on 11/3/08 at 10:26 PM |
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Don't ask me 
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 12/3/08 at 02:00 AM |
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Sierra Cosworth?I know they are different to the standard Sierra in that the bottom joint has a pinch bolt.
Also IIRC the Sierra disc fits on the wheel side of the hub whereas the Escort and Cortina fit inside the hub.
Keith
Aviemore
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/3/08 at 12:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by itiejim
Errr - so what are mine - I always assumed they were Sierra too....
They are MK2 Escort, same as my Striker.
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itiejim
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| posted on 12/3/08 at 08:07 PM |
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Thanks Mike!
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