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What donor is this upright from (UPDATED WITH NEW PIC)?
hobbsy - 11/3/08 at 11:22 AM

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] Rescued attachment upright.jpg
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Pdlewis - 11/3/08 at 11:24 AM

looks like a sierra to me


Mr Whippy - 11/3/08 at 11:28 AM

yip


hobbsy - 11/3/08 at 11:29 AM

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!


tim windmill - 11/3/08 at 11:37 AM

another vote for sierra


indykid - 11/3/08 at 12:27 PM

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


hobbsy - 11/3/08 at 12:52 PM

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...


hobbsy - 11/3/08 at 12:59 PM

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


indykid - 11/3/08 at 01:06 PM

make sure you get a picture of your existing caliper too.

tom


2b_pablo - 11/3/08 at 01:56 PM

sierra mate, same as mine


hobbsy - 11/3/08 at 05:01 PM

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!) Rescued attachment MY_uprights.jpg
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hobbsy - 11/3/08 at 05:03 PM

IndyKid,

My existing calipers: Rescued attachment MY_M16s.jpg
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indykid - 11/3/08 at 06:14 PM

definitely sierra

tom


rusty nuts - 11/3/08 at 06:23 PM

The top mushroom looks a bit of a bodge , possibly to get over having to make shorter top bones or rocker arm?


locoR1 - 11/3/08 at 06:26 PM

another vote for definitely sierra


hobbsy - 11/3/08 at 06:27 PM

rustynuts - AFAIK they are all modified at the factory by Fisher that way


hobbsy - 11/3/08 at 06:33 PM

OK OK I'm convinced they are Sierra!


itiejim - 11/3/08 at 09:53 PM

Errr - so what are mine - I always assumed they were Sierra too....


hobbsy - 11/3/08 at 10:26 PM

Don't ask me


Schrodinger - 12/3/08 at 02:00 AM

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.


MikeRJ - 12/3/08 at 12:20 PM

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.


itiejim - 12/3/08 at 08:07 PM

Thanks Mike!