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Costs so far...

The painful stuff!! I've tried to give an idea of costs for any budding builders out there. This list will run and run....

Description Cost
Donor MKII Escort and delivery £120
Shot blasting of engine £100
Cortina hubs/disks/calipers/uprights £50
Steering rack gaitors £8
Brake drum fitting kit £5
Axle stands £20
Paint & sundries £42
Engine re-conditioning £380
Chassis, suspension and bodykit £850
AVO Pro Race dampers with Faulkner springs £335
Engine stand, C-spanner and carriage for above £65
X-flow engine mounts and rubbers £49.35
Steering link with new UJ's (750mm) £47
Pedal box (standard MK2 without bias) £56.40
Racing seat - fibreglass moulded £94
Full exhaust system £141
Aeroquip brake hose kit £32.90
Front wing brackets £41.13
Carriage £21.75
Magnecore HT leads & coil lead £
Distributor cap and rotor arm £
Oil catch tank £
K&N catch tank filter & elbow joint £
Hose braiding kit £
Oil filter £
High pressure oil pump £
K&N filter £
Total for above items £225
18swg half hard aluminium sheet (8'x4') x 3 £104
2nd hand car trailer £200
Sparco 4 point 3" harness £
Bonnet catches £
Dzus nosecone fasteners £
Polished ally gear knob £
Ingition panel & wiring harness £
8 way fuse box £
Towing eye £
Total for above £292
2nd hand car trailer £200
Mountney steering wheel and Sierra boss £28
Aluminium polishing kit £15
Racetech F1 mirrors £33
Set of Yokohama A539's £170
Lumentition Optronic kit £124.55
Pacet 8" Towfan £83.42
Donor Mk2 Escort No.2! £65
Donor Mk2 Escort No.3 & spare engine/box £130
Reconditioned M16 calipers £75
EBC Green Stuff front pads £32
Total to date £4035.75

Racing Costs

Description Cost
750MC club membership £42
ARDS Pack £36
Medical £48
ARDS Test & Driver Training £295
Sparco Racewear (suit, gloves, boots, u/wear) £432
OMP Formula Integrale helmet & dark visor £261
Locost Championship registration £24
Awning from B&Q £39
Track testing £220
Total racing budget to date £1397