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Mark has done the CV flanges and fitted them onto his diff using a Cossie joint. I'll be getting the first unplated kit next week to fit to my car since it's all ready and waiting to be fitted up and tested. I'll go out and give it some abuse, then remove it all and give the thumbs up.

BIG UPDATE!!! Main beam brackets complete, they look epic!!!!

Also my top mounts that Mark's making (exactly like these). So along with my adjustable TCA's, it's all good Also MK Motrosport are working on a kit to convert from standard cosworth diff to a MK3 Supra diff, which is bigger, has a plated LSD as standard and much beefier Here's some development pics.... http://s896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/ESCORTPICKUP/pf/?action=view&current=IMG_0772.mp4 They have loaded all the CAD drawings onto their 5 axis machines and will update as the process develops. Material used is a 080M40 high tensile steel which is used for shafts and stressed pins, so well up for the job! They've decided to make the main mounts that hold diff in beam from billet, which is a very high grade with high tensile strengh. Doing it this way, there's no chance of movement from welding etc, plus the sections will be very thick unlike bits plate but still lightweight being alloy, these will rummbled which is like deburing the surface and peening all in one stops any sharp edges etc were stress points could form then will be anodised for protection. Mine ready to go on... Some updates from Mark. He's machined the underside of the mounts that feeds the threaded section through the wing mount of the diff itself.

Yup, took most of him as did other people. Thanks for the heads up guys, but more people need them now.

Anymore out there boys?

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I've slowly getting a hold of a few more diffs, but finding it difficult to locate breakers for the MK3 Supra 88-92. Anyone hazard a guess of who else to ask??? Cheers, Al

Most of the wildest cars do

Aye, epic place

Look on Youtube, loads of videos of it

Me too, love the conversion but it's purely a drift machine now. It's not stable enough with that engine in the front, power to weight isn't very good. But it's typically Norwegian, all the power but the handling of an American car lol Still cool and epic though

Cheers man, I try

http://s740.photobucket.com/albums/xx48/atfracing78/?action=view&current=IMG_1884.mp4

Thought this might interest you, another Gatebil derived monster Video http://s740.photobucket.com/albums/xx48/atfracing78/focos/?action=view&current=Video000.mp4 New engine... - - - Updated - - - 2 Videos http://s740.photobucket.com/albums/xx48/atfracing78/?action=view&current=mellomregistermap.mp4 http://s740.photobucket.com/albums/xx48/atfracing78/?action=view&current=04062011022.mp4

Oh yeah, forgot to mention about the Nokia sign on the bus. There's loads of basic race teams i.e. group of mates that pool their money together to buy a clapped out old bus and they turn them into race team trucks. They chop the back end off and fit hydraulics to make a hatch so the race car can fit in the back. Loads of them do it and the majority make funny pictures on the sides like the doggy style pic

Cheers boys, the pic by the "lake" is actually the Irish Sea It's on Anglesey Track

It's been months and I'm still looking at this write up myself, it was an epic trip! As for the girls, well put it this way. When I met up with my mate FastFord magazine, we went round with the photographer to see what we could get. Out of like 10 cd's full of pics, I think only one disc had enough material that wasn't rated hardcore The backstage of the After Track party was.....well......the best looking women in the U.K. are worst in Norway, put it that way Mad Mike and Fredric Aasbo were a great bunch of guys, really nice to talk to. And their cars were just something else. Aasbo's was built in like a month, but had a few issues with his diffs and couldn't compte properly in the final drift event

And the ship in Esbjerg... And the 253 mile drive home from Harwich... So all in all a trip of a lifetime! Easily the most exciting track I’ve ever driven, certainly the best drivers I’ve seen and they’re of all ages and still have quality skill and ability. The Nurburgring is great, but dated and boring to me. This track has everything without the risk of dying as much I think I’ll be on the new Gatebil DVD speaking Welsh....the guy doing the interview thingy seemed so fascinated about it - - - Updated - - - And the ship in Esbjerg... And the 253 mile drive home from Harwich... So all in all a trip of a lifetime! Easily the most exciting track I’ve ever driven, certainly the best drivers I’ve seen and they’re of all ages and still have quality skill and ability. The Nurburgring is great, but dated and boring to me. This track has everything without the risk of dying as much I think I’ll be on the new Gatebil DVD speaking Welsh....the guy doing the interview thingy seemed so fascinated about it - - - Updated - - - Do it guys, it’s worth missing 2 shows in the year to just do this one massive example of how shows should be. As for my own spends, well camping stuff is just a given, so depends how much beer you take. I wasn’t searched because I was on freight, but you probably will be limited to how much beer you take into the country on a normal civi ship. So I’d just buy beer and take money out in Sarpsborg (just before Rudskogen) because you can just use your debit or credit card everywhere else inclusing toll roads. 984 total miles (not including track time, but had spare fuel for that in the truck) – averaging 26 mpg = £235 (might be a little under or over, but there abouts). Not bad really for a 380+ Cossie motor Massive thanks to these dodgy characters for showing me around Neil Davies Jan (JHS)...he doesn’t like cameras And Guir Huin (grcossie) No pic sorry This sticker.....well you had to be there to know what it means

I have millions of pics and I’ll upload them as time goes on. But after the show was done, me old man and I stayed one more night on the Sunday so we can be fresh and ready for the 100 mile drive to catch our return ferry from Brevik, Norway on Monday at 6pm. It was pretty much the same ship, but the downside on the return is that it takes 56 hours to get back to Immingham, as it goes back via Gothenburg first and stays there all day for whatever reasons. But there’s plenty to do onboard so not a big deal. Think of how cost effective it is So we made the drive, stopping halfway to take the Horten-Moss ferry link that only costs £10, comes every 30 mins, takes only 30 mins to cross and you don’t need to book it in advance. The benefit of this ferry is that you don’t need to drive all the way up to Oslo and back down the other side. Saves time and fuel. Coming into Moss - - - Updated - - - When we arrived at Brevik, it came across as the “local place for local people only” quiet village. So having a noisy Cosworth rumble with British plates isn’t really going to make us popular But we had a few hours to kill and had some lunch and did the tourist pic taking thing. Lovely little place and the sun was shining still - - - Updated - - - At this point we made the decision to say screw the budget Now I can still work out how much it would cost if someone did exactly the same trip, but coming all that way, there’s no way I was going to go home without seeing the famous bridges through Sweden and Denmark. So me dad and I made the decision to get on the ship in Brevik, where we immediately got in touch with DFDS to cancel the crossing to Immingham. They not only swapped the charge over to the Esbjerg-Harwich ship with no extra costs, but they allowed us a free crossing from Brevik to Gothenburg (which should have cost around the £150 mark for each car and driver). Score! - - - Updated - - - So the next morning, we made the looooooong trip from Gothenburg to Esbjerg. 375 miles in one go and was worth every second. Sorry about pic quality, kinda nervous driving over the bridges and taking pics the same time This was my new best friend by this time...

Team Yellow were awesome! - - - Updated - - - This car was in a tent that had hundreds of tyres on sale for a fitted price, something very handy indeed. They even had budget tyres, not just expensive track ones This truck was so cool, no refinements and went like stink! The infamous Mini Quattro which really flew on track... Full carbon Supra... - - - Updated - - - This MK2 was chopped in half and widened to accommodate the transmission. Amazing car, but the owner crashed it quite badly on the Sunday

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Member on here, was a bit pissed up when we spoke to him but what a sound lad with such a cool car Look at the lock on this! Neat bottom arm conversion... - - - Updated - - - You see the white line....that wasn’t even visible halfway through the day with so many layers of tyre This had melted 2 pistons and the engine was rebuilt by the next day...crazy! These are the after rebuild pics!!! These boys were nuts, Mad Mike from New Zealand and Norwegian Fredrik Aasbo...

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