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twinturbo
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Has anyone considered a 4x4 conversion using XR4x4 box hubs etc...
Is the lower arm ball joint fitted with a nut ( like the 2wd sierra ) or with a pinch bolt like FWD fords?
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Re: 4x4...
« Reply #1 on: Sep 28th, 2006, 10:15am » |
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Re: 4x4...
« Reply #2 on: Sep 28th, 2006, 10:40am » |
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Yeah, cool...
The bottom is a pinch bolt.
Hurdle one overcome..
Next would be to determine the following.
Is the hub close enugh match to the sierra 4x4 one ( the granada one is the same as the sierra one I belive apart form being 5 stud. )
Is there sufficient clearance to the chassis rail for the front drive shafts.
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« Reply #3 on: Oct 7th, 2006, 4:40pm » |
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It apears the mountings for the old Antiroll bar are still on the shell..
So it should be possible to convert to the antirollbar setup, use the 4x4 alloy x-member and TCA's and the 4x4 hubs.. That is of course if the hub won't just go straigt onto the normal lower wishbone...
And the job's prety much straight forward...
If my Autobox packs in then this route will MOST definatly be investigated..
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Re: 4x4...
« Reply #4 on: Oct 8th, 2006, 9:17am » |
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STN on here was in the middle of a conversion & I have looked at it for people.
I know what your saying but it is not exactly straight forward, would increase your MPG & the Scorpio is a heavy car so you can't really throw it around so the whole conversion seems point less.
I think STN was just doing it to see if it could be done.
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Re: 4x4...
« Reply #5 on: Oct 8th, 2006, 10:09am » |
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on Oct 8th, 2006, 9:17am, howiedintheplace wrote:the Scorpio is a heavy car so you can't really throw it around so the whole conversion seems point less.
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Would just like to add my £0.02. It would probably be worth it if you drive a lot on snow or ice.
Remember when I managed to "park" my 2.4 mk3 Granada in a snowy ditch, and I had to call my father to come and pull me out again. He didn't even come close to slipping, and he has a 4x4 Toyota Hiace.
The road was covered with icy packed snow which was covered in a thin layer of feathery snow. Temperature was slightly above zero. Basicly, the road was almost too slippery to walk on.
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Re: 4x4...
« Reply #6 on: Oct 8th, 2006, 12:10pm » |
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Mud, snow, ice, torrential rain & flooded roads... Helps make the car safer...
Plenty of good reasons for 4x4.
Economy?
My auto 2.0 sierra was worse than my 4x4 2.0
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« Reply #7 on: Oct 8th, 2006, 10:22pm » |
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Well as long as you realise it is not easy, go for it.
The MPG would suffer as you have more transmission drag with 4x4 so that's the first thing to remember.
Performance would also surfer again due to the extra drag.
Both are common known facts about 4x4.
In a cold climate where you have snow & ice yeah you have a point but come on in the U.K even if you do live up north  a week or two a year it may help but does that make all the work & lost mpg/performance worth it? That's upto you 
Would be a challenge
It's been discussed a few times & a few people have tried.
Bill may have sussed it by now but other than him I think there is no other.
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=admin4;action=di splay;num=1149441783;start=8#8
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