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[xrsi]

dont fancy welding mine in do you? lol

[jimmyesh]

dont fancy welding mine in do you? lol

Bring it down!

[FRSJON]

all look great jimmy... ... have a great christmas and we'll expect a update boxing day... ..

[jimmyesh]

all look great jimmy... ... have a great christmas and we'll expect a update boxing day... ..

I don't think I'd have a marriage left if I did that!

[allinking]

Looking good think i will dust off the old fiesta in the new year and finish off the little bits after seeing this

[jayrs]

all look great jimmy... ... have a great christmas and we'll expect a update boxing day... ..

I don't think I'd have a marriage left if I did that!

be alright, tell the missis you need to get some batteries for nippers toy and just go work on the car, come back later with, you wont belive how far i had to go for these!

[jimmyesh]

all look great jimmy... ... have a great christmas and we'll expect a update boxing day... ..

I don't think I'd have a marriage left if I did that!

be alright, tell the missis you need to get some batteries for nippers toy and just go work on the car, come back later with, you wont belive how far i had to go for these!

Sounds like you're well practiced in giving the Mrs bump-steers! I'm on my second marriage and plan on keeping this one!

Managed to get into the workshop for a couple of hours today and finish off welding the front panel oil filter clearance piece. All welds have been cleaned and fully seam-sealed, I've also managed to make a start on masking off the car ready for priming the engine bay - I'll be back on it after Christmas, most likely the 27th or so

[285Andy]

see your cracking on jimmy! looks great! and i know what you meant about the inlet plenum! hope that welds ok for you even new alloy sheet can spit crap out.. very anoying

[jimmyesh]

Hi everyone, hope you had a good Crimbo?

We're another stage closer now - engine bay is all resprayed and looking a damn site more presentable than it was a few days ago!

I applied seam-sealer to all the exposed welds, followed by 2 coats of primer, waited 24hrs then 2 coats of Moondust Silver, another 24hrs then 2 coats of lacquer. I know it's not exactly pro-standard but I've at least achieved my aim of making the engine bay look presentable!









Little comparison...



Next on the list is fitting the gear linkage and hydraulic clutch pipes, then I can dump the engine & 'box in properly and stop them cluttering the workshop up before everyone gets back from leave!

[Smo]

Looking pretty smart to me, Jimmy

[HCS PIMP]

looks good be better when it full of duratec trubo power

[filtra]

Looks shinny To save me the ballache of going through the thread, can you remind me what you are doing brake servo wise?

[jimmyesh]

Looks shinny To save me the ballache of going through the thread, can you remind me what you are doing brake servo wise?

Cheers Feersum - This time I'm sticking with a conventional servo & master cylinder setup as I like good brakes for normal (busy) stop/start traffic conditions rather than the balance-bar pedal box setup that I had in the Manj which I didn't like much I'll be fitting an Escort RS2K MK5 Servo/MC though as I'll be using EsCos front calipers and MK5 RS2K rears and I don't want a pedal that has to travel 6" before it does anything!

[HCS PIMP]

that sounds like a plan im thinking of getting an escort servo as my 4x4 calipers dont bite as well as the old fiesta ones did

[M1K3Y_B]

Engine bays looking fresh

[jayrs]

looking good to me mate

[RS rob]

really getting somewhere mate, very impressed again as with manj,
really giving me motivation to finish mine off now

look forward to seeing this on the road and reading the power results

[FRSJON]

looking great as always jimmy...if it was mine id of left the black bulk head panel out..looks soo much nicer and free's up more space... the manj might be loosing its one soon...

[jimmyesh]

looking great as always jimmy...if it was mine id of left the black bulk head panel out..looks soo much nicer and free's up more space... the manj might be loosing its one soon...

Yeah may just do that yet mate - Without that panel in place much greater airflow can get through the engine bay, so more heat can be removed via the louvers in the scuttle panel. As the "hot" side of my engine is at the rear of my engine bay it's definitely worth considering On the other hand I quite like the "factory-fitted" look when it comes to my conversions, so with all those panels in place, the Duratec will look even more like it was always supposed to live there

I'll see how hot she runs and decide then....

[Ruishy1]

how about using a remote servo setup mate ?
they were used in the old BMW's and Mg's, would solve alot of problems for you and give you more room for piping etc

[jimmyesh]

Another busy day, managed to fit the gearshift setup and keep it all looking factory-fit (almost! )

Firstly I gave the car a clean as, despite my best efforts to keep it covered, there was metal-dust all over the place due to my efforts with grinders/mig etc over the last few weeks, that all needed removing before it could start rusting and end up trashing my nice bodywork!




Check out the cheesy sticker on the rear 'screen I would keep it a proper sleeper but I need some recognition for all this graft, so there it is!



Fitted all hydraulic clutch and PAS pipes that would be a Bic™ to fit once that beast of an engine is in the hole.





There was a bit of a setback today when I tried to mount the gearlever mechanism inside the car and bolt it through the floor (as I did with my previous ST170 transmission). Unfortunately, the Mondeo MK3 gearlever mech is HUUUGE and if fitted there would mean a very tall gearlever (as found in a Bus! ). Worse still, the centre console would never clear the cable shift & selector mech so a bit of creativity had to step in!

Here's how high up everything was originally!





Basically I made a steel cradle up that allows the mechanism to bolt in from beneath the car, saving me a vital couple of inches - this was duly fitted and now everything fits and looks ok.







Trim re-fitted, full range of gearlever movement too!





Still got to do a bit of tidying underneath but the hard work's done - not touching the car again until after some serious New Year's drinking!

[jimmyesh]

how about using a remote servo setup mate ?
they were used in the old BMW's and Mg's, would solve alot of problems for you and give you more room for piping etc

Have a look at my last project mate "The Manj" I used 2 of the buggers - both AP-Lockheed too (£££ ). They're ok but never give positive braking as the factory item can, I'll definitely be using a standard Ford Escort one

[FRSJON]

just to show how it could look....(bulk head removed)

as you say gets heat out better and looks soo much nicer... ...

[Sphinx]

Love the way you're making the effort to keep things looking factory instead of just hacking up the easy bits with no regard for aesthetics

[jayrs]

nice touch with the gear lever mate, little things like that that go un noticed is all part of what makes the build what it is.

good work so far mate

[Captain Tightpants]

Spank me.



Steve

[jayrs]

Spank me.



Steve

[Turboboy67]

Top work Jim

Looking at this is giving me the motivation to get on with my 2

Looks stunning as well now

Will we be seeing this at any shows next year fella ?

[jonboisescort]

great work fella

everthing your doing looks spot on

[jimmyesh]

Spank me.

Will we be seeing this at any shows next year fella ?

Of course! Dunno quite when it will be "on the road" hopefully by about Apr/May just depends on funds really as I've still got a few expensive bits to buy...

Cheers for the kind words the rest of you - must be doing something right!

[xrsi]

this is what i was going to be doing with my gear linkage!

great minds think alike

[jimmyesh]

this is what i was going to be doing with my gear linkage!

great minds think alike

Cheers mate Just doing what I did with the ST170 transmission last time TBH, was a bit more tricky this time due to the chunky Mondeo mechanism. There's lots of different ways of getting the MTX in though, you can use modified Escort MK5 RS2000 gearbox mounts and gear linkage, or the Mondeo/Focus parts - tricky to fit but far stronger than a 'BC box and cost peanuts!

[xrsi]

this is what i was going to be doing with my gear linkage!

great minds think alike

Cheers mate Just doing what I did with the ST170 transmission last time TBH, was a bit more tricky this time due to the chunky Mondeo mechanism. There's lots of different ways of getting the MTX in though, you can use modified Escort MK5 RS2000 gearbox mounts and gear linkage, or the Mondeo/Focus parts - tricky to fit but far stronger than a 'BC box and cost peanuts!

if i were to use the RS2k mounts and linkage i would have to swap the casings again to an rs2k item not the focus RS one :'( am one my 3rd bellhousing as i had to swap to a TDci focus oine to fit it to a cvh then decided to go blacktop turbo so had to buy yet another gearbox and swap it back to a petrol one!

plus a cable is easier to fit than a rod one as you can route it how you wish to maintain the required tightness on the cables lol

i know what you mean about the linkage being massive tho, ive got a genuine focus RS one and its still huge!

[LeePFRST]

Good progress mate, coming along well! Did you have much trouble fitting the steering linkage in the end? How much modification did you have to do to the original hole?

Happy new year!

Lee

[allinking]

Looking good