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[muz]

Cheers Chris.

Picked up the new intercooler core to check the size. Its almost as big as the GRS including endtanks

[jonyb4]

[muz]

Wow, things have moved on a little since I updated this!

Cars fully stitch welded









One times rollcage



Trimmed and painted



Fitted



Painted











Rad and intercooler made



Fitted

[Smo]

Wow! Glad you've still got this

That cage looks great!

[- Danny Boy -]

Looking good! As said, the cage looks awesome!

[MAD_Adamski]

one day it might turn the wheels on its own

[jonyb4]

wow good to see its still being built!

[Excursion]

Excellent, Muz! As above I thought this may have stopped.

[muz]

Nah, I may live 250 miles away from the car but I'm still finding time to do bits and bobs...

[Dave G fsi]

Excellent work mate, glad to see its still being built

[mikeymikeyp]

Welding looks good mate U using coilovers and how the fek did U get the cage in

[boeb]

U done away with the sunroof mate ?

[muz]

Cheers lads.

Welding looks good mate U using coilovers and how the fek did U get the cage in

Yeah, Leda Group A coilovers. The cage I cut in half through the middle, put the one side in then the other, then welded it back together using internal sleeves. Was hard work, but worth it.

[EUFez]

Don't usually like these Escorts, nor the RS Turbo's etc. But this is brilliant. Cage looks awesome

[muz]

Cheers, mate.

Had a few hours this morning so got the fuel lines, brake lines and wiring put in with the sable tie saddles. Just waiting now for some fittings, hose finishers, lift pump, fuel pump brackets, cable trunking and some braided hose so I can finish it all off and get the dash back in.

[jayrs]

looking really good muz

[jonyb4]

some brilliant fabrication on that roll cage

[muz]

Got the fuel system plumbed in and had a little tidy up.

[Malin91]

Looks stunning
Will have to have a look through the full thread after my dinner

[Malin91]

Well that was one way to kill time when xfactor was one, read the thread. This is bloody beautiful Where do you keep the keys at night

[muz]

Cheers, mate.

Got the next fuel loom sorted with a built in relay. I still need to tidy the wires up but untill I know its wired in correctly they are just in loose.









Hopefully it will be ok wired in this way with the lift pump being piggy backed off the Bosch pump terminal. The relay and fuse are both 30 amp, all the wiring is brand new from the ECU back and the current draw on the tow combined is less than 30 amps.

Also squared the other sides wiring away

[Maxwell]

looking good murray you f**k bag xx

[jonyb4]

oh yes!!

[Ratspeed]

Awesome work, i completely forgot about this build!

[Rs Adz]

ive just read this from the start brilliant work very well put together and thought out carnt wait to see it done

[xr2imetalhead]

fantastic work dude coming together nicely

[Dave5300]

Love the work gone into this, epic

[muz]

So my box of fusebox bits has arrived from Polevolt.
Loom trunking, cable braid, battery cable for the kill switch, relay holders, fuse boxes etc.





I've decided to go with a different set of fuseboxes. 12 fuses on the Bluesea item was slightly limiting and because of the built in negative bus (which I don't really need) was also quite bulky given I don't have much available space where I want it all mounted, where the radio, cig lighter and ashtray were. It also has front mounted connectors so the wiring would be visible from the front and have to pass through holes in the panel. Again, not good.

Here's the panel with the available space marked out.



And here is the Bluesea.



Relay boxes mounted with space for 12 relays. No space left for switches etc.



New 8 fuse boxes giving me 16 fuses and much more space left for switches for fuel pumps, fan override, battery kill switch and extinguisher pull.



I'm also going to cut the middle mounts off and glue the two boxes together so they will fit inside the space.




I've worked out which circuits and relays I need.

High Beam R
High Beam L
Low Beam R
Low Beam L
Sidelight R
Sidelight L
Hazards and Horn
Radiator Fan
Wiper motor and washer pump
Taillights and Dash lighting
Indicators and reversing light
Fuel Pump - From Cossie loom
Ecu - From Cossie loom
Alarm fuse 1
Alarm fuse 2
Gauges and Collins Monitor
- Central Locking (not sure if I'm keeping this but might do because of the alarm)
- Electric mirrors (not sure whether to keep them or not)

and relays
I've simplified the existing Escort system as it uses 5 lighting relays for a dim/dip function which is pointless so going over to a simple 2 relay system.

High Beam Relay
Low Beam Relay
Horn Relay
Ignition Relay 1 - Escort loom
Ignition/ECU Relay 2 - Cossie Loom
Fuel Pump Relay 1
Radiator Fan Relay
Wiper Relay
Alarm Relay 1
Alarm Relay 2
Alarm Relay 3

[FRSJON]

looks good mate one thing i wish i did when i started mine was make a new car loom..having nightmares connecting things to mine

[muz]

Panel is finished and ready to be installed and linked to the car loom.

Edges were all filed flat and 600 wet sanded to finish. All boxes fitted as well as a battery kill switch and a fire extinguisher pull. There's still plenty of room under the fuses to fit the switches for the horn, fuel pumps and fan etc when they arrive from Polevolt.





And my Sparco seat rails arrived so I can fit my seats.

[fiestarsturboblack]

looks muz, b good to see more updates

[jonyb4]

dont understand why the relays needs to be there though, but looks very good

[Excursion]

Looks great, Muz!

[Dave G fsi]

Looking really good

[FRSJON]

nice one mate,something i wish id done