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[Minstral]

woo an update, this is my favortie car on here, its my inspiration for my ownc ar (almost mainly the reaso i choose the 1800 over a 2.0 )

glad you didnt give up on her like most would have, get the sledge and a block of wood out mate knock her straight

whats on your mind performance wise?

ill be looking for tips for my own

think ill have a little re read through this, hope you sorted them pics out

sort yours oust as the 130 spec first jon

[jonyb4]

i cant wait lol, will likely be around may though

[Smo]

woo an update, this is my favortie car on here, its my inspiration for my ownc ar (almost mainly the reaso i choose the 1800 over a 2.0 )

glad you didnt give up on her like most would have, get the sledge and a block of wood out mate knock her straight

whats on your mind performance wise?

ill be looking for tips for my own

think ill have a little re read through this, hope you sorted them pics out

Favourite car on here? Come of it, it's a state But thank you

Got some ideas, just waiting to collect all the parts I need. It may end up being no quicker than it was before, but we'll seeeeee.

Will try and sort the photos out at some point. I've spoken to my mate who has the webserver they were all on, but I think they've been deleted now...

[jonyb4]

noooooooooo!

baxtered lol

hey i meant one of my favs on here

[Smo]

Haha, I knew what you meant

[jonyb4]

^.^

[dontpannic]

Sorry to hear about the crash Smo, virtually the same happened to me at a similar time! Creased the boot floor, bent the rear panel! Luckily didn't damage the chassis legs and flew through the MOT

More damage = more sleeper

[Smo]

Right, well what was meant to happen...

... I bought a low mileage 2.0 lump, as I decided to give in to having a bit more torque, with full intentions of playing with it a little to make it rev as well as my old 1.8 did. Spent a bit of money getting odds and ends I didn't already have (had an ECU and MAF from years back when I was originally going to fit a 2.0!), so it was just an internal EDIS engine loom and injectors I needed really.

Got the engine pretty much ready to go in, but wanted to get the head checked out before I bolted it back together with a new head gasket. The engine place (who did my machining work on the 1.8 last year) pressure tested the head and found about 13 or 14 of the valves seats all needed recutting - BUM! It's not a major cost, but one I could do without, plus I was starting to want one more go at getting a quicker time with the 1.8 at Ford Fair

... so the 1.8 went back in this week

It's got a new clutch, as I've never been happy with the old one since I fitted it, and another gearbox has gone in - which I have no idea of the condition of! But I can't see it being a problem.

Taking the lot out has given me a chance to clean a few bits up too... not the engine bay as such, but just odds and ends which as a whole were making the engine and its surrounding parts look very tacky! I've also used the later followers from the 2.0 as it was a Series 2 engine as my very early 1.8 ones often decided to tap a little even though I always used the right oil. Nearly all of them are stuck rigid while the 2.0 ones are a lot more free to move. So I'm hoping that might just make the engine a little quieter. I'm also using the coil pack from the 2.0 because the 1.8 one I've used for years (without trouble!) has always had a broken connector on it, and it's always annoyed me Having bought an internal EDIS engine loom has also meant I could rob sections of it to make my external EDIS loom better too, as half the plastics and connectors on that have seen better days!

I've taken lots of photos, although they're all rather boring, but I will get them on as soon as I've got 5 mins

Boring update over

[jonosi]

good news Smo

glad to hear that it is still up and running

[~nomad~]

I so want to have a play on 1/4 mile with this and mine and Brians one. You ever go to pod?

[hb69]

Post the pics

[Smo]

John - It's not quite running just yet, but hopefully in the next week or so! Hope you are well anyway

Mr. Dave - Never been, but would love to go sometime if I get a free day! Ideally, though, I'd like a lot more power before I take it down a 1/4 mile I'll have to see how it feels when it's back together whether or not I want to spend much more money on it! Plus every bloody idea I have for the car ends up going out the window at the moment Be good to see how well it goes up against the Bonus

Henry - Blah. When I get time... They're not particularly exciting lol.

[Smo]

Some photos

This is currently how it's looking on the outside... Pretty bad really Although I think it's actually worse than the photos make out!






Where a second attempt was made to break into my car Pushed the handle area in the last time where they used their foot for leverage. I really need to get the CCTV footage still and upload it!




Where someone slid into the back of me for a second time:



Doesn't look toooo bad there, but cracked the bumper and really pushed in the rear light panel. Partly pulled it out, but it needs a lot more work to make it look right


Anyway...


Engine came out at the beginning of the month:





Really don't know what I was taking photos of here...




Getting a bit grotty around here too:




Dodgy old manifold




Just about ready to come out:




One grotty engine:






For some reason I was quite enjoying seeing my engine sitting in the air on the road I think it was more because my crane has been giving me grief ever since someone borrowed it a couple of years ago and I was impressed that it was staying up!


One hole with dodgy gearbox remaining:




Right, since then I stripped a 2.0 engine which was going to replace it, but seeing as the head was a bit buggered, I changed my mind (for now).


The 1.8 lump...

Whipped the head off to change the head gasket again. It never actually blew, but I changed the one that I fitted when I did the rebuild last year because I thought it was the cause of some problems I had, however it never made a difference So I changed it back again before dropping the engine back in.






Had a new flywheel cleaned up a bit to go on too as my old one was a bit rough...

Old one with clutch still in place:




New one:



Very sexy




Bunged on with a freshly painted register (I really didn't need to paint it gold, but I thought I'd see how it looked )




... and with the head back on:




Unfortunately that was the last photo before this one:



... where it's back in place! Big thanks to Steve (bakewell001) for coming round at such short notice to help me get it back in! I literally had one evening to get it back in, otherwise it was going to be at least a week and a half before I had another chance Everything else I can do when I get 5 mins here and 5 mins there, but getting the engine in meant making sure I had a few hours spare in case of any problems! I don't think it actually took too long, but it was being a pain and Steve with his magic fingers suddenly made it fall straight into place Git CVHs and HCSs are sooooo much easier

I'm now taking my time trying to clean stuff up as much as possible because my engine bay is a complete state. That will also include cleaning the engine itself up... It had a good coat of paint last year when I rebuilt it, so it only needs the dirt cleaning off, but that breather looks a right state, so that will get tidied up in the next few days. Giving the 4-2-1 a damn good clean up too, and the primaries have already been painted up. I'll post some more photos up once some more progress has been made though Really want to get it back together so I know that the gearbox is good! But I really must take my time to do things right and make it look half decent too Once the mechanics are good, then I can focus on getting the outside back to how it was 10 years ago when I bought it!


If not, then it might just end up as a cube pretty soon

[Sphinx]

Shame to see it looking like that, but makes it kind of naughty when you see the engine

PS: I've got something to send you when you're next on msn

[MB7201]

Shame about the rust setting in. Have you done anything else to it since last ford fair?

[hb69]

Was running megasquirt for about a week a while back, dont think you ever posted that as an update. In fact, what happened to that

Oh, and i havent got any credit, but definately a vindaloo

[Smo]

Haha, had a dupiaza in the end - wasn't great!

The MS is laying in wait Runs lovely though and I think I did a pretty good job of mapping it on a narrowband! Definitely won't go back on until I have a decent wideband lambda.

Not done a lot, all my plans went out the window I'll be happy if the gearbox works, though And if it runs smoother with the later tappets

Tom, I look forward to it

[Sphinx]

Get on msn wench.

[jonyb4]

looking good simon, shame abotut he rust, shouldnt be too much hastle to sort it though, i hated rust on my white mk3, was a right pain

so glad you decided to stick with the 1800, the 2.0 wouldnt have been as rev happy even with the 4-2-1

[hb69]

Get on msn wench.

Its not 11 o'clock yet

[Smo]

Get on msn wench.

Its not 11 o'clock yet

You've got my number!



But yeah, it was true... I was on at 11

Jon - I still have plans for the 2.0 at some point... Trust me, it'll rev

[jonyb4]

lol noo we must hang on to the 1.8 boys!

[Excursion]

Unfortunately, if rust is showing here, the inner wing is likely to be toast and unsafe in an accident

Water collects between the inner wing/upper wheel well seam and rots out from beneath the sealer. It's a bad design.

[Smo]

Yeah I can quite believe it I think I will have to reshell at some point, or should that be put the suspension and engine on/in something else

[jonyb4]

grim words mate

[knuckles]

get it sorted

i believe in you

[- Danny Boy -]

Looking good

[Smo]

Well it's all running now, gave it a quick blast up the dual carriageway and it feels OK

Gearbox is definitely better than the old one, but it's still a bit notchy

The clutch is sooooo much better, but I was so used to how heavy and bad the last one was that it's taking a while to adapt to the new biting point and the lightness But I think with time I'll love it

Seriously need to get the tracking done, it's awful, I forgot how bad it was on funny roads, so will get that done ASAP! I gave it a bit of a boot in second down a relatively straight dual carriageway and it was all over the place, I couldn't actually keep my foot down

Apart from that, just needs a serious clean and eventually sort the bodywork out I'm happy with the engine at the moment, so don't need to pull that out again anytime soon

I'll get some photos up tomorrow or something, but there's not an awful lot to see really, just a cleaner-than-it-was engine bay

[hb69]

Sorry i didnt text back, im off work this week so ill price them up for you on Monday babes

You around tomorrow actually?

[Smo]

Cheers, Henry

[jonyb4]

good news mate, im a little vauge on it though, which engines in there atm? 1.8 or 2.0?

[hb69]

1.8

[jonyb4]

ah yay

any ideas on what this engine is producing if your still using your old mods?

[Smo]

I have no idea to be honest!

When I had it rolling roaded a couple of years ago it made 129 and 131 on two runs, although I reckon they were a little high. I think it's got to be a little bit more than what it was then, but I'll find out what it's doing one day

I need to get it going straight first

Oh, and change my master cylinder too... The brakes are shocking compared to my 1.1!

[jonyb4]

llama

you'll have to remind me what things you've done to the engine