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[TIL13R]

UPDATE

THE BOTTOM END REBUILD

Well, as the target date passed with no car @ FITP i had a phone call on the monday after to say that my Bottom end parts are ready to be Collected

So i went to collect them brought them back and here is what they look like,

The Crank



The Polished oversized pistons





The Block







So was Really happy with the finished product from them!

So next on the list was to fit the bearings to the bottom end after giving it a good clean out with some carb cleaner and some trusty petrol
also preped up the bores with some MTX-75 Cossie gearbox oil, just to make sure they were clean and looking good for the pistons!

Anyway next was the bearings and the trust washers







After the bearings were all covered in oil and preped up it was time to clean up the crank with some petrol and fit it to the bearings





Then the main bearings were fitted and all torqued up

Next job to do was to fit the Pistons had to cover all the bores in loads and loads of oil and the pistons too















Well with all that complete, i am now waiting on my ARP bolts to arrive then i can fit the pistons to the crank!

Also a other parts had arrived over the past few weeks





also waiting on my Deflex gearbox mounts, Ford Top Engine mount, Ford Oil Pump, and also a spring to make it high pressure

A few more shots of the cleaning progress i have made too!

The Clean Gearbox





and the now clean driver side wing



Well thanks for reading please leave comments as always

Cheers

Tiller

[paradox]

Hi mate i would just like to say its nice to see someone building a car with the time and attention you are.
My fiesta project started life as an xr2i and i have paid a lot of attention to the small details like you are doing.

I am now going to use a zetec engine so i have lots of parts for the 8 valve engine for sale if your interested including a lot of bead blasted and zinc primed parts ready for painting.

Any way keep up the good work and i will follow your progress closly and if you need info or tips on anything just give me a shout mate.

[TIL13R]

cheers mate,

if you could post some pics or pm me with details i may be intrested

Tiller

[Syorme]

Looking good fella shame it wasn't at fitp. but where the hell have you got all the money from.

[Growler]

looks awesome mate i have to say

where in beds are yu?

am working in rickmansworth in the week so could pop round and have a look

[TIL13R]

looks awesome mate i have to say

where in beds are yu?

am working in rickmansworth in the week so could pop round and have a look

Leighton Buzzard mate

More than welcome to come have a look

Tiller

[ju575]

Very nice project you've got going there mate , I wish i had your patience when it comes to engine work lol

[TIL13R]

Been 5 MONTHS!

and a hell of a lot has happened since then! not good to start off!

As a few of you may know that i had a bit of a problem with a neighbiours son crashing his push bike into my car whilst it is on my property at the top on my garden! see pics (car on garden)







The road he come down!



The Damage







They come to the house and accpeted they would pay for damage they had caused if any at the time as they said they couldnt see any, (was raining and darkish at the time) So after seen what damages was caused i had a quote done by the bodyshop where had pervious car parts sprayed, that come to £150 + VAT , then cost of lights new £130 total about £300, So i handed them an invoice and paperwork for all of this, then heard nothing for a week or so. Then they speak to my Dad about the quoted and they said they will get one done by a dent specialist (dont know why as paint has been removed) and then they will get back to me!

Well another week passes and then out of the blue my parents recieve a letter from the local residents association this is a group u have to join when you buy a house in this area or something? Well anyway in this letter it say that they have recived a number of complaints regarding the semi dismanteled car at the top of your property and some rule it says you cant have this there on the grass! (even tho it was placed on 4 slaps recessed into the ground!) but i could of had it if it was all paved or tarmac! They said i had 2 weeks to either move the car or i will be taken to court! (ummm i wounder who has dug out the rule book and written in cause they thought the invoice was high)

Well anyway the result was i had to move the car as i really didnt have a leg to stand on and didnt want to pay court costs etc.... so i eventaully got the car moved down to the bodyshop luckly i had somewhere to store the car!

Well whilst all this was happening i had been getting on with a few parts and sourcing and researching bits and pieces to complete the build!

here are some pics of the progress made!

new induction kit! (cossie size ) dad is up grading



The stage 3 head Solid Lifters, Kent Cam, double valve springs, Port and Polish, Bigger Valves









The New parts on bottom end!

Water Pump, Oil Pump all seals and gaskets and new bolts used Painted sump,







And fianlly bolting it all down ARP bolts used through out, Head Bolts and Bottom end bolts!





Well i hope you have some views on whats happened and let me know what you think,

also need to sell my wheels! http://www.fiestaturbo.com/forums/wolfr ... -vt137563/


Many Thanks

Tiller

[heeman10]

What a bunch of neighboured crotch lickers Why can't people accept responsibility for their actions? If it was such a problem, they should've approached you about your car causing them such mental anguish, spineless scroting nobheads

On the upside, it's good to see the engine coming together, really sorry to see the damage

[chris-fiesta]

neighbours are such n0bs... but it is good to see that the engine is being built up and wont be long before its back on the road so you can chase the little fecker on his bike

[Stuie-Little]

When i smashed my XR2i up, i had it on my drive where i proceded to strip everything off it for my new XR2i.
Took me all off 4 days, then i brought a cover so you could not see the car.
But as it was housing assotiation they wanted me to move it as my neibour's had complained, but i blagged it saying i couldn't till insurance had been out.

Oh well at least you got it in a garage now and your progress is coming along well

[scouse-sambo]

Just readin through looks like its coming together well mate! Did you have fun shiming the lifters up, ive just done mine this week it was quite a challenge to say the least! Ill have to update my post soon.

[TIL13R]

No im affraid i cheated with the head as i wonted it done well LOL Frankenstien Motorsport did it!

Could i have peoples views on the colour for the Block please!

Choices are!

Black!
Silver?
Yellow??

Cheers

Tiller

[Raymondo]

Coming along nicely mate

Just finish it now in time for Santa Pod!

And id say black on the block

[doggpk]

nice project...soz about ur neighbours

blacvk for the block..

[TIL13R]

UPDATE

Yet another update!

Went out and brought an oil pressure adapter as i am going to be running a few dials



Finally after sourcing a set of dowels i could get round to fitting my head

Block with new Ford headgasket on



After putting head on top of block locating the dowels it was time to bolt it down with the ARP bolts!

Torque settings as per Frankenstien Motorsport were to be set as follows

1st Time : 25 NM
2nd Time : 55 NM
3rd Time : 75 NM
Finally : 80 NM



Now all bolts in thus how it looks with Exhaust and Inlets covered up to make sure no crap gets into engine now, also standard Pully to be used whilst running in the car!



Now a test run with the new rocker cover on!



And finally a general idea with the charge carrier on too!



:D:D

Could you please leave commets and also your choice of colour for the block!

Cheers

Tiller

[turbodaily]

good work mate whats the est bhp of the lump then? i think you should grind the TURBO off the charge pipe and have it smooth. as it aint a turbo. oh and paint the block black!!

[PMK3]

great thread mate,what a coont about the damage to the car.any idea what sort of power your hoping for?,as for the block colour i'd lean towards black to in keep with the colour scheme but silver may work well as well.keep us udated mate

steve

[hb69]

looking good. i agree with turbodaily you should get rid of the turbo of the charge carrier. black for the block

[TIL13R]

UPDATE : Engine Fitted!

Well yet again it has been another long wait till the next update but it has finally happened!!

Managed to get all the other bits and pieces fitted an also finally decided on a colour to paint the block!

Silver was the colour so i could hopefully see if any leaks start to appear! fingers crossed they dont! haha

Managed to get the engine of the bench with help of dad and a mate! into the back on the Mondeo Estate and down to the car at the bodyshop!

Was going to bring car back home to do with engine crane but decided to use a fork lift instead

Got the car on the ramp and took exhaust off as i am having a S/S system on there so whilst up in air too a pic from underneath!





then lowered car back down and hooked up engine with the glamous PINK! chains as used before

then in come KILLER! (forklift) to pick up the engine and try and place it nicely into the engine bay!



Thats the easy bit! Then we had to fit the damm top engine mount and that was a total pig! but with a few home made tools! like the long steel square bar and a few swear words it was in place!

Then it is all the annoying little bits to put on, but after starting about 11am we had it in and about half way there by about 3.30pm so not too bad!





Then it was time to pack up Tools and put car back into its little space haha!





So until next time!

Thanks for reading and please leave your comments and ideas!

Cheers

Tiller

[heeman10]

Glamorous pink chains! Good to see something in the engine bay again, I like the look of this car a lot Silver or black are the only colours to paint a block IMO, nothing else is right!

[XRMike]

Looking good Rich!

[TIL13R]

Glamorous pink chains!

Yea got to love the pink chains haha!

Not long left on it now i hope

Tiller

[MarkRS2K]

getting there matey

[TIL13R]

getting there matey

Yea Finally! haha

[knuckles]

Just read through the whole thread !

What a journey, i wish my dad could rebuild a engine for me

Looking good tiller, has that fan housing arrived safely yet ?

[TIL13R]

Just read through the whole thread !

What a journey, i wish my dad could rebuild a engine for me

Looking good tiller, has that fan housing arrived safely yet ?

Cheers mate!

and yes it did and it is all fitted now! pics and update very soon

[TIL13R]

Well here is the update!

its not a good one at that tho! The car has been started up and didnt have any problems doing that but it sound very lumpy!

So decided to fit the full exhaust system and then try again, it was still lumpy and didnt know why that was the case! maybe use of brand new parts to bed in?

anyway run the cam in on the car! and still a problem, had it on the Co2 machine and adjsted all that but stil a problem!

Next step was rocker cover off! they finally found out that it was a soild lifter that had gone wrong but didnt know why? the problem is led to belive that the car seems to have a Oil Pressure problem????

Car has got a BRAND NEW ford oil pump, and all bottom end has been cleaned up!

Im totally at a lost end and didnt know if anybody had any other ideas to share on this!

Really loosing the love for the car now just wont it back!

Please try and help me!

Cheers

Tiller

[hb69]

Stick with it, it will be worth it when its done. hope you get it sorted soon out soon though.

[TIL13R]

On the up they said car sounded really good!

Help

Tiller

[Richard_xr2i1800]

Oh no mate, sad to hear. Was the oil pump primed and the engine turned over loads to get it pumping around the engine before you started it

When i changed the lifters on my old fez i forgot one of the spacers which goes under the rocker arms and when i started it it sounded and run rough as fook. As it caused that one vavle to stay open a bit.
Rich

[Xr_Dub]

shizzle i hope you get it running right

[Excursion]

2 thigns spring to mind here, 1 OK and 1 bad. I'll start with the most likely cause

1) The pump wasn't primed (filled with vaseline), you need to keep cranking the engine until you get oil pressure before you start it, it's not ideal at all. You may find you need to charge the battery it takes that long. It sounds like you've had it running though and tbh the crank and bearings may need sorting again and the cam may need replacing too.

2) Ford modified trhe CVH oil pump around 1990 as many people had problems fitting them correctly, god knows how, but they can be fitted incorrectly and get lunched.

[TIL13R]

Gutted



any more ideas people!

Tiller

[chris-fiesta]

sorry to hear this mate however stick with it and all will turn out well!!