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[RS rob]

everything i want, always ends up in a big road trip
ian howell's is about 500miles away and i've been up there 3 times

[Excursion]

LOVELY

[jonyb4]

everything i want, always ends up in a big road trip
ian howell's is about 500miles away and i've been up there 3 times

ouch

[Excursion]

Mate, I can get the rest of the gearbox parts sent over between Christmas and NYE. There are pretty big delays in the courier network right now, so parts possibly won't turn up until the end of Jan.

[jonyb4]

its a pain, im waiting on plenty of stuff bought off ebay, and i need to post two things, one of which is a midection of an exhaust

i aint even gonna bother till gone boxing day, snow here has trebled the issue of the holidays

[RS rob]

bought a new alternator




this is the second one i've ordered, the first one did'nt fitted on my mount
so double checked this one fitted





painted the wiper motor cover satin matt black, new bolts etc
should help keep everything looking fresh in the bay

[FRSJON]

looking good rob,might have to pick your brains on that alternator

[SLEEMAN]

i want to know how much that lot cost ya mate including alternator, bolts and tensioner etc?

[RS rob]

jon - pick away my friend


sleeman - not sure i just book them to my account in work with employee discount

[jonyb4]

ah you managed to find a wiper cover in the end then

alternator looks nice and fresh, not seen someone use two bolts liek that before to secure them, normally one long bolt

[EUFez]

Just been reading through the thread again. WOW! What a project... Legend mate. Great work!

[RS rob]

ah you managed to find a wiper cover in the end then

alternator looks nice and fresh, not seen someone use two bolts liek that before to secure them, normally one long bolt

its my original cover, which when originally tried spraying it got contaminated
so tryed sourcing another with no luck, so tried on the original again with lots of elbow grease and its come out alright

as for the one bolt idea, aint one bolt on the parts slide

[RS rob]

so to catch up on a few things,

picture of ians inlet manifold from underneath




something important inside




brand new pectel t2 ecu which harvey gibbs mapped my engine on




my stack gauge oil temp sensor has been added to the sump,
aswell as a return to sump for the oil breather/seperator later on




my rose jointed, camber adjustable lower arms from ian howell

[RS rob]

cleaned the heater motor up and back in its home




new windscreen washer bottle




gearbox cradle back on






got the petrol tank ready to go on,
found these rubber isolators on on the fords ecat slide, even though they were'nt originally on the car, but cant be a bad thing




fuel tank on






put the anti roll bar bracket on the right way around, as the old man thought it was wrong when we first put it on, but after looking at old photo's at home
i was right all along, so its correct now

[Excursion]

Looking awesome. Can I please have the FINIS for those isolators, mate?

[RS rob]

i shall have a dig around for the number

[jonyb4]

looking great rob, i love that first pic, that inlet looks a work of art

bet your anxiously trying not to scratch any of the paint while fitting things


have you fitted axle spacers to the rear? do you remember where you got them from? i know its been years

[RS rob]

a couple of months ago i made some, looks like i did'nt bother posting up about them
simple really

[3lward]

surely its as simple as cutting the PCD and centre bore into a peice of 10mm thick metal and then squaring it up?

[FRSJON]

looking great rob,i want to see the engine in the bay

[RS rob]

me too jon,
got some issues with the ib5 rear starter and the breather on the back of the block

taken the manifolds off the engine tonight and drained the oil from the engine
so tomorrow i'll decide if i'm sourcing a front mount ib5 and swapping internals, or simply moving the breather and baffle

[- Danny Boy -]

As said on FSI, LOVELY car, going to be a beast!!

[Excursion]

Gearbox from this should be right: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Courior-Esco ... 5640f490b2

[heeman10]

All looking good Rob

Since you never seem to be in too much of a hurry with this build (the only way you can do something well! Not a criticism ), can I make a suggestion? I had an issue with one of the adjustable ball joints slipping on my Fiesta Frenzy lower arms. If I were to do it again, and with the time and facilities you appear to have, I would set my camber up, nip the nuts and bolts up, then drill through for perhaps an M8 bolt as a stop to make sure nothing shifted. M10 would be nice, if there is space. If you kept it to 8mm, you could perhaps have two camber settings preset (drilling the ball joint in two places on each side), so you could alter from "road" to "track" without needing to measure up. It was more than a little unnerving when mine slipped out on me, though it did only happen the once. By their design, they leave this nightmare open as a possibility really.

[jonyb4]

All looking good Rob

Since you never seem to be in too much of a hurry with this build (the only way you can do something well! Not a criticism ), can I make a suggestion? I had an issue with one of the adjustable ball joints slipping on my Fiesta Frenzy lower arms. If I were to do it again, and with the time and facilities you appear to have, I would set my camber up, nip the nuts and bolts up, then drill through for perhaps an M8 bolt as a stop to make sure nothing shifted. M10 would be nice, if there is space. If you kept it to 8mm, you could perhaps have two camber settings preset (drilling the ball joint in two places on each side), so you could alter from "road" to "track" without needing to measure up. It was more than a little unnerving when mine slipped out on me, though it did only happen the once. By their design, they leave this nightmare open as a possibility really.

thats a fantastic idea!

[RS rob]

thanks for the idea james,
something I'll keep in mind when setting up the geometry

I'm not taking my time on purpose, it's a mixture of problems,
money, waiting for people generally

plus I'm a fussy git!

[knuckles]

im gonna stop looking at this post as it makes me very jealous

[jayrs]

looking really good mate.
them rubber isolaters were fitted as standard to the fuel tank, dunno why yours didnt have them but they should of.

if you cant find the finis for mark i can have a look through my folder of bills and see if i can find the number of them from when i got new ones, or clark could look it up which would be easier and quicker

[jayrs]

i dunno how ive missed this thread for so long, but blimey! great work mate!

is this blaster any good? im thinking of getting one

[adie_mwell]

s**t mate depends on what your wanting it for heavy rust or anything with powder or a few coats of paint this wont do the job and youl spend more time filling it up and waitin on your compressor building up constant air to keep it going half decent

[jayrs]

was just thinking of the hard to reach places on the underside of the xr2 when i flip it over.
its just surface rust really

[RS rob]

jay it was a pain in the arse,
suprising how quick it goes

got the area really clean, lots of sheeting about as it gets everywhere
had to stop every now and then,sweep all the shot into a pile,
then pour it through a rice sieve

very time consuming, but it really did the job
you'll need a good pressure to get results from it jay
also went through loads of glasses as you cant see through them after a while

[jayrs]

, sounds like it could do what i want it to then.
sheeting off i can understand, would be a nightmare for sure, depending how much i had to do, i may take the car outside and do it then not worry about the shot going everywhere, but if theres a fair bit, i would need to re-use the shot. hmmm
think ill get one though, sounds like it will do what i want it to nice and easy.
the compressor i got is good, will run that ok im sure cheers mate

sorry to take the thread off topic

[Excursion]

:lol: , sounds like it could do what i want it to then.
sheeting off i can understand, would be a nightmare for sure, depending how much i had to do, i may take the car outside and do it then not worry about the shot going everywhere, but if theres a fair bit, i would need to re-use the shot. hmmm
think ill get one though, sounds like it will do what i want it to nice and easy.
the compressor i got is good, will run that ok im sure cheers mate

sorry to take the thread off topic

You're better off either hiring a pro setup, or paying someone to come do it mate. The stuff like that Clark kit won't remove underseal or the more pitted surface rust. There are one man bands who will come and do an underside for around £150.

[jayrs]

depends on the grain of the stuff your using and the pressure really mate.
underseal isnt a problem, i can get all that off, its just mainly for the areas i wouldnt get a grinder with a wire wheel into, which from what ive seen so far is just surface rust, it doesnt look anything too bad really.
i have contatced a media blasing place to get prices on rear axles etc to be done, but havent yet asked about doing a under side of a car, but it is something im going to get a rough price for, after all, if it can saved me days of work then its got to be worth it, ( provided its not going to be stupid money

as for hiring, tbh its not something i considered, so i will look into what the cost of hiring something would be and compair to that of someone coming round and doing it