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[knuckles]

wow havent seen this before !
another mk2 on here

Lots of work going on - Never seen a throttle cable go through an air intake before ... very ingenius.
Love the clean carpet - excellent idea with the pressure washer

cool to see the home made tank - im using a new cfi fuel tank with external sierra cosworth fuel pump.
make sure you got no leaks between them welds !

[jayrs]

5 pins there should only be 4 on the fuel pmup sender mate



these any help?

[knuckles]

using my pictures tut tut !

fuel plump

[rs-tom]

Jay ur a legend . So do I run my live from my fuel pump relay to the fuel pump live and the sender is for the fuel gauge ?

[jayrs]

saw it after i had saved it, couldnt be arsed to change it

tom, yeah mate

[rs-tom]

Knuckles tank don't leak I tested it after I whent round the welds with plastic padding tank sealer worked a treat

[jayrs]

Knuckles tank don't leak I tested it after I whent round the welds with plastic padding tank sealer worked a treat

im gunna braze/silver solder mine when i get round to it.
got a old Co2 fire extinguisher (dunno if that spelt right) that im gunna rig up to slowly pump C02 in there while doing the weld/braze, with any luck i wont blow my self up

[black2]

Not checked this for a long time. Good progress there.

I done the zetec transplant to my mk2, if your stuck with some bits most things are covered in my thread.

I have a question though - whats your method for re-furbing the kit? Looks like new there in those pics.

Gareth.

[rs-tom]

i rubbed em down with 80 grit as some of the kit was badly weathered then 400 grit wet n dry they applied halfrauds bumper prep then halfrauds black bumper paint few coats then auto glym bumper restorer over that . looks good

[rs-tom]

computer just crashed after spendin 40 mins updatin this post n i lost everything so stuff it il let the pics do the talking sorry bout s**t pics































































thats it for now

[jayrs]

nice work mate

2 things, i see you cut the servo support brackets, im guessing you needed a higher angle??

also, what battery cover is that mate

[rs-tom]

Yes Jay I the reservoir has to sit level so cut a slither out the bracket then lifted the servo till res was level then took it off n welded it up . N the battery cover I dunno what it's off found it at the scrapper on the floor Cost me a quid

[jayrs]

interesting you had to mod it like that, i will have to double check it on mien when i come to it, ive not seen anyone else cutting it (unless i have missed it which is poss )

bargain with the battery cover then mate, prob find its off a tranny or something when clark eye balls it

[rs-tom]

Ppl use base spec mounts as they apparently don't need moddin

[black2]

Totally awesome.

Great work you have been doing there. RE the cyliner bracket, im sure ive read somewhere, although never checked myself, but a base model bracket dose not require modifying?

Are you running cosworth calipers with rs2k discs aswel?

Gareth.

[MK2 Jamie]

Awesome looking XR2 mate. The engine install looks so clean.

Black2 - You don't need to mod non XR2 reservoir brackets for a MK1 mondeo servo

[Craig Hayter]

looking good keep up the good work

[jayrs]

dunno about base spec brackets, thought thyey were the same.
my mondeo servo will sit alright on the xr2 ones though


oh and that battery cover, escort van mate, done the cam belt and fuel pump belt on ym dads van today and he had one the same

[rs-tom]

Battery cover fits bang on anyway mate . Rob ya dads




Breaks iv got brand new discs n fast road pads mondy servo and fresh fluid. We sill how they are before upgrading calipers

[jayrs]

dont need it mate, got brand new ones (fez ones)

[rs-tom]

well not done a hell of alot on the xr as i lost my job in january but recently started a new job on better money and my plans for the xr have changed a bit.

i live about 1/4 of a mile from donnington park and loving motor sport more n more everyday . we have a focus st and a 2lt mk3 fez as dailys so decided to build the xr into a road legal track toy nothing to serious or exspensive just fun around donnington and other tracks.

on the car side of things iv had bin sorting my garage out and doing body prep as i wanna spray the car myself

started off by building a bench as not having one is a killa . cost me nearly 2 weeks dole lol





n a good sort out

before



after







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then started to prep the car wich i think is a mammoth task i know now why having a car painted cost so much








more stone chip







more prep








all sound deadening is up



thats it for now more wet flatting ect ect then primer .

[jayrs]

makes ya feela good when the workshops all tidy and together, well does me anyway

preping a car for paint is one of the jobs i hate, but as you say thats why its expensive, as theres where the laubor is mainly, and the finished job is only as good as the prep put into it.

still coming on well there mate, it will all be worth it when ya done fella

you selling ay of the bits ya stipped out? like parcel shelf supports, rear belts etc? if so PM me with what ya got and prices mate, i will be after some bits for mine when i get cracking on it again

[rs-tom]

I wanna save the full interior mate but if I do break it up il pm ya

[jayrs]

no worries mate thats cool, was gunna ask about rear seat belts but i think i just found a set in the shed while digging out a mk2 fog light
still let me know mate, i will be on the hunt for some rear door cards at some point

[xr2imetalhead]

nice work matey ive allways wanted a mk2

[rs-tom]

done a bit more on the xr . done alot more bodywork that u cant see in the pics

also removed the dash i got a mate thats started doing electronicly charged flocking so decided to get it done as its grey and non of the rest is gonna be grey



aquired an omp roll cage and began fitting it not finished it yet
all mounting points beefed up with 3.5mm plate












then picked some road wheels up today il use these for road use and pots for track if all goes to plan




also got some 1.5mm ally chequer plate i will be using for door cards . hopefully gettin em flocked




should be gettin some paint on soon hopefully and also need to sort a harness bar

thats it for now

[jayrs]

as a man that dont do black wheels, im liking the rims

[Bkjames]

Looking very good mate


Brian

[DAGET]

Most impressive

[rs-tom]

bit of update iv finnished welding the roll cage mounting points in

also found a bit of rust so sorted that
not the neatest job will be ok when grinded back sealed n painted




cut and welded in a rear strut brace came out well i think




then door cards . got 1.5mm chequer plate from e bay cut it to size fitted well. il be gettin these flocked to








thats all for now . keepin busy

[jayrs]

looking good mate.
although i wouldnt of pop rivets the door cars one, thats gunna be awell annoying when you need to take one off

[rs-tom]

there not pop rivetted yet but dunno what else to use

[jayrs]

you wanna put some captive nuts in and some bolts mate, something like these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAPTIVE-NUTS-8mm- ... 4833425bab

ot if 8mm is too big for ya, some 6mm ones http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAPTIVE-NUTS-6MM- ... 3a469fa211

[rs-tom]

bin busy this weekend . i had my first go at spraying with a spray gun

first started with the cage

bodge spray booth lol





happy with the cage it came out really well i think













then the inside of the car after hours of prep lol came out ok not great but its the inside n its clean

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thats it for now . rear door cards n cage fitting next

[jayrs]

looking good mate, cage came up well