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[garyhurn77]

tis a very good engine management system

[Smo]

Ooooh, mind me asking how much you paid?

[MattPym]

slowly but surely that budget build idea goes out the window

[xrsi]

yeah is is going way out the window on budget front! will be worth it tho

the omex was a bargain at £400 even if it did mean a mad dash totaling 250 miles across the country late at night to get it!

Slight update as well again today....

Managed to get another MTX75 box so i can use the rear mounted starter again by swapping the bell housings over but i have run into another snag, when i had the bell housing swapped frot he front mount starter i had the speedo drive pinion changed to a cable drive one on my quaife diff, to change it it means taking the diff bearing off and putting a new one on again bloody car!

[xrsi]

Another quick update after over a month of not doing much on the car worth updating over!

First bit of the update is that i have sorted the cam situation out, newman's have made me up a set of one off grinds for the blacktop turbo charged zetec.

Also managed to pic myself up a sensible priced set of vernier pulleys so that i can get the most out of the cams.

And finally have also got 99% of the stuff for my remote oil filter and cooler setup.

It will be using a setrab 10 row 115mm core oil cooler, mocal remote oil filter mounting plate, mocal thermostatic oil control and goodridge -8 fittings. Have also got my self the start of the fuel lines fittings as well. All that i need is a couple more fittings and then the hoses for the fuel and oil.

So anyways here are some pics of some of the bits.

[xrsi]

Another quick update!

Got few more bits for the build these last couple of days so though i would leve it till today to post them up ratehr than a couple of bring i got a single new part thread!

These are the bits ive got this week.....





They are.......
valve stem seals
new core plug
cam seals
inlet and exhaust manifold studs and nut
zetec inlet gasket
stainless steel oversized inlet and exhaust valves
and teflon lines -6 aeroquip fuel hose to run through the car so it doesnt smell of petrol in the car

Just about to go and see about having head machined then its all sytems go with building up the head and the engine will then be finished!

[Bkjames]

I have just read the whole thread and i must say mate your doing a excllent job carnt wait to see this finished

(I am also building a black top 2.1 zetec turbo engine for my mk2 fiesta )


Brian

[xrsi]

I have just read the whole thread and i must say mate your doing a excllent job carnt wait to see this finished

(I am also building a black top 2.1 zetec turbo engine for my mk2 fiesta )


Brian

Thanks mate... hopefully its going to be worth the hassel, money and time when its finished and mapped!

Bit of a quick update today also....

As the head is now at the machinest having the large valves cut in with 3 angle valve seats also machined in as well as a mild porting i decided to turn my attention to the rover inlet i am going to be using on the engine.

To say i was unhappy with the step that the rover inlet has compaired to the plate i am going to be using is a slight understatement so decided to have a go at port matching one of the runners to see if it is possible to get it to completely match the plate so thee is then only one step to the head.

anyways after doing a very tiny bit my cheap version of a dremmel decided to pack up so out came the 18v cordless drill!

here is the pic of the step from the inlet to the plate




This is after having the milling bit on the drill


Finally after a very quick polish....



Im not 100% happy but will do the other 3 to the same stage and then when i have picked p another dremmel i will smooth it a bit futher down and also then polish it a little more.

Also managed to get the front half of the gearbox bellhousing / case into the cleaning tank so that i can swap it over again on the gearbox so it will all be ready to bolt in very soon..... will now just have to look into trailer lessons and a test so i can get the rolling sheel somewhere to have the engine mounts made up.
(pic just for the hell of it!)

[xrsi]

Well i have finally finished the lower half of the rover inlet ready to get the head back at the weekend! Managed to speak to the chap that is doing the head work and all that they have left to do is to cut the 3 angle exhaust seats and then give the head a very slight skim to make sure its true.

The inlet i am very very pleased with how it has turned out, i am never doing another one again tho as its been such a ball ache to get it all smooth and to match the plate that im using to mount the inlet to the head.

This is how the ports look to the plate now





Also while i was doing it i thought i would check to see if the FRST air charge temp sensor would also fit into the threadded boss that was in the side of port no one....

and guess what



It does!

Also did a dummy fit of the top half on it as well just to see what it wuld be like, may have slight probs with fuel rail tho as need eends making up for it to bolt a pressure reg on and also to run aeroquip hoses throughout.





Please note before you say those injectors wont be up to the job, they are a pair of 701's i have in my tool chest that i need to find a matching pair to make a set so i can sell them on as they were my spares so were just being used to test fit everything!

oh and here is the prob ends of fuel rail....





Also painted the petrol MTX75 bellhousing ready to fit to the box as well....


And another quick one of the gearbox for good measure


Getting there slowly!

[FRST5090]

Nice work going on there jus wondering

What injectors are you going to use???

[xrsi]

not 100% sure on injectors yet, am prob going to get some 650 or 700cc ones shipped over from the us and see how it goes mapping it, then if they are too small flow rate get some bigger ones shipped over.

[garyhurn77]

600-700cc will be more than enough

[xrsi]

i picked up the head tonight and its quite good actually after me worrying about the place that wasdoing it as they couldnt seat the valves on the std exhasut seats as they said they were too small!

anyways couldnt get any pics as its too dark but will get some tomorrow as i do a bit of work on it!

[xrsi]

right i have got a huge update now after a couple of weeks of not having done one....

The engine is all built up apart from the timing belt being fitted and the oil feed and returns made up!

had to take the head back to get the collects and spring caps put on for me as no matter what i tried it didnt work but that was better than losing some or breaking a valve!

anyways i will let the pics do the talking











So awaiting doing my trailer test i can then crack on with shipping it off to get the moutns welded in and shafts made ready to do the omex loom and all the plumbing into the car with lots and lots of aeroquip!

[FRSJON]

all looking good mate...nice one..will be worth the wait...

[stembo21]

what is needed to put the mtx75 box in as my mate have one i can have

[Rhinopower]

Why are you doing a trailer test? You dont need to unless car and trailer is heavier than the car towing it, and combined weight is more than 3.5tonnes

[xrsi]

brian - trailer test is pretty much a must as yes you can legally tow up to a combined weight (trailer, load and also weight of tow car!!!!) 3.5ton but its not it can not exceed the weight of the tow car but the MAM of the tow car which is competey different to the actual weight of it! to tow a fiesta and std weight car trailer i would need a transit connect or such like which i unfortunatly do not have access to.

as for fitting the MTX box - lots of swearing, lots of custom bits and alot of stupidity

[FRSJON]

all coming along nicely mate....cant wait to see it fitted....

[jayrs]

just having another look at your pics mate, i reckon you would of been better off putting the ACT sensor in the top part (black bit) of the inlet rather than on one of the intake ports

[xrsi]

Jay - it swings and roundabouts aint it....

if it put it in the plenum then yes it may read slightly more accurate, but eing in port 1 closest to the throttle body then in theroy there should be such a small margin or error in the reading there to the actual plenum i should be fine. but it will cause a flow difference in the port.

If it is a prob i can always move it and block the original hole off, but then there would be just as much flow difference as the sensor and boss that protrudes into the port.

could always see about having a boss for my SPA act gauge made up to locate it there if there is enough length in the sensor that comes with it.

John - me too mate.... coming along slowly but surely now!

[xrsi]

well seeing as i havent updated this for about 2 months i think its time i did.

not been up to much with it really apart from sorted out a couple of small things.

I have finally got round to ordering and assembling the aux wiring for the omex 600 so that i can have every function on the ECU enabled and working.
Also manahed to get the fiesta turbo FSE boost valve to fit to the rover turbo plastic fuel rail, so this will hopefully give me some scope for the fueing side of things.

And finally also mamaged to fit the new trigger wheel and bearing to the quaife diff to enable me to fit the rear mounted starter bewll housing back to the focus RS gearbox so that it fits the zetec blacktop petrol sump again.

next job is to work out the position of the oil return needed for the turbo and oil seperators and get them welded into the spare sump i got a couple of months ago.

[FRSJON]

good to see your still at it...

[lachojski2005]

bit off topic pal.but what is that suspicious looking object behind the guinness mug??????lol

[Max M4X WW]

Hair clippers?

[xrsi]

that would be a wet or dry hair clipper! its one you ca use in the shower hence the funny looking apperance! its crap TBH!!! lol

[lachojski2005]

i think we need a close up because from where im sitting it looks like a female pleasure device (or male).lol

[xrsi]

well managed to do another half hr on the engine tonight.

Got a mate round to help lift the whole thing off the stand so that i could fit the alloy fidannza flywheel i got from the us about 18 months ago to fit it to the cvh.

first job was to press out the shims i had made to decrease the diameter of the retianing bolts to the crank so that i could use it on the cvh with mtx box but as im now going blacktop zetec these had to come out... nice waste of £20.. oh well.

then i fitted it and realised i hadnt fitted the CPS and retaining hosuing to the block so off it came again and fitted that then refitted the flywheel and called it a night.

so here is the latest pic - not fitting clutch just yet as its got to go back on the engine stand at some point to do bit more to it.



shame the flywheel is hidden by the bell housing as it looks very very nice!

[xrsi]

well managed to do another half hr on the engine tonight.

Got a mate round to help lift the whole thing off the stand so that i could fit the alloy fidannza flywheel i got from the us about 18 months ago to fit it to the cvh.

first job was to press out the shims i had made to decrease the diameter of the retianing bolts to the crank so that i could use it on the cvh with mtx box but as im now going blacktop zetec these had to come out... nice waste of £20.. oh well.

then i fitted it and realised i hadnt fitted the CPS and retaining hosuing to the block so off it came again and fitted that then refitted the flywheel and called it a night.

so here is the latest pic - not fitting clutch just yet as its got to go back on the engine stand at some point to do bit more to it.



shame the flywheel is hidden by the bell housing as it looks very very nice!

[TarmacTerrorist]

Top job your doing there m8 thumbs up to you

[xrsi]

managed to do another half hrs work on it today in between doing the fianl coat of paint on the OMP cage and test fitting that.

Have bolted the Helix 6 paddle clutch and pressure plate onto the flywheel as thought may as well get it bolted on as i want the box bolted to the engine soon and then the engine and box fiting in the engine bay!

also a few more bits of aeroquip turned up this morn so have test fitted where i want to fit the oil returns to the front of the upper sump.

so got out my brand new genuine ford sump and had a look at where i can have two bosses welded on and came up with this...








The X on the inside of the sump is where the hole will come out for the returns, they are in similar places to the focus RS items so shouldnt cause any issues with oil hitting crank during its motion.

all i need is to get them welded on tidy (not going to the same place as fooked my oil breather! lol)

[FRST5090]

where you get the flywheel what does it and weigh and how much did you pay for it if you dont mind me asking so many questions

[xrsi]

flywheel weighs bugger all and was got from the us.

cant remember the exact weight or cost tho sorry.

[xrsi]

managed to get a fair bit more done today and the engine is pretrty much finished....

I have first of all fitted my new exhaust manifold, was going to be a bit of a secret but what the hell! few people will have prob guessed anyways from a couple of other posts i have posted in the last week!

so here we go, one inconel manifold!




have also fitted the alloy plate to remove the old oil breather setup now i am going fr -8 fitting on the sump.



Have finally got round to modifiying the old water pump (it will do for now till i get a blanker machined up) by cuting the impella blade and also the mounting for the pulley off and smooting the stub to make it look neater - am having to use an electric pump as the std pump pulley fowles the inner wing / chassis leg.



And finally picked up the sump with the -8 fittings welded on, so its currently beong painted even tho its a brand new sump after modifiying it to clear the ARP main studs.




Thats all i have done on the engine today but have also done fair bit on the car as well!

all the engine needs now is another inlet as the rover item goes to where the turbo sits on the new manifold!

[Excursion]

Glad to see this going in a Mk3. What Turbo are you going for, chief?