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[moondustka]

just read whole thread lol, about embark on a ka myself, nothing as serious thou lol

That must have taken a very.. very ... very long time

top man an was the omex a pan in the arse to put iin

Not too bad no. I had it fitted but I modified the whole loom to be more factory for when I had the RST. For this I just had to re-wire the injector loom to suit.

wheres the finished pictures from the body shop then fella

My mate took them at ford fair, but they're on his computer. Haven't had the internet for ages! Just moved out ya see, and Sky took forever to sort the phone and broadband (sub it out to BT I think!)

Will get them up here when I get a minute.

I've also put in new gearbox mounts, which perform amazing.. I had trouble where the water pump pulley was acting like a milling machine to the cast aluminium engine mount!! Seems to be much better, even if the vibrations through the car are mental! Feels much better to drive though! Silly me forgot to take pictures of them before they went in

[jayrs]

nothing but teething problems though mate

look forward to the pics

[moondustka]

:lol: nothing but teething problems though mate

look forward to the pics

Indeed - If only I had the money to solve the 2 mechanical issues! 1. clutch 2. actuator & re-map.

[jayrs]

money, the good and the evil aint it, still, it makes it more worth wise that you have ahd to "work" for it, these silver spoon types pi$$ me off cos they havent earnt the money for it, just been given it by mummy and daddy, see then sort all the time

[moondustka]

money, the good and the evil aint it, still, it makes it more worth wise that you have ahd to "work" for it, these silver spoon types pi$$ me off cos they havent earnt the money for it, just been given it by mummy and daddy, see then sort all the time

Totally agree jay

[moondustka]

So here goes.. Unfortunately got none of the new gearbox mounts and all these photos are previous to fitting. I fitted them the day before Trax!

Anyway, enjoy..(maybe!)



























My mate's leon and my photographer!!





I've given the Ka a lot of abuse in the last couple of weeks! And everything is ok touch wood! Clutch isn't slipping anymore either I can get it to slip if I try, but it doesn't slip just under load, although haven't tried 5th gear, 1500rpm, foot to the floor yet. Boost is awful, 18 psi peak and holds 12-13. Still feels quick just not quick enough

[jayrs]

looks great mate

[moondustka]

Watch this space...

I've gone mad with buying goodies!

New timing belt kit (Ford)
New 1800 zetec flywheel (Ford)
New AP clutch - apprently new on the market and the best in 220mm!

All to be fitted in January as I can't be arsed to do it

Then I will be buying a new actuator, fitting it, and be off for a re-map for some more power

Will post some pics over Christmas perhaps!

[EUFez]

Love this!

[Big_Phil]

This is a mental conversion. Would love to see some vids. Plans for more boost and power sound spot on!

[moondustka]

Before I went to Brands for the performance ford day.. I had a knocking and was determined to find it. It ended up just being an extra 3/4 turn needed on the rear gearbox mount!!

Still, prior to this I thought it was the CV joint!

Well as I went to pull the hub apart this happened





The hub fell apart! Luckily had a spare one! I'm guessing this happened because about a year ago I went around with a driveshaft nut loose for a couple of months till I found it, didn't know at the time and must have worn it.

I changed the CV joint too, as it had crack in it! no pictures of this though

And on the weekend my quick shift broke! have posted that in the tech section but will paste it here!

[moondustka]

Broke the gear linkage saturday night!

It's supposedly a TAS Quickshift. It's broken inside the black box underneath the car where the gearstick pivots from.

My question is, can you take this bit apart? i thought it was sealed. But I have heard of people making standard linkages into a quickshift through modifying this part of it.

I do have an ordinary Ka linkage, but I think the throw is just, well too long.

Anyway the story if anyone is interested.. I was racing around, as you do and I kept missing gears. Thought it was s**t driving It wasn't, because another time I was trying to hack through the gears it went a bit floppy. Parked up and borrowed a jack, had a look and it was all rattly inside that black box. On the motorway on the way home, I went to change from 5th to 4th and something snapped completely, leaving me stuck in 5th.. which was fine for the motorway, but meant I was a bit stuffed getting through the town and up to my parents, where I decided to take it seeing as it was broken!

Luckily about 4 sets of traffic lights were green, one was just about changing the other side, had to go round corners at ridiculous speeds! And managed to get up quite a steep hill, with a right angle bend at the bottom. Challenging!! Got it there at least.

Planning to sort it tomorrow, as I need it working - new clutch and timing belt on thursday

[moondustka]

All fixed Luckily Had a spare one. The black casing had cracked and was previously missing the clipped flap that holds one side together. Really, it was just a matter a time. Surprised it lasted this long. 2-3 years. I didn't realise but it's actually just a modded standard linkage, which changes the pivot point, giving less throw to change gear.

Cracked..



Casing hadn't been brilliantly modded. The top needs trimming down. Perfect on the belt sander



And this is 'quick shift' part



All fixed and feels better than before. Probably because it's properly secure!

P.S. Think the towel is from the 70s

[moondustka]

Genuine Ford 1.8 zetec Flywheel..



AP Clutch, fairly new on the market apparently. Also, not sure what material it is made from, supposedly not fully organic or cera-metallic ??



Cover plate - the important part! Very different to the one AP supply for the 4 paddle FRST clutch kit.







Many more spring plates here..



Fitting on Thursday. I hope it does the job! AP give no rating for this clutch. Largest torque it's been on is 355lbs, and not slipped.

[leighk2010]

looking good mate! sad to see the bits that broke but as always your quick to fix them! that clucth looks meaty as well!

[jonyb4]

jesus massive vulcrums on that pressure plate!

should get your leg nice and bulky lol

good work getting all them issues ironed out so fast

[moondustka]

I got let down at a garage and having taken the day off work, decided to do it myself!

Once the old cover and clutch was off I could compare them



Cover plate a bit ruined to be honest!



Flywheel got ruined as well!



Old vs new



New flywheel on, gearbox off.



I stopped taking photos after this point, cos I just wanted the thing back together! Took me and my brother to get the box back on, just couldn't do it myself!

I've tested it as much as I can, and the result is good Seems to be doing the job. So time now to order the actuator and get it booked in for re-map and timing belt, because I really don't want to do that one even though the clutch is probably worse!

[jonyb4]

aye lol clutcyh is wbut atleast its straight forward


how did you know that your fabricated crossmemeber would allow the headlights to be aligned right?
seems a bit hit or miss really

[moondustka]

how did you know that your fabricated crossmemeber would allow the headlights to be aligned right?
seems a bit hit or miss really

2 out of the 3 mounting points are still on the original chassis/bodywork

[jonyb4]

ah, just a case of filling in the blank then

[moondustka]

indeed, was just a case of making a point for it to mount to. I'm quite pleased with how the front end came together really

[moondustka]

Today was the day when it all came together, and actually worked as a whole for the first time

It made 266.6 Hp, 356 lbs/ft

Mental amounts of torque, power is lacking as the std turbo just can't flow enough air!

Clutch didn't slip which was the main thing!

Time to have some proper fun now it's all working as it should

[Dave_B]

Alrite I suppose for a girly car!!!

Gotta be happy with that tho mate!

Dave

[jonyb4]

wow thats tons of toqrue compared tot he power, wheres the source of all that coming from?

[jayrs]

excellent mate

[- Danny Boy -]

Awesome result

wow thats tons of toqrue compared tot he power, wheres the source of all that coming from?

Turbo Jony.

[~nomad~]

Awesome result

wow thats tons of toqrue compared tot he power, wheres the source of all that coming from?

Turbo Jony.

[moondustka]

Thanks guys



Yes. It's just because it's peak boost is 24 psi.. So i get that amount of torque then. It starts to fall after that. By 6,500 rpm it falls well below 300. Turbo just runs out of puff!!