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[andymcd]

update
new fuel filter

when the car came with this it look s**t after some filling,sanding,paint it looks better now

got gasket fitted all back together


oh and got my konis back ones are w**ked fronts seam good

them fitted


ok time to fit the bottomendstarted at 12.first thing was to get the bottom end down to cartryed about six f*cking times trying to it in no go so fought f**k it out the gearboxit was half two and still hadnt the the bottomend and gearbox bolted togther(it was raining)
wel came three and the i had the engine and box ini then put the gasket on aswel as the head,turbo,inletnever ever doing that again
hope u like the pics






it was saturday when i put the engine in

clean seats,dash,carpet ect




then started the out side





what a mess of wires


some of u may have seen posts from me aasking why my frst not starting,no power to pump,wel it was the starter it self that broke,the pump just stopedso am waiting on the stater back
oh got these off ebay

got my cossie pump fitted and painted the tank aswel
il get more pics after awile
thanks andy

[Matt_fez]

looking good mate, very clean indeed

[BC DEVILLE]

wow that engine looks soooo nice what kind of paint are you using mate, high temperature i guess. Going to look amazing when its all in with everything painted.

Nice work

[andymcd]

its alive had a few probs with it
had to take gearbox out cause wrong fly wheel,reving high but all good now will update soon and a video

[andymcd]

as the above post says its alive but after 2miles blue like hell iv never drove one in my life so it was great soon as it came on boost any way
before i got it going it was turning over ect but would not fire up check every thing all ok so i fought il have a look at the fly wheel the dam thing was wrong

so out the gear box at half a 11 at night got the fly wheel off then the holes wouldnt line up, but found out thery only fit one way got it going the next day it was great to get it going two days later the water would rise when u rev it getting quick posted on here about so took the new 82'
going ok now. bought more things for it aswel


il let the pics do the talking














iv started make a pod for the turbo smart, once its all filled wrap it in carbon then

cracked the bumper again its up getting welded as am writing this

repainted the bonnet as it was all marks

oh got these in the post 20xe pistons zvh

thanks andy
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[rslove]

looking nice m8 nice work

[MattPym]

Coming along well lad, Should be savage when it's done

[andymcd]

ok after the sump gasket s**t it self i pulled it apart again out the gear box,crank seal, used payen gasket, got it all back together yday what a pain to get the gearbox back in then off with the sump super glued the gasket to it sealent on half moons, leave to dry then fitted it, time to get the new turbo on 2mins and thats it next thing drives all in bolt it all up, left it at that today i started the brake pipes easy to do but hard to make it look neat at the same time,tidy them the morrow, hope il get it running the morrow aswel, got a set of wheels matt fezs old wheels il let the pics to the talking now








the pod nearly there


these little dudes dont help me much

painted the hubs red


like at the shape of the shed


heres a few pics of my brother escort rs cosworth,







well been a will been busy with work ect not had much time for the RS but i made time, first off i got new wheels big thanks to matt fez, must of u mite have seen my post the turbo started smoking again then it was fix or break time then seen a cheap t3 for sale so f**k it il have another go, all i need then was brakes got a fiesta m/c but it was s**t soescort mk5 one come up so got it cut the 20mm of it welded it cut fab the brackets a bit but then i seach and found a post where some1 said the ladden thing at the back should be removed to inprove the braking asked the boss for the lift the day to put new brake lines in got that done in the mornso i ust need to bleed them the morrow now, now when i had it on the lift the day i could see rust starting herte and there,so now am striping it next sunday am going to make a spit for doing the under side, so new bushes, new engine t3,grs intercooler rad,am going to make rose jointed bottom arms, new bearings ect ect, cant wait to get stuck in,










after abit more cleaning

still wasnt happy so pull a few things apart

oh got this just need the loom for it now


painted bumper to find its the wrong colour




well had the car out for a run yday and blue smoke started coming out of the breather on boost really bad so asked sitech racing(very help full) told me its the rings thats causing it so after beening told when buying it it had new rings ffs pissed off big time, so now am going to strip the whole car down sand blast the floor repaint engine bay, inside aswel ect
so after i type this am going on ebay to look for a zetec bottom end, then
it started to missfire the other nite so i fought f**k it pull it apart then so head off to find the this..


theres tiny markings on the bores not to sure what cause the gasket to fail(maybe boost) it was FAI gasket i used, so to morrow il have the pistons out check damaged, no marks on the head but its prob wraped
apart from that i got sills,arch repairs for the back order so will have them monday, iv got a spit of ebay £90 really is worth it, an got a quote on paint 3.5ltrs 300 euro but its got a great shine,
il post what the damaged is the mora
heres some pics,

















yes i love taking pics of my car
thanks andrew

[jayrs]

wheels looks the b0llocks mate, but going by the amount of pictures i dont think i need to tell you that

shame about the engine mate, you not tempeted to have the bottom end rebuilt?

oh and a FAI gasket.... if i was close i think i would have to back hand you get a payne gasket, as they make them for ford and are a lot cheaper than ford

[andymcd]

cheers jay, am going for silver top zetec turbo now
spec is
c20let pistons(new rings)
steel rods
focus RS head gasket
ian howell valve springs
200sx ext manifold
new inlet manifold
cosworth L8 wasted spark, antilag,
new boost pipes
GRS intercooler,rad
rebuild gearbox
its not much of a spec but its ok for me

[jayrs]

fair play to ya mate, be sure to keep them updates coming.

also, how come the RS is outside? is there not enough room inside next to the cossie?

[andymcd]

well that time again,

striped the engine to find piston 2/3 has a crack on each of the two pistons! thats why it was putting out blue smoke am just wondering now what caused it?cause it blue the gasket on 2/3 an piston 2/3 have cracks on them!

well any way teres not point in crying over it it happend get over it,

tokk kit off drivers side not to bad really just the back off the sill is bad an inner arch iv got two sills, archs an one inner arch repair so far

engine wise am going for zetec turbo an using o.k.c piston,rod packaged with newman cam pulleys,valvesprings ect an run it on L6,

well il just put up the pics now as am boring u






now for the rust





front drivers wing



cheers andy

[jayrs]

get cracking on it mate

[Excursion]

That sheel needs a lot of work, got any pics of what you've been doing to sort it?

[andymcd]

sorry but am not being checky but my shell does nt need much work at tall, if seen fiestas with sills rotten from the front to the back and floors hanging out of them an they been repaired to a good std, so i dont see why my shell cant be fix?

[Ram]

looks great on the azevs, makes me wanna get the centre caps back on mine

[Excursion]

sorry but am not being checky but my shell does nt need much work at tall, if seen fiestas with sills rotten from the front to the back and floors hanging out of them an they been repaired to a good std, so i dont see why my shell cant be fix?

I've seen a lot worse too, but it doesn't make it right. I'm not picking fault, I'm just interested to see what you've done on the bodyowrk, as I've not seen much of it yet mate.

[Russ FRST]

This Rs spends most of it's time in bit's

Top man for keeping going with it hope you get there with it and get Enjoying it..

looks great on the azevs,

It sure does

[andymcd]

update
fuse box loom all out,



my filler cap had a plate welded in it at a stage,


started cutting sills


also found one or two holes,


this one place i want to fix an make it look like it was never touch

rust starting under the front window got it in time


cut the arch and cap out to find this



drives door was changed at some stage aswel

few pics of how the car looks right now


started my dash last night theres a screen two go under the gauges aswel hope you's like it,


was going to replace the oem dails for some thing like this

but just going to use lockwood dails now,
thats all iv done in the last two weeks, plan is to strip all under seal then do all the welding thats needed then use 3m sealer around the back around arches an inside the sills use 3m sealer then 3m stone chip for the under side,engine bay will then any holes welded front panel aswel
then shot blasted then paint it all with AUTOCOLOUR 2K paint inside will be painted aswel,
thats it hope you's like what iv done,
cheers andrew

[jayrs]

looking good mate, you gunna go full rear panel or arch and filler repair?

[andymcd]

been out working on the dash the night
first fibre glass matt

wile that dryed i mixed filler for this

then a mix for the pods


let it dry to the morrow then sand
jay il use cap/arch repair, i cut the mental arch about 15mm under where the plaste arch goes on if u no what i mean?
cheers andrew

[jayrs]

yeah i got ya.

you gunna put the bits in, in 2 bits? or buy a rear panel and cut off what ya need? mind you, prob easier in 2 parts, if your gunna get a whole panels might as well fit a whole panel

i will advise againt the cheap filler repair panels though, there crap and need a fair bit of filler work to get the shapes and angles right

[andymcd]

true
il ring an order the 1/4 panel the mora
cheers jay

[jayrs]

even if you cut the bits off you need and dont fit the complete thing (although i would tbh) them cheap repair panels are a joke, the one i got was lobbed down the garden no sooner had i looked at it, i belive my dad picked it up at some point and i think some of it was cut off to use to repair a floor in a metro, and thats about as good as they are!

[MattPym]

Christ andy you dont hang about do you

[Dave G fsi]

Doing really well mate

[andymcd]

that time again
fought be best to make a spit for the fiesta so went got some 1" box iron
an the result

an then started fitting it


damaged the bottom panel at the front

then round to the back, had to get a engine crane to lift the back cause every thing jacked it nearly fell over




started removing the 1/4 but stoped at it there cause fought i mite twist the shell if i had the whole panel,




once on the spit i dont wast any time got stuck in













rear beam off seen a bit of rust so cut it out





if i didnt cut that out an just cleaned it an put sealer over it it would have rotten true which mite another frst scarp
il update later, i did want posts from people saying just reshell it or its rotten, cause in my eyes it far from it,
thanks andrew

[jayrs]

grot in the common place mate, but by far its fixable, just for some people its too hard or to expensive, or they just havent got the time so scrap and start again, but good on ya fella, will be good when its done as it does show with time you can save it.

and lets face it, ive seen far far worse restored, just as you have i bet

[MattPym]

Good work Andy....Stick with it. You should get the underside sandblasted, it will clear away alot of the dirt which is making it look probably ten times worse than it is

[andymcd]

welded new mental in


grind it all down



then skim of fillerr to hide any pin holes

shed needs cleaning lol

been welding the sill so il update later
thanks for the commets guys
cheers andrew

[Biagi]

WHAT A GREAT THREAD, FANTASTIC PICS REMINDS ME OF MY FRST BUILDING DAYS, THINK I MIGHT DO IT AGAIN EVEN THOUGH I SAID I WOULDN'T LOL.

[beanyfrst]

Nice thread i will be keeping my eye on this one look brilliant fella

[jayrs]

any updates?

[SammyBoy_01]

Some nice work there looking foward to more progress pics

[andymcd]