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[Smo]

Yes.

[:: blade ::]

yea there fixed

[jonyb4]

thats not bad at all, odd that front panel bumper fixing spot though, has it had a small shunt?

mine has a 5pence hole where yours is on the rear by the light, exact same place!

id be happy with that, that chassis leg needs clearing up though, i hate that area


use a zetec/Si pas cooler there tiny compared to that big one

[jayrs]

rot in the common places, and it dont look too bad, the wings through, well i reckon who ever replaced them didnt protect the panel before or after fitting.
strange one on the front panel, might of had a light shunt and the dents beat back out but again never protected right and its caused it to rust out??

still, its not all bad, all a easy fix, i woulodnt mind if thats all i had to of done to clarks

[Tweek]

There is quite a bit of evidence that this car has had a front end prang at some point. The front pannel looks like it was probably replaced and caused the wings to rot out there. The front bumper was made in 2001 and the headlights are brand new Lucas lamps. Also, the 2nd vin tag, the painted one, is still black whereas the slam pannel is blue. More possible evidence of a replacement there then?

Anyway, car was left at the guy who does the welding today. Car is awful to drive, brakes are pants and the clutch is right at the very top Should have it back tomorrow night, also having the new bootlid welded so I can smooth it the same as the 5dr's bootlid, which has warped and has a wonky spoiler.

[Chris 2i]

Looking good so far

[jonyb4]

sounds like your mate enjoys welding!

[Tweek]

Just got the car back, all the welds are nice and flush with the pannels and covered in stonechip for now. tbh if it wasn't for the stonechip you wouldn't even know they were there

[hb69]

Just got the car back, all the welds are nice and flush with the pannels and covered in stonechip for now. tbh if it wasn't for the stonechip you wouldn't even know they were there

Pics

[Tweek]

Some pics that don't really show a lot. In the same order as the rusty ones above apart from the one inside the boot cos there's not much to see there. All the bits have been shaped so it's hard to tell lol.

o/s floor/sill


n/s wing


o/s wing


rubbish shots of the but behind the front bumper
(from below)


(from above)


sill face


Obvious evidence of a front panel swap

[Smo]

Now leave it like that and make it a sleeper

[- Danny Boy -]

That O/S door looks like it has been sprayed too!

Is there any panel that the woman didn't ding? lol

[jayrs]

now grind up the surface rust on that wing and get it treated and sorted out

[Tweek]

The rest of the bits like that will be done after it's all done and running ready for a respray

[AW3K]

wayne my 2.0l engine was un molestered automatic and the head said 1.8HO like yours, mine was phase 2

good work, keep it up

Andy

[Tweek]

No great progress at all since the last update but I have removed and got rid of the old 1.3 engine and spent a quarter of the total cost of this project in one day! The Zetec block is back and I now also have a gearbox



New 86mm bores:


Old crank breather:


New breathers in rear:


Fresh internals:


New box, doesn't look all that special...


This looks interesting though... Quaife Diff inside a S2 CTS Stage 2 box


How the shell looks at the moment *sigh*


Probably the last photo I take of the donor car in all her glory

[Rhinopower]

Block looks good, but i'd plug one of those breathers back up, two would only be of real benefit on either ends of the block, gonna be a fair chunk of extra work and cost for no benefit. The oil return on front of sump looks good tho!

[- Danny Boy -]

Looks good Wayne!

[hb69]

Whens th all going down then Wayne? I kind of want to be there when the 5 door gets taken apart

[hb69]

Oh yeah, hi Layne

[jayrs]

nice mate, nice

[Tweek]

I had the 2 breathers made up to sort of match the size of the front one, I kinda copied it off Mark's/Excursion's guide. It wasn't until afterwards I realised that the size of the pipe off the front breather is actually tiny! The idea was to use a T-piece and merge them to the same pipe on an oil seperator.

5dr gets dismantled after Combe.

[FRSJON]

looking good can i ask how much you paid for the rebore? i have a block i want doing but nowhere over here does it

[Tweek]

I'm not sure, I just have a bill for the whole job overall which was more than what I paid for the car anyway!

[hb69]

what about that gearbox though, thats pretty special

[Rhinopower]

looking good can i ask how much you paid for the rebore? i have a block i want doing but nowhere over here does it

£60 as the place I use

[TIL13R]

what about that gearbox though, thats pretty special

Yeah what you pay for the box

[Tweek]

More than the engine work cost

[jonyb4]

This is like top trumps...

nice stuff Wayne, when is the head coming back?

what CR are the pistons going to give?

[Rhinopower]

This is like top trumps...

nice stuff Wayne, when is the head coming back?

what CR are the pistons going to give?

There are many variables that decide c/r

My engine with the same head gasket but frs pistons gives approx 9:1, but with a frs head gives 8.2:1, or if you use the thicker gasket you can take another 0.4 off both those figures, but they will increase depending on how much the head had been skimmed.....

[Mustoe91]

Whens th all going down then Wayne? I kind of want to be there when the 5 door gets taken apart

You may aswell join in I'm gunna be there bout time I helped Wayne out ha

[Tweek]

Not sure on the c/r, I've done some rough estimates and its high 7s - low 8s. Now it's all back I can work it out and get the suitable head gasket and confirm

[Smo]

Wayne, is that oil return going to clear the alternator?

[hb69]

Does look like it could be a bit close

[Tweek]

The alternator itself isn't too much of a problem from what I can see, it's the "triangular" section of the chunky bracket that's in the way. Grinder will fix that lol.