TIL13R

Well as she is near perfect on the exterior i thought i would put up some pics of her progress since 1990



Then i was looking for a new car to replace my 1.1 and H769DTR come up, but it was in Bournmouth so before i went to go and look @ the car i wanted to see some pics of the conditon of it

(Come on Standard Wheels)












Well after seen these pics and some pics of the mint petrol cap and the price of ?700 i thought it rude not to go down and have a look,

So i went down and i ended up buying the car for ?600 as there were a few bits that needed some attention but nothing too major

As car was on drive @ home i had to buy few bits and pieces to the external to make it how i wonted it!

such as new smoked lights rater than the tint sprayed version it had on before!







after that its down to the Bodyshop to get few things sorted!

it started off with just bonnet and bumpers touching up a little







Well then after that we took to bumpers off to find out that the front bumper right hand side was only held on with cable ties and Fibreglass!

and the rear just needed a little bit of a touch up





the front



and bonnet



we decided to make sure the sills were ok as we knew it needed a little patch but then after the nail gun ity looked like this







After rust killing all the front was just waiting on the welding and painting to be complete i took afew more pics,





Fianlly car was finished and it was time for some pics of the completed car







Still not totally happy with the exterior i wonted to get rid of the standard wheels!

so went on the look for some then come up with these!





Then after fitting those i decided car engine was running hot so decided to rasie the bonnet for extra cooling and different look

some pics from ford fair







A few interior shots now, a bit better than the standard Xr interior the Frst complete interior









Last but not least some pics from trax







Hope you have enjoyed reading and looking please feel free to comment on what u like and dislike

All Comments Welcome

Tiller

TIL13R

Well have had this week off and with a few problems with the car i have know decided to rebuild the engine and do some other parts to give it a new lease of life!

Some of the idea's i have come up with are to keep the orginality of the car! ie no 2ltr Zetec

so i am going to uprate the 1.6 cvh Plans for this are

Port and Polish,
Bigger Valves and triple cut,
4-2-1 Manifold
Uprated Cam,
Vernier Pully
Full S/S exhaust
uprated oil pump
Chip
and for the exterior
Cossie Brakes
Proper mk3.5 colour coded mirrors
4 inch roled out exhaust!

Well here are some pics of the progress so far!





The removed parts



and the Exhaust





any comments please feel free to comment

Tiller

TIL13R

*** UPDATE ***

Well finally i had some reasonable weather to get out and do some more to the car today! Had some mixture of luck good and bad!

1st of all i had to get rid of the strut brace which was a fairly simple job, then from there i had ago @ getting the exhaust manifold off!

Well here is a pic





Seems all fine untill i got to the last bolt and then SNAP!

:x



Bloody bolt snapped! so that will have to be drilled out or replaced With the 4-21 Manifold

Picture from the top

and from the front!


now for the boot pics again parts are getting built up in there now! lol





Any Comments Welcome!

Tiller

TIL13R

*** YET ANOTHER UPDATE ***

Finally after a few hours this morning preping the engine ready to be taken out!

So this afternoon it began by starting to build the monster engine crane!

this thing was a monster! was sooo many bolts and nuts and lumps of metal! but after reading the totally fcuking usless destructions! we managed to get it looking like a crane!





Finally the last few bits and pieces and it was built



Next thing to do was to attach the PINK chain! to the lifting eye!



Then a few pulls tugs and swear words later and!









Well with the engine taken out now it is time for it to be stripped and the clean up process to begin!





and the engine been stripped!



Well thats about it for now, best get some sleep ready for tomorrow engine strip!

hope u have enjoyed reading and viewing, please leave a comment!

Tiller

TIL13R

**UPDATE** 12-3-2006

Right well last few weeks i have been very ill and not been able to work on the car!

But finally i managed to get a few bits and pieces sent to people and i have also managed to strip the bottom end!

The head has gone of to Frankenstein Motorsport for a stage 3 Port and polish Bigger valves, kent cam, and few other special bits

The bottom end was a bit of a shock to strip and to learn all about each part and how it all works and also how it is so important to have reqular oil and service changes!

The sump


in here i found tiny bits of metal :aaah:

Parts of the bottom end


The crank and bearings


also whilst doing the engine i changed over the dials too!



Well hopefully more pics and update soon!

thanks for reading

Tiller

TIL13R

UPDATE

Well it has been a while since i have posted anything on here cause i have been working and buying so many different bits and pieces! so here are some pics of the new parts!

Leather Xr2i steering wheel (brought from Scotty_boy)with FRST insert!




Rear strut brace (brought from fiestasi1800)



Rocker Cover (from NOMAD)





Rocker Cover Cap (e-bay)





Cossie Calipers (from a mate)



Caliper Paint



4-1 Manifold (e-bay)





Whilst buying all of this i have stared to prep up the sump for a coat of new paint





Cheers

Tiller

TIL13R

Well spening even more money now!

MRC Rear Spoiler





and on car (kinda)



A mate of mine polished up my inlet manifold!







The empty engine bay!





And how it stands now!



comments welcome as always!

Tiller

TIL13R

UPDATE


Well the weather has been kind the last few days / weeks so decided to get some painting done to a few parts

Cossie Brakes



pics of calipers to follow

Freshly painted hubs too



Sump all painted may need another coat tho!



Also in the mean time i have been collectiong a few parts



Leather steering wheel fittted!



Also the misses painted the neddles to match the new dials i got



and last but not least a pics of a few parts together to get an idea of what it will look like, new colour sceam too



Bit of Sad news tho

The car isnt going to be ready until after FITP which i am a bit gutted about but just means i can get afew bodywork issues sorted too!

Comments welcome as always!

Tiller

TIL13R

UPDATE

THE BOTTOM END REBUILD

Well, as the target date passed with no car @ FITP i had a phone call on the monday after to say that my Bottom end parts are ready to be Collected

So i went to collect them brought them back and here is what they look like,

The Crank



The Polished oversized pistons





The Block







So was Really happy with the finished product from them!

So next on the list was to fit the bearings to the bottom end after giving it a good clean out with some carb cleaner and some trusty petrol
also preped up the bores with some MTX-75 Cossie gearbox oil, just to make sure they were clean and looking good for the pistons!

Anyway next was the bearings and the trust washers







After the bearings were all covered in oil and preped up it was time to clean up the crank with some petrol and fit it to the bearings





Then the main bearings were fitted and all torqued up

Next job to do was to fit the Pistons had to cover all the bores in loads and loads of oil and the pistons too















Well with all that complete, i am now waiting on my ARP bolts to arrive then i can fit the pistons to the crank!

Also a other parts had arrived over the past few weeks





also waiting on my Deflex gearbox mounts, Ford Top Engine mount, Ford Oil Pump, and also a spring to make it high pressure

A few more shots of the cleaning progress i have made too!

The Clean Gearbox





and the now clean driver side wing



Well thanks for reading please leave comments as always

Cheers

Tiller

richard_xr2i1800

Looking good mate, bet you cant wait to get it back up and running

Rich

richard_syko

Really like the look the car

Keep us posted

Turbo Pez

Good work there mate, keep it up!!

AGAR-COSWORTH

Excellent work - looking foward to seeing how you get on with the cossie brakes - going to do the same converison during the summer.

Looks like you've got all the right bits to do a proper job, although i have heard alot of bad stories about deflex gearbox mounts - especailly from Heeman.

cocaina_xr2i

I liking it mate keep up the good work and the pics coming