Cossy Mike

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Up to page 13 and it's took me 2 and a half hours

Only just found this and it looks awesome, loving it,

keep up the good work

M K

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Glad your enjoying the thread mate

Thanks for the praise

gus

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looks a bit tight to get the wheel on. with them arches you need a bigger garage

M K

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Bigger garage would be awesuminim

Would love a garage where I could have work space around the whole car, enough room for doors open like,


Maybe one day

Gadget

Marc, If i ever win the lottery, i'll be knocking on your door and be with a trailer!

Love it.

M K

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The trailer would be carrying the huge amount of cash that you would be offering me I assume


Seriously though, it would take massive money to make me part with this car

Twins

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Looks fantastic Marc

scarnny

Cars looking great mate I always keep an eye on this thread.
One thing I don't get though why does you engine sit so high? I always thought the best place for the engine would be as low as possible to help the handling.
Is there a reason or did the people who built the shell make a boo boo.
Where are you getting the engine done?

Great work love it, keep the updates coming.

Andy...

M K

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Cheers Dave


Andy - the engine doesn't sit high mate, the shell is dropped low over the engine so it's actually the opposite to what your thinking, And is why the engine sits high in the bay, if the engine was positioned low in the bay then to get the correct driveshaft angles the car would have to be high,

The engine was mounted as low as possible whilst keeping all driveshaft angles acceptable then the shell was fabricated over the engine/suspension as low as possible without ruining the geometry, hence why my bonnet has to have cut outs for the top mounts to clear as the suspension points have been made high up in the shell,



Hope that makes sense, when I get the engine back in I will measure from top of rocker cover to the floor and compare it to the same measurement on a normal cossie

M K

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The engine is being built by Tommy @ FIELD MOTORSPORT,

I will hopefully being picking by block up from the machine shop tomorrow, I had it 6 studded but was not happy with the outer 4 studs being standard due to poor condition threads so I dropped it back to have the other 4 long studded and the water pump modified to suit

scarnny

Thought there must of been a reason for it. So your drive shafts ect sit pretty level when the cars on the floor?
Attention to detail is great mate.

Regards andy.

M K

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Thanks mate

Yeah with engine in, tca's sit dead straight and shaft angles all good

LIMITLESS

Looking forward to seeing the engine back from Tommy

M K

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Me too mate

Went and collected my block today from the engineers after having the other 4 head bolt changed to long studs, the water pump modded to suit and a thread tapped into block for oil return

So now i have a good 10 studded 200 block to start with





water pump modded to clear long stud





Rear oil return to block tapped ready for Aeroquip fitting



Now ready to be de-burred, cleaned etc then measured up and sent for a slight bore to suit the new cosworth racing pistons

COLEYST200

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Nice soon be time to get it all togever

Mr RS500

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Got to be in the top 5 of all time awsome builds

simply stunning mate

NEEDFORSPEED

great shout nuf said!

M K

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Yeah, Tommy has everything from me to build the engine up completely apart from the turbo ecu and loom, which should be sorted by the time the tall block is all built up, he actually has a T6 and loom there for me funds permitting


I don't know if it's that good but thanks for the praise, makes all the hard graft and hours put in worthwhile,

Thanks mate

xr2wishy

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looking good as usual, loving it!
T6, talk to rainbird, he has one in at the moment with loom going off his site, might be of interest for £850

frayz

Marc, not thought of going Syvecs ECU

ossie cossie

As said so many times. Awesome work. The attention to detail is just mind boggling, i take my hat off too you.

M K

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The problem is with T6 that there is so many variations of software and updates that a cheap t6 can become an expensive 1 so as Tommy comes across them quite often he knows exactly which ones are worth using so il buy through him if I get 1 and his price was the same as mikes


Looks a very good ecu but not cheap and if I was to go for that price range I would go for the life racing F88 purely as Tommy knows them inside out,


Thanks Tony

ossie cossie

What type of hose,s are the blue ones that you have on your power steering?

M K

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The hose is the proper Eaton Aeroquip high pressure power steering hose and steel fittings

It is only needed on the feed from pump to rack as that is the only line with high pressure but being fussy I done the whole lot in the same hose so it matched

JonnyBravo

Looking great Marc.

TBH the last thing I'd use would be a T6 simply as its old and second hand,there are better, equally as good ecus out there for good money IMO

That said its not exactly crap but just seems odd that everyone seems hung up on using a out of date ecu on an engine that is using todays technology, why not compliment it with a modern ecu.

markk

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Totally agree on that.

M K

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I totally see what your saying James, and i have looked at other options but for the money i would still rather stick with the T6 if i can not afford the F88 yet, the T6 does all i will need and more and is an ecu Tommy rates very highly and can map with his eyes shut, no point picking an ecu for the same money that he doesn't rate or particularly like when he is going to be the 1 to bench dyno it & map it etc


If funds allow i will get a better ecu at a later date, the T6 is fine for now and still a very good ecu for the price im getting it, so if i have any spare cash it is going towards a box/gearkit and front diff

tbtstt

Just discovered this thread through a random Google search and decided to sign up to the forum to post my thoughts.

Absolutely love what you are doing here. I'm a huge rallycross fan and, of all the modern rallycross Supercars, the widearch Fiestas are by far my fave. The idea of a road legal rallycross style Fiesta has long appealed to me: glad to see I'm not the only one!

Looks like you are almost there, can't wait to see the finished product!

M K

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Thanks for the kind comments mate, glad you like the project

It is getting very close to the end and i can't wait till its finished either

Thanks
Marc

M K

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Big milestone reached.......











































































Well i thought so

nuttynil

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Great paint choice really love it .

andy escos

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looks good Marc is it heated ?

whizzisat114

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Looks gorgeous

dingla rs

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Looking good mate

mechanicalrepairs

That's a stunning looking car. Great thread too


Carl

COLEYST200

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Nice . When dose the motor come home ?

andi-p

This is top shelf car porn.

HeskinsFiesta

flicked onto PashFord about 2+1/2 hours ago to check something and came across this, and after flicking through all of the 61 pages I literally CAME across this... this is just orgasmic what you've done with this car! from a £900 diesel Fiesta this is astonishing haha hope you all the best in the future with this machine and hope to see it on the roads+track's soon!!

M K

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Thanks, yeah think the Color choice has paid off

Yes mate it's heated, had to be really with no heaters in the car


Thanks mate

Cheers

Thanks, glad your enjoying it even if it is a bit slow lol


Everything for the engine is ready and paid for other than ecu/loom and turbo which is yet to be bought but soon as funds allow il sort them and push for it to be dyno'd asap


I should be charging for these photos then




Thanks mate, it's nice when a new member etc sees the thread and comments, make all the work an hassle and money worthwhile for me

It's come along way since the £900 diesel it once was, but has taken 3years lol


Thanks for all your nice comments

Marc

M K

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One of my current favourite photos