MK2 Orion RS1800i zetec. . . 16X8 Comp TH's and on its ar*e

[slammedorion]

My latest runaround, didnt want or need another car but it turned up at the right price local so i had to bid on it off ebay My winter hack, one poverty spec 1300 Orion I won, been cleaning and stripping it ready for paint and a heart transplant My efforts so far This will be my winter runaround, hope to have it completed within a few weeks long as I can find a decent zetec engine to fit to it 8) It wants a few bits of welding on it, but dont they all . . . IMO its a clean one and it was cheap The plans for this one are just a quick respray in red, cheap and cheerful job but should look 15 inch Steelies or Saff Cossie wheels ( lattice style Wanted, PM me if you have some cheap, budget build ) Slammed, no interior, just the dash and 2 front seats ( probabley fit a pair of cheap Recaros ) The finally fit a Zetec lump in it, ever a 1800cc 130bhp, or a 2000cc 136bhp. I've got a spare RST LSD box that will get chucked in Still plodding on with the Zetec Turbo build in the other one The rebuild thread . . . http://passionford.com/forum/restora...he-making.html Cant wait to have it running And a pic of SEV which I recently Sold As you can see I like my Orions . . .

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[RSMK4TURBO]

Ive got a soft spot for the orions to mate,my old man had a 1.6i ghia years ago,i loved that car,good look with them 2.

[RUPERT THE BIG HAIRY BEAR]

ive never really liked the onions allways preferd the escorts

[Glenn.]

Top pics i love orions too.

[jammerrs]

SEV looks amazing, love the other projects too

[jaysrs-s1]

i spotted that on ebay last week and was tempted to put bid on it aswell,but am finking off gona save up and get me another mint mk1 to play with,wish i didnt scrap my last mk1 a few weeks ago for Ł50,but had no choice,it was even worth Ł1500 and had Ł2k spent on it few weeks before i brought it in march,but my mk2 is keeping me busy,get to find out today if iv bent all the valves wen the cambelt let go last week..good luck with the project,gona be one good sleeper,fink should leave sum 15"steels on though.....

[RichieST]

Looks like a tidy one!!

[xrmalin]

I got a set of 15 inch steels off a fiesta fusion so have a look for some one breaking one of them i payed Ł40 for the set from a breakers
Should be a nice car when its done if it looks like your old one

Mark

[jonny s2]

looks real clean matey,cant wait to see the progress

[Rs Cosworth 1]

i have a stage 2 zetec matey 1.8 130 should 150-60 ish now just the engine if ur intrested only covered 29k since rebuild have the mtx75 too,

400quid all in sat in my shed your choice dude

want more info pm me fella

[xrt-mart]

Looks to be in pretty nice nick mate, haven't found you a engine yet though

[jame.ling]

Originally Posted by Rich170

Looks like a tidy one!!

i like it /

[DirtMuppet]

Looks mint matesuch a clean car.
All your previous projects have been awsome. Keep up the good work mate, well worth the end results, kinda makes me want one now too!!!!

[rickbartlett]

love it mate.im sure its gonna look great.
SEV is gonna have some TLC this week.been using her daily so she needs to be pampered lol

[danny_boy699]

looks nice mate if u fancy a drive to boro give jacko at blue oval a call he sound for sorting good low miles engines out

[slammedorion]

Somehow this has gotta be ready for paint at latest Friday afternoon
Its still a cheap project, its just not staying as sleeper looking as originally planned

Its now having a 90's spec RST front bumper colour coded, I've had it lying round for years, so with alittle prep work, should look as new again

My road trip on Fri/Sat clocked up in total 599.9 miles, which was from Crewe to Aldershot, from there to Hornchurch, then to Chelsmford, then to Ipswich and then home via 2 road closures

On this trip I picked up a few goodies off club members, a Saff spoiler, some 40mm lowering springs, which will have to be modded, its going on its a**e I think, a 130bhp 1800 zetec lump, rst front brakes, and SEV's old Mondeo wheels!!!







Alittle welding is needed to make it solid again, but for its age its a minter, I just need the days to be longer

[RSMK4TURBO]

Good thread,where do you have your car painted mate?

[slammedorion]

Originally Posted by RSMK4TURBO

Good thread,where do you have your car painted mate?

A mate painted the blue Orion at Basfords in Crewe, the red ones just having a quick flick over by another mate ( cheaper )

[danny_boy699]

nice mate is it geting painted now

[slammedorion]

The respray got put back a few weeks due to not getting all the welding finshed on it before my Hols. . .

So now im back, I've got stuck into it. . .

Yesterday it finally got towed away for paint

With some help, Yesterday afternoon I left it looking like this

[GranaDavey]

great project, keepin a eye on this

[Zetecfiesta]

looks good, i like onions!

[Rab]

Love Orions! My first car was a 1.6 Ghia inj!

[slammedorion]

I've still gotta get the 90s spec bumper ready for paint and the Saff spoiler . . .
Then drop it off with him in the week, I forgot about the spoiler, hence no holes in the boot, I'll just have to go steady with it when its back to avoid to much paint damage
Might even wip the spoiler off the zetec turbo shell and just make a template up off the boot lid holes for ease . . .
Will bolt straight on then

[xrt-mart]

Nice one mate

Sorry I couldn't find any wiring guides, I did come around a couple of times but your always out

[kris-rs]

love orions
saw SEV last week at shakey in stratford looked mint was think of asking bout doing a deal with the sierra lol
you should YB 4x4 the project not seen an orion done yet seen a few mk3 and mk4 escorts
Do it

[slammedorion]

Got a text while at work tonight off the lad whos painting the Orion. . . Well, a pic . . .
I asked how was it going on and had he managed to get any primer on the Orion


















All the shell is painted, to be flatted and polished tommorrow after inspection.
Just the bumpers, mirrors and spoiler to do, Not bad considering I dropped it off sat morning

Sorry about the pic quality, doesnt seemed to have sent right to my phone ???

[B19 JUB]

nice looking base car mate.ive always loved orions,had a few myself and yesterday i picked up a black mk2 1600i ghia in good condition which was and still is on pistonheads.
good luck with project ill be mooching over this thread every now and again for progress

[danny_boy699]

nice work mate, if u need the wiring diagram for the zetec loom will this do you

right, just given rodders the low down and thought id copy the list over to here. basiclly, on the wiring looms, theres a bunch of wires that comes from the main engine loom and connects to the car loom, these are all the wires you need to connect into the fiesta loom! theres a plug there so if posible, chop off 3" or so of the donor cars wiring loom and solder the plug into your fiesta loom, this will enable you to remove the engine loom complete from the car for whatever reason.

the wires on that plug and what they need connecting to are:

black/green = ignition live
brown/green = water temp gauge
black = 4amp ignition live
brown = earth from fuel pump *RELAY*
red = 4amp perminant live
brown/wite = earth
green = revcounter (the revcounter should work as normal with no messing about)


if youre making youre own fuel pump relay cricuit (easiest way) then insulate and disregard the black/red wire.


if you want to make youre own fuel pump relay circuit, its easy! get yourself a relay from halfords or wherever. itll have numbers on the pins which you need to connect up as follows:

87 - perminant live (from battery 30amp fuse if using erst pump)
86 - switchable live (ignition live.....from ignition)
85 - earth (to the brown earth wire mentioned above)
30 - accesory (to fuel pump)

make sure that the fuelpump hosuing isnt in anyway earthed to the car as this will blow the fuse and the pump wont work! ( Embarassed )

you should always use an inertia switch when running an electric pump, you should put this somewhere in the feed to the fuel pump and screw/bolt the inertia switch uprght to the shell, then you will need an earth from the fuel pump to the chassis.

aswell as these wires theres one or two earths in the main engine loom that should be connected up to the shell.

do all that and you should have a working zetec loom!


**the list of wires above are from an escort loom, fiesta and mondeo looms MIGHT be different**

[slammedorion]

Right, the car comes back tommorrow night . . . wont be any pics though as its just gonna get parked up behind the gates under the carport then off to the next job
Will get on with the rebuild on wednesday evening, so pics then of the shell painted

My work tonight with a few bits of old bumper and old number plates, managed to fill in some rather big holes a previous owner decided to chomp out to fit a intercooler



Plastic welded up a rather battered 90's spec front bumper so its ready for filling and paint . . . I got given this over 2 years ago, knew it might come in handy one day, just didnt realise how bad it was lol.
However it turns out, its gotta be better . . . and will look 8) on POV

[RichieST]

Nice work mate

[crumpet]

Christ on a bike fella you dont hang about with the onions do you! lookin forward to this one too

[slammedorion]

Quick pic for you all as its back

Dead chuffed with it for the money, well worth the effort . . . now let the rebuild and engine swap commence :mrgreen:

[favsfords]

great project ive just bought a mk3 orion hopin to go the route you have gud look it will look spot on when finished

[slammedorion]

Alittle more progress 8)
90's spec Recaros, windows, locks, and handles fitted
New headlights on order along with clears :mrgreen:





More later

[kris-rs]

looking good pal

[slammedorion]

A couple more random pics

[slammedorion]

Just to compare Ford raidient red to tractor red





Its not a million miles off :mrgreen:

[danny_boy699]

looks good mate what u doing about rear bumper just painting it red

[slammedorion]

Originally Posted by danny_boy699

looks good mate what u doing about rear bumper just painting it red

Yes mate colour coded red , front and rear will have black stripes put in