Focus cosworth conversion, she's on the floor now

[nugnah]

OK, this is going to be a slow process due to the fact that my 3yr old girl has just had a bone marrow transplant for Leukaemia, but I need to do something to keep my thoughts at a good level. I have a 3 dr white focus as the recipient and a 2wd sapph for the donor. I will upload photos as I go along and I would like alot of advice as to where to cut the floor and bulkhead. I have removed the back and front of the car, cut out the front and rear strut tops so now I need to cut the tunnel. Cheers in advance Jason PS AG Motorsport is my choice as the man for the conversion. The donor The recipient can someone please edit the next photos and add lines as to where to cut please My workspace lol Thanks once again for any advice and help I recieve.

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[Benni]

This should be great. I hope your Daughter is ok mate, and I wish you and her all the best.

Benni.

[andy130]

Originally Posted by Benni

This should be great. I hope your Daughter is ok mate, and I wish you and her all the best.

Benni.

+1

[carlo]

As above mate all the best for the little one! ag is a good choice for the shell prep

[mar_k]

the donor car didnt look too bad

[nugnah]

Cheers for the good wishes, just need someone to photo shop my pics as to where to cut the bulkhead, if anyone has got pic requests just ask.

Jason

[carlo]

Check the reyland focus andy done there will be pics i put up from the start of the shell prep im sure ians name on here is f6cus i will have alook for the thread.

[nugnah]

I have saved a load of pics from the Reyland Focus, but none of them really show where to cut the bulkhead up close, what i'm afraid of is cutting it wrong and then AG saying DICKHEAD we needed that bit lol.

[carlo]

[carlo]

Sorry mate it was me that took the first pics & looking back they are crap

[nugnah]

No worries, thanks anyway Carlo, I was going to cut the cossie floor along the inner sill to make a start and then i will have a look at the bulkhead area, cutting a little at a time to be sure lol

[carlo]

Dingla rs is getting a focos done by andrew there will be pics of that being put up soon so keep an eye on his thread & it will give you a good idea

[nugnah]

Excellent, cheers I will do

[Glenn.]

I didnt think the doner car looked that bad either.

[CarbonRick]

Shall be watching keenly, and echo the first few comments - hope you and your daughter are doing well.

[marky_g]

mice to see another being done AGM conversions always look good

[dingla rs]

Originally Posted by carlo

dame wish they were pics my shell lol

[dingla rs]

if you luk my thread u see wer bulkhead cut mate an just dwn either side the tunnel level pedal box on sierra tunnel, ag gud choose top bloke he doing mine
also sorry hear bout daughter hope she gets better m8

[nugnah]

busy day tomorrow, split engine and gearbox, put engine on stand, split diff and arms from beam and then cut some more of the floor.

Phew, good job i have all day.

I go back to work on 14th Sept, wife goes back 4th Jan, then Focus goes into the stripping zone

[Twins]

Great project ,get well soon to your daughter

[nugnah]

cheers mate, she is doing great, hair starring to re-grow now, feels like action man head lol

[nugnah]

well split the crossmember and gearbox from the engine, got the engine on it's stand and stripped the beam, some pics for you all.

cheers Jason







going to cut the floor some more later this afternoon.

[dingla rs]

nice tool box in the back ground that another cossie sat next to this ?

[nugnah]

cheers, yeah the box cost me enough lol, and yes another cossie , the wifes, stage 3 340bhp.




but this one breaks my heart, i had to get rid of it when i had the extension, had no where to put it ;(

[dingla rs]

Originally Posted by nugnah

cheers, yeah the box cost me enough lol, and yes another cossie , the wifes, stage 3 340bhp.




but this one breaks my heart, i had to get rid of it when i had the extension, had no where to put it ;(

bet u wer guted ,me m8 got box just like it in green ,so u going sleeper luk of rs ?

[nugnah]

yeah going to keep the focus just as it is for now although I really like the WRC bodykit that Pumaspeed supply, but who knows lol

The RS2000 was singal red 80 (salmon pink) and the guy who bought it knew of the car since he was a boy so it went to a good home and is local to me, although i have never seen it since.
The wife did have a green RS2000 at one point , we are both petrol heads lol

[dingla rs]

Originally Posted by nugnah

yeah going to keep the focus just as it is for now although I really like the WRC bodykit that Pumaspeed supply, but who knows lol

The RS2000 was singal red 80 (salmon pink) and the guy who bought it knew of the car since he was a boy so it went to a good home and is local to me, although i have never seen it since.
The wife did have a green RS2000 at one point , we are both petrol heads lol

yer that kit is very nice i wanted a mk2 before got me focus ,nice to see a women in to cars wish mine was lol you talked to andy yet regarding the convertion as u gota book in advance

[nugnah]

no not spoken to Andy yet, i can't take the focus off the road until after my wife goes back to work so no big rush yet but thanks for the advice ref booking in.

The wife has had so many sports cars it makes me cry, 2 205gtis 1.9 , R5 turbo, RS2000, Porsche 924, Audi Quatt 2.8 coupe, Audi A4 1.8T , Scooby turbo wagon, the list just goes on lol.

The white cosworth was orginally mine, but she drove it one night and wrote it off and I had to re shell it, so once done I gave it to her.
The grey one i bought for £1k with a blown head gasket, the engine spec list is huge , i got a receipt for over 5k for the lump alone

[dingla rs]

Originally Posted by nugnah

no not spoken to Andy yet, i can't take the focus off the road until after my wife goes back to work so no big rush yet but thanks for the advice ref booking in.

The wife has had so many sports cars it makes me cry, 2 205gtis 1.9 , R5 turbo, RS2000, Porsche 924, Audi Quatt 2.8 coupe, Audi A4 1.8T , Scooby turbo wagon, the list just goes on lol.

The white cosworth was orginally mine, but she drove it one night and wrote it off and I had to re shell it, so once done I gave it to her.
The grey one i bought for £1k with a blown head gasket, the engine spec list is huge , i got a receipt for over 5k for the lump alone

nice buy that m8 im still luking for a 4x4 cosworth for rite price still gota sell my fiesta pay for one tho ,she had better cars than i owned lol give you plenty time get al the cossie runing gear cleand an painted ,pumaspeed isnt that far from me wakefield i think

[nugnah]

luckily enough one of my mates lives next door to a guy that works in a metal blasters so happy days on the cleaning front.
The only part of the WRC kit i don't like is the rear bumper, sticks out to far but the rest i love, although not to keen on the big rear spoiler lol.
I paid £1300 for the focus 1.8 air con and it came with the wheels and a filter kit.

[dingla rs]

yer sure you cud make an rs back bumper fit to the kit ,the front end is fat!
im lucky that way to m8 got a sand blaster do bits an underside the car i gave 700 for my focus wiv cossie floor,just need bargain cossie now ,sure that spolier give u gud dwn force tho ,like andys on his mk2 focus

[nugnah]

reciprocating saw internal snapped today ;( , so no more play until fixed DOH .

[nugnah]

Bought a new power saw so finished off the floor, just stripping the 2 passenger doors for spares then binning them.





cheers Jason

[dingla rs]

nice work on the floor there my friend

[nugnah]

cheers, using the power saw was like slicing butter, £34 from B & Q , bargain

[dingla rs]

Originally Posted by nugnah

cheers, using the power saw was like slicing butter, £34 from B & Q , bargain

isit grey an black ,the saw nice see some one doing work ,im itching to get mine back from andys now carnt wait lol

[Brian]

Looking good


Brian

[nugnah]

silver and black yes , makes light work of it, hope you get to crack on with yours soon mate, i'm keeping a close eye on yours and cochyn's.

missus is down asda's so i'm watching the kids lol, but will strip the doors later and store the spares in case her white one needs something. Next on the list is strip the driveshafts etc and get it all blasted and powder coated. I want everything ready for when i get the shell converted i can start bolting everything in.

Struck lucky this weekend a friend of a friend owns a bodyshop and will paint my car for nothing if i put his name on it somewhere, SWEET. Was on a stag do in Newquay Cornwall and met him for the first time , nice guy, even gave me a go of his tuned RS4. Very nice

[dingla rs]

Originally Posted by nugnah

silver and black yes , makes light work of it, hope you get to crack on with yours soon mate, i'm keeping a close eye on yours and cochyn's.

missus is down asda's so i'm watching the kids lol, but will strip the doors later and store the spares in case her white one needs something. Next on the list is strip the driveshafts etc and get it all blasted and powder coated. I want everything ready for when i get the shell converted i can start bolting everything in.

Struck lucky this weekend a friend of a friend owns a bodyshop and will paint my car for nothing if i put his name on it somewhere, SWEET. Was on a stag do in Newquay Cornwall and met him for the first time , nice guy, even gave me a go of his tuned RS4. Very nice

i got the same saw for work lol, yer be nice get every thing powder coated an sat waiting for ur shell you desided on the kit yet?, i droped price on me fiesta by a grand try get rid so can buy a cossie
sore the new focus rs green close up yesterday as was on rs stand with m8 focus rs its got me thinking..

[nugnah]

i'm defo keeping it white and i really like the WRC look, but the front bumper on the new Focus RS looks mean, wonder if it could be modded to fit the MK1 and what it would look like. the mind boggles and i'm dribbling now lol