Firenza 6 litre project... Its painted, pics pg 11. - Page 3

Martin-Hadland · 14-10-2009, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy escos

that engine is going to be a tight fit martin but it do look good

Tight is the word!!!

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turboRS · 14-10-2009, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin-Reyland

Here's the car back when I bought it in 1992..

The last picture shows the car having new wings fitted, the old ones were as new but the earlier cars had wierd shaped wing tops that went upwards towards the edge, later models were a more flat design which I prefer.

Shortly after the pics were taken (mid 1992) I took it off the road and fitted a 4.1 Rover V8 with quad dellorto carbs, I was never 100% happy with the Rover engine so a BMW 4.0 V8 with 6 speed box was bought to replace it. The BMW engine didn't get fitted as my head was turned by the Chevy LS2

As it is right now:

LS2 6 litre V8

Damaged Pontiac GTO donor

Porsche seats will be re-trimmed but the shape is perfect for the car

where was that pic taken / where was your unit in 1992?
that aint weatheroak rd or is it?

Martin-Hadland · 14-10-2009, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turboRS

where was that pic taken / where was your unit in 1992?
that aint weatheroak rd or is it?

You could have just quoted the one picture

It was my second unit in Floodgate Street, proper 1/4 mile road on a Saturday

sbd16v · 14-10-2009, 08:19 PM

awsome

you just need to go wild on her now and show the RWD totb boys how the vauxhalls do it

lol

turboRS · 14-10-2009, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin-Reyland

You could have just quoted the one picture

It was my second unit in Floodgate Street, proper 1/4 mile road on a Saturday

sorry mate, wernt sure how to quote with the one pic

off topic,
do you know if the rover v8 converted mk3 fiesta and escy cozzy are still around? remember seeing them when i was a kid, awesome they were

wat happened to em?

sierra1off · 15-10-2009, 08:13 PM

good luck with this,

Will definately be more impressive if you can keep the external bodywork standard

Mark V8 · 18-10-2009, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin-Reyland

Weighed the engine with all ancils and it came out at 218kg

In it goes, it does look big!

Tight fit !
Out of curiosity / for comparison do you know what a fully dressed YB with turbo etc weighs in at ?

Mark

Twins · 18-10-2009, 10:21 PM

Martin-Hadland · 19-10-2009, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V8 EsCos

Tight fit !
Out of curiosity / for comparison do you know what a fully dressed YB with turbo etc weighs in at ?

Mark

Going to weigh the next one I have out of a car.

Martin-Hadland · 19-10-2009, 08:52 PM

New brake bells were ready today

Need to get on the brake brackets to hold the calipers now.

WENNY · 19-10-2009, 09:00 PM

be a nice little car this

Joshy · 12-07-2010, 04:42 PM

any updates??

i recon a YB weighs more seeing as a pinto weighs in at 190 about dont it?

nuttynil · 13-07-2010, 12:33 AM

Your prob right busy with work and the 500 build but anymore work done on her ..Neil

Martin-Hadland · 13-07-2010, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nuttynil

Your prob right busy with work and the 500 build but anymore work done on her ..Neil

Small progress...

The engine and box mounts are made and it all sits in place without the aid of a crane and rope

Had to cut the tunnel a little...

Need to find someone to make a tunnel now.

kedazz · 14-07-2010, 05:47 PM

nice one m8

marky_g · 14-07-2010, 09:20 PM

sweet was the gto to far gone then?

Martin-Hadland · 09-09-2010, 09:40 PM

Its been a while but I got Danny from Adrenaline to make me a tunnel, I explained exactly how I wanted it and he delivered

Pedal box and steering column next.

boothy · 09-09-2010, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WENNY

looks like a cool old car that martin with a engine to match, will jacko be painting it

Martin-Hadland · 09-09-2010, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boothy

Sadly not, he told me he is closing down right now.

BIG.GEOFF.H · 09-09-2010, 09:51 PM

looking sweet martin

-beefy- · 10-09-2010, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin-Reyland

Sadly not, he told me he is closing down right now.

when did he say that mart ?

Zetecfiesta · 10-09-2010, 05:55 PM

amazing work!!

boothy · 10-09-2010, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin-Reyland

Sadly not, he told me he is closing down right now.

Oh dear.........

Steve the Plumber · 10-09-2010, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin-Reyland

Sadly not, he told me he is closing down right now.

Does Dougie know?

Martin-Hadland · 09-11-2010, 06:39 PM

Ok, time for a bit of an update...

Pedal box and steering needed! Bought a Wilwood pedal box and decided to use a Sierra throttle pedal...

When I got the car back from having the tunnel installed it didn't steer because I'd lost the hole in the bulkhead the column passes through and I'd removed the upper column mount so I could make a new one further over to the right (so steering wheel was central with driver) so after a bit of head scratching I worked out where the hole needed to be and what angle I wanted the column. Power steering was on my mind so an MGF epas column was bought for £25

Steering now much further over to the right and central with the speedo and rev counter (Metro steering wheel isn't being kept!!)

Steering link chopped and ready for welding..

All fitted and it has steering again

Note handy bulkhead bearing..

Next on the hit list was headers...

Stevie kindly sent me some over to try

But in the end I got some made up locally, space dictated what they ended up looking like but I'm happy with them..

Onto sorting the front brake brackets, just need to get the brackets made now..

AquariousRS · 09-11-2010, 07:19 PM

Coming on very well indeed Martin.

Uber uber cool car this

DanW@FastFord · 09-11-2010, 08:07 PM

Look forward to seeing this finished. Looks like it will be a proper monster!

Red16 · 09-11-2010, 08:20 PM

Looking good

12_Second_rst · 09-11-2010, 09:06 PM

looks amazing when u hoping to have it finished?

-beefy- · 09-11-2010, 09:37 PM

looking good mart !!

beef

COLEYST200 · 09-11-2010, 09:42 PM

nice work mart and the down pipes look very nice

bigchez · 09-11-2010, 11:19 PM

Cool! Not much space for turbo's though! Are you looking to tub the rear end?

katluke · 09-11-2010, 11:27 PM

Looking good,the welding thats been done is very neat

. Look forward to more updates.

Gav Diamond · 09-11-2010, 11:43 PM

Nice work mate

Looking at the brakes, i bet 2wd cos brackets are not far off fitting so should be pretty easy??

You keeping the wheels that are on it now or will you need to change because of brakes?

nuttynil · 10-11-2010, 12:21 AM

i love this project martin good work there.

Martin-Hadland · 10-11-2010, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 12_Second_rst

looks amazing when u hoping to have it finished?

My target is to drive it to the Vauxhall show at Billing which is normally June time I think, I wanted to be there this year but dodgy health issues stopped that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gav Diamond

Nice work mate

Looking at the brakes, i bet 2wd cos brackets are not far off fitting so should be pretty easy??

You keeping the wheels that are on it now or will you need to change because of brakes?

There's no way I'd change the wheels Gav, I bought them in 1993 and still love the look even now

The 330 4 pots fit inside the 16" wheels, the bell has quite an offset on it which allows everything to clear.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigchez

Cool! Not much space for turbo's though! Are you looking to tub the rear end?

I can get turbo's in no problem, its intercooler that there isnt space for.

alistairolsen · 10-11-2010, 11:04 AM

This is looking great! Where did the bulkhead bearing come from?

There really isnt much space for those headers at all is there!

Martin-Hadland · 10-11-2010, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alistairolsen

This is looking great! Where did the bulkhead bearing come from?

There really isnt much space for those headers at all is there!

Bought it from RS Components
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/s...NSK#breadCrumb

Twins · 10-11-2010, 04:40 PM

Maxwell · 10-11-2010, 06:36 PM

You my friend should be locked up lol

Nuts conversion!!! Love it

A friend is doing a droop snoot firenza build at the min with a proper hsr chevette engine on dellorto 48s. Was rolling roaded at 194bhp at the fly before it was removed from the car

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Martin-Hadland 1st to 200 without NOS Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (2) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,100 Rep Power: 20	Ok, time for a bit of an update... Pedal box and steering needed! Bought a Wilwood pedal box and decided to use a Sierra throttle pedal... When I got the car back from having the tunnel installed it didn't steer because I'd lost the hole in the bulkhead the column passes through and I'd removed the upper column mount so I could make a new one further over to the right (so steering wheel was central with driver) so after a bit of head scratching I worked out where the hole needed to be and what angle I wanted the column. Power steering was on my mind so an MGF epas column was bought for £25 Steering now much further over to the right and central with the speedo and rev counter (Metro steering wheel isn't being kept!!) Steering link chopped and ready for welding.. All fitted and it has steering again Note handy bulkhead bearing.. Next on the hit list was headers... Stevie kindly sent me some over to try But in the end I got some made up locally, space dictated what they ended up looking like but I'm happy with them.. Onto sorting the front brake brackets, just need to get the brackets made now.. Last edited by Martin-Hadland; 09-11-2010 at 06:42 PM.

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