Matthew_M

right bought my car last year with a 2.0 zvh car was mint but the engine had been made with a decompression plate but was running on ofab etc



having spent shit loads on my last rst build and never getting it finished due to my local bodyshop going bust ive always wanted to do another one to the same spec or better
so i decided i was going to do this one

anyway a mate of mine was selling proberly the uglyst s2 in the world




which i bought because it had a proper zvh in it with a big valve head cvh 35 , t34, cossie management, radtec intercooler and rad, forged pistons steel rods, and a gearbox with quaife diff etc

so anyway i bougut the car swopped all the good bits and then the car was broken

so my car now looked like this



anyway after a few months i soon got bored and it kept smashing clutchs



after putting 3 of these in, in about 2 weeks i decided to sell my car

anyway cutting a long story short it didnt sell so i spent a bit more cash on it trying to make it look a bit nice in hope to sell

so it now looked like



my love started to come back for the car but it was always trying to compete with my last build and it was just never going to be the same last time round i had built a zetec turbo with omex etc and i still wanted this one to be the same

so after a liitle think or maybe no think

i went out and started stripping

took the engine and box out sold the head, cossie managment, gearbox and all the chrome bits etc and anything that would be no use in my new build, soon as the funds starting rolling in on ebay i begain buying

went and picked up an st170 gearbox locally and decided this was the road i wanted to go down with my new zt build

after shopping around for clutchs and realising that to run this box i would need a pedal box remove servo etc and a £600 clutch and still have no lsd

i went and picked up a focus rs box that i won on ebay

anyway this brings us preatty much up to date

the car is off to the welders today to have the mounts made up for the gearbox

ill save the pictures of all the parts to post when i start bolting it all together which with a bit of luck should be this weekend

ive nearly got everything now so keep your eyes open big update this weekend


thanks

Mat

Korda

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good luck with build

2wd saff cos @ stage 3

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good luck, keep the pics comeing.
nice motor

jonny s2

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good stuff m8 hope you finish this one

rst in breaking

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Matthew_M

picking the car up from the welders tomorrow so will do big update including pics of the focus gearbox mounts etc

Matthew_M

right be down with the car today engine mounts are in for the focus rs box, got to plate the wing tomorrow where we cut out for the box to fit and repair a small hole on the floor pan

heres some pics





had to modifiy the standard focus mounting to stop it hitting the servo

both mounts now in place

gonna start putting the engine back together tonight now that the mounts are finished

heres a few of the engine build so far

steel rods


the misses doing some painting







a few of the parts that have arrived so far
omex loom
genuine ford headgasket and cambelt kit
044 fuel pump
water pump
clutch master cylinder
gear selector


rover inlet manifold with my cossie tb fitted


adapter plate for inlet


ill keep updating this thread as the bits arrive ordered everything now so hopeing to have the car finished by the end of the month ready for a respray in march

Mat

Matthew_M

also before somebody says the mounts arent finished yet got some extra supports to make up will post pics of the finished artcles tomorrow

Mat

Matthew_M

cars back here at home gave the gearbox a coat of paint ready to go in


missing a few little bits now before i can put it back together

i need a zetec bottom crank pulley for the cambelt

a crank sensor with the bracket that holds it as my block just has a hole and nothing to bolt a sensor to

a plate that goes between the engine and gearbox to hide the back of the flywheel for a rear starter mtx box

Gonna go down the scrappy today and see what i can find

my biggest problem tho is that my focus rs clutch turned up but im missing 2 bolts that hold the cover to the flywheel if anybody has any lying around

as i dont want to put just any bolts in as im worried it might put it out of balence

as soon as ive got these bits i can put it all back together :'(

cossie j

what are you goin to do about the hydraulic clutch as im thinking of doin the same conversion any chance of sum more pictures cheers j

clarke5700

do you think that mount is gonna be up to the job? the back one looks ok but the top one could do with some more work IMO i done the welding on an st170 box in a fiesta st and one in a mk3 and coming off the wing like that it had alot of flex

Matthew_M

havent posted pics of the finished mount yet will take some tomorrow there braces etc on it now welded direcly to the chasis leg to hold the weight will go take pics in the morning too dark now

rs_traynor

thot u sold this car?

Matthew_M

nah changed my mind decided to build it instead

morph

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