xeonxr6

Realised I've not shown you guys this. Here's my car, pulling in to Trax 2010.



This is Kenny, my 2.0 Ford Ka. I built him up myself on my driveway last Spring; built the engine the year before. The 2 litre is a Blacktop Zetec from a Mondeo running on a DESK ECU. Pretty standard except for ARP rod bolts (money was tight) and the nessacerry parts to bolt up to the IB5 gearbox in the Ka and a Silvertop rocker cover.

Out came the poxy 1.3 Ka engine.


The 2.0 just couldn't wait to be fitted.


Well it got what it wanted...


A video of it's first start if you're interested:


This is how he looks now.


And a few other bits and bobs for your viewing pleasure..








Unfortunately it's a little slow atm, as in not moving.. since my alternator mount (i welded up) is on the cock and ruined the belt. That's why I'm after an old CVH alt mount to modify to suit.

Thanks for looking guys, welcome any questions or comments.

stembo21

iTrader: (1)

nice project mate

rhinopower

Nice project. Looks like the engine is sitting on the piss though? What mount did you use?

whizzisat114

iTrader: (2)

Look's great
i bet that put's a few boy racers to shame at the traffic light's

xeonxr6

Nice spot It has to sit on the cock else you have to cut out a slot in the bonnet for the exhaust pulley not to hit it. I modified and welded up an old CVH mount to fit the Blacktop. A mate of mine had a batch of chassis side mount plates laser cut and welded up - so used one of them. I'll put a few pics up if you want like.

You'd think it was quick but it just lights up the tyres in the cold. Need some R888 or something, I'm not a huge fan of the Pirelli P6000's that are on now.

By the way, I'm by no means done with this project. It's still on-going . I'm actually going to take a backward step to move forward. The bucket seats are being sold; so are the clear headlights, carbon fibre door cards, Koni fully adjustables etc. I fancy going the whole way with the sleeper look, both internal as well as external. So there'll definitely be more going up on here soon.

Escow-Van

Looks like a very nice project
+ yeah, keep it standard looking with the plastic bumpers. Sleepers are officially the coolest thing ever.

24vcossiemat

thats just about my thing that is.. looks pretty standard but stuns ya at the lights..

graham c

iTrader: (5)

sleeper looks all the way and get some gas on it to

xeonxr6

You mean something like this that's in my spare room?

jonny s2

iTrader: (12)

ace project, bring on the nos

what jets will you be running

xeonxr6

I don't know it's another thing I haven't quite thought up yet. Well I'll probably be after about a 50bhp increase.

So 0.019" for the fuel and 0.035" for the NOS. That should see somewhere around the right level.

Fiddy

cool little ka

wess-rs

Freaking awesome!! Nice little sleeper !!

wide ka

At last you have sorted it!

xeonxr6

Hey Al, it's been a while. Yeah, finally got it working after many many moons of work.

Brendan

iTrader: (1)

ohh yes that looks fun..... feeding henry's baby model.. all of those cc's and NOS too......

WelshFiestaGroup2

Nice.............. Got a soft spot for ka's with 2 litre zetecs heres my old one:

I had to cut a hole out of the bonnet for the cambelt cover to poke out

Chris

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

I love the look of this.I also like cars that look totaly standard on the outside.I so wanna do the same conversion on MK3/4/5 fiesta.I just wish i had a bit of spare cash.

xeonxr6

i know that car! heres me with Barney, the chap who had it last lol

WelshFiestaGroup2

went down hill after that

xeonxr6

bless ya pal, regret selling? your engine bay looked much tidier than mine. any chance you could PM me a few higher res pics of your build? or point me in the direction of your build thread if you made one? i need some ideas and inspiration.

at the moment a lot of the my Ka is about to take a backward step. the door cards are going, no where to rest my arm! the seats are going, look like a complete d*** getting in and out of them. so is my OMP racing wheel, the clear headlights and my radio. A few new jobs include:

fix alternator mount
weld new tensioner
paint bumpers.. matt black
fix the tacho feed for the heater control valve (bloody freezing in this weather)
fit engine mount bolts + loctite in places where they've vanished o.O
paint the Koni coilover shocks and fit the kit
paint the Mondeo V6 calipers.. and fit (probably have the carrier machined back instead of space the disc)
fit the NOS

full fluid service is needed, and fit the magnetic sump plug - then we'll see if i built the engine right.

anything else I plan to do, I haven't thought of yet!

Thanks, Andy

KevST

nice work so far dude, and especially (as far as i know) doing all the work yourself. keep up the good work

AaronsKa

i got that silver ka and had a right ball ache with it due to wiring faults.
had to be recovered off the m4 about 10 miles away from where i picked it up.
couldn't go around left hand corners without the engine fouling the mount and killing the tentioner. so how it went down hill from that i dont know.

Nice ka Andy...Good work.

steve st220

that looks a proper sleeper mate.

my mate si was building a cool 1, it had 4x4 off the mk1 mondeo and a 2.1
zetec turbo.

rhinopower

What buckets are they and how much do you want for them?