DONE ABOUT 200 MILES NOW, FINALLY (for latest pics see end of last page)

(sorry for the number of pics)

Hi all,

The last 4 year's I owned my cos, and I thought, why not make one hell of a topic with some history and freshening up/rebuild pics's.
Have fun.

Bought this 2wd cos in september 2000, it looked like this and it had about 150bhp, not much huh? (mileage: 72.500miles)



Got myself some EBC brakes with new discs, painted them blue:



After spending too much money on making the engine produce about 200hp, and I thought it was time for a new paintjob, here it is.
At the paintshop:




Painted and well, ready to mount it all together:






Final result:



At the moment the engine bay looked like this, ram-air filter and a dumpvalve were the only mods ad the time:



Got boared with the standard wheels, so around september 2003 I got myself Lenso S7's with some nice P-zero Nero rubber (215/40):



This is what the car looked like with the Lenso's, next to me 2 dutch friends, one happy cossie-family



After the outside had quite some improvement, I started under the hood. Got a new standard (t03b) turbo, since the old one died, a stage 1 chip and a pallet of samco's, this was the result:



At the moment the interior was quite clean but not changed, only some audio



After I Drove around quite some time I doubted if the suspension was capable enough, so after saving some money I replaced the suspension and exhaust with: koni adjustables, mongoose exhaust (3inch tale), all bushes Polyurethane (Powerflex), this was the result:




Somewhere around may 2004 I planned my sommerholiday, which would mean visiting Monaco, yep the harbour and the tunnel
After doing a general check, my radiator seemed pregnant -too bad-, so bought myself a new one:



After drinking 1 beer less then expected, in Monaco, I saved enough money to get myself 4 new inner-wheelarches (or how they're called in english ), this was the result (gladly no rust or anything underneath:







In augustus last year I visited the Ford Fair for the first time, no comment needed. Since I didn't wanna return empty-handed, I got myself a nice bailey headertank:



From that moment things went wrong, this what the car overall looked like in augustus 2004 (mileage, about 112.500):






At the moment I had around 270bhp and 350Nm torque (done 2 performance tests, this is the average of the results)
Somewhere in september I blew the headgasket? Not that bad, you'd think. After the head came off they're were little pits/holes eaten in my cillinderhead (probably from driving around too long, not knowing the headgasket was cracked). It looked like this:
(it was also below the minimum thickt so it needed replacement)



I could have let the holes be welded, flatten the head, place a new headgasket and be finished. But I didn't, since the pistons were als worn out. And since I'm no lawyer or something, the engine was completely unmounted and the cos wen't inside for a long wintersleep )-;





From now on it's sort of a rebuild, at least the engine would be rebuilt.
The windscreen needed replacement since it had a burst (of about 20cm):



Started cleaning/polishing and blasting some parts:







The plan is to get an engine which can produce 375+ (without cracking), with the following specs/parts:

- New 200 block, JE pistons low (7.8) comp, ARP main studs/con rod bolts, 4x4 cilinderhead), greys, T34/35 or 38 turbo, RS500 intercooler and a good chip

Since this is quite a wild plan (for Dutch terms that is ) it'll take quite a llong time to reach this, I'll keep this topic alive with news and progression.

First things I bought last month are a new 200 block, 139mm thick complete 4x4 (partially rebuild) cilinderhead, new waterpump and a pack of stainless steel rockercover bolts:







Next thing will be the JE pistons, probably end of next month..

To be continued