Hi
Brought this car nearly a year ago now, brought as a non-runner apparently only needing a turbo, but after getting it home there was alot more it needed to have done,so the decision was made to rebuild it fully:
Advertised as having a 2.1ZVH forged engine, LSD box etc etc, however after closer inspection it appeared to have a completly standard bottom end that had broken piston lands on 3 of the pistons, standard non-LSD box, no RS1600i front anti-roll bar.
So gave it a quick clean and started to strip it back to a bare shell, found a little rust on the drivers sill, but other than that no rust what so ever. After 4 rusty RSTs this shell was a god send
Cleaned all underneath and applied 6L of anti-stone chip and 4L of white hammerite leaving it looking like this:
Refurbished the Koni adjustables, new Apex springs, Full polybushes, Sandblasted and powdercoated the tie bars and wishbones, rear disc conversion and stud and nut conversion too:
All fitted up:
Taking inspiration from twins engine bay, gave it a full seam weld and smoothed alot of it off:
New steering rack, new TCAs, Brake bars blasted and powdercoated:
Painted the floor:
Resprayed the shell in the whitest of the diamond white shades:
Gas strut conversion for bonnet:
Started to refit the bodykit:
Rear disc set-up:
Refurbished tank from an XR3i EFi:
Brought a rebuilt IB5 box and had a RST LSD fitted to it:
After finding out the ZVH was no good, I bought and rebuilt a 1.6CVH EFi engine:
Fitted into the bay:
Fitted side glass:
Inlet fitted, was orginally going to run OFAB so this was fitted at the time:
Exhaust and rear bumper fitted:
Airtec front mounted intercooler fitted:
New screens fitted:
Turbo and alternator fitted:
Underside shot:
Building up the engine bay:
Fitted a RS1600i grille to keep its origins:
Fitted dash, Full interior is now fitted but can't find the pics:
Then the problems started, was orginally going to run OFAB management, fitted it all in, but could not get it running right, eventually decided to strip it all out and fit weber management, brought a OKC kit of the bay. So pull it all off again:
Will be getting the last bits I need of Jano next week, so hopefully after 10 months of work I will be able drive it!
Full spec is:
RS1600i shell
Full Series 1 kit
1.6 cvh, rebuilt to standard spec with minor headwork, ARP bolts and ACL bearings throughout
Cosworth 2wd T3 turbo and downpipe
Mongoose exhaust system with 3.5" tailpipe
Airtec pro series front mounted intercooler
Cosworth managment with L8 ecu
Bosch 803 dark green injectors
3 Bar map sensor
SFS full silicon hose set
Bailey breather
IB5 gearbox with LSD
Ap racing 4 paddle clutch
Mk5 clutch mod with alloy quadrant
Koni adjustables with Apex 30mm springs
Stud and nut conversion
Full polybush kit
RS1600i front anti-roll bar
Puma gear-linkage
Escort cosworth alloys with 205/40/16 yoko paradas
300mm ST170 discs with mondeo mk3 front calipers
Rear disc conversion
Full refurbished series 1 interior with uncracked dash
Zenon headlight conversion
LED bulbs throughout
Will update as more work gets done.