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Old Oct 31, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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Default My ITB'd Mk2 XR2.0 project...

May take a while as i have quite alot to copy and paste haha but thought its worth posting it up on here to show you all my work

My previous car to this was a 166bhp ITB'd Fiesta Zetec S, some of you may have seen around on trackdays or at shows etc-

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Kinda got bored of that and i turned 21 in march and thought now's the time for a mk2 xr2 ive always wanted...

so where i began, first week of May this year bought this -

F reg 88 mk2 xr2, its had front wings replaced, new bonnet and a total respray and undersealed in summer 2008 so its in fairly good nock for a 80s ford ! 12 months MOT, 6 months tax!

these were taken that night once i got home from the 400mile round trip to collect it -

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spec was/is...

Engine:

* 1600 8v CVH;
* Kawasaki 40mm Keihin zx7r carbs;
* Ported head;
* Kent CVH22 cam;
* Heatwrapped Janspeed manifold;
* Yamaha R1 fuel pump...

Chassis:

* Gaz Gold coilovers fully height and damper adjustable;
* Fully Polybushed throughtout;
* 13" pepperpots;
* Budget tyres y0;
* Standard brakes;

Exterior:

* Standard!

Interior:

* Standard!

had problems within the first few days when i bought it like the throttle cable snapped and everytime i braked the fuse popped, both sorted straight away and now happy days...

Now i could start with some updates/progress...

The thing i like best...

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To be continued, LOTS more to come ...
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