Well, being as i got my donor car yesterday, thought we would get cracking with taking the lump out of the 4i.

My donor car which i only paid £150 for!! ... (Seems a shame to break, in better nick than i thought)




Engine coming out on the side of the road...


Engine waiting for hoist ready to be lifted out...



Got the engine out today aswell which is now sitting in the boot of the granada, so tommorow i`m gonna gunk the engine bay and clean the bay out nicely.

More pics and info to follow tommoz peeps...

 

what sort of bhp are the 24v's in std form?

 

http://www.e-ford-motoring.co.uk/modified.asp

197 bhp in standard form.

 

nice one mate i'll keep an eye on this project got anything else planned

 

Alright Billy. Havn't really got any planned at the mo, but i dare say i will have once the engine is in. My mate is gonna sell me his black 16" 5 spoke mondeo alloys so that will set it off a bit...

Drove past your cabriolet yesterday, lookin sweet.

 

yeah lol 1 thing at a time and all that

them wheels will look good set it of well

cheers mate its getting there slowly

 

1.31bhp per pound, what a bargain

 

Deal of the bloody century!!

Didn`t really get alot done today because of the rain, but we applied Gunk degreasent on the engine bay and pressure washed it and it has done wonders. Just got to clean with T cut and polish now.



Removing the engine from the cosworth tommorow morning (Sat)...

 

I think this might have something to do with it being cheap.....

 

make sure you take the rear beam from the granada too, aswell as the front calipers, as the granada shares brake calipers with the 4x4 cossie, aswell as the rear ARB diff is 7 1/2" 3.64 ratio as per 2wd cossie, but with smaller output flanges.

 

nice mate wish ihad chance to clean my bay up before the turbo was put in

 

I soooooooo miss my White 24v 4i

Good luck with yours

Steve.

 

Cheers steve, looks nice from the siggy. Got any more piccys of it?

Well, the weather was a bit better today, although it did rain a few times. We seemed to take the best part of a day taking it out, but hey, its out.

Just started



Boot and rest of car are rapidly becoming a skip


This is my m8 mark who kindly offered a hand




Front off


My workshop


Just getting ready to come out



Its coming.....



And its out!!



Tomorrows job, Gunk engine and pressure wash and start the dreaded loom...

 

nice one- soon be back on the road at that rate

 

dont hang about do ya mate

 

Don't forget to fit a spigot bearing in the crank, the auto does not come with one.
You will not believe how much better your new engine is and it uses less petrol

Mark

 

 

Got a little bit more done today although it has been raining all day. Today I removed the dreaded auto box from the engine along with the air-con, and removed the engine half of the loom. Starting to look a mess now and also have a couple of questions...

1) How do i remove this funny looking thing from my flywheel? (See pic below)

2) How do i attach my engine loom to my Xr4i? I`ve followed the main engine loom through the bulkhead to the ECU and cut the other wires from the ECU which don`t lead to the engine (if you can understand what i mean)



Some more piccys...

Dashboard being removed...


Filling rapidly...


Dashboard out...





Auto box removed!!



Depending im not working Monday afternoon, then i`m going to remove the 4i dashboard and engine loom.

 

simple way find the ecu connetor and you will find 98% will feed to all the engine sensores edis and injectors the rest is power, fuel pump.

 

I have just done the same thing last weekend and fitted it to my sierra this weekend!

The torque converter (big donut thingy) comes of by lossening the nuts at the back. you have to do them a little bit at a time then move on to the next one and so on till it comes off.

What gear box are you using? and what clutch/pressure plate?

 

Cool. For the moment, i`m gonna use a type 9 gearbox from my 4i for the moment (i know its not the strongest of boxes), and i was going to fit the 2.8i clutch if it fitted.

Also, as mentioned above, i will need to fit a spigot bearing as mine don`t have one...

 

Hey mate.

Here someone who did this here in Holland.
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grts from Holland

Turbopaultje

 

That looks sweet.

This isn`t you is it, burning rubber?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKNCpYCMDB8

Looks the same IMO....

 

Oh dear. Well i managed to get the loom out of the cossie but managed to mess it up and cut some wires i shouldn`t of done .

All is not lost tho, the loom is being sent to 'Mark 24v wiring' to be sorted out ready to go in the 4i (Cheers Mark) , meanwhile, i`ll be going to my local ford dealer for a spigot bearing and a new drivebelt. Once i have them the engine will be bolted in by the weekend and then i can add the loom on when it comes back.

This leaves me with the exhaust, i plan to use the top half of the cossie downpipe and the bottom half of the 4i downpipe. Never custom made an exhaust personally, any one got any tips?

More pics soon...

 

What spigot bearing are you using? or are they all the same?

Car will be proper when you've done it. Love '4i's

 

Going to use a 2.8i rwd item as i`ve been told this will fit

 

The XR4x4 down pipes almost fit. But you need to weld in the lambda sockets.

Just love the 24V in my XR

 

Well peeps, engines in!

Managed to get the engine in today, bit of a squesse but its in. Tomorrow, got to plumb it it up all apart from the loom, which will be with me shortly.

Also managed to get myself some better rims than pepperpots...

Happy man now at this stage...







Spigot bearing


My new wheels




More piccys tomorrow....

 

 

looking good glad the engines in and them wheels look loads better sure i recognise them though lol

just need to buy that stainless exhaust off me now eh

 

Yeah, might do yet, dunno. Going to have a look at the exhaust side of things in the morning.

Quick question: Could i use special exhaust flexi pipe to join my exhaust as a temporary solution?

 

yeah well et me know mate il be up the workshop tomrrow

yeah should be fine if your not planning on usng it long were would you be using it though?

 

On the downpipe to mate the cossie downpipe to the 4i exhaust.

Any ideas who sells it?

 

if its temporary id try and if it works it works if not it dont

what about just goin u treadfirst adn buyin a bit or bjs should sell it they sell them backboxes

 

Its only because i plan to use the car on the 27th to go to peterbourgh for a car show, and i don`t think i`ll get a proper one made in time. I`ll have a look in the morning

 

i would what shows that modified nationals?

 

Heres a few pics of my old 24v 4i







I had the car 6 years, only sold it in Febuary

Steve.

 

fatboy billy
Yeah thats it. 25TH - 27TH May at Peterbourogh

cossie4i
That looks sooo sweet! What front bumper is that as it is different from mine and i want one...

 

Its a 3dr cossie bumper colour coded to match the XR4i body kit.
You have to modify the tow eye on the car to fit it

Steve.

 

need any advice over the Phone try www.topbossperformance.co.uk

ask for Fitz he is a hard man to get hold of, just say Johnny sent you


you will get him, he has done hundreds of thease convertions