Was over at ava this morning to see how my car was coming along and was real happy with the work and the car is nearly ready to start. They still have the vernier pulleys to fit and adjust to get the car drivable to run in as the part map in the ecu is from my old spec. New inet is done, remote oil filter fitted and oil cooler mounted behind the drivers side 500 grill. All the pipework from the new proalloy cooler is 3" inc the tb Comments welcome

 

Looking good

 

Getting there mate

 

Bet you'll be glad to get it back m8.

 

Yip should be ready to pick up in 3 weeks when i get home from work, was all the little bits that have been done that impressed me. Was all mnt to just be pushed on fittings onto the fuel reg and rail but is now jic fittings with compression fittings onto the original pipework. Oil filter is now under the t/b so easy to change and pipe in well.

 

plenum looks cool with fuel reg on it etc.

All the wee different bits make the car

 

 

 

Yip think its an evolution of your plenum with the different cable bracket and the fuel pressure reg mount. All starting to look the part , wasnt till i got home and uploaded these pics i noticed that it looks like i no longer have a dump valve .

 

this is coming together nicely

what transmission etc do you run? and what power@wheels you hoiping for? which turbo is it again?

 

Im running a ford thickwall cased plated front diff, full mullit spec rear and will be using a mullit box.
Going to hopefully be maxing out the CR turbos T38 justnow hoping for around 360/380 atw at ava , the last one Alan mapped on that turbo made 360 but wasnt pushing the turbo.

 

i did t have a dump valve at first either when I got my plenum. just a cars of ordering the right pipe with the t on it already.

 

Because mine is a sharp elbow hose i might end up just getting a boss welded onto the hard pipe where it comes out the cooler. Were not running the turbo cooler anymore with the bigger rad and cooler so have space above the rad that a valve will fit nicely. Might even buy AndyR's foofoo valve.

 

Good to meet you Neil - sorry I was in a rush yesterday but got my exams and need to get on with a bit of work!

Fingers crossed for you getting fun out of it when you get back from the pleasure island that you are currently on

 

 

Thanks for the comments guys

Yes good to meet you aswell martin, was that a bit of homework you were away with

 

nearly there now

 

Looking good Neil, wish mine was going to be ready as soon as that


Scott

 

Sore your car today while i was there picking me turbo up.....it looks well nice..

 

Scott hopefully yours shouldnt be too long now since it looks like they are starting to clear there feet of other projects.

Lawnsy Thanks hopefully it will be out the shed and on the rollers for map tweaking soon.

 

 

Nice inlet mate

 

Basic spec is :
Mountune WRC block
Ceramic coated low comp JE pistons
Arrow rods
CNC big valve head, with extra hand finnishing
+1 mm Ferrera valve , double springs, titanium retainers
Mountune cams, piper vernier pulleys
Seimens 83lb/hr injectors
Ava inlet with 3" tb
Mongoose exhaust
CR Turbos T38
Collins ECU
Remote oil filter and cooler

 

I hope so, have seen quite a few cars come and go since its been in, although i know tom has spent a load of time on mine, i'm same as you, been waiting that long am just desperate to drive it, will need run in though then back for mapping, but i know that wont be straight forward, alan did say it will take a good while and be with me then back a few times for tweaks to improve it, similar to euans i guess where his has kept improving after almost every visit

 

Scott :Mine is trying a few new things for ava but nothing compared to your car. Think i seen some cooler end tanks infront of it the other day but dont know if they were for your car or not, wasnt realy down in the bottom shed as mine is next to the rollers now.

 

hope to be going through soon to find out, euan was saying they have done the fuel rails and fuel pumps, but he couldnt remember what else had been done.....still a fair bit to go til its running and i get it back

 

well theres certainly progress bud,dizny look far away,
when u back?29th?

 

Yip the 29th so hopefully get over that week to pic it up. Will give Alan a phone a few days before i get home and update you on here(bastards at work have blocked msn ). I does look good was impressed when i first lifted the bonnet at the work thats been done, will look better once all the bufty bits are refitted and its had a good clean up.

 

na bother bufty boy!! al take day of and we shall go through,get the old scort checked while there.

 

Neil, what did you do for ahose on the throttle body side?
Is that a roose one? or did AVA source it??

 

Liking that!

 

getting there now neil

 

Ava sourced it im sure its a samco elbow cut down to fit. Roose do a hose for swedish plenums ready shaped, if i dont fit a dumpvalve fitting onto the hard pipe at the cooler elbow i will get a Roose hose with dv fitting.

 

car looking good mate, was through on sat with euan and saw your car....

 

very nice car.

who made the plenum?

 

AVA in Glasgow made it , its the first one they have done for a escort

 

its looks very very good, and i like the finish, no "gay" polish

btw. real cool engine and car.

Like it, i m also planning to go for T38

 

top fabrication work, they are doing a couple of small bits and pieces for my car 2

 

stuff like that scott?

 

Recon the other ones that went with those pics show Toms skills off more