thought id start my s2 resto

hers she is when i got her








and when i got the white bonnet




and my alloys.



and heres some pics of what ive done so far i just dont have the time the now.mainly because of my job and impending wedding,


















ive taken the loom out and found 2 alarms and immobolizers and about twice the wiring there should be




after that i thought id take the head off and see whats cooking in the engine and i found this had happened to say i was pished off is an understatement











reckon its been a poor rebuild i only done about 60 miles in it with no boost at all. so i dicided id get new brakes and got on the fone to Oldskoolfordsrule and got my self a cossie set up for my car





so a big thanks to him. apart from that i aint been doing much else to it just been to busy working and now ive found that my turbo is fucked so its rebuild time. just need to decide the route im going to go with it

 

Keep it up mate, theres times you think "fook this" but stick at it, well worth it

 

i will mate whats happening with yours i mind it was at a west meet last year

 

good luck with the project

 

mate, ive thought a few times about fuckin mine off lol. its stripped just like yours at mo, rebuilding it and making it mint, good luck with it pal

 

I can't wait to see the outcome of this one~!

 

What power and engine you running in it jus normal 1.6cvh turbz??

 

looks a good project mate
keep it up

 

Good luck buddy
Looks like a fair bit of work ahead of you!

 

good luck mate ,

 

Good luck mate


Brian

 

I got 179 bhp and 185 torque, with only suttle engine mods at mo. thinking of 2.1 zvh ? ! ? good luck mate, keep me posted n il let you know how im getting on and send some pics.

 

anyone see brians comment, could any1 tell me how you get pictures like hes got when you post a message on a thread?? And why doesnt my profile pic show up?? cheers

 

dont worry peeps, i think ive nailed it

 

its a 1.6 cvh and its running 184 bhp. Im wanting to go for 250 at the fly but need to look in to it more and im going to change to efi. I was checking the zetec conversion but its too expensive and the 1.6 cvh is getting good power.

 

How easy is it to change to efi? does it squeeze out more power?

 

your sig pic is far too big!!
good luck on the rebuild m8

steve

 

I no i tried to change it but cudnt sus it, think i got it now tho. lol!!

 

just changing to it doesnt but its safer and can handle more power safely mate if you not want id say over 220 then stick with mfi

 

probs stick to mfi then, more than 220bhp in a front wheel drive is a nightmare unless you spend more money on being able to put power down. cheers for the advice mate.

 

Done a bit more to her Ditching the efi idea just going to stick to mfi

well i took the roof cloth out and the windows i cracked the windscreen but it was fooked lokking at getting a few carbon body parts and getting the new panel list started. Im going for a carbon fibre boot and bonnet and plastic windows looking to shed weight so im not putting the sound deadning back in.

well here what i found when the head cloth came out it was starting to sag and now i know why i wish i just left it on lol!!









then i got the rest of the kit of somecunt welded the inner wing and left the kit on and melted it.









Also Found A bit of Rust on the window frames but on the whole i expected worse now i need to get the running gear off and the block out and get her welded and painted.




This Is How Shes looking now

 

was up at it and had a look today its looks like its goin to be a easy sort on all the welldin if ma da gets wots left o his finger out lol

was lookin at the cossie again the day u goin to give me a hand to swap the loom over to the new shell wen am ready?

 

He is so right mate. so stick with it.

Dont let the rot put you of.

I bet the batry tray not to good.

 

The battery tray looks to be ok from what i can see. ive had a few fuck it days but i bought the car the day my step father died so it has a special place with me and will get done and kept.

 

Looks a good project and looks like you've been busy! Are you gonna keep it white?

 

I have them days to. But i have dun all the bad bits and it's all on the up.
So tuch wood it's all go go go.

Ill get sum pics up of the track car to be and my new rs turbo that i have.
It's bin in shed for 10 years. Not bad for Ł400

 

was thinking about green but im staying white they look so good in white

 

 

Ouch! Lot of rust
Good luck with this project

 

Bloody hell mate its well rotton.I hope you repair it and dont break it for parts.

 

how much did you pay for it m8??? and good luck with it

 

Good luck with it, The rust would have put me of by now.

 

1200 mate with tax and test

 

keep up with it mate it will be worth it in the end took me 2 years getting there now.

 

hope you carry on mate am going to strip mine soon, am not looking forword to it lol

 

Good to see your still at this mate, not seen you at a meet for ages. Hope all is well.

 

aye everythings going great mate i wont be back at the west mate. but ill defo see you soon you still got your fiesta ?

 

keep going mate! good start though

 

Have you not thought about re-shelling with the blue escort in the background? Would be cheaper cost wise, all it would need is a re-spray, coz by the time you've bought all your panels and repaired other areas the cost would obviously be greater. That is if the blue escort is yours!!!!

 

ya car looked well rotten mate good luck with it ,it needs a lot of work