Well after owning the car for nearly 2 yrs and constant abuse the small ends started to get alittle noisy which was diagnosed when i took it to have the Greys fitted and a custom chip at NMS in Coventry.When i took the sump off i found that the oil pick up pipe was blocked with silicone from the hoses i'd use on the breather system(mainly the oil return from the oil seperator) so don't use silicone hoses on breather pipes cause the oil eats away at it

Anyways into the garage it goes and out comes the engine

This is what it looked like........



started taking it out and put the bits in seperate box's so i new what went where




I borrowed a crane from my mate which made life alot easyer,my son loved taking it out and thought it was amazing....lol





Here are some pics off the pistons and head,as you can see by the colouring on the valves it was running pretty good fuelling wise ;D The block is abit worn and will need a rebore with new pistons at 0.5 oversize ;D







I have sent the block and head to be rebuilt at an engineering place in Lincoln,the lad who is doing it is called Mike Barret and is very good with cossy's.I'm also adding some new bits to the engine and will put some pics up when i take some photos ;D

 

nice pics and good work you are doing there

keep us updated mate

 

keep the pics coming and good luck with it

 

Thanks chaps i will be putting some more up shortly

 

Here are some pics of some goodies i have brought over xmas.....

First one is a fresh set of NGK 9's already have some and still was ok after 1yr and 15000 miles AND i've never had them out to clean them,awesome plug oh yeah and a set of braided brake lines to go with my new discs















Then i came across this so i had to have it cause the rest of my polished stuff is Spec R





I also needed a new damper so got a bailey one cause i like the way they are with the 3 arms





So with the Damper i got these which are polished stainless steel lifting eyes





Then on Ebay the other week i won these which cost me Ł120 and i think they will look fookin awesome with the rest of the stuff.....




also got a stainless water pipe off ebay




Thats it for now folks and will take some pics of the engine as its getting built up

 

Nice one mate

Wish I knew what I was doing so I could do it to mine. Not that it's broke just to clean everything up a bit

Keep the pic's coming

 

Well its pretty easy mate if ya don't rush it and put bits in different boxes.This is the first time that i have stripped/rebuilt a Cossy engine done loads of RST's

 

looks good mate

 

Looking very good ,cant wait for the updates

 

Hello,

I would like to know how you made your calipers gold.

I'm working on a set of rs2000 calipers and discs for my escort cabrio xr3i. But somehow I can't find heatresistant paint in the colour gold.

Maybe you can tell me how to do it, without losing my nice colour after a few miles hard driving.

Greetz Martijn

Holland

 

Hello mate i see you are new so welcome to passionford

My calipers are painted in Hammerite smooth finish which comes in a spray as appose to a tin which you paint on.Just make sur you clean them well and do thin coats at a time allowing each coat to dry fully before applying the next one i've always done the same on all the cars i've owned and its never flaked off.

 

 

Good luck with it m8.

 

mine are also done with Hammerite

 

Ok thanx,

I'm also gonna do it with hamerite....

Looks very nice!!!!

Greetz!

 

hi i can remember seeing your car at ford fair in the summer & i totally fell in love with it. it just looks sooooooooo good on them rims. keep up the good work

 

nice

 

Thanks alot mate glad ya like it here are some pics

 

Just remembered.............. i got this aswell to go with my RS500 intercooler





My girlfriend got me this plate for xmas which is now on the car my mates call me beefy so its pretty my name is keith so could also turn the B into a K with a few placed little dots





I have also got normal colour plates but they don't look good as these

 

I've not done any

 

Oh dear well just start by taking all the boost hoses off,when they are off it gives you alot more space to see/work with. Things like the header tank,air filter,coil and battery are also easy to remove and clean around and put back in

 

oh dear

just remove bit by bit, make sure you mark the parts (handy when putting the car back together), make some pictures about it (so you can see how everything was fitted), and voila... there you go.

 

mmmmmmmmmm........very tempting. Were's my screwdriver set

 

Superb looking saff m8

Nice thread you got going here

Lots of money being spent which is nice!!!

Car looks wicked on that gravel driveway too

 

Keeps the pics coming and keep the good work up ..

 

Thanks for ya comments chaps much appreciated

I have just ordered some more autometer gauges from the states to go with the rest and an Oil cooler from rally design i'll put some pics up when i get them

 

was a brilliant car before you started so cant wait to see the results!

do you have any timescale or is just do a bit at a time when you have a free day?

 

Well i'm not going crazy with it just rebuilding the engine/engine bay. I'd like to put some masive brakes on but i will be putting some 15's back on when i do a track day so i can't hopefully it will be done by the end of january ready for a feature

 

Just a little update.....

Got some new gauges this morning to go with the others in my car they are Autometer ones and i oredered them from the states they are a oil temp gauge and a clock









Hopefully get my oil cooler soon so i'll put some pics up of that when it comes

 

Looks good lad i like the autometer stuff good choice,had em in my other escort

 

Thanks mate.....i thought i'd just stick to what i had and add to it otherwise it starts getting expensive

Who is that bird in your sig?? she is making me hungry

 

Looking good mate.

Wait until you wire that clock up.TICK TICK.Loud as fuck.Ask RobS.

 

those gauges are realy nice mate

 

Ahh ya fookin jokin aren't ya its ok cause i have my stereo loud anyway and my exhaust drowns that out....lol


Cossiemen....... Here are the others

 

Looking really good mate. Like the complete car, underside, interior, engine bay...

 

Thanks mate

 

Looked good before and its looking even better now(Well,when its finished)

 

No i AINT.We were surprised how loud it was for the price of it.
For that kind of money i was expecting swiss workmanship.

 

Well i did get it pretty cheap at least it'll go with the rest


Thanks Stoo

 

looking good m8, take no notice ov stretch the clock aint that loud