My Ford Scorpio project


I bought this Scorpio couple of months ago, my plan was just to keep it as my every day runner , and not put so much work in it..... but that failed

this is how it did look when i bought it
a little rust , a dodgey clutch and som other minor problems






removed the gearbox and changed the clutch and the bearing inside the flywheel



put on some white indicators and facelift tail lights + one brand new ford reflectors plate







New bushings to the stabilizer bar



painted a RS kit and the mirrors







Fitted the skirts






Painted one of the rear bumber corners and the front spoiler










bought and changed som parts


new gearleaver cover


new windscreen , but it broke a week later, new heated one soon to come


sanded down a set of cosw alloys , painted them and put on some new tires














Picked up one of those and fited cosworth front and rear suspension


Dohc out


Cosworth in




Leather interior(doorcards will be fitted someday)





Sanded down and primed a set of Rocker covers



Fresh paint



more new stuff



new rear quarter , still need the right side.. found one on ebay but the seler would not ship it to norway

 

did you pay much for this car mate it is so lovely and what are you planing on doing to it

 

I did not pay so much for it , it was a real bargain
My plan is to fully rebuild it to a 2,9 24v Ghia cosworth and make it a minter someday

 

Very nice, great work so far mate

 

are you selling the engine that came out of it

 

its sold , it was just a std 2,0 8v Dohc

 

Top work mate.Have you got the standard ecu for the cossie engine?

 

changed to engine loom and ecu from a 2,9 cosworth

 

nice work mate, different project dont see many scorpios now.

 

nice work!

 

u just dont see these bein played with such a big mota i think there cool

 

Thanks ,
Its not a lot of scorpios around.

 

Very long time since my last update at this forum , but here it comes

Bought a lot of parts and fitted them





EBC Red stuff brake pads



Sierra Cosworth 4x4 clutch






Painted some stuff








Cleaned my gearbox and fitted some new parts






some gaskets


Vectra V6 injectors


CD changer and some restored speakers




Painted some fuel components and the rear bumper















New fuel hoses and fitted the painted parts



New windscreen

Cleaned and sealed interior





Pics from the local ford meeting




I realy want another set of rims with i wider edge on them but i havent found one in my price range yet

 

the engine looks better than showroom! good effort :L

 

Thanks , i love the look of it now

 

looks ace mate, well done.

My old man loves these too - engine bay looks terrific

 

REALLY nice work!

I want to do that to my scorpio 24V too. Where did you get the spare parts from? Im from germany, here you can't even buy a gasget for the scorpio, there are no more parts available at ford. Is this better in Norway? Where did you get the gasgets for the valve cover?

What Paint did you use for the underbody? Something special protecting for rust?

Sorry for my bad english

Greeting,
vuli

 

i so wanted a scorpio/granada

 

I bought most of the parts from my local Ford Dealer.The engine gaskets i bought on ebay from UK.Its not easy to get parts here in norway, but something is still possible to get hold on from the main storage in sweden or from cologne in Germany. Those parts i painted under the car i used 2k EP primer and 2k car paint.

 

that sounds good, i think i will call ford germany in cologne and ask for parts.

I just noticed that you used injectors of a vectra v6? are there any advancements using this injectors? can you give me the part number of that part?

Thank you,
vuli

 

the vectra injectors are bigger. i think are a 225cc/m and standard are like 200cc/m but cant remember

 

Just search for vectra 2,5 injectors on ebay UK and you will find them, I havent noticed much yet but im only using stock exhaust at the moment and stock airfilter. Im going to swap exhaust and another airfilter in the spring, I think it will make more difference then

 

Update of what i have done over the last weeks

Fitted a New radiator with electric fans from the 95-98 Scorpio
Fittet a refurbished thermostat housing and a new thermostat.
Fittet a new Expansion tank with a new fluid level sensor
Also had the airfilter box holder painted
And Motomobil in Germany managed to source me one new towhook cover.
Had that painted and then fitted it.

Pics
(need som more cleaning and paint in the engine bay i see :P

 

good work mate nice to see another saved and cared for

 

Here are some pics from rest of my collection.
I just cant get enough of them
My 1994 2.0





My 1993 2,9 Estate
Whit one of a kind front end built by me





And a couple of my daily driver

 

right decision throwing out that viscous cooling fan. Can you tell me more about the wireing? I have the electrical fans of a Scorpio Mk2 1995 that i wanted to use but i am not clear about wireing it with the temperature sensor.

I would be glad about a quick wireing plan.

Thank you,
vuli

 

you need a termo fan switch, wire the fans permaenatly live, and earth them through the switch. put the switch in the top hose. Nice project, you have just reminded me that i need to do something with my cooling fan!

 

hello chaffe, thanks for your reply.

Which thermo fan switch do i need? i think it should switch at about 95 °C, so i picked out this one:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=380342147942

I planed to put it directly in the hose, i wanted to make a hole in it, put the thermo fan switch through the hole and fix it with a nut inside of the hose.

otherwise i would need a hosing out of metal for the switch like mr. scorpio used. which one would be that?

Thank you very much,
vuli

 

Is there no place in the radiator to fit it? You can buy a "T" peice from ebay to fit it into the top hose if not.

 

Looking good mate, good to see something different getting the treatment How you get on with the bug eyed Scorpio in that weather? They rust quicker than you can think about it over here

 

nice collection you have there

 

hello all, I have a turbo diesel Ford Scorpio 2.500cc in 1991 and it turns out that the rope broke the lever to open the hood and I was wondering if someone could help me very urgent
If someone helps me appreciate it a lot xdxdxdxd

 

Two years since my last post here , i think its time for an update now :P

Sold my 24v Cos last summer, some last pics




Still got my Estate , the red 2,0 and froggy now fitted a 2,3 16v in that

1993 Ford Scorpio 2,9 12v Ghia







1994Ford Scorpio 2,0i CLX






1995 Ford Scorpio 2,3 16v (My everyday car )



1986 Ford Scorpio 2,8 GL tracktoy



Thanks to PF mag for photo

And my 1980 Ford Capri soon to be restored



And also bought myself a 1975 Cortina GL estate mk3.
Undergoing some surgery right now.... it was quite rotten, but just the rear end still to do now

 

Loving those mate, lovely grannys too. Love the leather one!

 

Love it! Love it!

I had a few granada's over the years, big ol comfy buses!

Can you get me a V6 MT75 RWD box??

 

Thank you

Nice and comfy cars yes

v6 mt75 is quite hard to find here too

 

Infact I keep looking through this thread. You're making me want a granada now I might look out for one as a next project when I get my apprenticeship They look so nice!

 

Sounds great You cant go wrong with a Granada mk3

 

The black granada scorpio is amazing

 

Thanks mate