DONE ABOUT 200 MILES NOW, FINALLY (for latest pics see end of last page)

(sorry for the number of pics)

Hi all,

The last 4 year's I owned my cos, and I thought, why not make one hell of a topic with some history and freshening up/rebuild pics's.
Have fun.

Bought this 2wd cos in september 2000, it looked like this and it had about 150bhp, not much huh? (mileage: 72.500miles)



Got myself some EBC brakes with new discs, painted them blue:



After spending too much money on making the engine produce about 200hp, and I thought it was time for a new paintjob, here it is.
At the paintshop:




Painted and well, ready to mount it all together:






Final result:



At the moment the engine bay looked like this, ram-air filter and a dumpvalve were the only mods ad the time:



Got boared with the standard wheels, so around september 2003 I got myself Lenso S7's with some nice P-zero Nero rubber (215/40):



This is what the car looked like with the Lenso's, next to me 2 dutch friends, one happy cossie-family



After the outside had quite some improvement, I started under the hood. Got a new standard (t03b) turbo, since the old one died, a stage 1 chip and a pallet of samco's, this was the result:



At the moment the interior was quite clean but not changed, only some audio



After I Drove around quite some time I doubted if the suspension was capable enough, so after saving some money I replaced the suspension and exhaust with: koni adjustables, mongoose exhaust (3inch tale), all bushes Polyurethane (Powerflex), this was the result:




Somewhere around may 2004 I planned my sommerholiday, which would mean visiting Monaco, yep the harbour and the tunnel
After doing a general check, my radiator seemed pregnant -too bad-, so bought myself a new one:



After drinking 1 beer less then expected, in Monaco, I saved enough money to get myself 4 new inner-wheelarches (or how they're called in english ), this was the result (gladly no rust or anything underneath:







In augustus last year I visited the Ford Fair for the first time, no comment needed. Since I didn't wanna return empty-handed, I got myself a nice bailey headertank:



From that moment things went wrong, this what the car overall looked like in augustus 2004 (mileage, about 112.500):






At the moment I had around 270bhp and 350Nm torque (done 2 performance tests, this is the average of the results)
Somewhere in september I blew the headgasket? Not that bad, you'd think. After the head came off they're were little pits/holes eaten in my cillinderhead (probably from driving around too long, not knowing the headgasket was cracked). It looked like this:
(it was also below the minimum thickt so it needed replacement)



I could have let the holes be welded, flatten the head, place a new headgasket and be finished. But I didn't, since the pistons were als worn out. And since I'm no lawyer or something, the engine was completely unmounted and the cos wen't inside for a long wintersleep )-;





From now on it's sort of a rebuild, at least the engine would be rebuilt.
The windscreen needed replacement since it had a burst (of about 20cm):



Started cleaning/polishing and blasting some parts:







The plan is to get an engine which can produce 375+ (without cracking), with the following specs/parts:

- New 200 block, JE pistons low (7.8) comp, ARP main studs/con rod bolts, 4x4 cilinderhead), greys, T34/35 or 38 turbo, RS500 intercooler and a good chip

Since this is quite a wild plan (for Dutch terms that is ) it'll take quite a llong time to reach this, I'll keep this topic alive with news and progression.

First things I bought last month are a new 200 block, 139mm thick complete 4x4 (partially rebuild) cilinderhead, new waterpump and a pack of stainless steel rockercover bolts:







Next thing will be the JE pistons, probably end of next month..

To be continued

 

 

Great topic, all the best for the rebuild.

 

Keep the piccys coming

 

Keep the pics comin'

 

Quality post mate . Looks so much fresher after that respray.

Keep them pics coming

 

looking good! nice to see someone spending abit time making a car what they want!!

 

good luck cris......

 

Thanks Wim.
By the way, folks, Wim is the owner of the black 4x4 saff in the 3-in-a-row-pic.

 

car looks real nice hope the engine works out good luck

 

M8 your car looks top after all the work you have done

Pity the engine has given up but at least your rebuilding it with the best and not just bodging it up.

Keep up the good work

 

Nice rebuild. U mind giving me the JE Piston part number ?

 

Thanks for all the reactions guys, gives a less the feeling that there's no end

Unfortunately I don't have a partnumber (yet), the JE pistons are made with the specifications you say you want them (comp. ratio, size etc.), so I'm also afraid they don't have a static partnumber. When I get one, I'll let you know though.

 

Very nice car! Best of luck with the rebuild

 

this post is more work then rebuilding an engine..

but keep it up ...

 

superb m8!

 

hahahaha.....dont tease him pim...

 

 

That looks absolutely spot on mate, but i still aint cleaning my car now you've put these pics up LOL.

Lovely paint job & nice simple clean engine bay

 

Thanks m8, too bad you aint cleaning yet

Engine bay should look more impressive somewhere half of upcoming summer..

 

Great job m8! Hope to see it for real sometime!

 

looking good cris

 

Looking good mate

Keep us upto date with your progress

 

Great story with nice pictures - thanks mate

 

January 2005, new waterpump:



February 2005, beatblasted my inlet, plenum, elbow and some other stuff:











More pics and parts coming soon..

With a bit of luck I should have all needed (engine) parts around september this year.

 

Looking good mate . Fancy starting on mine after

 

very nice

 

Just received some new parts today... gives you quite some more good feeling that my baby will be ready some day... (hopefully this year)




Next update should follow quickly, because it's my birthday tomorrow

 

Very good work m8
What sideskirts are on it please m8

 

There from "Trimline", I had never heard of the make, before I had my cos.
Interested?

 

Have you got a good side on pic please m8
They look quite nice from what I can see

 

Hi Guys,
Just got some new parts today, so I thought, let's post some new pics about the last months.

Completely emptied the trunk and found some rust )-;





Also painted some of the pearlblasted parts, which are now ready to use:





.. also cleaned the intercooler


Here are the new parts I got from march till today, also polished my headertank and coilcover.














That's all for now... more to come

 

nice stuff. cris...

the pistons are cool

 

Lookin good! That paint job is mint!

 

Thanks Jen, it was done end of 2002

Finally some news... just ordered some new parts:

- High pressure oil pump
- Complete group a engine set (excluding headgasket)
- Kometic steel 3layer headgasket
- Alcon 6paddle (complete set)
- ARP main stud kit

Specs of the new engine:
* new 200 block, std bore
* low comp 7.8:1 JE pistons with valve cutouts
* ARP main and big end bolted
* Grinded/balanced std 2wd conrods and crankshaft
* Kometic 3-layer headgasket
* Standard resfreshed 4wd cilinderhead with modified inlet
* for now std yellow injectors and t3 turbo...

Target will be around 370bhp with a t34 turbo and light blue or grey injectors.

Here are some pics:

Freshened up the rad fans, new bolts, protected the mounting points and mounted my new alu radpipe:



Cleened up the wheels:



Preparing the engine bay for the new engine:








The battery-tray, not bad huh:




Will post some new pictures when the enginebay is resprayed and the new parts arrived. Wish me luck

 

i wish youluck cris

 

Lookin good mate keep the pics commin

 

cozzie4d,

*Dutch mode ON*

ik ben echt wel heel benieuwd waarmee jij de radiator en radiator molen
zo proper gekregen hebt? Welk produkt heb jij gebruikt? Of gewoon met een
hogedrukreiniger afgespoten?

*Dutch mode OFF*


looks very good mate, keep us updated and good luck.

 

That's going to be a beautiful dutch cossie

Where did you buy the Alcon clutch???? Sandtler??

 

looks ace mate. keep the pics coming.