Right here we go and about bloody time. I been meaning to get a thread going for this for a while now. Bought this red shell about 4yrs ago, done cossie management, lost my job so sold it all, built it all up to mfi again but everything refurbed then when all i needed to do was get it set up and mot'd i one day just went out to the garage, pulled it all apart again and decided to do efi cossie management again.
Here it was over the years....

then when i went to mfi again it ended up like this....

and how it looks now....


The old girl looking sorry for herself, this shell in theory hasnt seen the road since 2003


So, i started collecting parts again for cossie management. I have everything now apart from ecu (want a l8), the engine bay loom Ryan is making for me, just got to pay the rest of the money for it, a air filter, 3 bar map sensor and a pf09 tps. All the rest of it i have, inlet manifold is away at moment being modified.


Had various parts powdercoated, heres just a few of them


Everyone who like me is moving away from chrome has their engine bay parts done in satin black but i want to be a bit different so am going gloss black. Have started with the rocker cover, coil pack bracket, map sensor bracket etc, but also will have inlet manifold, charge carrier, header tank and swirl pot etc done the same shortly. It may look good, it may look crap, who knows till you try. Any opinions??

Didnt realise how bloody huge these things are lol, well the bracket anyway


Was bored the other day so painted my thermostat housing again


And my next job is to pull out the rs turbo wiring loom and put this loom in, a non injection 1.6 ghia loom, much less wiring and hasnt had boost gauges etc cut into it, until now lol


So thats about it for time being, i'll drag the car out again at the weekend to give it a wash and polish then will get some outside shots, this is it before i put the wolfrace voodoos on a few months ago


Thanks for looking, Mike

 

Hi Mike, good to see you got a thread going on here now, Looks lovely in red and with the bumpers smoothed.Looks like a good clean shell has it had much welding or pretty original? Think the bits done in gloss black will look good against the red bay also.Is always good to be a bit different than everyone to.Will be keeping an eye on this build

 

Lovely clean looking car youve got there buddy...good luck with the rest of the build.

 

Cheers people.

Jamie- it underwent quite a big top body build about 4 years ago, having a new panel put into the roof, a new boot floor, new outer arches and outer sills and new front panel, then painted in 2pack and laquer. Unfortunately the underneath at the time was ok so they just stone chipped over but over the past years the rust has really broken out, a 2inch wide patch on the rear chassis rail, and when i was poking about too much one day i managed to make a hole in the lower inner wing part just behind the rear wheel on the drivers side where they all go so these are 2 arears im going to have to find someone to weld up for me. Would like to do the underneath completely but dont have the confidence in doing it myself, maybe once ive found someone to do my welding lol.

 

Looks very nice mate


Brian

 

looking good ,gloss will work well ,went gloss metallic black with my carbon

 

looks great fella

 

Looks nice.Good luck with project and keep up the good work.

 

thanks everyone. Im waiting to get a top phase sensor bracket then i can refit the pulley etc and time it up again then start building up the inlet manifold etc. First things first though i got to crack on with the wiring loom.

 

Looks good

 

looking good mike

i txt ya the other week you run out of credit lol

 

the bodywork looks so good m8, hope you get it up n running soon

 

Looks good Mike was good to meet you the other day.
As said car looks sweet now chop chop we need updates

 

Looking good mike had a nice chat with you tonight haa, ill sent your bracket out soon.

 

thanks for the replies. Its amazing how much motivation it gives you when you start a thread which is why i should of long time ago lol. Kinda didnt touch the car for a good while and left the scene for a bit but just lately i started going to shows and meets again and have got to know alot of great new people etc. Update will come at the weekend. Gonna crack on with some bits over next few days

 

hey mike glad you decided to get back on it again.looks a lovely car mate hope all goes well with build

 

looks great mike

 

be good to see this about!

 

looks mint mate keep the pic's coming

 

nice car. minter!! this cosworth manegment sytem this fit on to a 1.6 cvh engine or do you change it completly? also what do i need to buy for me to have this n if not where can i get this stuff from.. finking of putting it in my escort

thanks mike

 

michael88- if you go onto oddkiddcreations.co.uk and onto the forum there it'll tell you everything you need plus alot of it can be supplied by them. Yeah the management works with the 1.6cvh, but you use all different manifold etc like a efi fiesta turbo inlet manifold. It'll tell you everything you need to know on that site.

Rob7656- yeah tell me about it, ive forgotten what it feels like to drive as escort turbo lol

 

Looks very nice mate! Best colour!! Thinking of going down the cossie route myself...

 

Sorry theres been no updates but i can promise you some big updates soon over next couple weeks.

 

Chop chop Mike

 

Forgot how good your car looked mike

Twins: did mike get onto you about your phase sensor setup ?

 

i hadnt yet conor, was going to have a look at his thread first. Mind you i havent even got a cambelt cover at moment, thinkin of getting a clear one possibly if i can find one. If not i'll wait for when jano gets some more brackets made up.

 

your on here early haha yeah fair enough but let see some progress

 

Yeah popped on before i went to work to check a few threads i had replied to.