I see a lot of project and rebuild threads on here where people have been forced to think out of the box and come up with solutions to fit bits, both inside their cars and outside their cars.

I've never really done much of it myself, here is an example of how technical I got when I was bored and decided to fit an A/F ratio gauge in one of my old cars for a laugh:



Not seen it done since to be fair.

I thought it'd be cool to see what you guys have come up with since there are a lot of clever/handy people on this site.


Cheers,
Grant

 

Too many to list so i will just put up some pics

 

love the cossy bonet louvres, cant beat a red turbo

 

I own the car now for nearly 10 years. The car is far beyond standard so there are many individual solutions...

Relocated the battery when I put the MFI engine in, so there was no space left for the bonnet hinge. The washer bottle is located behind the upper engine mount



adjustable camshaft pulley



ERST S2 rad in MK2 XR2



blue injection lines, RS1600i inlet made to fit XR3i system pressure regulator and auxilary air device, chromed Opel OHC oil filler cap



External OT sender



and later modded to fit the XR2 engine bay



Hole for second wiring loom (full mappable injection)



XR3i air filter box modified (K-Jet unit removed)



electronic injectors fitted to MFI inlet parts



injector testing



"old" dizzy HT leads modified to fit to late type ESC twin coils



Porsche TPS to be fitted to RS1600i throttle body with RST parts


smaller fuel filter with carbon bracket and special connectors



ECU and additional fuse box in centre console



RS1600i instruments into XR2 MK2



Present for a friend of mine

 

GRant is that a rover dash op:

 

twins, i cant get enough of your drivers seat thats simply awsome, would love 2 in my 3 door!

 

Its very comfy aswell

 

nver noticed the seat before. thats a good idea !

 

There are so many bits of your car that look fantastic mate, but I think the interior is the best bit for me... I wouldn't change a single bit of it.

That's a tight engine bay, no wonder you were struggling for space at times!! Have you got any pics of the RS1600i clocks fitted into the XR2 dashboard mate??

Good spot buddy, yes it is!! One of my favorite ever cars, 216GTi Twin Cam which uses the engine from the Honda CRX... stripped out back end, big dog cage fitted instead, went very very well for a Ł300 runaround. Sat on 5th gear limiter without any fuss at all, IIRC that was around 130mph.

If I could find another one, then it'd be getting bought, they make a fantastic car to cart the dogs around in. ...here's a picture of the wee minx for you Ran.




Cheers,
Grant

 

Engine bay looks better now. I've relocated the battery to the boot and the injection pipes of the K-Jet also are gone now.



They've got nearly the same size like the XR2 clocks. When you sit behind the steering wheel you probably won't notice a difference.

 

One of my fav Escort RS Turbo's good work fella.

 

mk1 focus RS bumper vents fitted to my ST220 bumper.





been fitted 4 years so starting to look a bit ropey now lol.

 

Thats a cracking little touch steve

 

Dave has to be the absolute king of custom touches. Every time you look at that car you just keep finding neat little bits that have been done to it, it's amazing

 

made this exhaust manifold myself. nothing techy though. just gets the gases from the head to the turbo. still rather proud of it though

 

made my own 6deg beam. (with help from tony mannock)

 

loads of good work there lads

 

such a beautiful car pal, probably the nicest rs turbo iv ever seen to be fair! lovin the black engine bay

 

the 2 that have been mentioned i didnt notice

 

wicked project mate

 

Its the viking as grant called it...llf

 

 

this is how i overcome the shit rear end suspension geometry on my escort




new hubs









all it needs is powder coating ,
it will look like this when on car

sorry its pic heavy

 

nothing like anything thats already been put up,but had an hour or so spare one sunday afternoon so made one of these

never like the stainless adjuster i had

sorry about pic quality

 

a few pics of mine got some one off mods inside and under the bonnet but my laptop gave up the ghost on me so lost them i will have to take some more pics when i use the car next





box back i had made because of the back bumper

 

some of mine "one-off" parts to my 3-door.....





















micke

 

90 spec front bumper and early front under bumper smoothed with wide mouth
and i built and painted it myself

 

Some nice mods here. Twins your escort is mint i love all the mods on it.

 

my custom gauge pod!

 

love all the machined stuff

twins - i forget half the stuff you have done, so many little bits

 

Some really impressive stuff, the wee styling touches are great, but some of the technical and properly one off major components that people are knocking up are amazing!!


Cheers,
Grant

 

wow, thats almost up to the standard of the op's foam gauge modification

 

a few one off's in here

plenty that you cant see aswell

a couple out here too

 

IMO Twins car is one of the nicest on the site, let alone just the nicest ERST


Few of mine..

The only mk5 Zetec-S in the country with this conversion, so quite a few custom bits... also seats from a Rover, with custom mounts..

(will update when my photbucket starts working again)

 

Cheers,
Grant

 

Gus, have you got any closer pictures of your S1 Arches and also the kill switches in the wing... they look great from the picture you put up, just being nosey to see them in a bit more detail really.


Cheers,
Grant

 

cant find any close pics of the arches

this is the only close one of kill switch panel

 

I post a pic of my most recent "one off" but the Twins have my dash atm ;o)

 

Had to dig right back into my photobucket account.
Loads of stuff i've done, ive never really took pics of.

Custom heater motor cover i made when i removed the firewall from my FRST..


Airbag cover when i fitted a mk5 dash in my FRST


Secs monitor pod, colour coded double din stereo and mk 6 gearknob


Roll cage for my old rc car


triple gauge pod in my saff


Made my own inlet for my 4x4 saff




relocated the heater control panel in my erst


My cvh crank trigger kit



my cvh cam trigger kit

 

not one unmodified part on it i think

currently in a million pieces and getting a rebuild in time for the summer