pic the day i brought it








after 2 moths of owning it had to take it off the road as the block was leacking so new engine and myt aswell do engine bay while engine is out












engine out start the prep work

 

then start prepping and painting engine parts

i reconditioned my metering unit myself





brought a rebuilt bottom end

0.5 overbore
7-5-1 comp ratio decked mahle pistons and rings
balanced and shot peened rods
balanced crank
acl race bearings







then started on rocker cover cam cover etc















will upload more pics of project engine bay asap

 

This was my m8's car very clean and rust free from what i can remember

 

yeah the engine bay just needed a rub down no rust its had a bit of body wrk in the pass not all great but will get round the the rest next winter

 

inlet manifold completly smoothed then primed painted spent alot of time on











had my head reconditioned









had my flywheel skimmed



then got my hands on my fav wheels but needed a refurb

so i prepped and painted them at work















thats the story so far prob missed bits and pics but ya get the jist

what ya reackon

 

Really tidy that is love what you have done in the engine bay m8

 

lovely job

 

Looks really nice now m8 especially on the softlines i never did like it on them mondeo rims!!!

 

Need 2 get the ambers back on it mate. U need 2 get on doin my red 1

 

Are we ready to start it m8

 

Yeah love softlines always wanted them

 

That looks really good - just ditch the laser cut RS Turbo shield

 

Mint mate!!! Liking that a lot!!

 

Nice work, looks great. Best colour

 

thats nice that, good colour co-ordination

 

looking great

 

Cheers peeps for the coments all good so far try get it to some of the shows hopfully

 

Really nice mate! I'm doing mine up aswell but I don't know what size front door speakers are? Would make life a bit easier thanx

 

Love the little ford badges how did ya get them on

 

I think the fronts are 100mm mate, rears are either 120 or 130 iirc

 

I had the stickers made by a place near to where I wrk then painted the parts flatted them off then put the stickers on and lacerd over them

 

Thats really nice mate looks very clean

 

What a fantastic job you have done it looks mint but I would of painted the engine and parts silver but it was down to your choice still looks nice.

 

That's how they should be done. Hate it when people do half jobs thinking it looks alright.

Making me want an S2 even more now!

 

Cheers for ya coments it has taken me a good few months 2do as I only get Saturdays to mess about wiv it cheers peeps