Anyone else have this happen when cornering hard left?
The three bolts that hold the pulley on hit the wing! lol
There's probably about 10-20mm clearance at a complete guess (should really of taken a pic) and the engine and gearbox mounts were all fine at the time of fitting (month or so ago).

 

Had the same on my blacktop ka.. Just took some meat off the heads of the bolts. Worked fine.

 

I was thinking about doing the same thing! lol
How did you do it, with a file? Or did you take the pulley off and then do it?

 

thats weak old mk4 shells flexing for ya lol, my mates old 16i with a t4 (yes t4 lol) on a cvh used to flex that bad the front wings rubbed the paint off the a pillars were they meet the windscreen!!

 

I would remove the bolts then get them in a vice and file/grind them slimmer

 

Thats what I'll try and do assuming there is enough clearance to get them out whilst the engine is in?! lol

 

Replace the bolts with some shallower hex-key headed ones?
If not maybe uprated engine mount?

 

Can yon not just slacken the engine mount, bar the engine over a little bit more then lock the engine mount up again?

 

That could work if you have enough play in the gearbox mounts. Works fine on a ka too.
I took the bolts out one at a time and used my hand lathe (grinder lol.)

 

the cradle could have its holes elongated a little?

 

Easier just to grind the bolts down a bit I think...
Will have a play when I get a chance, cheers!

 

Are you using the cvh style mount?

Interested as i've modified mine to use the blacktop/duractec mount on the end of the engine. Hopefully theres no movement in it but nows the time to check before i'm done with the fabrication!

 

Yes mate mod'd CVH mount.

 

Hope you get it sorted, this conversion seems to be fighting all the way.

 

Hopefully mine will be right then. Though might be worth clearancing my inner wing now while I've got the chance since I'm doing it for blacktop aux belt setup anyway.

 

So would another work around for this be to mod the block for a silver top water pump or is it easier to mod the bolts on the water pump pulley?

 

its all down to the escort cvh gearbox and mounts , our escort with st170 turbo has never hit the inner wing.
my fiesta has never hit it either

 

What gearbox is the st170 turbo running then gary? Any piccies?

 

focus rs gearbox