Here we have my recently aquired mk2 orion, was featured in performance ford magazine. had a front end smack a while ago but has been repaired (very well might i had) before i got it. it was efi 1600 cvh but had the motor and gubbins ripped out of it. I have not done much except stick on a set of beautiful escos monte rims and stripped, cleaned, prepped and primed the bay

The engine i hav for it is a fully rebuilt mfi turbo lump, all the bottom end re-done, head and inlet re-done, new turbo, freshened up mfi unit, and pretty much every bracket or cover powder coated... which as you can see is in the living room.

If any one has a complete 1600 efi lump either for sale or want to do a deal for the turbo lump, please just send me a message

more updates/pics, as and when they come

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I remember that in the mag ,nice orion

 

Wheels really suit that

 

Good one there mate

 

Those arches were done real nice to especially where the rear door shuts are

Looks far better with Monties on it, be nice to see it brought back to life well done mate

 

always loved this car, mostly cos of the borbet b's it sat on, but still looks fresh on the montes. did it come with the borbets? i spent ages trying to find a set for mine lol

 

Loos great with they wheels

 

thanks for the replies, the car came on a set of puma wheels when i got it, i had some sharktooths for it but managed to do a deal with a freind of mine for the montes just the engine holding me back atm, as im trying to source an efi lump for it

 

AWESOME car!! I was actually looking to buy it! But circumstances changed so I wasnt able to I know the previous owner...guy is an artist when it comes to bodywork! Theres even a shout out to me in the feature lol!

Ill be watching this with interest! You have a LOVELY car on your hands!

One small criticism is I much prefer the Borbet's...but it still looks good!

 

Suits the wheels

 

those arches were made to fit those borbets so perfectly, think they were 16x9s and with a fairly meaty offset from memory, so anything that isnt offensively wide and angry offset is just going to get swallowed up. the arches have kind of swallowed the montes which are normally pretty pokey on the mk4 platform lol

 

Agreed

 

Very nice!

 

glad its not just me thinkin it lol

i know being a ford forum, there isnt going to be much love for the euro look, but this thing was made to be euro, so it kinda needs the rims to suit, otherwise the arches are just gonna look pointless. get some borbet B rims back on it dude, 16x9s pop up pretty easily in the more pokey offsets as they were old audi fitment 4x108, just usually too wide for ford boys, but this is built for them!

 

Blast from the past. glad its gonna be revived

 

Looks the nuts that mate on those wheels

 

I personaly love the wheels on the orion, when the weather gets better i will take more pics, as they do fill the arches quite well, the pics just dont do it justice.
Managed to source a 90 spec bumper plus a loada late escort mk4 efi parts like ecu cover, air box, expansional bottle etc down a breakers yard, only problem was i had to rob them of a mint SE500 cabriolet, with no rust on it

 

ahh glad someones bought it. will look amazing pal. i remember speaking to the owner about the borbets and they were crazy money for a 1 piece wheel

 

yeah, there was a set on ebay not long ago for about £600! cheap for a set of borbet b's but still bloody expensive.

 

thats mega cheap for them
i was told nearly 3x that price basically coz you cant buy them new. an amazing wheel.
you could put spacers on to blow the montes out some more if your not happy.

 

Lovw the look of this car.Cant wait to see it finished.

 

Love orions! Look forward to the updates mate! I need a set of those montes!!!

 

I've always loved this motor

 

painted the bay over weekend, went for nice gloss black, contrasts the blue nicely
have also aquired a efi lump thats gonna be cleaned and painted, and will receive a new belt and pump etc

 

any more updates?

 

Well its been I while (forgot pf password lol) but stuff has started happening again and the old girl is In my garage now, it has an engine in now and almost ready for firing up, I ditched the idea of both mfi and na efi and gone for 1.8 zvh efi with ofac, 195, beiges... when I figure it out pictures will be posted up....

 

Yeh get some pics up.

 

Good lookin motor mate

 

well heres some photos of progress...


After gettin the bay done i got a 1600 efi lump just to chuck in and drive the thing about with before turbo'ing, but a quick check on the cambelt revealed...


the pump was siezed, the bottom pulley smoothed of from rust and the engine seized solid, so i decieded to get on with some other projects i had at the time, and it got left for about 6 or 7 months, until a few weeks back where i decided to crack on
I gave my engine (in peices) to a mate who has an old school machine shop in town where it got built.
In the end it got a full balancing on the rotating asembely, the copper blanks pulled out and re-done, block was decked, honed, polished crank, re-face on the head, re-faced flywheel, arp bolts, new oil pump, water pump etc etc etc
chucked it in the bay day after getting it back, and now just working my way through my 'list' as i suspect most of you are







the last 2 pics are how it stands now, the fuel system, cooling system, boost pipes, breather set up, are all done, and most of the engine is plumbed in now, just waiting on a few clips and niggly stuff, plus a ofac map sensor (rare as fuck) then i got to make the brakes fit, and modify the bumper the fit on around the fan, for now anyways

 

great progress mate.... is that a replacement wing? if so are u making another arch? should be a nice setup when on the road. which type brakes are u using?

 

Yeah theyre replacement wings and the metal arches are done, which is nice an the brakes I got are fiesta st calipers n red stuff pads, with focus st 300mm discs. The hubs drilled out but just waiting for a set of spacerd and high tensile bolts and they can go on

 

Brian

 

The engine bay looks well.

 

Looks well cool

LIFE'S SHORT SO FLOOR IT.

 

do like an onion,lol had a turbo'd black one back in the day myself .rs turbo wi 4 doors for the kids