Hi all
i picked up this
for £30

 

more photos










thats how i got it but still well worth the £30

 

so that was yesterday (13/9/13)
today i started to look closely and its better than most

 

Seams pretty straight good project

 

and i have started to clean it up
















it looking good and only took about 15 mins to clean up an thats with taking the bonnet off lol

 

its one of the best shells i have seen, and i have got a whole 1985 mk2 to pick up so thats all my bits sorted

 

Sounds good what's the plans monster mk2 or full restore

 

this one is full restore, but the 85 is monster, im toying with choping it into a pickup, and thinkin 2.1 zvh turbo

 

Cool project.

 

That'll be cool

 

thanks for the replys any feedback/ideas for the 85 welcome
more pics soon....
now off to the garage to play

 

cleaned up the holes in the boot




it looks like its had a new rear panel at some point

 

update time again
i have been busy doing more cleaning up









as you can see the boot floor has seen better days, but it nothing that can't be fixed

then out came the mig
first was the wing tops





then the inner wings





and last i started the boot (drivers side)



i still need to clean up all the welds but looking good evan if i do say so myself.

 

i finished the inside of the boot (pic's to come soon) and decided to weld the under-side too



it dont look too good but it will do the job


then time to do the off side






then the arch and sill got cleaned up




thats it for now more to come soon

 

Can't grumble at 30 smackers!

Forget the ZVH, just go full Zetec.

 

i was only going zvh to cut out the ecu
and £30 is good but i got the C reg for free, its done 5270 miles from new but the shell has got more rot so gonna put the bits in this one.
then when its striped it getting the chop

 

Do the same with a Zetec, run it on Megajolt with bike carbs.

 

any links??

 

You can run a zetec on carbs using a ESC module/loom from a fiesta/escort

 

looks like its going to be a zetec then

 

You get a nice power gain from a zetec and pretty cheap to build

 

i can get a 2.0 bottom end for free all good if i was going zvh

 

You can get a running 2.0 Mondingo for a couple of hundred, everything you need! Bar the sump and flywheel.

 

Get that as a spare or build that bottom end to suit a zetec turbo incase a 2.0 on carbs ain't powerful enough

 

i was thinking of doing a 2.1 turbo but a 2.0 should be ok in it as there is no weight in a mk2 lol

 

Sometimes you can't help it as a lot of the pistons you get on a budget are suited for a bigger bore so once you over bore to suite it ends up as a 2.1

 

As above, if you go forged internals you'll end up being nearer 2.1 anyway after machining.

I didn't think you wanted to bother with aftermarket ecu though?

 

i was told you can use calibra pistons

 

Indeed, C20let pistons is a tried and tested route but still need plenty of machining doing.

 

i want it as basic as possible really

 

machining dont bother me as i know a good shop

 

I've got Z20 LET pistons for sale as I was building a zetec turbo and the only machining you need to do is an overbore, and to machine the piston to suite the zetec small end unless you feel like machining both piston and rod to suite 22mm cosworth small end

 

If you want basic, just buy an ST170 bottom end, black top head with ST170 valve springs, FRS inlet and exhaust inc turbo and management to suit.

 

Yeh as said you wouldn't really need any more in a fiesta

 

how much you asking?

and i know st170 is all i would need but i might want more :lamo:

 

An ST170 bottom end will just about do 350bhp, without a good stiff chassis it'll pull a mk2 apart lol.

 

£80 for them and there good for 300bhp

 

the chassis is getting stiffened as it needs to be if i chop it.

 

i will keep it in mind but i wanna get the body done befor i think about engine too much

 

No worries there not hard to come by if I do sell them