right you all know i bought a new mk2 to replace my old rotten one

so i thought i would start a thread on it

so ive been doing a few bits ...loads more to do though.



fitted my recaros and decided i wanted them to match the rest of the interior so this happened.

fitted my cossie steering wheel

fitted jag front brakes

fitted my gauge pod

saph spoiler painted then fitted

bonnet has got to be painted but looks good

decided i wasnt happy with paint




rear wing moped

starting to look good


then the camera went wrong

de-badged



Right ive been a been a busy bunny
90 spec front bumper replaced with stock
rear rs skirt removed
found a standard fuel cap (CHEERS MARK)

AND THEN THIS

I bouht carls old mfi cvh setup , I then stripped it down to check everything over cleaned and painted various
Bits very chuffed wiith the rocker cover


started striping bits off the ole girl


then cracked on... got engine out and one very dirty looking bay


gave it a quick once over clean 8)


then took the old tank off and replaced with mfi tank and pump

ready for engine etc to go in

pic of the boss's project

so saturday night it was left like this


the manifold is now fully wrapped

its finished now and have done 600 mile in two weeks with it lol
realy impressed with it
hope you all like
will add more pics soon

decided to crack on with the onion

bottoms of my wings and sills were getting very scabby so decided to do something about it !

i wire wheeled the scabby bits first then rust treated the bear metal then zinc primed

ive done same the other side and the whole sill
stone chip protection


then ready for paint etc

decided it would be rude not to fit my goodridge hoses


some pics of modded stainless exhaust


all done ...bonnet and mirrors have now been painted (and look lush)






thought i would chuck some pics of one of my mates onion on here (no sunroof) 8O




and MR G'S OLD EQUIPE still being loved by kenny :mrgreen:


sorting scabby arch on it

and finally some pics of my old orion being stipped (pm me if you need anything )








thought i would tackle the "little" rust scab in the wheel arch


then filled and filler primed


flatted that back and primed

then added lots of top coat

not a bad finish for a rattle can

next up is annoying rust on passenger door,which looks like someone has bodged before


also treated the old girl to some new wheelsand rear lights which came off B19 JUB on here (cheers bud)





bit close to calipers 8O

and also made up my own suede head lining

and a pic of some the orions i look after round here


Hi all ...hope everyone had a good Christmas

Update time
Ive been doing a few bits and bobs

Custom shelf

Bought some wind deflectors ,though im not sure if I like them
I then bought full leather cosworth seats : ) and believe me ,these are a absolute twunt to get in




then fitted new clifford alarm

fitted winter wheels because my orion has to work all year round

also had to fanny about with a mates wheels just for giggles


then about a month ago the head gasket had enough and left


so time came for that to be replaced






a couple of the bores had slight scores ...they may look bad but cnt feel anything with tip of finger nail


head gasket looking pretty rough

cylinder head striped and cleaned then sent off for skimming




valves cleaned up

head rebuilt and vernier pulley fitted

cleaned block face and new head gasket

head back on and tourqed down

starting to look a bit better



and here she is done running complete with noisy lifters waitng to pump up

missed driving her for a whole week

and finally last pics of my old orion




i was amazed by just how much rust it had in it



new bumpers and parked with some of the other orions and escorts i look after



Just some pics of where mines been hiding for few months
2 squeezed in : )


Also been given a zetec setup as a temporary engine to use till new engine is built late next year meaning I should be attending some shows next year


finally found time to bring my car back home , started to strip it down earlier today
Got lots of new bits for her too

Also been making a couple of bits
Ive always hated the way the tow eye sticks out the front , so came up with this
tow tube point of jag x-type with some triangular uprights for a bit of strenght
also needed some where to mount a standard zetec ecu So made up a bracket for that , with fuse box for lamba, fuel pump, ecu power etc and relays for fuel pump etc
Remade mamy gauge pod
more soon hopefully
mike

Done some more :mrgreen:

Engine out and very dirty looking bay

started to give bay a clean up

Dirty dirty
Much better :mrgreen:
One very mint batterytray
best advise on a way to protect this ?
and one of the very few bits of rust shes got :mrgreen:
gonna have to really crack on with this if I want it at ford fair
got loads of new bits for it, .. koni suspension kit , full power flex
bush kit, new tank, fuel pump , fuel lines, all the brake pipes getting done (dont actually need doing lol ) , new steering rack, tcas,4x wheel bearings,new brakes all round ....... you get the idea
more soon

Been at it again all this week To take the whole boot floor down to bare metal, to get rid of all the rust blisters

Some mid way progress pictures
Then started finding more and more of the dreaded tin worm
someone elses "repair" of drivers seat mount
Offside rear inner sill
Offside rear outer sill
Bottom or rear wings still in very good condition
so today I made a start on the rust
so thats one bit done and you can also see in the last pic , the boot floor all primed up
Also been other little bits in the evening like cleaning my exhaust up
Will be doing some more tomorrow so will try upload some more pics then
mike

Done a bit more sunday
drivers seat mount , someone's idea of a repair
So this happened
much better
Sorted surface rust out in both front inner archs
More soon hopefully
mike

Still going over here

Pic of drivers seat mount how ive done it ( does this look right ? )
boot floor all painted up
Both front archs are now painted
Front panel has been cleaned and painted
n/s rear floor pan Welded up
Also tackled the last major bit of rust on o/s/r sill
didnt realise just how bad this bit was
Then I emptied the inside of crud and had a good hoover out to get rid or all the grinding dust etc
today I masked her for schutzing

Now have a week off away from these sort of jobs ^^^
So I am hoping to get a lot done on the orion
more soon mike

More done

Underside all shultzed last weekend

Clutch release fork top bush was fubar , so turned up a new one on the lathe out of brass
Rubbish photo but here it is fitted to gearbox
And as it was raining that day , I also made up all my brake pipes
Next day I took one look at this ..... and thought f that
so fitted up a load of other bits , new rack,new poly rack mounts most of brake pipes fitted,refurbished mymaster cylinder , painted my servo and fitted to car

Fuel pips and front to rear brake pipes fitted

Rear tower bushs on
rear shocks fitted , originally I wanted coilovers but didnt see the need for road so Ive gone for konis instead
Rear anti roll bar bushs and new genuine drop links went on then fitted it to car
Built up new fuel tank put that on too and new handbrake cable on too

stub axles fitted

Hope to get some more done this weekend , just the wiring side of things is bugging me

Cheers bud

Done some more throughout the week

My fuel pump hanger was rotten so made a new one out of sheet aluminium
and sytec bracket
Hung engine in last weekend
Fitted up both front shocks and put rebuilt hubs on
Wondering about making some caps for the top of the shocks
Also bought one of them chepo manifolds off ebay and to be fair it isn't that badly made , probaly made of some rubbish grade of metal and will most likely crack

Been cleaning up drive shafts and cv joints on my lunch breaks at work


shafts looking smart and new boots
Fitted up inlet tonight
Also got given these , wont end up fitting them but I think they look bloody cool


More bits done

Determined not to get beaten by the rain , I whiped a temporary tent up
Fitted radiator and fan

Got few bits bk from the powder coaters today
So promptly fitted the gearbox and got the cross member fitted tonight
also bought some brand new genuine cosworth calipers and carriers off ebay which also came with some ebc pads too, result ...just need the discs now


Dummy fitted front brakes just to check all fits well
Rear wishbones and springs fitted
Exhaust fitted and rear end back on its wheels
Front end bolted back together
And on all fours
Front brakes on and system all bled up
Headlights where looking a bit sad , so bare metaled them and etch primed still need to finish these
De-tangoed my indicators
turned out my old radiator was fubar so luckily sourced a brand new ford item


I have had the car running but having a few issues with wiring still


Still ticking along

Plan on having the bodywork sorted and had a respray by the time ford fair next comes around
Also really want some new wheels ,thinking team dynamics pro race 1.2 or 3.0 or compomotive mo5 8) any suggestions?

So I've ordered wheel arches, full sills ,wings and I've got to order a front panel ,also made a start on my other 90 spec as the one fitted at the minute is hideous haha
I've always disliked the cut out in the front bumper for the tow hook ,so made a removable cover for that 8) and opened up the lower opening ready for some later power increases though I haven't finished it yet




Currently working on getting my brembo front calipers sorted , brackets have been made my engineer

Only logical place to mount them was here in this position

So had my engineer make me some brackets up

Look bloody massive


Just need to get the calipers powder coated and fit new seals now
Then I can get my new wheels and tyres on 8)

Then on to the rear brakes and carry on getting ready for some body work action :mrgreen:

and there we are up to date , will upload some more recent pics of it soon

 

balls the fecking pictures didn't carry over ,what img links are everyone using ?

 

Most disappointing...

 

Photo bucket mate

 

Get the pics up ASAP. I love an onion and there's a couple of really nice ones on here

 

Pictures sorted

 

When you copy and paste off Orion Register... don't just copy and paste your posts, go into edit post and copy that version with the image links...
Once you get it I'll edit my above post and you'll be back on track

Ps nice to see you on here too..

 

cheers chris will get that sorted asap

 

wooo finally got pics sorted , cheers again bud

 

Nice build! Where did you get that gauge pod from btw?

 

Awesome mate, do love a mk2 Orion.

 

Made it bud using the original cassette holder

 

Looks good fella

 

Nice��

 

Top job on the orion, great thread to have a browse through.

 

Looks like your doing a cracking job

Subscribed

 

Nice orion matey.

 

Cheers people , will bang some more pics up when my new wheels arrive and I get the brakes fitted

 

Test fitted the brembos earlier



Looking forward to getting my new wheels on , can get rid of these


Just got to get calipers powder coated then rebuild them

 

Thought I better get these sorted


Got my new tires nailed on


Sitting a little high


More soon

 

Nice
17's? Looks a different car with them on, needs a coil cutting off the front

 

Cheers bud does look so much different, glad to get rid of the other rims
Yea 17s
Was thinking the same on lobbing a coil off haha

 

Looks well, as said, definitely needs to come lower at the front!

Could I be a pain and ask a question about the exhaust, how much did you extend the tailpipe for the exhaust to fit your car? a friend has an ERST exhaust for me but he said he may as well extend it for me while he has it but we are unsure how much to extend by

Thanks for any help!

 

I think 1 coil will be spot on, could try half but I think it'll be a waste of time...

 

Best bet would be fit and add what's needed
Some extend the tail pipe which imo looks s!!t...
Looks better if you extend on the join from the middle section to back box

 

I extended the tail pip

 

Think I will just lob a complete coil off and see what it looks like ,not big fan of front being higher than the rear lol

 

Nice orion my friend and great attention to detail.

Reminds me of mine from years ago...

 

I must admit I haven't really touched it properly since October 8O

I have finished my new bumper if that counts haha





Also half way through blasting my brembos

More soon hopefully

 

Like this a lot! Where are you based?

 

Norwich bud