as i just posted this on XRtwo.com i thought i'd share my handywork with you guys too.

Engine:





Water injection:




Cossie 4x4 intercooler install:





Cossie Brakes:



interior:





Exterior:

Ford fair




Fordsport Nat day, York



rear



Spec:

1988 Fiesta XR2 (crystal blue)

Standard Lean burn engine, rebuilt + balanced
Series 2 Escort RS turbo gearbox with LSD
Piper 285T cam + vernier pulley
Turbo Technics T25 turbo and manifold
uprated turbo technics actuator + bracket
Webber 32/34DFT with TT plenum chamber
Modified Dizzy to TT spec
Renault 5 GTT fuel pump with "crash protection" switch
Rising rate FPR
4x4 cosworth intercooler
Mocal Oil Cooler with thermostat control
Stainless/samco boost hosing
Water Injection
Powerflow Downpipe + full 2.5" home made stainless exhaust

Jamex Suspension kit
Polysport Bushes all round
Adjustable Panhard Rod
Escort Cosworth front brake callipers
RS2000 discs
Goodrich Braided Brake lines
Series 1 Escort RS turbo Alloy wheels
BF Goodrich Profiler Tyres

Early 2.9i Capri recaro's retrimmed in std XR2 cloth
Ash tray modified to hold mocal boost gauge (manifold)
Festival center console modified to take following gauges:

oil pressure
oil temperature
water temperature
boost (above carb)
Digital Charge Temperature
Lambda
Water Injection + water spray switches

Sony Minidisc head unit, sony front speakers and 6x9's in rear quarters
Thatcham Approved Immobilizer + alarm

Obligatory nodding dog and matching furry dice for that full flavoured cheesyness :drive:

Runs 11psi for now and recently dyno'd at 159bhp 155lb/ft.

Not an RS but i enjoy surprising a few :cool!:

 

incidentally, just realised that the pic of the gauges is old and i should say I DONT USE THE TIM boost GAUGE anymore lol!! can you see it reads 0.1bar with the engine switched off pmsl!

 

looks very sart m8!

really like the interior!

 

standard compression?

how does it compare to a stg1 RST in driveability stakes? i presume youve driven one?


me likes especially the gauge install

 

dan- is a kool car, but then you already knew i think that

rolls

 

cheers mate! re-trimming, its what grandma was made for!!

Jim, unfortunately i've never had the pleasure of either driving or even being a passenger in ANY RST so cant really comment
I've done about 20k since the conversion. Had one big engine failure through my own ignorance and lack of experience - did about 5k with no oil cooler and no gauges, oil cooked = dead cam etc.
other than that its been pretty good. 9.6CR, initially ran it at 7psi on sh*t intercooler, then 9psi on isuzu cooler, now 11psi on 4x4 and water injection.

sometimes get idling issues, usually due to some tiny bit of dirt in the carb, but pretty rare.

goes well, handles well and stops well now with proper brakes!!

 

whoops bin moved!

cheers!

 

Very nice m8!!!!

Like it a lot

 

i like

 

Love it mate! The TT XR2's are a very rare commodity indeed, nice to see such a nice one

Noticed the XROC sticker in the rear window - are you registered with the club?

 

Very nice, some nice little touches, have you thought about upping the boost at all, im sure your coolings more then capable of handling it!
Check this out, you might like it
http://passionford.webheberg.com/for...ic.php?t=22941

 

 

looking good dan nice one


DAN

 

nice m8

 

thanks guys

Thrush, i was registered with the XROC but my membership ran out and i have yet to get around to renewing it!

ZED, atm its still on 9.6 CR. On this CR they only ran 6-7psi when they came from TT, so i've already pushed it a fair bit, but as you say the coolings there so i reckon it could be pushed further.
I will raise it a bit soon, but i wanna gather a bit of cash first so if it does break i can repair it lol

I saw your cousins car on XRtwo.com, looks really good mate (see comments on xrtwo)! Saff looks wicked too!

 

Thanks!

 

about time you posted it up on here!
you know my thoughts on your car!!
top class!! and pretty much all done by your own fair hands too (something youve neglected to big up yourself for!!!)

would certainly liven up my journey to work eh?!

ill pick it up from the airport for you



oh and you just know whats coming............................................ .






...........orange indictors PLEASE put some clear ones on!!

 

Dan - this will help you then

CLICK HERE

 

its alrite i suppose lol only kidding mate lovely motor and goes some aswell

i see you've got a faster 1/4 time well done dude!

Hardeep.

 

Very nice mate, proper undercover car me thinks!!

 

Yeah very nice xr2 mate credit to ya

 

LMAO!! I have a feeling I'll come back from Aus in 2005 and you'll have bribed my dad into fitting clear indi's!

Hardeep, yeah managed to get a more respectable time a couple of months back - as i suspected the actuator was my problem at brunters!

thanks for the comments everyone

 

very nice indeedy

I like me Mk1's but had a Mk2 for a while aswell good for throwing about and I bet u do suprise plenty of peeps I love doing that meself

 

got a new desktop picture now thankyoooooou looks like your n/s spot light isnt straight, might wanna check that out

 

Extremely nice - refreshing not to see the usual ERST/FRST engine crammed into an XR for a change - Nce one!

 

is it possible to have a dump valve with the TT engines? i know someone with a tt engine he has a dump valve fitted but it won't dump

 

where have the fitted it?!

 

on the bit of pipe pointing towards the coolant bottle fastdan looks like that pipe is blocked over

 

also i think its only runnin about 6psi

 

Forgotten about this post!

Digi yeah i think your right with the spotlight - i sometimes find it rubs on the bonnet though when its opened which is pretty annoying so it usually ends up getting pushed around a bit!

Yeah you can run a DV on a TT mate, even on 6psi. I run one but its not shown in the pics as i was awaiting a diaphragm. Used to run a bailey one and now use a forge diaphragm type. It works the same as any other turbo car so there's no reason for it not to work.
I would suspect a problem with the vacuum line - where has this been taken from? I originally connected mine to a small take off thats blocked as standard on the inlet manifold, but i found it would never dump! I then found that this take-off was totally blocked with years of gunge! once clear it worked fine.

thanks for the kind replies chaps!!