im never happy with em perfectionist that i am

 

dog shit.



why are you keeping the colour a secret fudge,, there was a photoshop
post on it

woest kept secret around lol


just hope Pom calls soon and gets it sprayed up.
aint heard from him for a while, has he fallen off the face of the earth

 

that's good progress its gonna be nice when its done. good work chap

 

My siggy made it onto there site

Didnt go down to well though

 

yeah i was gonna say you kinda gave the secret away in photoshop forum or have you changed your mind?

 

lol shhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

ok as you can see from the other pics i have been busy nailing on most of the kit so i can take it down to the bodyshop, heres some pics

i bought some of the stuff off paul harmsworth (3dr rally slag) and crossed the border to wales. i went there initially to pick up the RS500 whale tail and and a 2wd prop. but cam home with a rear bumper, headlights and grill too lol - cheer paul

i think the companys mondeo looked spanking with a 500 tail on it lol





boot full of stuff



and then i got a front bumper off Ebay, and Darren Cudd wanted to make a copy of it so i lent it to him for a bit. turns out the original one was a complete pile of shit

see darrens thread on his xr4x4 race car for the moulding process here https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...er=asc&start=0

anyway, this was the finished result, and its err not the best fit, but not down to darren, its from the shoddy original

just attached at the front



niiiice big side gaps





i manged to get the n/s on, but not the o/s as i couldnt be arsed to get even more soaked by lying under the car with a drill lol

im loving the selotaped on indicators



rear bumper and RS500 spoiler on



overall shot with the bonnet on too.

 

fookin hell dan see what you mean will it not pull in on the sides with the bolts?

 

have you tried the original one as well? see if thats as bad

 

i didnt try the original mate, it was pissing down and i got pissed off lol

it got the n/s side to go on, but its kinda bowed on the corner, and the bolt didnt line up with the hole on the o/s

ill let the body shop sort it out as no doubt they are more capable than i lol

 

im wondering how fucked that original may have been it could have been made from a really hot brew so that it pulled like a twat when it was cured it sounds reallt drastic but if it really doesnt fit then you may have to cut it down the middle and remove 10mm then glass it back together. fooking shit way of having to do it though

 

i did think about that mate, but then the mounts wouldnt line up.

its no the end of the world tho, i had an evo spoiler on my cabby that was for a hatch, chopped 150mm out the middle of the fukka and glassed it back together, it looked ok lol

 

Is that a lake forming in there?!

It's gonna be great seeing all this take shape Good luck sorting the bumper problem, cutting and shutting would be an arse

 

lol just a bit mate, the front end was on a slight incline so the water just colleced but was fine afer i drove it a bit lol

 

Admit it, you're just trying to get that front end as low as you can Keep the updates coming

 

well it's starting to look a bit serious now anyway

 

heeman, the bumper was about 3mm off the driveway, and i can lower the car another 2/3 inches if i want

cheers mike, it certainly is!

 

I have the same car on my drive that i built up using a rover v8 about a year ago, the cars looking a bit sorry for it self after being stored at the rear ov a friends garage workshop for the last year,I am going to run the v8 for the coming year and build something similar to the spec of your zetec engine then take the v8 kit out and sell it on, i am just gonna do it a bit at a time as funds allow, get the zetec engine and build it in the garage proper home brew style

here,s the rough spec

CAR SPECS :- This is all on the cheap as chips rules.

Sierra 3Dr shell stripped and sandblasted suspension and underneath and properly butt\seam welded where needed,

aiming for a look like this:
https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=186309


Chassis Components:-
Granada cosworth front disks, calipers \Sapphire cosworth 4 pot callipers
Granada cosworth front Xmember (with TCA's rollbar and PS rack),????
Granada cosworth vented rear disks and callipers,
Granada cosworth complete rear beam (with LSD),
Front and rear Deflex Polly Bush kit,
Braided lines all round...

GEARBOX spec:- HOPEFULLY

Ford getrag Automated manual transmission mt75 gearbox, [TRANSIT]
[Durashift] box

http://www.getrag-ford-transmissions.de/ehtm/prod2.htm
http://www.getrag-ford-transmissions...MT75_ASM_E.PDF

just need to find some more info on them like the bellhousing fitment's for it

ENGINE spec:- STANDARD at first

Series 3 standard 2.0 litre zetec engine and ancillaries from a mondeo or focus at first then upgrade as funds allow to:-

ENGINE spec:- MEDIUM

Series 3 standard 2.0 litre engine from a mondeo or focus upgraded to turbo but still N\a setup engine on low boost using fiesta or escort rs turbo bits on a http://boostperformance.co.uk. cast iron zetec turbo exhaust manifold. so dont have to mess ablout redrilling the zetec intake and exhaust stud bolts.

ENGINE spec:- HIGH

Turbo'd Series 3 2.0 litre engine from a mondeo or focus rebuilt to http://boostperformance.co.uk 2.0 litre spec or similar
86 mm forged pistons.
Full bottom end rebuild with heavy duty bearing shells
full ARP bolt set.

a long way to go but i'm not in a rush just kicking the v8 to death first

 

 

 

Fair play mate

 

What have i let myself in for

I let you do as much prep as u want as long as your working on the front bumper ever heard of the steep learning curve

 

at least there is no rust on this one pom

 

Lol i guess thats a positive. Its that you Dan

 

yes its me from just a few doors down

 

Pom, soz mate

plus another thing, i think simon is only saying about me working there for one day now but ill see if can get longer.

i can do weekends tho if needs be.

 

looking good so far mate

had the same problem with the fiberglass front spoiler i had but not as bad- but the body shop should be able to sort no problem

think the rear spoiler should have stayed on the mondeo

 

lol, cheers mate

 

Hi fudgeass, lovin the build. A question, any plans for the original grill and lights? I'm restoring one of the first competition sierras and am looking for a grill.
cheers
Baz

 

pic of mine b4 i stripped it

you can just see the bumper on the near side is higher where it was squashed to fit the car- looked ok for what i wanted though

 

cant wait to see more pics!

 

baz, ill be keeping the grill and lights im afraid.

paul, was a shame to break it mate, was in pretty good nick!

cheers for the comments guys.

ill hopefully be taking the engine/rods and pistons etc over to the machine shop tomoz

so ill get some pics of all that up hopefully

 

loving the project matey keep the pics goin!!!

 

You still going to brush paint the inside??

 

fudgeass


looking good so far matey

 

quality

 

cheers guys

no

its gonna be sprayed mate

hopefully get some more pics up tomoz

 

ok, im about to take the block over for machining and honing, so i thought id treat you all to some more pics

carrillo rodneys







and wiseco pistons







the skirts are ceramic coated too

 

 

euhm; like you won the lottery or something??
anywayz have fun, as you ain't there yet