boost monster

your car is looking fantastic m8 i used a combination of thinners and scrappers to remove the underseal from the "boost monster" dont think mine looks as good as yours. i have fitted cossy 4 pots to my car but needed to buy discs with alloy bells from hi-spec and then tap out the caliper mounting holes m10 to get them fitted keep up the good work

mentalasanything

Looking

Keep it up mate, hoping to start the resto on my S2 once I've got rid of my XR2

Lee

timturbo

very nice engine bay looks phat

marky_g

nice to see a car lookin all brand new

stembo21

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very nice mate cant wait to see it when its finished

gaz g

ditch the cossy spoiler
gaz

gaz g

so how did you overvome goin efi from mfi. what you do about the crank sendor and efi head. or did you put a 90 spec motor in it
as im about to do the same to my mk2 xr2 turbo
gaz

Turbo-Beal

Its all easy stuff to do realy, I bought myself an mfi to efi adapter plate off the net so i could keep the standard head. For the cps sensor i used the setup off of a 1.8 sierra that runs off the alternator pully. (See pic below). Note that the pully had to be machined down to fit in the tight space. If you need any info on doing an efi conversion do a search in the escort rs turbo section, there is a weath of infomation there

Turbo-Beal

Got this through the post today Nice new HKS filter

Not shure about the green in the bay but its a perfect size for my aplication. Might see if i can get a diffrent colour element if it bothers me to much.

Turbo-Beal

Got a couple more bits through the post today, Not many more bits to buy and she will be running

grsford

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cars looking the nuts pal on the alternator it looks like your belt is going to run at a slight angle did you grind the bit off the alternator bracket ? it may just be my eyes

Turbo-Beal

Yes m8 i did grind the small lug off I think its just the angle i took the pic at. Cheers

Twins

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grsford

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ok how comes the alternator arm in the original position? when i done mine i had to space the arm out from the bracket to clear the alternator

EssexMikeSi

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Turbo-beal- looking good so far mate. i converted my rs turbo to efi, wish i had done the coil pack aswell now. love the job uve done of polishing up some the components, very pro looking. Bet the throttle took some time with all the different angles and niggly corners on it.

grsford- where in essex u from mate, think i recognise the car, im from maldon

grsford

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near halstead mate so yeh not far from you

Turbo-Beal

Thanks everyone for your comments

When i ground down the lug i left about 1/2mm from toataly flush. I thought i would leave a little so i could then work out how much more i would need to take off to line it up correctly. As things went it all lined up good so i left it how it was. The bracket did fowl a little on the alternator so a bit of gentle persuasion made it fit

bassy_g

lovley project mate

i have a quick q about the pulley mate
i have recently fitted the same one and it has a slight wobble,did you have to use whashers or something as when i look inside the pulley part of the crankshaft protrudes out where the bolt fits?

Turbo-Beal

Yes m8 you need a thick washer with a sligthly larger inside diameter than the end of the crank. It should pull down nice and tight

bassy_g

thanks mate

your engine bay looks stunning mate
the whole car is a belta

Lincolndanny

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mate, theres a thread for us all here

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...asc&highlight=

Turbo-Beal

Not much of an update cuz i have been realy busy and i havnt had much of a chance to work on the motor

Got the HKS filter fitted and a custom bracket made for the fuel filter


Bought some goodrigde alloy fuel fittings and hose. Cost me £200!




Fabricated a mounting plate for the ecu sensors. Still got to mount it in the bay somehow.


My bargin of the month is this pace intercooler for £20! and its in realy good nick. It will do until i can afford a grs one.

smitsturbo

coming along nicely mate

marky_g

or u can us a 36-1 trigger ring for ur cps pick up all available thought oddkidd creations good quality gear

Brian

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Brian

XR2

That looks like a quite tight fit...

I use the CPS sensor kit that burton sells (from WeberMarelli)

Turbo-Beal

That setup looks For me it was down to money realy. my setup cost me about 30 quid so thats the reason for going that route.

Lincolndanny

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Looking very nice young man

fezzajsy

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nicely done

markhinton

That is mint!!! Top work

XR2

Ok. I wasn't able to get the Sierra cps setup her in Germany, just new @Ford and I fitted a new alternator so that's why I bought the Weber Kit. But at least it works fine

Turbo-Beal

If anyone is looking for the cps setup off a sierra 1.8 there is one currently down my local scrappy. im gonna have it off in the next couple of weeks and im gonna mod it ready for somone to use. So if someone might be interested pm me

Roosie

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looking good

Turbo-Beal

Just a little update. Well its been a while as iv had no computer and just recently moved house and job. For this reason the motor has not progressed very far for a while. I have however sorted out all of the electrics minus a couple of problems, fitted a new mint dash and black carpet form an old orion. Recored my old radiator and installed, fitted most of the pipework minus the engine sensors. The car now turns over on the starter motor and all seems to be doing what it should do. All i have got to do now before i fire it up is to source a water pipe that fitts on the back of the inlet manifold, a couple of jubilee clips, an exhaust coulping from burton power and a small bit of pipework for the sensors.

Mixja

gret project mate, lovely work....
wish the underneath of mine looked like that!!! one day..............

NATH-RSZT

very nice mate only just joined this site but the more mk4 escorts i see the more i wanna buy another one and i think seeing yours and how clean it looks has topped it off for me. without sounding stupid when you say you converted a grinder into a polisher ,any chance you could pm me a few pics of your setup, I'm mad about polishing things but my finish is no were near as good as yours .

1800-zetec-mk4

lovely motor so far mate keep up the good work


lee

Puss2

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Superb work loving the engine bay

mart33

alrite mate just reading thru as im doing the same project to my bonus into an erst rep
also pmed u
mart

Turbo-Beal

Well its been a while since iv posted mainly due to it being winter and not fancying freezing my nuts off. Now the weather is getting better and im well settled into my new house iv started to gather a few bits together that iv been searcing for for a while. I am hopig to get it road worthy buy may june time and have some fun with it. Iv managed to find a mint 90 spec front bumper and rear which is now fitted to the car and looks great!! pics to come.... Also got a mint rs turbo bonnet in diamond white which is currently sitting in my spare room ready to fitt. This week got some 17" oz superleggras for a bargin price of £83 off ebay!! All in real good condition. Going to get they blasted and powdercoated in graphite grey and have some new toyos fitted over the next month. Just need to source some seats and im almost there.

Here is some pics of the bonnet i bought. When i got it, it was covered in overspray so i tried getting it of with thinners. Unfortunatly it wouldnt come off so i wet sanded the bonnet and polised it back up and its now mint! Remarkably there is no rust as it was a new bonnet from ford back in 2004.








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