you are gay even ur garage is tidy like a poofs palor

 

Believe me Jay its not tidy, a pig wouldnt live in his garage



Good to see you're on the slippery slope to engine/gearbox removal mate

 

it is tidy you just havnt been there to see it for a while you slacker I even have my ford rally sport flag up and yes slippery expensive slope

 

Nice one Trev, good to see some progress with it mate!

 

fit the bits you can do it trev!!

 

'patented B9KOS aluminium sticky back tape'

i love that

 

Right got my intercooler radiator and turbocooler back from a friend who kindly modded it all to fit together a bit better for me.

first of all I had a dump valve outled welded onto the intercooler to hide the valve away



Next I had the intercooler bracket holes welded up as they where almost big enough for the rubber mount to fall through, I can now drill a single hole in the right place



Next I had a change to the bracket on the intercooler so I can bolt the rad and cooler together and make them a much better fitting unit.



the Car is waiting for payday now as I need a new top rad hose and new cooler to throttle body hose

 

 

Today I got the intercooler radiator and turbo cooler package in the car, and connected it all up, I also painted the garage floor

Dump valve relocated, new inlet pipe required as you can see



Turbo cooler in and connected up, I have plans to aeroquip all this soon so it will be coming out for some -6 welding



and finaly the garage floor, with a set of dusty footprints already

 

Over the last few weeks I have done a number of bits and bobs, including going all the way to ford fair and back, some of you may have seen the car there on the devon rsoc stand.

First recent thing was to fit my collins engine mounts, they have made a massive difference and are well worth doing.





next was to fit my rouse style front splitter supplied by Moose130

was a bit of a bitch to fit but looks nice in my opinion, it still needs a bit of finishing work though.





quick pic with my friends lancia HF4



I then had to be best man at my brothers wedding instead of going to central day




next was a trip to the good old USA I came back holding some nice siemens 83lb injectors, a quick call to MSD sorted a new chip to run these, the chip was also specked for a much better cylinder head some cams and a different turbo so watch this space for me ripping the engine out in the coming months, plans include big winging the sump and another general tidy up.



also just fitted some different wheels

 

Keep them white mate

 

STUNNING

 

Rims look great

 

I have to the wife said she likes them white and im not allowed to change them

 

She has good taste then Trev!

Looks awesome mate, at least I can sort of see how mine will finish up, one day!

What's so good about the collins engine mounts then mate? Also why was the splittler a bitch to fit?

 

em engine mounts are good because they go some way toward stopping my exhaust from moving and hitttting the front prop and you can just feel that the engine is not flapping about on its old mounts, the splitter was a bitch because its such a tight fit and the bumper being a good few years old was no longer the exact shape that it should be.

 

Ahh right cool, so nothing bad with the splitter then!

 

You know what the big lord is like Dan Mountain out of a mole hill

 

how would you know, you were at sea receiving semen at the time

 

Looking well

Nice mods on the cooler/rad

Dump valve looks alot better there

 

just noticed this thread...........

Amazing car mate

 

Splitter and wheels look great trev.

 

New wheels really set it off.

Definitely keep them white

 

Oh dear!

You bringing it to ND Trev or not?

 

unfortunately not mate, its in the process of coming apart to get the head worked and change the cams etc, I get the pleasure of driving a transit for the devon rsoc to national day, not sure whats in the transit though, have heard rumors its full of spares for the sailor boy

 

I forgot you did say the other night!

I'll tell you what's in the Transit, TD Power!

 

Car looks
The wheels set it off a treat

 

well the head is off and the lump is coming out tomorrow, watch this space lol, I hope this isnt the start of long off road period , plan is bottom end out and stripped, decide what to replace, send head off for some work get bits back fit and drive to rally day with 400+ bhp

 

Well the engine is out with the help of my monkey friends Rich and Andy

next is strip and inspect

 

will be worth it when done

 

bottom end is partially stripped, mains and oil pump bores and pistons look A OK little ends are knackered as suspected, pistons and rods are going to be packed up tomorrow to be sent for a little work, pistons are getting low comped and valve pocketed and rods are getting lightened ballanced and deburred and new little ends obviously.

 

Does Richie know what he's doing

Good luck with it all Trev

 

Have i ever


He's due some good luck Paul The poor guy has had a run of bad luck with it




Anyway, we'll be breaking it for spares by the end of the week in true 'PF can't be arsed rebuild project' way

 

Bought myself a new cylinder head this evening (hopefully) as mine is knackered due to oil starvation to the exhaust cam, if anyone needs a std inlet cam or some valves then i'm your man lol or mabe a very large paper weight.

 

Don't forget i want the old head please

 

Great work, keep us posted..

 

swap

 

 

just read all the thread, good work mate

 

Might beat you too it!

Good work Trev, and you Richie!