Ill say that

 

Thought I ought to show you guys and girlies a little progress

Just been collecting bits really and slowly putting them together as funds allow


Coilovers arrived a while ago and they have been fitted this weekend along with mk2 escort front end... i.e crossmember, rose jointed top mounts, adjustable tca's, anti dive kit and modified steering rack from old ford autos,






Front end kit,





Quick rack in here also




Also plonked the engine in aswell tonight so I can see where bits will fit, me dummy build!!

Fitted the custom rear sump from retro also along with custom engine mounts and alternator bracket which looks quite smart, just waiting for the water rail at the mo!!



Heres what she looks like at the mo,




Lowered a wee bit




Bit of a dragster as rear suspension isnt done yet lol



Also trial fitted the rad from the fiesta...actually fits quite well







Will soon have a custom inlet on there from area six along with this hopefully if it fits





Thats about all for now but will add progress as I go

cheers for looking
liam

 

Looks very

Best of luck mate

 

great project mate, love seeing the old skool motors kept on the road

 

Love it

 

Cheers guys

 

Brian

 

This is gonna be a proper car when done! Im not jealous much

 

 

looks sweet as liam its looking low at front even without an engine cant wait to see it go!

 

Awesome project this...

 

Superb, look forward to the next update

 

top work

 

is that manifold upside down ? or are you gonna run the turbo down next the the block still ? awsome project

 

 

Love this thing mate...Such be a complete animal when it's done

Keep it up

 

Your right it is a front wheel drive manifold really... but as I can get it for a pretty good price I just wanted to see if I could use it in any way?! If not its back to the drawing board!!

Really I want an up top manifold but im fighting against the new water rail thats going to run along side the head

 

fooking cool project mate

 

love it mate...

 

Awesome car, i love Tina's, not many turbo them, so this should be intresting

 

if u can get an adapter plate or some one that can tig weld i have a un-used 200sx xs power manifold same as dan from FF for cheap ( with strethnin bars) if not take that one down your local fabricaters have the flange cut off and turned around

 

Looking good Liam, was given a bit of a run down on what your doing from Sam the other eve, is most definetly going to be pretty awesome when finished.

Best of luck matey

 

Hello mate long time no see!! Yeah its coming along slowly!!

Well went crimbo shopping earlier.....

came back with these



Give me something to do over christmas!!

 

ace project , uncle had a mk1 lotus rep with a wild crossflow and that shifted i dred to think what this will be like !!!!

 

what a cool car love it

 

what a quality project mate
will be class when finished

 

Awesome project mate

Keep the up dates coming

 

when ya said retro do ya mean retro motorsport or retroford?

 

retroford mate, whys that?

 

Cheers for the comments peeps

 

Cool project

 

that is bad ass proper car being built

 

looks awsome fella...

good luck with the build!

 

Lovin the Mk1 ,i used to own FKT 982D ,sadly this was scrapped in 1990 ,but its engine lives in my current mk1 gt which is in storage since 89

 

wheres the updates geez, i wanna c more

 

me to mate

tim

 

That tina looks bloody immaculate

Youre doing a similar thing to me, except you look like youre doing a proper job of it haha, cant wait to see how this progresses.

 

UPDATES NEEDED

 

Hi very nice, I sold it to the person you brought it off. I just didn't have the heart to waste all the history the car had!!!. But very nice job you are doing.keep it up it's going to be a scorcher .

 

Really?? How long ago was that? Yes it was a nice example to rip apart but I needed a base a strong as possible really...

Kelv... not done much recently as im still waiting for some bits but will hopefully have them soon!

Bulk head is done, youl see the recess in the piccy along with the water rail.

Also I tacked something up to place the turbo flange where I want the turbo to sit, ian howell is currently working on the manifold, when the manifold is ready ian will be sending me my the custom inlet also



This is where the turbo will be sitting




Waiting for the custom flywheel to arrive aswell from TTV racing, runs a cossy clutch which is good as I have my bros AP organic from his 3dr that he gave me

Roll cage is in there although waiting to be fitted properly, pedal box is in but as the cage its only dummy fitted.. got to strengthen the bulkhead and make up plates as to where it will bolt up to.

In the pics youl see a plate replacing the old heater bubble, this is where the resovoir pots will be sitting along with the coil pack.

will update with more pics when I have some

thanks for looking
liam