Looking good really moving on now.
If you dont mind me asking where you got the plumbers foil from??

I have seen some on tapes-direct.

 

Fibreglass mate, already have full kits but want to make full quaters not just arches.

 

Cheers bud, got mine from local hardware store, any B&Q will have it.

 

Should have your dash done this week Kev !

And seeing the trouble you had with the dash how are you doing the quarters

 

You're doing um aint ya Jay?

 

Ok lol

 

Kinell your easy Jay

 

Been stripping the donor mk6 today, also finished refurbing my bottom arms...








Also bolted up my rear beam -




Hard to take pics of beam from undernieth lol

 

Coming on well Kev

 

Looking good kev it will soon be on its wheels again

 

started making the flanges for your dash fascia. Using sign board!

 

Thanks lad's.

Cheers Wazza (flanges)

 

You can't have enough flange lol

I'll get them pics in the morn when I'm back

 

Love the flange pmsl

Cheers Jay mate.

been back pu unit today and finished stripping bits I needed from 3dr.

tea brake (pun) lol



Had a good look at 3dr, pretty sold!

n/s side iner footwell has surface rust, needs battery tray and 3 inch weld plate on n/s rear chasis leg.

Other than that its solid so defo a keeper!



just surface rust you can see.




Possible furutre for the old girl? LOL






Removed every last wire from the 3dr today, will start stripping back whats needed soon for L2.

me mate Tony whos a dab hand with wiring has offered to give me a hand as I fancy having a rally style fuse board also.

Also refurbed steering rack today, will get those pics in a bit.

Thanks.

 

Had to slice a bit of the flange up to make it curve nicely for the top of the fascia.

So im a flange butcher i guess

 

The escort looks mint in the pic where its sat on the wheels.At least your gonna save the white escort.

 

Looking really good kev

Cant wait to see it finshed

 

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A flange butcher? I'll take a pound of fresh flange then please mate

Yeah she will live on one day Glenn.

Cheers Matt.


Quick rack refurbed now too with rose jointed TRE's.

 

Kev ,Not sure if you know as I didnt, if you have the same rack as mine the spline is different to the standard escort coupling. I bought a WRC coupling from dewits and fabricated/modified my column to suit (before I gof a full works column).

I discovered this last minute lol, hopefully it helps

 

Not noticed it was different?

I still have the collum that came out of the original GrpA shell and it was rolloing/steering when I got it, so I'll take a look if that collum is different.

Got a couple of quick raks up unit, I'll have a look at them too, to make sure now you've said.

 

Sounds like you should be ok then....

 

Hope so, bugging me now lol

 

You have now got the bug to get this car done now Kev

 

Enjoying working on it again mate, doubt ill get it finished this year but itll only be a couple of things holding me off, the main thing is this year I plan to have it looking like a car lol

Get all misc done like brakes, loom, fueling, lights etc

Two choices on mapping - Harvey for dyno and Reyland for r/r.

Tempted now to go Martin as he is only down road and means i can get engine in, plumb sump in also.

I got the van to play with in summer to keep me occupied lol

 

glued on the complicated curved flange.


had to slice the sign board at EVERY box section on one side so it would curve without it being under strain and trying to straigten out.

 

Cheers mate

I spoke with Jay earlier and he helped me understand what your pictures mean lol

 

Kev didn't understand flanges

 

 

oh dear

Will add bits as i go along this week. Just started a new job so my spare time has been drastically cut

 

I appreciate what ya doing Wazza mate

 

Bit pissed off now, after the trip to Kent Cam to have cams spec'd up, I just folded the paper up they gave and put it in the cam boxes, didn't read it untill now.


Gave head to a pal to set my valve clearances up as I haven't the patiants to do it tbh, he rang me today saying Kent haven't provided valve clearances, just the lift and duration etc


Mountune wont share info Matman has offered to look into it for me see if he can help, but now I just feel like binning all the Maxi cams and buying new, but also can't be arsed as it's more expense just because I can't get spec's.


Fed up.

 

Why are they hiding specs when they know you have the cams??

 

Not a clue mate, I rang Mountune couple years back and couldn't get any info off um.

Matmans shared his clearances with me, fair play to him for it. But not a clue if all Mountune cams used in the 2K's would use same clearances.

 

Good news, all cams run same clearances, so I can get it built up using same clearances as Mattmans.

 

Few more bits of the jigsaw done! I may not get time to go to unit this weekend though but when I do go next the she will be back on all 4 wheels!!!

Hubs all refurbed -



VibraTech mounts all in for gear box -





Also Jay finished flocking my dash insert for the RaceTech2 digi dash -



Will update if I do get to work on her this weekend.

 

Looking good mate

 

Liking the dash Kev

 

Thanks lads, Dave, Jay is to thank for the dash insert mate, done a good job on it aint he.

 

good progress

 

Cheers bud

Snow maybe putting hault on this weekends progress, as I now drive a BMW daily