Tim Garringtons WRC V8, Engines back in and bulk heads nearly completed! 03/05/11
13-04-2011, 04:27 PM
#163
Lucifer II - 666
Thread Starter
More updates...
Originally Posted by timbhp
Ok done some more ,
i bought a custom chrome exhaust manifold kit, went for 2" primaries will just struglle to try and fit them all in
and they wanted a gasket so they could cut out the flanges for me so it just so happened that on that day a pair of motor sport ones arrived from the us,
so i took one over so they could get on with the flanges,the next week i went over to collect the kit with flanges ,i should have offered them up as the bolt holes in the gaskets were well over size for the bolts to holed them on :cursing:
so this has give me some more work to do as you will see from pics,
made a work bench for engine,metal rods bolted to x member and gbox mounting are the chassis rail profile saves struggling under car
so this has give me some more work to do as you will see from pics,
turned bungs to fill holes
made a jig to redrill holes
tig welded in all the bungs in then put them in 4 jaw chuck on lathe and faced them up
next machined tool to shape 2" tubes to fit ports and flanges
cut 40 mm long tubes then with a big hammer hit tool into tubes
all made some up other way to show how the looked
flanges all drilled and bolted to heads
first welded stubs on
then cut bends down to fit and tacked in place
ended up with this
and this
how close i managed to keep manifolds
all of and tig welded
4" collectors ready to weld
i bought a custom chrome exhaust manifold kit, went for 2" primaries will just struglle to try and fit them all in
and they wanted a gasket so they could cut out the flanges for me so it just so happened that on that day a pair of motor sport ones arrived from the us,
so i took one over so they could get on with the flanges,the next week i went over to collect the kit with flanges ,i should have offered them up as the bolt holes in the gaskets were well over size for the bolts to holed them on :cursing:
so this has give me some more work to do as you will see from pics,
made a work bench for engine,metal rods bolted to x member and gbox mounting are the chassis rail profile saves struggling under car
so this has give me some more work to do as you will see from pics,
turned bungs to fill holes
made a jig to redrill holes
tig welded in all the bungs in then put them in 4 jaw chuck on lathe and faced them up
next machined tool to shape 2" tubes to fit ports and flanges
cut 40 mm long tubes then with a big hammer hit tool into tubes
all made some up other way to show how the looked
flanges all drilled and bolted to heads
first welded stubs on
then cut bends down to fit and tacked in place
ended up with this
and this
how close i managed to keep manifolds
all of and tig welded
4" collectors ready to weld
13-04-2011, 07:48 PM
#166
Part of the Furniture
keep the pictures coming!
14-04-2011, 07:36 PM
#173
Lucifer II - 666
Thread Starter
14-04-2011, 10:21 PM
#175
Lucifer II - 666
Thread Starter
More here mate...
Well spent a few more nights working in garage ,
finished tig welding up all the pipes ready to take the collectors
then bought some dei heat wrap the new titanium 2" x 100ft stuff, used it all up so have now ordered another 100 ft roll,
So sprayed tubes with high temp paint, then wrapped and stainless clipped it into place ,so here are some pics of them fitted
wrap comes out different colours with flash so pics without flash
in this pic you can see i have wraped tubes short of collector as would be very hard to wrap when welded , now i can finish positioning collectors and shape to fit tubes weld in place, then paint and wrap you can also see length of stainless tube ready to connect to mongoose stainless system
a few more bits from the states
thats it for now hope fully will be back on it the weekend so more updates soon
Originally Posted by timbhp
Well spent a few more nights working in garage ,finished tig welding up all the pipes ready to take the collectors
then bought some dei heat wrap the new titanium 2" x 100ft stuff, used it all up so have now ordered another 100 ft roll,
So sprayed tubes with high temp paint, then wrapped and stainless clipped it into place ,so here are some pics of them fitted
wrap comes out different colours with flash so pics without flash
in this pic you can see i have wraped tubes short of collector as would be very hard to wrap when welded , now i can finish positioning collectors and shape to fit tubes weld in place, then paint and wrap you can also see length of stainless tube ready to connect to mongoose stainless system
a few more bits from the states
thats it for now hope fully will be back on it the weekend so more updates soon
25-04-2011, 10:42 PM
#186
Part of the Furniture
Just a small update
engine in original position
and now
manifolds clear
started on bulkhead,tacked into place
started to make pattern for next part of tunnel/bulkhead
dummy fitting of dash and column
Now got to fit this tilton pedal box
as moved seat back needed to move steering wheel back so got omp spacer and a lifeline quick release boss
got week of work so hopefully get some more done on car
engine in original position
and now
manifolds clear
started on bulkhead,tacked into place
started to make pattern for next part of tunnel/bulkhead
dummy fitting of dash and column
Now got to fit this tilton pedal box
as moved seat back needed to move steering wheel back so got omp spacer and a lifeline quick release boss
got week of work so hopefully get some more done on car
27-04-2011, 11:58 PM
#190
Part of the Furniture
bit more done today
fitted one off large pro alloy rad which they made to my specs with there twin fan kit
then have to make mountings to mount this charge cooler
mounts in different stages of construction
mounts on and charge cooler in place
fitted one off large pro alloy rad which they made to my specs with there twin fan kit
then have to make mountings to mount this charge cooler
mounts in different stages of construction
mounts on and charge cooler in place
28-04-2011, 01:15 AM
#191
PassionFord Regular
Great project ! Keep up the good work 
Was wondering how possible would it be to fit a live axle say from a `90`s mustang Lx or gt onto a Sapphire. Has anyone ever done it before ?
Cheers
Was wondering how possible would it be to fit a live axle say from a `90`s mustang Lx or gt onto a Sapphire. Has anyone ever done it before ?Cheers
28-04-2011, 09:06 PM
#192
30-04-2011, 10:16 AM
#194
Part of the Furniture
Yes have moved engine and box back 10", so moved seat back same , so now going to move column and fit tilton pedal box to fit around that, so will all work out ,i hope?
30-04-2011, 06:22 PM
#196
Part of the Furniture
01-05-2011, 07:55 AM
#199
Part of the Furniture
you would need to do all the measuring of car and axle ,width, height,suspension pick-ups and go from there, plus you would need to check what ratio's are available for the diff?
03-05-2011, 09:05 PM
#200
Part of the Furniture
Have got a bit further its taken a bit longer than i thought to get this far was hoping to finish bulkhead but waiting for a uj for steering should have it later this week so can mount column and pedal box then can make other part of bulkhead,
pics so far
few of fab work welded into place
then in primer
from inside
engine back in
strut mounts in place
gaz struts with 356 ap discs
ready for these 6 pots
mocking up front end so can mount bladed front anti roll bar
pics so far
few of fab work welded into place
then in primer
from inside
engine back in
strut mounts in place
gaz struts with 356 ap discs
ready for these 6 pots
mocking up front end so can mount bladed front anti roll bar