Yeah we are real lucky my dad lets us use it. Electricity, water, every tool you could eve want, mig and tig welder etc.

and....



...IT RUNS!

And runs bloody well! Its Idleing at 1000RPM on the nose, 65PSI cold oil pressure, the throttle is real responsive not hesitating etc.

Should only be a matter of time before its on the road.

 

very nice mate

 

So I spend bloody ages getting it running......



..... Then start taking it to bits again.

Nice new inlet.

 

Inlet looks great!

 

Very nice

 

Glad to see it in its new home!

I can't even begin to tell you the amount of work that went into that Inlet. Welding and blending that Throttle-body plate alone took ages!!

Nice project BTW.

 

Was watching that inlet on e bay, if i had an RS, i would have been bidding! you got a bloody good inlet for that money!!

 

looking good mate, thats a great buy too!!

 

I know. The inlet is a cracker!

I'm using the anti lag take off for the brake servo which is convieniant and runnign a brass T peice for boost, fuel pressure reg etc take offs at the end and I had to use the near take off for the air temp sender.

Roll on FITP. I've never managed to get a car there!

 

new inlet looks way better.great read this mate.keep it up

 

glad to see yours is running now! mine ran aswell but not very smoothly, its dead again now lol and i havent a clue why, didnt change a thing!!

 

I had a play with the sensor gaps which helped. I also re wired most of my loom as the CPS wires had been reversed and not soldered, just taped together and coil wiring was scotch blocked

 

id set my gaps and thats when it started! not moved em or anything and now its dead again, probably send it down to jano to find its out of petrol pmsl!

 

If i did not have my new inlet i would have been bidding too lol

 

 

One step forward and 2 back! Gone up to do some work, went to start it, wouldn't start, then noticed the timing was out.

So wento to time it back up and noticed the one cambelt tensioner bolt was loose. The fucker has threaded the hole in the block! I re threaded it and used a new bolt but they just won't go tight.

So now I don't know what to do. Looks like the engine has to come out to drill and tap a new set of holes.

 

try helicoiling it

 

I've seen this happen. As above, Helicoil it, but obviously its an ass to get to.

 

great progress with the car

bad about the the thread in the block tho

 

Me to Have to take engine out for a good job. HELICOIL IT

 

Had a quick look tonight with a fresh head and it looks like its actually just a bad thread in the block thats stripping the standard tensioner bolts. SO I put a tap through it and wound in one of the old mans high tensile, more argressive threaded bolts, still 8mm 1.25 thread and it seems to be holding it a treat. That and some locktite sould do the job fine.

 

Looks smart


Brian

 

Desided not to bodge the cambelt tensioner as its pretty important is doesn't work loose.
Water pump also had a light leek and I've got some braided brake hoses to replace every line on the car do would be easier to just drop the enigne out and start again.



Will probably get soem proper loombraid as well.

 

Is that an RS1600i anti roll bar set up? Nice!!

 

I think thats the right choice. Do it properly. It's an ass, but once it's done, it's done!

 

It sure is

RS1600i ARB, MEF motorsport Adjustable lower arms and Leda coilovers. Should handle as good as it looks

 

Your right. I just woke up this morning and desided I'd take the engne out, then I had no choice but to do it then. FITP is going to be a struggle now though! But saying that, it might not have got there at all if I hadn't done this anyway.

 

Wow, this is really turning out to be a proper RST

I look forward to it's mag feature!

 

gutted mate! jano sorted mine out on tues!

 

2 steps forward 4 steps back... once its done tho, smiles all round!!!! What did you do with your old inlet manifold? Looked alright! Judging by the new inlet manifold and the man that used to own it, must be a bit funky!

 

its come such along way might as well do this bit as well as the rest. Really like the new wheels suit it well!

 

Glad to hear you got it running mate!

I know! The old inlet will be up for sale if anyones interested. Basically the car wouldn't start and it was suggested my injector port milling was causing an air leak. Which it wasn't and the day I bought the inlet was the day I got the car started! The new inlet really is some peice of kit though!


Exactly. No point bodging such an important part just to get it on the road. I love the wheels though

 

glad your getting close mate, i would still recomend you take it jano when your ready!

 

After all the help he's given me over the phone etc it would be a bit cheeky to take it anywhere else I've phoned him before at 10pm on a Saturday night asking why my car won't start!

 

great thread. very nice project,looking good now. lovin the wheels.whats the expected power of your engine? am just starting my journey .......

https://passionford.com/forum/restorations-rebuilds-and-projects/293932-erst-s2-project-full-shell-resto-now-keeping-updated-2-10-09-a.html

 

Cheers mate. The standard rods will be the only thing holding the power back for now but it will safely put out 250 BHP with matching tourque I would think. The engine was running 20PSI in my Fiesta but never got a power figure but through 3rd 4th and 5th gear on straight roads it was very very quick. Quicker infact than a mates Focus ST.

Sounds like the start of an expencive RS journey. This cars about to run into double figures

 

yea a good 3.5 k 2 start with on my list will be worth it though.can i ask why u changed the arb set up, is the rs turbo 1 that bad??

 

Compared to the RS1600i and Series 1 set ups, the Series 2 ARB is simplily terrible! The RSi and S1 were both motorsport based and have adjustability.

 

cool thanks for that,might have to look into that.sounds and looks like a pig of a job lol.keep it up,il keep an eye out at the shows

 

Thats nothing fella,

i rolled my car down the country lanes one night about 6 years ago. It was past 1am on a monday night / tuesday morning. I called jano as i had no-one else i could ring in my phone book for that type of help. He was at the side of the road with a borrowd pickup truck and his pals scrapping my car off the road within an hour. He then took my car to his yard and re shell'd my S2 into a Mk5 escort within a week running on cossie management. He will help anyone who needs it and has saved me thousands £ over the years by explaining the pro's and con's of everything. I have alot of respect for him and always advise people to chat with him when building any car to help you save what i have.

Danny.