COCHYN

That's not it mate, while you're concerned about the motor and arm not touching the cam cover and leads, the scuttle panels may not sit flush with the bonnet and will allow water over the engine etc.

Just a thought

whizzisat114

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Why wont they sit flush? are there brackets that hold the scuttle up ?

dingla rs

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there a plastic bit that runs across dave that holds it up on a normal focus

COLEYST200

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This week will see a lot of parts coming from off EBAY and here is the start of them
Ł50



And now in place so i now no 100% were the motor will be sitting



And im very happy to see that the gear stick is now in the middle of the hole



And as i would like a bit more room under the wipper motor i made some 25mm spacers





And this was the out come of using the spacers





Im going to have a look to see if i can get a cam trigger under there now as i think it might just fit

I allso did a small mod so the inlet would fit right and i must say its all starting to come togever now happy DAYS

COLEYST200

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I will dig out as much as pos this week and see wot will need to be done to get it all to fit thanks for the heads up on this lads

dingla rs

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bet when you droped the bed down you found the heated bent bit wasn't needed look the one i did i cut rewelded it the after spacing 20mm it cleard

whizzisat114

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Ian ive got a scuttle if you need one for mock up?
Ill swap you for those old engine mounts

COLEYST200

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It had moved a bit but it still looked a bit to close so the hammer and blow lamp came out to play

COCHYN

On any normal Focus, when you change the pollen filter, Ford were very clever in making the double sided tape on the scuttle panels awkward to renew. Which means you normally had to just buy new ones, which if you look at the pic below you can see a dirty line on the window which is where the scuttle panels sit perfectly in line with the bonnet and wings. If not, they just flap around and look dodgy.

COLEYST200

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these came in the post today

focus 4x4

Coley , youre coping well with all the focus/cosworth differences.... im so glad i went to all the effort of putting a complete cosworth floor in mine, and drop checking everything, before the final fit. Keep up the good progress ;o)

COLEYST200

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Thanks mate i must say i would not wont it any uver way with this car

focus 4x4

Fairplay to ya , each and every project has its ups downs plus' and minus' , if we were all the same life would be terribly boring LOL

COLEYST200

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Iv had some more parts come from off EBAY today



Iv all so been playing on my lath tonight and came up with these





And this is wot they are for



As iv bort a set of 2wd AVO front shocks off a lad on here iv not got them yet . i will get a new set of 4x4 ones one day but till then a pair of 2wd will do

whizzisat114

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Fair play to ya coley wish i could make stuff on a lathe as you showed me the other night
Proper talent M8

COLEYST200

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Thanks dave

Right iv been playing all day today well from 1pm as i had a nice lye in well first fing was to have a look at scuttle panel iv only sorted 1/2 of it out but you can see its going to fit nice











Then the day went down hill very fast as we had a go at putting some of the front drive train togever and to say things were not good wot it was was the top mounts were still just over 1 inch bigger then standerd which ment when i tryed to put the rack to the hubs things were not looking right . so i had a think about it as ( dingla rs ) had told me some time ago about wot he had to do to over come the problem so out with the grinder









They have still got to welded back in but at least iv now got the right size up top 40 inches it was 41.1/4 inches

erjones

Nice updates! Really wish i had the, time, money and space for a cossied focus maybe one day!

Look forward to more updates

whizzisat114

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Fuck me coley that look's Drastic!!!!
What was wrong with the steering why did it look so far out ? is there any thing i need to check on mine? measurments would help
Glad to see your on top of it any way

COCHYN

Christ Coley, I respect what you're doing and the fact you're doing it completely independently; but these little additions that aren't suppose to be needed like a prop spacer, spacers for the suspension struts, spacers in other places and now having to chop up the turrets again....I'd be worried that its not going to be a safe drive. Please don't take it personally, as I say, I respect what you're doing but it looks like things are getting bodged together in some ways and they're not paying off.

You may not agree with it, but ask people like Andrew Gallacher for more detailed measurements or possibly get DingleRS over to check it out, as I'm sure he will still have the details he copied off the shell Andrew Gallacher prepared. Safety first aye Not exactly type of cars to mess with, after my little misshap last year, one little thing out of place and it really didn't feel right...no matter how small.

COLEYST200

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THANKS for some of the stuff i will take it in . but im not having a go but have you read some of the stuff iv put on here i have said im thinking about sending the prop in to have it made to the right size by a proper place http://www.shelleytransmission.co.uk/main.htm as im not 100% happy about . as to the shocks as iv said again its so i can get the car mocked up iv bayed Ł135 for a pair of old front AVO shocks which will let me get all the front togever and if you look in in this photo im not the first to do it and the car that these are on has 500BHP and if you dont no this its rwd lynch,s car


and as we are at it if you all so look in these 3 photos of 3 difforent cars you will see they have all had there top mounts cut i was just hopping i would not have to do it but iv had to do it . and as for sizes in the past iv been in tuch with (wrd lynch ) and (dingla ) and i have a 3dr cosworth sitting next door to get sizes off









So now you no i do now wot im doing and iv looked into a lot more of this stuff than you think and when you start on your brothers car you will see there not all plane sayling they are a big fucking head ack at times like the front legs we all no about wot happons to them but you dont but you will soon . O and as we are at it COCHYN would you like to have a go at my spelling again as iv not forgot your post in ( grammar ) you no wot im on about and yes you did piss me off big time

-beefy-

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i can see where your coming from alan mate ,


but i think as the way coleys took the project on , its a case of fix all the mods on the way ,

have to got a angle finder coley ? im sure the cossie front turret has 14 degrees of camber in it fella if you wanna check ,

in coleys defence , he looks very very thorough in his problem solving , using a lot of stuff made to very close tolarance ect ,

personally i think its going to be fine maybe a bit more measure twice cut once at the beginning would of saved a bit of heartache in places but hey ho we dont all have access to full jigs lol ,


keep on with it mate , every days a learning curve , and with everything youve sussed on this one even if you wernt happy with the finish another one could be turned round in weeks



keep up the graft mate


beef

COCHYN

Coley don't take it personally, hence why I said what I have above. Its all justified because I'm only worried about your safety. Not sure what you're on about with the spelling jibe though??? But if you're getting all defensive and taking everything as malicious criticism, then you can bet your ass I and others will point things out to ensure you're not diluding yourself and risking your own safety. No need to be a petty dick about it

I'm only concerned because mine also has had the turrets fitted from a sierra, but it doesn't have any of the spacers that you've had to use, neither has any other 4x4 Focus I've seen. That's why I questioned the prop spacer, because there had to be something wrong in the front for it to have 2 inches or whatever gap between it and the prop.

I get that its a learning curve, but it really shouldn't be if you have all the measurments using exactly the same type of panels from the same type of car. I may not have built mine, but I'm pretty good at fabricating and can understand the complications that arise when you weld.

So I'm just hoping it all pans out for you in the long run and it won't kill you. All I'm worried about

-beefy-

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easy fella !!!!


i dont think alans making a dig at you personally , think hes just trying to be objective regards the issues youve had , i know from seeing dingles this had to be done ,


i know its easy to take what seem like negative comments to heart when its your own project as your passionate about it , believe me ive been there ,


as churchill said


keep calm and carry on !!

COCHYN

Thanks pal, but the same goes for you Beefy and anyone else that build a "Frankenstein" car Nothings plain sailing as I discovered in the first days of ownership of a Cossie Focus, nothings straight forward. But you perservere and ensure everything is safe to abuse and should take advice from anyone with anything worth saying or have/had a car similar to take suggestions/ideas from.

Anyways, that's my two pence worth

@ Coley

You mentioned my brothers car? What you on about? Either way, well experienced with fabricating components on a car so I doubt I'd discover anything I didn't expect. But then again, I took the easier/safer option and bought one complete. Personally, I don't feel like an idiot for doing so But plenty to do regardless...

focus 4x4

How much dosh have you got? buy my one ;o)

COCHYN

Stop trying to sell it, you'd be devastated

erjones

Well I'm driving a mk5 Fiesta ZS at the moment while i save up, thats how little i have

focus 4x4

Would i fook! , its only a car lol

COCHYN

Don't lie, you'd curl up and cry like a little girl if you saw it driving away I would

-beefy-

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alan u curl up and cry like a girl anyway ,


without selling your car lol

COCHYN

Why dad, oh why do you cut me so deep......

dingla rs

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ian wouldnt worry bout what any one says your doing a cracking job pal .and we did have the convo about the front but is a very simple fix also regards the spacers not many people took much notize of barrys car ,shock spacers and engine bed spacers carn't see it been dangours il sit in the passenger seat

whizzisat114

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Ive been to coley's today and he's proper on top of this little mod
we don't just weld and hope down in brum we do have tape measures

COCHYN

That's fair enough, but then again why did it need cutting up again and spacers fitting but as I say, never seen another Focus build with so many spacers and needing to be cut up again. Just an opinion. Only thing that matters is that it drives straight I guess.

But your build, your way

Martin-Hadland

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Ian, have you checked what the driveshaft angles are going to be like with the crossmember spacers fitted?

whizzisat114

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What do they have to be Martin?

give it some stick

i wouldnt worry about what people say about it i cant see any problem with a spacer on the rear diff as long as its seccured properly! anyone who builds a car like this will occure problems somewhere down the line and to me you are doing a cracking job keep on it!!

COCHYN

Missed the point completely...

give it some stick

just saying i think he is doing good job not digging at anyone else

focus 4x4

Im sure itll all get sorted in the end , spacers or no spacers.

Im so glad i put the complete cosworth floor in mine and continually drop checked it throughout the process.