ALmost 5 years on Jeff, I'd say the value of the car has caught up with the restoration costs - any updates pal?

 

Ive the 300 kit off Martin it's a nice bit of kit

 

they come up for sale on ebay every now and then,thats where I got mine from,other than that I would try some of the breakers on here.

yes chris five years next month,and one of those years ive been waiting on pete to sort my stuff out,im sick to death of being messed about by him,i text him on the 27th of febuary and he tex back saying ill update in the morning and he didn't,i text him again on the 2nd of march and hes not replied.
ive asked mark at mk to sort one part for me and its been done just waiting for it to be sent out.
then im only waiting for the filter for the breather then I can tell him to fuck off.

it is james ,quality service as well.
small update:
sourced a cambelt cover which mike painted for me



couple of bits powder coated:

air injector fitted:

had a delivery from dmb graphics.

hopefully tomorrow ill have the front and rear calipers on,if I can be bothered.

 

got an early start on the car today,got the front and rear brakes fitted:the brakes look really small under those wheels.



got the dust shields fitted to the hubs:

 

Very nice mate. Another big job out of the way, brakes look good to me

 

Top work. Well done you for getting some work done to the car.

 

What an absolutely fantastic job you've done mate. Hats off to you!! I believe you bought that RS500 inlet from me. I braised those fillings on the rails and painted them black. You bought it from eBay right??

 

yeah bought it off ebay many years ago now,ebay user rs1986?
I recognised your name from a magazine feature at the time,did you have a white 3dr track car?
and was it you that modified the throttle linkage?
this is how I bought it.

 

been looking into getting the dash repaired,went to see the same guy that done my headlining,ive got to drop it off this week said he cant do it for a month or so,ill add pics once its done.

 

had most of the weekend to myself so spent a couple of days on the car got some jobs ticked off the list.
with mikes help we got the brakes bled,had trouble at first but found the valve to the rear was faulty,once that was changed all went well.
oil pressure gauge turned up so now have a set for the dash.

put another hole in the bulkhead to take the extra cables.


got the number plates,rear decals and ford badge fitted.




and gave it another coat of wax/sealant.

 

Looking well matey. It cant be far off now.

 

not far off glenn,still think its gonna be next year now,still struggling to get in touch with pete for the filter I cant start the car without it.

 

Starting to become a full car again

It'll come together quicker than you think

 

What filter are you waiting for.

 

Not that much do really mate,gonna sort the fan loom this weekend.

Glenn theres a little K&N filter that slides into the catch tank,he doesnt have any in stock.
managed to talk to pete this morning and hes forgot to order some.
so hes gonna speak to k&n today but could still be another couple of weeks yet.

 

What filter are you waiting for is it the small round type like this?

 

No mate you can get them pretty much anywhere,these ones are only made for spec r apparently.
this one in the catch tank.

 

I see i see.

 

Looking good jeff

 

Cheers mate,did you get your niggles sorted out?

 

This is one off the best restoration that there will probably be,so much time an effort an money has been put in but look at the outcome you have achieved,We'll done mate

 

looks fantastic

 

looks stunning and best colour too! where did u get front hub bearing dust shields from if you don't mind me asking?

 

They came on the car when I bought it,had them powder coated to match the rest of the car.

 

got the relays fitted for the fans,that is all

 

Did your fan loom come with the option ti put a switch inside the car.

 

It didn't but I know how to do it

 

Its just an earth wire from the relay.

I wired mine up to a switch just in case. I put a new radiator twmp switch on mine about 3 years ago and it stopped working last year when I was sat in traffic on the M1 and the cooont overheated.

 

Mines got a switch comes in handy

 

well after 5 years the car runs
changed the l6 that came with the car to l8 with msd stage three chip to run siemans,launch control,anti lag and closed loop fueling coil pack ect
got the siemans and fuel pressure gauge fitted.


sorted the battery cables.

had the scuttle panel painted.

mate a bracket to locate the coilpack onto the battery tray.


one problem I am having is with the power steering,i must have a massive air lock in the system and ive tried for hours to bleed it but im getting no where
with the engine running if you try to turn the wheel is whips out of your hand and turns and shakes by itself,anyone had this problem before?

 

Your pipes are round the round way on your rack, do you have the Aeroquip fittings on the rack?

 

Do you have a pic of the way they go justine?
The only hose I have Aeroquiped is the return to the reservoir

 

Glad its running Jeff.

 

Me too mate,had problems at first with the l8 but after i swapped the leads around on the coilpack it fired up.
Just need the steering sorted so I can check the clutch is working properly.

 

Glad its up an running mate ;0) scuttle panel looks like new, what paint did u use to paint scuttle with ?

 

Justine ???

Bottom pipe of the rack goes to the pump.

 

I'll post a pic up of mine tonight but looking at the shape of the pipes they can only go on one way?

 

I thought you have a Aeroquip fitting for your return like this what goes into your rack?


The bottom pipe in the picture goes to the pump, on my car the pump is on the turbo side.
The pipe that goes to the left of the picture goes to my cooler the to the tank.

If your asroquip fitting is fitted to the lower hole on the rack and goes striaght to the tank is the wrong way round

 

Double post

 

this is how its plumbed in,looks correct to me but ive been wrong before


the -6 fitting returns to the water cooled reservoir